7 months old!

Owen is now 7 months old!

Interesting facts include:

Learning to crawl... backwards!

Eating solids every morning and some evenings!

• Still rocking the 3rd percentile for weight (15 lbs)
• Was a champ when dealing with the stomach flu
• Hates albuterol and sounds like Darth Vader with bronchiolitis
• Can babble a lot, saying "dada" and "baba" and "hey" (I try to get him to say "mama" but no luck yet)
• Still thinks that Amos is the best thing ever

7 months!

6 months!

5 months!

4 months!

3 months!

2 months!

1 month!

These photo shoots are getting a little harder...

Christmas, New Years, and more...

Well, it has been way too long since I last posted.  It has been busy... as usual!

Since I had to work over Christmas, we hosted the "Gnadtkins Christmas" and had our parents and siblings over to our house for a great evening of good food, great company, and great gifts!

So many gifts!

Thanks for the hat, Uncle Aaron!

After the celebration, we moved our furniture to the basement, so that we could get our new fireplace.  After a month of having our family room torn apart.  It is finally done!  Thanks to Josh for helping us with the fantastic barn beam mantle!


(And our new furniture is coming in March.  How silly, Nick thought we weren't getting new furniture!)

Before!

After!

After!

Well, to escape the madness, Owen and I went to Janesville to play with Baden and Nolan!  And Amber and I tortured those boys!

Owen (right) and either Baden or Nolan (left)...

We celebrated our own family Christmas... very low key!  Especially, since I had to work and the power went out at church.  But Owen loved unwrapping gifts eating the wrapping paper!  And eating all the toys he got.  I think he may be teething...

We had great plans for the end of the year.  We were planning on attending Gnadt Family Christmas in Milwaukee; we were planning on going to the Krall's for NYE; we were planning on watching the Badgers at the Storck's.  We were not planning on all catching Norovirus, but we did.  So we canceled all of our plans, bought some pedialyte, and put ourselves in quarantine.  Boo!  We are all recovered now, but it was a rough week in the Gnadt household!  mumble mumble stupid norovirus mumble mumble...

Also, here are some milestones that Owen is working on...

Solids...every morning!

Crawling... he can go backwards and do whatever this is!

Have a great week everyone! 

PSA- influenza is going around big time and the flu shot is well-matched this year.  Go get one and protect yourself and those around you!

6 months already!

It's true... our little peanut is 6 months old already!  Although, I can't remember exactly what happened in the days after he was born (sleep deprived), it seems like it was just yesterday.  And though, we may seem like we have it a little more figured out, Nick and I are still pretty clueless!  Fake it 'til you make it!

So what is our little man up to now that he is 6 months old:

New skills:

• Sitting (he can't get there himself, but if you put him in a seated position, he'll play like that he 20-30 minutes)
• Getting up on hands and knees (but then he is stuck and frustrated)
• Trying to learn to eat solids (not really good at this yet, but the Dr says we should do it every day and he'll figure it out)
• Having a blow out every day at daycare (oh how I wish this wasn't true... he pooped on the floor there last week.  At least Ms. Megan thought it was funny)

Stats:

• 14 lb 2.6 oz (2.7%)
• 25 inches (2.4 %)

Favorite toys:

• Monkey rattle
• Monkey on ball toy
• Baby Einstein music player 
• Bath toys
• AMOS!!!  No joke, the cat is by far Owen's favorite thing in the entire world!

Here's his 6 month picture:

6 months!

5 months!

4 months!

3 months!

2 months!

1 month!

Here are some other pics from our 6 month photo shoot (he's a man on the move):

 

And a few more pics... since that's why you read anyways:

Thanksgiving!

Okay... so I had been meaning to post for about 3 weeks, but then work, travel, work, baby life got in the way.. so here we are!

Thanksgiving was great!  Very exhausting, but great!

We meant to leave early on Thursday morning for my parents' house, then all of a sudden it was 9:30 and Nick wouldn't let me put anything else in the car, so we left.  It was the first time we were traveling since Owen really has been into playing with toys... I was ready to bring everything. 

We got to Onalaska just in time to start eating (overarching theme of the weekend)!  There were 4 pies for 6 adults, 1 child, and a baby!

Luckily, my friend Kati and her family Marcus and baby Reese (12 days younger than Owen) were able to come over for a visit!  Reese is adorable, and we loved meeting her and catching up with Kati and Marcus!

A few hours later, we managed to set the turkey on fire.  The oven's temperature probe was malfunctioning, and the broiler kicked on, igniting the top of the turkey.  Luckily, the turkey was moved to the roaster to finish cooking, and the oven recovered in time to cook the sides.  (Note that the pies were already done... thank goodness!)



Well, we thought that the turkey was cooking... it never got to temperature, so we nuked it!

Every year, my mom makes us say what we are thankful for and every year we all moan and groan like this is going to kill us.  We're not big on sentimental... But I do have a lot to be thankful for this year, and I am super aware of that.  My happy and healthy family.  Parents and in-laws who are sooo excited to be involved in Owen's life.  My brother living so close and letting us share in so much (marathon, meeting his gf).  My job.  Nick's job.  Pumpkin Spice Lattes.  My target red card.  Sometimes I feel so blessed that I think it just can't continue to be so good!

My cousin Wendy and her daughter, Victoria, came up for Thanksgiving again this year, and Owen was in love with Victoria!  Here are some of the cute pictures! 

We had a great trip, but we were happy to come home and sleep in our own beds/rooms (babies make a lot of noise in their sleep...)! 

Here's hoping that everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is having a great start to their holiday season!  Also hoping the Indiana folks are feeling better after being hit with a tummy bug just after Thanksgiving! 

Hey Nick, did you know that Thanksgiving is next week?

"Yeah, but I just realized that this morning..." -Nick

Where did the time go?  I feel like we lost about 3 weeks somewhere.

So what has happened in the past three weeks...

We went trick-or-treating at the zoo with the Kandikos (best buddy Mason)!

Mason was a hot dog, and Owen was a giraffe!

Momma and her giraffe!

I tried to make some new recipes... Pumpkin rice krispy treats!

We celebrated Owen's first Halloween!  We left our candy unattended and went to the Storcks!

Even Amos dressed up (and hated every minute of it!)

My little giraffe with the Slinger Giraffes...

Henry was a gnome!

Joe was a skeleton!

Owen tried his first "solid" food- oatmeal cereal!  He didn't hate it!  He opened his mouth up for the spoon but then didn't really know what to do with the food once it was in his mouth.  He has a fairly strong tongue thrust reflex still.  So the oatmeal was all over his chin.  We'll keep trying every once in a while... it's all for fun still!

 We went to a Packer Birthday party and played with Ms. Harper!

We played with the Twieg's!

Owen, Baden, and Nolan (From left to right)

And we turned 5 months old!!!

5 months!

4 months!

3 months!

2 months!

1 month!

And Owen wants you to have a great week and a good Thanksgiving!