Owen's First Month, Etc.

Owen is already almost two weeks old! In his first week he got to have some nice outdoor time with his mom and dad.

He also got to have some nice indoor time with his dad.

And some nice indoor time with his mom.

Owen's eating and sleeping a lot, and growing a lot too. Already he looks so different in the pictures. We're excited to get to see him in under two weeks.

So what is the "Etc." in the title of this post? Meet Ms. Etc.! Rosie is enjoying springtime in Warsaw. There are more daylight hours, which has meant that while she's still doing her usual indoor activities, she's also getting more time outside. A new favorite activity is spending time on her bike. Stay tuned in future posts for updates of Rosie outside!

Hanging Out With the Boys

I had fun spending some time with the Denver crew earlier this month. Freddie is already eight months old.

He has so many "looks" that I did a little collage.

Lloyd's not so much a guy with many looks as he is a guy with one obsession: his bike. He really loves to ride. One day while I was there John brought the boys on their cargo bike and I followed along on a regular bike and we went to a family bike event. Here's Lloyd at our destination, which included donuts.

Freddie was, quite literally, just along for the ride, and also some nice one-on-one time with his dad.

This is what I mean when I say "just along for the ride."

We met up at Breckenridge Brewery for a beautiful day outside with Kathy, Don, and Lauren.

The next day I took Lloyd to Wings Over the Rockies, also known as the airplane museum. He loves it, especially the helicopters.

It was fun to have book time with them every night.

On my last day in town John, Lloyd, Lauren, and I went out to brunch followed by a thrifting trip where Lloyd got a toy train. 

John and Troy and Lloyd and Freddie have a lot happening. Troy has her back surgery tomorrow. And then later in the week they move to this cute house very close to where they live now, and where they'll have a backyard and more indoor space. 

Flashback Friday

Spring break 1998 included a visit to San Diego and a photo op with Shamu at Sea World.

Flashback Friday

For the first Flashback Friday since Owen arrived, it seems only fitting to look back to the day in 1992 when Owen's mom was born.

Baby Phelps Is Here!

Mary and Andy spent March 18 welcoming into the world their beautiful son, Owen Harrison Phelps. Mary went into labor around bedtime on Monday, they went to the hospital early in the morning on Tuesday, and by mid-afternoon Owen arrived. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Everybody's doing great.

Today (Thursday) Owen got to go home. Here he is getting ready for his first trip. So much lies ahead for this sweet brand new baby boy. I love him already and the entire Harrison family is just so happy for Mary and Andy.

 

Flashback Friday

 Two wee lads and a wee lass on a St. Patrick's Day gone by. 

The Week in Cuteness

The last shall be first. Freddie was oozing cuteness and he found some swagger for the Purim carnival at his daycare.

In other Freddie news, he wants everyone to know he's thinking long and hard about taking up trucks as a hobby just like his brother.

Freddie's getting ready to crawl!

Meanwhile, Lloyd practiced his soccer stretches with his daycare friends.

And he got to live his best life in the driver's seat of a truck. At the tender age of two he's already ticked a box on his bucket list.

Meanwhile, Rosie (in a video screenshot, thus the poor quality) has been enjoying her Marie Curie book. She calls her Marika and it's beyond adorable.