A week at Gram's House

We have been so blessed to have both of our families living near by. Linda, Casey's mom, took Lucy for us for almost 5 days when Owen was born. She loves playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house and gets the best undivided attention (not to mention the great selection of books and toy cars to play with.) Thank you Linda!

Then last Tuesday we came down to my mom's house for a week to recuperate and have some extra help with the kids. Casey's been really busy at work (everyone needs stuff before the Holiday break) so it was nice to get out of our small apartment, hang out with the family, and have fresh toys (and extra space) for Lucy to play with. And since her cousin Jeremy lives here too...she is in heaven! They keep each other entertained. And my mom was a big help, taking Owen in the mornings for me when she was up (at 5am):
Lucy has been an angel all week and has been SO great about having a "baby" around. I'm not sure she understands that it's our baby. But mostly she just points at him, smiles and says "baby!" or just "B!" (too bad we didn't give him a name that starts with a B). One day I laid Owen on the couch (on his stomach...don't tell my doctor) and I walked out of the room for a minute (don't tell my dr. that either). When I came back in, Lucy had placed all of her toys next to Owen and stuck a little Teddy Bear on his back. It was so adorable! I think she was trying to share with him:
Casey came down and joined us Friday night through Sunday. My mom and Dad watched all the grandkids Saturday night and all the young couples went to Chipotle and to see the movie I Am Legend (so good and scary. I was on edge the whole time).

On Sunday we celebrated Ava's first birthday. Laura and Eric decorated the dinner table in pink and white with little bowls of cheerios and pink m&ms. Here's the little birthday girl actually drinking her bottle. Laura must be happy. It will be fun over the years, because now Ava and Owen share the same birthday...12/7)
And here's the cake Eric made. They wanted it to be her favorite thing....so they made a giant Cheerio on a big silver spoon:
We put pants on Owen for the first time (it's just so much easier at that age/size to keep them in gowns). The pants were so tiny!
And everyone thought he looked like a boxer in his warm-up gear. Little Rocky? Funny:
I was worried that when we got back to our apartment, Lucy would be a little more jealous of Owen and would wonder why the baby was still with us. But so far, she continues to be great. She again tried to share her toys with him and put some blocks in his swing. I just need to make sure it doesn't get more agressive than that and teach her to be "gentle".
Here's a little video of Lucy sharing with Owen:

And Lucy's favorite word right now is "hat". Whether it's the lid on the milk carton, a toy on your head, or an actual hat....if it seems like a hat, it's a hat!
Here she is with a bowl hat. It makes me laugh: