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 :)

Adventures of a 4-month old

Believe it or not, that's a real owl staring Ben in the face ... yikes!

And yes, that's a hawk giving Owen the stare-down ... a little too close for comfort if you ask me! We had a fun day at the Outdoor Discovery Center and can't wait to take him back when he gets older.

It was cool to see a hawk so close! We even watched it eat ... kinda gross, but cool.

One of his new favorite toys - he loves his jumpy seat.

Mimi bought matching monkey shirts for Owen and cousin Ava, so we had to take some pics. He loves watching Ava bounce around the house - it will be fun when he can chase her around:)

Happy Thanksgiving! Daddy made Owen some turkey feathers ... it might just become a Thanksgiving tradition. It was so fun to have him join the festivities since last year we announced his arrival at Thanksgiving and everyone was excited.

New Laugh

When he starts to laugh he just can't stop!

Learning to talk

He likes to talk now... today is laid in bed for 2 hours talking and yelling at the animals in the mobile above his crib (5am was too early to wake up).

Here he is in his jumpy... he can touch the ground on his tiptoes but enough to enjoy the feeling of walking around.

Halloween Costumes

Cute hat!

Ava came to show us her costume. Owen liked her puppy outfit.

The pea costume was a little small but he could still wiggle... his legs were too long

Turns out we do have monkeys in michigan

Mommy enjoyed her first dress-up day. I have a feeling this will be a trend for her. I don't think we should be concerned until she is wearing a monkey costume too:)

He Rolled Over!!!

Yesterday he became mobile. "Tummy time" is shorter because he knows how to get out of it. This video is his second time rolling over. YEAH OWEN!

Visiting Great-Grandparents

Owen went to visit great-grandma & grandpa Stark. Great-grandpa feels very special that he and Owen share the same middle name, Marcel. It's always a special time when they're together.