Dog ate my homework???

Uuhh...ok, well, how about this one...I've fallen and I can't get up? No? Not good enough. Ok, this is should do it...I was trapped under something heavy for a month and couldn't update my blog! Still not good enough? Hmmmm...tough crowd. How about the truth? Sounds like and idea huh? OK, here it goes....

I was working alot and that combined with the holiday season, my sister visiting and a new obsession with vampire novels put the blog on the back burner. AAAAHHHHHH!!! And the truth shall set you free!

It's true. It's all true. I've been working a lot lately and come home too exhausted to blog. On my days off, I worked on a few Christmas projects for my family - photo gifts for my parents and a wedding video for my sister (which I will post with her permission). Anne came to visit at the end of the month and I spent every availble minute with her and Drew. Most embarrasingly, I was bitten (pun intended) by the Twilight bug and have been torn through 3 1/2 novels in 2 weeks. And even that was restraining myself. Katie, I know you are with me! Please come to my defense on this one!

Oh yeah! I found facebook too so I've been getting my blogging fix that way. However, I did realized that substituting a blog fix for facebook is like substituting a Sex in the City craving with the Golden Girls. So I'm back!

OK, enough with my flimsy excuses. On to the important stuff...Owen!

Owen has been great! I'm pretty sure he received the entire inventory of Toys 'R Us for Christmas but I suppose that's what grandparents are for.
He got a Fischer Price kitchen, a "laptop", a little people farm, a crash 'em up car game, a Tonka racing track, puzzles, books, a dinosaur that walks and growls, clothes, a ride on car, and a bunch of other stuff. He was really into it this year. Everytime we brought another present over to him, he would say "Ho Ho Ho!". It was hysterical! He loves all of his gifts but he's partial to the laptop.

Even apart from the gluttonous Christmas he had, he's going great! He's talking a lot more and picking up new signs. I don't know if everyone knows this but Owen is quite the little signer. He has about 30 signs and uses 10 to 15 of them regularly. Between his words and signs he expresses himself quite well. I can see however, how the terrible twos start though. His needs become more complicated and his language skills aren't quite as progressed. I can see when he starts to get frustrated. Usually, I just start wildly pointing to anything in his eye range and asking him if that's what he wants. It usually works. Hey...if it ain't broke...
My favorite sign he does is "salon". Make a gun with both of your hands and wave them next to your ears and that's the sign for "salon" (hey, don't look at me, I don't make the signs!). It's just such a random sign and it's hilarious to watch him wave his fingers around just to say "salon".

Owen is growing out of his clothes left and right and he's in some 24 month shirts! Can you believe it!? He's solidly in 12 month pants and may be moving to 18 months in a couple months. Hmmmm...gee...what else. Honestly nothing else has been that exciting. We are clicking along, working & playing when we can. I suppose I'll just get right to what everyone really wants which are the PICTURES!!!

But before that, accept my humble apologies for keeping everyone in the lurch for so long. I will update more often!

PS - Owen was a litte...er...constipated during the holiday season. Not a lot of smiles from the kid!