Owen 15 Months

Owen May 2008, originally uploaded by leslie_capron.

My second angel baby. My big boy. My curious and fearless child.

Owen's move to the Toddler room has been just as seamless as Andrew's move to the Threes. Owen's experience with his older brother and size are huge advantages for him. He isn't phased at all when another child comes up to him and wants to get his toy or tries push him around. He has the confidence to stay calm and has figured out that these kids are way less troublesome than his own brother!

He has moved to one nap a day so now the boys are on the same schedule. They wake up at the same time, nap at the same time and go to bed about the same time. This routine really helps things run smoothly during the week. Owen goes down at 7:30 pm and Andrew goes to bed at 8:30 and mom goes to bed at 8:31. (Not really, but since I'm up at 5:30 am, I'm not far behind them!)

Owen loves animals and the trips to the park to check on "our" ducks is just as much fun for him as it is for Andrew. If there is a dog visiting the park, Owen is the first to spot it and the first to walk over and say hello. He isn't frightened by animals and displays a gentle and curious attitude toward them.

Owen really loves music. He loves to listen and dance. A couple of weeks ago we walked through Downtown Disney on our way home from Disneyland. There was a crowd gathered around a salsa band. The crowd had formed a big circle several people deep in-front of the band, but nobody was in the circle dancing - until Owen walked right in and started swinging his arms and clapping to the beat!

He loves to play outside and really loves playing with balls. Oh, and prying that boy out of the bathtub is something I do not look forward to every night.

Owen has not outgrown his desire to stick everything in his mouth; mother-panic inducing things. It really is like living with a puppy sometimes. I pull shredded magazines and shoes out of that boy's mouth on a regular basis. I think the shoes and sand gross me out the most. He's getting better, but he's not to be trusted in a sandbox.

Owen had his first driving lesson last weekend and I have 2 minutes of extremely cute video of same, but on the advice of counsel and not wanting to be branded a worse mother than Britney Spears, I am not posting the video here. But the next time you visit I'll show you!

Owen missed his nap today too, and its 7:45 and he's up in his crib protesting loudly about being there. Why is it that when kids are really tired its a lot harder to get them to go to bed? That one I will never understand.