Sleep!

Owen is the best little boy! He is sleeping at night!!! I don't want to jinx anything, but for about the last week or so he has been sleeping 6 OR MORE hours at a time at night! I am very happy about that and hope that it continues. I was going to try to give him a bottle before bed, but I usually don't have one, so I haven't been doing that and he still sleeps that long! The only thing is, I don't usually go to bed until about 11 pm and so he doesn't either and then we get up later in the morning. When I go back to work, I'm going to have to start going to bed earlier, and so I hope I can get Owen on that schedule as well.

The three of us spent Valentine's Day weekend in Coralville with Ryan's mom and stepdad. It was nice to be able to see them and get a little mini vacation. Also, we haven't seen them since the weekend after Owen was born, so we sort of celebrated Christmas too. Owen got clothes and a book and balloons, Ryan got some comfy pants and Tommy Bahama shirt, and I got matching comfy pants and zip up sweatshirt from Victoria's Secret! We spent Saturday at the mall and then went out for a couple of drinks, and then back to the hotel restaurant for supper. I had prime rib and Ryan had a ribeye--it was SO good. So good, in fact, that we went back the next morning for their brunch buffet. YUM! We also went down to the hot tub on Saturday night and had a couple of drinks down there. It was a pretty fun weekend.

Owen also got a Valentine's present from my parents. They were in Omaha celebrating my nephew's birthday over the weekend, and on the way back dropped off a card and his present. Here's a picture:

It's called a Bumbo and it's a seat for babies to sit in once they can hold their head up, but can't sit up on their own. He really likes it because he can look all around and I think he looks so cute in it. He likes to watch the dogs playing and running back and forth. I just can't wait until he starts laughing at the dogs. He's going to get a big kick out of them when he learns to laugh :) The only thing about this seat as opposed to his swing or bouncy is that he can't fall asleep in it. I think he wanted to the other day, but was working too hard to keep his head up. His eyes were pretty droopy, though.

I don't know if I've talked about those shoes he's wearing in this picture or not, but they were a gift from Ryan's aunt and uncle. They are his first tennis shoes and are awesome because they are VIKINGS!!! They're so cute!

Next week I am planning to take Owen to Hudson High School (where I did my student teaching) to visit my cooperating teacher and some of the other staff. I haven't been there since my last day of student teaching and I'm excited to show him off :)

Ryan is going to Arizona on his yearly golf trip on Thursday, so Owen, the dogs, and I are going to spend a few days in Elkader at my parent's house. Nothing better than visiting the grandparents!! LOTS and LOTS of help! :) And homecooked meals :) I'm even going to get to go to a movie in the theater! We do have lots of friends that keep telling us they want to babysit, so I don't know why we don't take them up on it, but give me another month and maybe I'll be taking them up on their offers!

Ok, well, keep knocking on wood, praying or keeping your fingers crossed that Owen keeps sleeping as well as he has. That's all for now, but here are a few more CUTE (of course) pictures of Owen:

SMILEY BOY!