Playtime with Owen

The last few months have been so much fun with Owen.  I mean, he has always been fun, but he is so interactive and smiley and talkative lately...I love it!!! 

A few highlights...

• Owen LOVES being outside.  He can be screaming his head off and we will step out on the porch, and he will immediately stop crying and start talking.  It's crazy!  We usually take at least one walk a day, but most days two (weather permitting).  Owen is such a big boy now, we've started sitting him in only the stroller!  I enjoy that Owen likes being outside, because it's an excuse for me to exercise.  I even walk with weights and do arm exercises sometimes...Justin refuses to be seen with me on those days - hence the two walks.  :)

• Owen has outgrown his bouncy seat! :(  Fortunately, he likes his jumperoo just as much...if only I could figure out an easy way to lug that thing upstairs so I can take a shower.   

• Owen loves playing Patty-cake (also the Itsy Bitsy Spider) with mommy and daddy.  As soon as we start, he will usually start singing along, and always starts cracking up when we do "and throw it in the oven for Owen and me!"  We play it so much, Owen has already started clapping on his own.  Um, I mean...Owen is such a genius, he has started clapping on his own :)  Hopefully we can post video of it sometime, but he never does it when the camera is out.  You'll have to take our word based on the picture :) 
  

•  This probably isn't technically a playtime activity, but I am sure Owen would consider it one...he LOVES bathtime!!  He outgrew the sling on his baby bathtub, and the actual bathtub part of it was hard plastic so we weren't quite ready to have him sit in it.  So, we bought a Munchkin Inflatable Yellow Duck Tub.  He can't quite sit up yet, but we feel a lot better about him tumbling a bit in this than hard plastic :)  

• Owen also loves playtime with daddy.  He lights up with the biggest smile when Justin gets home from work every night.  It is seriously the cutest thing I have ever seen!  Owen especially loves playing airplane with daddy!