Grocery store fun!

Watch out grandma...there's a new cook in town!!!

Caroline and I went to the grocery store after work today. I usually hate dragging her to the store on Monday's because she is so tired and worn out from daycare and usually falls asleep by the time we pull into Publix, it's already dark outside, and it makes us get home at the time she normally goes to bed. But since we had a busy Saturday and Sunday, we had to go tonight. She was soooo good and such a flirt with everyone. She made friends with the deli workers,the pharmacist,cashier, and bag boy. She loved checking everything out that I was putting in the cart..her favorite thing was the dough roller.

I also finally got a picture of her two adorable teeth! I love this little girl so much and thank God everyday for allowing me to be her mommy!!!

Going back in time...

Here are some family pictures from this past July. Yes, I know July has long past us but since I didn't have my blog during those days I thought I would post some of my favorite pictures now. Caroline was 6 months old in these pictures.

Bath time

Caroline LOVES bath time. We recently took out her "spa bathtub" that she used as an infant and let her take a bath in the "big" tub. She loves splashing and crawling around with all of her bath friends.



This next picture is funny...we have alphabet letters that we let her play with in the tub and every night she will grab a letter and just hold it in her mouth. I'm assuming it feels good on her swollen gums...who knows but I cracks Blake and I up!!!

After bath time we put on our PJ's and read a few books.


And then Caroline falls fast asleep...every little girl has to get her beauty sleep!!!

On the go

So I have totally underestimated Caroline's ability to crawl. She has been crawling for awhile now but has never been fast at it. When she first started crawling, she would just do the military crawl with one arm but recently she has learned how to get on all fours to get around. But even on all fours, she seemed to get around slowly....or so I thought! Our night routine consists of getting home, eating dinner, bath and then bed. Usually when we go upstairs to start bath time I would let her play with her toys on the floor while I put water in the bath tub and get her PJ's ready,etc and she would stay in that one spot the entire time. Last night I sat her on the floor and went to the bathroom to start her water and turned around and there she was just standing up holding onto the cabinet doors. I couldn't get over how quickly she had crawled in there....and she was very proud of herself too! So now the fun begins!!! So to prepare for her being all over the place...daddy installed this.

Guess it's time to baby proof the rest of my house!

Moving on up!

Caroline is finally in her big girl carseat. Of course mommy's car has the pink carseat and daddy wanted the "boy" version...which is brown. I agreed b/c if we ever have more kids and end up with a son then we'll already have a carseat for him! (wayyy down the road)

Here she is riding in her new seat for the first time:





We all had a great weekend. On Saturday, Caroline and I met up with some of our friends and their babies at Webb Bridge Park for a pinic. The weather was perfect...it was such a nice day to get out and get some fresh air. Caroline had so much fun catching up with all of her friends...and so did mommy! I love getting together with the girls. I don't have any pics though b/c I forgot my camera. I thought all morning before leaving to get my camera but of course ran out of the house without it...hopefully one day I'll remember everything that we need!

I ended up staying home with Caroline today because she was running a fever yesterday and hasn't seemed to be feeling any better. I took her back to the dr for an ear check up and the dr said her ears are finally starting to look better. I did ask about tubes and they said that she has to have 6 ear infections in a row. We are on number 4 so we'll see. This new antibiotic that she is on has done a number on her tummy. I just hate that she has to continue to take the medicine but hopefully she'll be better by the end of the week. Since we got to stay home today Caroline had fun destroying her room with all of her toys.





I've also been trying so hard to get a picture of her two new teeth but she won't let me. Her top gums are very swollen so I'm expecting to see teeth up there soon too.

Have a great week!

Still Sick

The last few days Caroline has been so fussy, grabbing at her ears, and was wheezing. So Blake and I made the decision to take her back into the dr's office for a re-check on her ears (she was just there last week with double ear infection) to make sure they were healing....and guess what?!? She still has a double ear infection. They gave us a stronger antibiotic this time so hopefully she'll start to feel better in a few days. This is her 3rd ear infection in 2 months and she's been on the same antibiotic for all three of them so I think her body is getting immune to it. If she keeps having ear infections then we are going to have to look at doing tubes. Poor baby:(

She did get to stay home with daddy all day today and it sounds like they had a blast. They slept till 9:00 and then went for a walk to enjoy the beautiful weather we've been having. Blake loves having Thursday's off because it gives him bonding time with Caroline. She is usually asleep by the time he gets home from work during the week so Thursday's allow them time to catch up from missing each other!

Other news...Caroline is moving on up to a big girl carseat soon. Blake and I bought one for my car and tried it out tonight and it worked perfectly so I am going to order one for his car (since he takes her to daycare) and then we'll be set!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Caroline and I are meeting up with some of our friends at the park on Saturday and then we are going to Cleveland to check on grandma/grandpa on Sunday.

Update on the Owen family

Since this is one of my first posts I thought I would update everyone on what's new in our lives these days. Caroline is growing so fast and I can't get over that she's already 9 months old. I still can't believe that in 3 short months she will be a year old. She has finally learned how to crawl but still isn't interested in crawling fast. She prefers standing and holding onto the furniture. She LOVES crawling under our coffee table and pulling everything off of it. She is only in the 19% percentile for weight...she's 17lbs! She's going to be my little peanut! She's wearing 9m clothes but it won't be long before I'm having to buy her 12m. She doesn't like wearing shoes but I love her cute shoes so I constantly struggle with her to get her to keep them on! She eats 4 7 ounce bottles a day with one stage 2 fruit, one stage 2 veggie, and yogurt. I've tried to get her to eat more but she just isn't interested. She also eats fruit puffs everyday and if I would let her she would eat the entire container....she LOVES them! She's also starting to drink applejuice from a sippy cup! I can already tell it's going to be a hard transition to get her to switch from a bottle to a sippy cup....I'm open to any suggestions! Some of the other foods she's tried are green beans, pasta, meats, and cheese. She loves bathtime and her daddy swears she's going to be a swimmer! He might be right...she loves kicking and splashing! We've struggled to keep her healthy...the poor thing has battled 3 ear infections and hands-foot-mouth disease. We are hoping for healthier days ahead!

Other than watching Caroline grow, Blake and I are busy working and keeping up with household chores! I feel like I always have a long to do list ahead of me but we somehow manage to get everything done!

In closing, I'll post a few pics since I know that's what most of you probably want to see anyway!!!


This is Caroline in her favorite spot...the middle of our coffee table!


Here's Caroline and daddy before her baby dedication in September!


Here she is furniture cruising!


All worn out from church!