Maxed out and moving

So, the dreaded happened...we've maxed out our space on this blog. I knew it could happen but wasn't sure how long to expect it to take. I was coming on to upload Owen's 8 month and baptism photos last week when I got the message. Ugh.

Here's our new address: http://willowenseth.blogspot.com/

Christmas Tree

Bathtime and smiles

He's happiest when walking!

Thanksgiving

Willow made this handprint turkey card for her teacher at school. Despite her mom's "in the box" thinking, she was determined NOT to color the body brown:

Her Preschool class, along with the 4-yr old class and Kindergarten class, had a Thanksgiving program for parents. Despite her singing the songs at home constantly before the performance, she wasn't so sure about being up on stage at first:

You can see her starting to "warm up" by the end:

By the last song she was ok with the idea of being on stage:

We enjoyed spending the Thanksgiving weekend with Kim, Chad, Nana, and Grandpa. Chad's parents and grandma joined us for the Thanksgiving meal. 

Willow "cutting" her jello during the Thanksgiving meal.

Owen wishes he was able to have REAL solids...

We have so much to be thankful for!

Fireplace, etc.

Chris is calling our year in this rental house an "adventure." It came fully equipped with a few things we've never had: a working fireplace, shower faucet on a hose, and oil heat. The kids enjoyed sitting by our first fire:

So sweet!!!

Ohhhh...goofy girl...

We can't get enough of that smile!

She's very serious about her writing.

Oh yeah...our first child, Alli, is still around. She's decided that maybe this new house/neighborhood thing will be ok. She's resorted to sitting on my schoolwork in the evenings in order to get attention though...

On the move!

Owen's officially on the move! He decided to save the first special moment when he was home with daddy while Willow and I were at gymnastics (they were both doing tricks at the same time!).



After his first crawl he decided to take about a week off before going at it again, but he's picked up speed now!

Owen: 7 months

It's getting harder...

but here it is:

Our poor little guy has been pretty congested for the past 2 weeks, making sleep (for all of us!) hard to come by. He's still not a big fan of sleep (day nor night) when he's not congested though =(    Owen is now officially a "sitter" though he prefers to be holding someone's fingers and walking around the house. Along with being a sitter comes the joys of his first time sitting in a high chair at a restaurant and his first time sitting in a shopping cart. He's able to get up on his hands and knees and will rock back and forth. He usually gets frustrated at that point and hasn't figured out how to maneuver his hands/legs to be able to crawl. Owen has tried Cheerios now but hasn't quite figured out how to move them around in his mouth and has mixed success with getting them into his mouth. Another big development for Owen this month is that he's started saying repeated sounds: yaya and dada. His other favorite noise is a squeal. Owen is still in love with his big sister - when she comes in the room it never fails that his whole face lights up. His favorite toys are his activity table, little piano, "Jo Jo" giraffe (aka Sofie the Giraffe), blocks, and anything that he can put in his mouth. So far Owen prefers to eat books rather than listen to them. He's enjoyed being able to go outside when it's warm enough.