26 months.

here's what the o.bug has been up to...

-he has added three new colors to his list: black, white, and brown. 

-he can identify three shapes: a star, a heart, and a circle. 

-he loves his fridge phonics. (thanks to the forts.) and he can even identify and sound out a few of the letters: h, n, t, x, and z.

-he could watch disney movies all day long if we'd let him. (he loves stitch, nemo + the jungle book.)

-he thinks he should be able to drive the v.dub, instead of his mommy or daddy. (he loves the steering wheel.)

-he does the hand motion for a choo choo train.

-when he sings, he tends to combine several different songs into one.

-he prefers to read his books all by himself.

-and he loves to play with his cookie cutters and playdough.

fun with playdough.

and you can find my favorite homemade playdough recipe here. 

just playing outdoors.

the chicago children's museum.

such a fun place. owen's fave, by far, was the waterways play area. he got completely soaked!

our little swimmer.

the o.bug could have stayed in the pool all weekend long. he seriously loved it that much. thanks, mom and dad. we had a fantastic time.

little sprouts.

every time owen would drop a bean into one of the plugs, we'd hear, "byyyeee bean."

chuckEcheese.

what can i say...they love it!  

25months.

just a quick o.bug update...

-he's getting really good at stringing multiple words together to form his own little sentences... "go. shoes. car. papa. grandma. hello." (we must hear that little gem at least a hundred times a day.)

-he is constantly saying little phrases like, "here you go" and "here it is."

-he knows several of his colors...yellow, blue, green, purple, and orange. (with red usually being  referred to as orange.)

-yellow is definitely his favorite color.

-he sounds so cute when he sings... "la la la la la." 

-he does his own little version of the itsy bitsy spider, complete with the hand motions and all.

-every time he falls down or runs into something, he says "crash."

-when he's being silly or mischevious, he'll look at you with a big grin and say "cheese."

-as soon as he gets into the time out, he'll say "sorry." and then immediately try to escape.

-he loves to let hudson out each morning.

-he has become quite the laundry helper.

-he no longer uses his highchair or booster seat at the table.

-he picked out his very own green potty chair.

-and he finally climbed out of his crib.