SUPER O!

just a few photos from owen's 5th birthday party!















and a few snaps from the iphone!!

party favors...





invite...



guestbook...

owen's (out of this world!) birthday party...

thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate owen's 4th birthday... we hope you had a blast!!

and for those who were unable to make it, here's a little recap...

there were flying saucers to decorate + goodie bags to be enjoyed!

we had 2 foot balloons + ice cream from the future!

the kids had a 'blast' with the stomp rocket game (and everyone made it to the moon at least once)!

according to the birthday boy, it was OUT OF THIS WORLD!!

choo choo, thank you!

owen had so much fun this year... thanks to everyone for making his train party so fantastic!

and because i know we have some very anxious out of town family + friends, here are a few photos from owen's 3rd birthday party...

the boarding pass.

the dining car.

the snacks.

the departure goods...a conductor's hat + whistle, thomas stickers + a train lolipop. (thanks to the best daddy ever for making the train whistles!)

and the train conductor... blowing out his birthday candles!

opening presents.

THANKS, EVERYONE!

a monsterrific party.

adam and i just wanted to thank everyone for helping us celebrate owen's 2nd birthday. we had so much fun, and we hope you did too. 

for those of you who were unable to make it, here is a photo recap...

the birthday monster (sporting his leonard the monster tee)... 

the front door... 

the party tins (filled with a monster puppet and board book, a monster lolipop, monster goo, and a monster headband)...

the table (complete with monster slime, sugar cookies that had already been nibbled on by the birthday monsters, blue rice krispie treats, mini chocolate covered brownie monsters, and white chocolate eyeballs.)

the monster cake...

owen's cupcake...  

a pair of birthday monsters (adam originals)...

and a very tired little birthday monster... 

and a great big thanks to grandma bonnie, grandma jan, and grandpa scott for all of your help.

turning two.

the tickle monster book and magical tickle monster mitts were a huge hit with owen. 

he looooved his chocolate sprinkled birthday donut. we kept hearing, "mmmm....good" and "yum yum yum."

and he had a ton of fun riding the helicopter at chuck e cheese. 

what a fun birthday!

the birthday boy.

just reading his new book with daddy.

and i think this is quite possibly my favorite photo EVER. 

owen's first year

so heres the jpeg image of the 20 x 20 print that i designed for owen's alphabet party. its a collection of some of my very favorite pictures from owen's first year. you can see it bigger by clicking on it.


the actual print is mounted on styrene board and ready to be hung in the playroom. you have no idea how HAPPY it makes me.

birthday boy

just sharing a few pics from our little birthday celebration on tuesday.

since owen loved his first cupcake so much, we decided to get him another one for his actual birthday. and as you can see, he couldn't get enough of this one, either.

once the sugar set in, he got a little crazy.

and of course, he made a huge mess and had to be stripped down.

and given a bath.
(which i dont think he minded too much.)

and finally, he got to open his presents.
and of course, he had the most fun with the wrapping paper.

 such a perfectly fun day.

and on another note...i have a quick update...this morning, owen walked clear across the living room and dining room, taking probably over 30 steps in a row.  and all day long, hes been standing up on his own and squatting down to pick up toys.  hes on a roll.

and one last thing...we have to send belated birthday blog wishes out to owen's uncle jonah + uncle douggie, who both had birthdays this month. love ya guys.