I LOVE MY NEW KICKS!!

So last night Blake finally got home from China. I told him the bad news...we can't get internet or cable or a land line until March because apparently we have no line to our house and they have to wait until the snow melts to run one!!! BIG BUMMER!! But then last night when Blake couldn't sleep he opened up his laptop and he found a wireless connection..probably our neighbors..not sure if this right or not but I'm pretty happy I can get the internet somehow!!! Owen and I adventured out for the first time in a long time and he wore his new coat and shoes..and if you look carefully in one of the pics he has his bunny...that bunny is going on his mission with him!!

Owens ONE

Do you ever wonder where the time goes???? I swear I just gave birth and now Owen is turning ONE!!!! He is growing up way too fast. And yeah sometimes it's hard...sometimes he won't let me go to the bathroom alone and ya he eats chunks of the toilet paper if I accidentally leave the door open and he throws food on the ground and he runs his new lawn mover into our newly painted walls..but it's all so worth it when I look down and him and he looks up at me and gives me his quirky smile!! Ohh I wouldn't replace being a mom for anything in this world!!!

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Owen was just having a blast letting me take pictures of him then all of a sudden WOW he freaked out!! I love trying to figure out his little personality! Owen is almost one year old and my friend Lissa sent Owen a package and these awesome shoes were inside..thanks Lissa we love them!

NEW BABY!!!

Introducing our newest niece...ADDISON BOWCUTT!! Mom and baby are fine and Lexi and Anna couldn't be happier!!

BIRTHDAY BEFORE THE BIRTHDAY

We had a little birthday party for Owen before Blake left for China. It was fun but Owen wasn't quite sure what to do with the cake!! Go figure!

RSV

So after a really bad illness while in Toronto we found out this week that Owen has RSV!! What the crap is going on!!!! He can't catch a break and through it all he smiles!! He's such a trooper!!

CHRISTMAS IN THE MOTHERLAND

We celebrated Christmas this year in Toronto! It was really fun until Owen came down with a fever of 103! It lasted up until we left to come home and it scared me to death!! At Christmas dinner Owen sat with Grandma and they had a talking battle. Owen kept trying to get louder and louder..we were all laughing! On the plane ride home we had the one and only Shania Twain on our plane. Apparently Blake was suppose to sit next to her in first class because he always gets upgraded but I told him he had to sit back with me and Owen. He said I ruined his opportunity to get to know Shania! That she was his favorite. I asked him to name one song and he couldn't....that's what I thought. We loved Christmas in Canada! Owen even got to visit with his Great-Grandma!