Our Little Frog

Cousin Ava came over to help pass out candy and play with Owen on Halloween. He didn't sit still very long, but he had lots of fun playing.

He's such a funny guy. I brought out the camera and he gave me this huge smile. He's the cutest little frog I've ever seen.

Daddy and Owen passed out candy ... well, Owen just tried to run outside every time we opened the door but he still had fun. We set a new family record: 221 trick-or-treaters!

Vacation at Maranatha

We went up to Maranatha for a week of relaxing in August. It was fun to spend time all together as a family. Owen loved the swings, crawling in the sand and saying "hi" to all the people he saw. It was lots of fun. We might have to make this an annual visit.

Owen and daddy spent a lot of time on the swings - one of Owen's favorite things to do, I think he's going to like roller coasters.

I caught him mid-conversation with someone. He loved watching the older kids - the cutest thing was when he was swinging next to some middle school kids and started "talking" to them like they were his new buddies. He's definitely not shy around new people.

Mid-flight - I'm sure if he could talk he'd say "Higher daddy, higher!"

Here he is playing in the condo. He loved this little table and kept pulling out the drawer at the top. His other favorite was opening the cupboards to the DVD player, he's getting pretty mobile now and he's super fast.

All in the Family

4 Generations - Owen, Me, Grampy and Great-Grandma. We went out to dinner for Great-Grandma's 90th birthday. She's 90 and still going strong!

I love this pic of Owen and Ben - they have so much fun playing together, Owen is always so excited to spend time with daddy at the end of the day.

One of many cute family pics taken by Walcott Imaging for his 1 year photos. He's getting so big already! We love spending time with him - he's such a joy.

1st Birthday

Here's the visitor list... nice looking crew

Ava helped Owen break in the new playset

I think he liked it... good gift!

Good job buddy!

Dad made a barn cake after his favorite book, "The Big Red Barn".

Turns out he liked corn on the cob better than his cake

He LOVED the tractor

We decorated the back yard for him with a barn theme with hay bales for seats.

9 Months

This is my absolute favorite pic of Owen at 9 months. He loves playing peek-a-boo and crawling around - he's such a fun baby.

Yay we're at Disney! Our first "family" vacation to Disney. Ben and I volunteered a day of service and got 2 free tickets to Disney so we spent a day in the Magic Kingdom. Owen had fun people watching - he was such a trooper and stayed up until 9pm!

Owen and great-grandma Wickstra at their condo in Florida. We went to visit them in April and he had lots of fun!

Great-grandpa Wickstra and Owen had fun playing together. They enjoyed a little snuggle before bedtime in this picture.

Yay for swimming! Owen loves the water, although I think he enjoys the lakes and oceans more than the pool.

Still funny

I think he's done sleeping

This is being sent to HC for the magazine!!

We picked flowers for mom.

Every night he gets a little silly and most anything makes him laugh. Here's the most recent.

March - 8 months already!

Daddy and Owen love feeding the squirrels in our backyard. Daddy named one of them "Steve" so it's fun to watch Steve eat corn.

Mmmmm ... green beans for dinner:) He's a good eater and not too picky so we can't complain. His favorites right now are cauliflower, eggplant and any type of fruit.

Yay for bathtime! This is mommy's favorite part when she gets to cuddle with Owen wrapped up in the duck towel.

February Fun

Happy Birthday Grammy! Owen & Mommy went to Grammy's school to surprise her at lunch on her birthday. Owen didn't really know what to do with all those kids but they all loved him:)

Yay! Mommy and Owen love cuddling and have lots of fun together.

One of Owen's favorite parts of the day is when Daddy comes home from work and they play together. They have lots of fun together and it always involves laughter and big smiles.

He's so cute! I just love his smile:)

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California baby!

Chillin' in the airport before our flight to California - you'd never know he'd been up since 4am. He was more awake than any of us! Luckily he slept on the plane:) We went to California so Ben could stand up in a wedding for one of his college friends.

Our first swim! The weather wasn't swim-worthy, but hey we're from Michigan and 55 degrees feels warm to us in January :) We didn't swim long, but he did enjoy it - we're excited for this summer and lots of pool time!

Relaxin' in the hotel in his swimming trunks (they came with a built-in diaper!). Mommy and Owen spent a lot of time relaxing in the hotel room while daddy helped set-up the wedding. Owen loved rolling around on the big bed and did a great job the whole trip. We didn't stick around long after the wedding but it was still a fun adventure.

First Feeding!

It was so cute - he kept sucking his thumb between bites:)

I think daddy had more fun with this than Owen:)

First bite! He did a great job and seemed to like it so we were excited :)

Baby's First Christmas!

Say cheese! Owen was the best gift of all this Christmas, so daddy put a bow on his head while we opened up presents. We had so much fun, he's such a happy baby:)

Christmas morning at Grammy & Grampy's house - He slept in reindeer pj's of course.

Caught on camera! Cousin Jason and Owen hanging out at Mimi & Poppi's house. Jason's a natural with him, Owen was very relaxed.

Christmas at Mimi & Poppi's house. Owen started out as a reindeer and ended up as Santa (we love costumes!)

Picking out the Christmas tree - we were excited to meet up with Uncle Matt & Ava. (Notice Owen's reindeer costume - we couldn't resist!)

Yay! We love the snow & Christmas time! This is my favorite pick of Mommy & Owen taken outside when we picked out our tree. Daddy's a great photographer :)