...and baby makes three!

Saturday, February 16, 2013

8 months!

So much has happened since my last post! But again the time flew by and here we are, a month later. Yesterday, at Ash Wednesday Mass, the theme was "Life is short. Stay awake for it." So in addition to feeling like I am going to need to drink more coffee, it is a good reminder to continue living in the moment, no matter how hectic that moment is.

I think the last time I wrote a post, we were just finishing getting our new fireplace. Well, today we got half of our new furniture! We are still waiting for our sofa to come in, but at least we won't be sitting on the floor anymore. Our family room is once again looking like a family room and less like Owen's personal play space, although it worked out well!

Speaking of Owen's personal play space... guess who learned to crawl... while at daycare... while Nick was out of town? Yup, that's right... Owen did! And he hasn't looked back! He is a little guy on the move, mostly chasing Amos around the house. His favorite toy... Amos. His second favorite toy... Amos's food. His third favorite... outlets. Of course. Nick is trying to teach him to walk. I am ~~far from amused~~ just trying to live in the moment and enjoy the crawling.

When Owen learned to walk, he also decided that he needed to eat more. He is trying so hard to be big, but he is still only ~15 pounds... but teething and having a billion colds this year probably isn't helping! Day care asked us to increase his solids since he was hungry so we did! He now eats 3 big boy meals (mostly a fruit/veggie puree with either oatmeal+milk or yogurt). The boy loves yogurt... and bananas... and sweet potatoes... and avocado. Our new experiment is puffs. He can't quite get them into his mouth since he hasn't mastered the pincher grasp, so he likes to hold them in his fist and then suck his thumb. A for effort, I guess. We are also working on using a sippy cup with water during meals. He is just starting to figure it out (aka soggy mess).

In other news, we are also getting a new furnace and A/C unit today. Ours decided to break while Nick was on an airplane home from his work trip. We thought we just needed to replace a part (high limit switch), but a week later, our date got cut short when the furnace went out again. It kept overheating. That's what you get with a Carrier. This time, after Nick shopped around, we went with a hometown Trane. Thanks, Dad, for the family discount.

Getting ready for bed at the Twieg's annual Super Bowl party!

Brushing our bottom 2 teeth!

Eating!

Chasing Amos!

Twieg play date!

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

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!

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4 months!

3 months!

2 months!

1 month!

These photo shoots are getting a little harder...

Thursday, January 10, 2013

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!

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!

Friday, December 14, 2012

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)

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