Happy Birthday Owen!

Owen is ONE! Can you believe it? My sweet, little boy is a whole year old already. Owen has changed so much in the past month. Thankfully he is still my little cuddle bug and loves to give hugs, be cuddled and rocked to sleep on occasion. Last night while I was rocking him I found myself quickly in tears, holding my sweet little boy and savoring every single second of that special moment. Tears filled my eyes as I thanked God for giving me such a wonderful gift and blessing more tears as I prayed for Owen and the person he would one day become. :)

Now on to the milestones!!! Owen loves to wave Hi and Bye-Bye to everyone. He says hi and waves hysterically to pretty much anyone we see. He loves to point out every single tree, bird and airplane he notices. When I sing he starts clapping like crazy the second I am done. He loves to play peek-a-boo (especially hiding behind the curtain), he loves to do anything and everything that his big brother is doing, he has a 2nd tooth, he eats as much if not more than Ryan at every single meal, he has started taking steps here and there but his favorite method of getting around is the crawl (he is very speedy), he thinks going up the stairs is one of the coolest things ever, he gives hugs on request and he loves to dance when he hears music.

Owen loves everyone. He is one of the easiest babies I have ever known. I feel incredibly blessed to be his Mommy. Happy Birthday little man!

Never Grow Up

So today I decided to preview Taylor Swift's new album. I am not usually a big Taylor fan, but this song made me buy the album immediately. There are so many days that I just want time to stand still and to freeze these boys just the way they are forever. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ykXuRHXJSw&feature=related

Never Grow Up lyrics
You're little hands wrapped around my finger
And, it's so quiet in the world tonight
You're little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So, I took you in
Turn on your favorite night light
To you, everything's funny
You got nothing to regret
I'd give all I had, honey
If you could stay like that

Oh, darling don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
It can stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, and never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies
And, you're mortified
You're mom's dropping you off
At, fourteen there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But, don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your PJ's getting ready for school

Oh, darling don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
It can stay this simple

And no one's ever burned you
Nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to
Just try to never grow up

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad get's home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all you're little brothers favorite songs
I just realized everything I had is someday gonna be gone

So, here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder than I thought it would be
So, I tucked myself in and turned my night light on
Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up

Oh, I don't wanna grow up
Wish I'd never grown up
Could still be little
Oh, I don't wanna grow up
Wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple

Oh, darling don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up
It can stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even you want to
Please, try to never grow up

Oh, whoa
Don't you ever grow up
Oh, whoa
Never grow up
Just never grow up

Birthday Boy!

We just finished up Owen's cake smash photo session. He loved the cake and I thought my friend did a fantastic job!! More posts and pictures coming soon, but in the meantime -- Happy Birthday Owen! I LOVE YOU!!!!

Busy!

We just got back from a very long vacation to Disney!!! We had so much fun and can't wait to go back again sometime. :) We are trying to get back into our routine and I have some blogging to try and catch up on soon.

Until then here are a couple of things I just wanted to say ---

Most nights before bed Ryan likes to look out the windows and find the moon. Once he finds it he talks about the moon and stars and after a few minutes he goes to sleep. Tonight we had the windows open. Ryan was looking out of our bedroom window and the moon was not visible from that window. He yelled out the window "Yooouuu-Yoooouuuu, oh moon, where are you?" Then Ryan crawled over to the window and Ryan showed Owen the airplanes and cars as they passed by. It was a really cute and sweet moment. :)

Next --- my baby boy will be 1 whole year old in less than 2 weeks. He still loves to cuddle with his Mommy and he loves to give hugs. The fact that I can still rock him to sleep from time to time makes my heart happy. I love that he is such a little cuddler. :)