Weekend in Louisville---Bone Marrow Registry

We went up to Louisville this weekend to be a part of the Be The Match bone marrow donor registry drive in honor of my cousin Stephen. We had 42 new people added to the registry and raised about $480 to help cover the cost of processing it all. It would be heavenly if one of them ended up being a match, but if not, that is 42 more people on the list that may match someone else. We enjoyed spending the day with family, selling (and eating) treats and chili. We even made it to the zoo for the day.

Ellie was assigned to have Shabbat bear for the weekend, so he got to accompany us on the trip as well.

 Ellie at the Zoo

 Ellie and Shabbat Bear

Owen selling waters

Language development

Owen turned 15 months this past week. One thing that I am always in awe of is the brain's ability to process language. It always makes me pause to think of such a complex organ that God created that is capable of so much. So with each of my kids, I love to sit back and watch their language start exploding as they begin to realize the power of language.

So I thought I would share Owen's limited vocabulary.
Our very favorite is banana, pronounced nunununa very quickly.
Buk=book  (His absolute favorite toy).
Mo=More
Ba=Bottle
Mil=Milk
Dat=That
Dog=any four legged creature
Ball=Ball
Mamamamama=Momma
Uh-O means I dropped it on purpose, but I'm going to pretend it was an accident.

I feel like he has more words, but I just can't recall them.

A day of Firsts

My little guy is growing up way too fast. This past weekend he got his first haircut which was very low key at the kitchen table. Yes, that is a fork in his hand. Not the most sanitary, I know, but keeping his hands busy allowed me to actually do a quick trim.  His other first was to use a utensil to eat. He was actually quite good at getting it into his mouth. Of course the dogs are loving it because it means more crumbs on the floor for them. They pretty much camp out under the table when he is sitting there.

I also caught one of them all playing together today. The girls took the box upstairs and Owen screeched so  loud that they had taken his toy, that they brought it back and all played together. We seem to have a box fascination in this house. Luckily, Ellie decided this one was too little to live in. Notice Owen's favorite toy of all--the toothbrush. He has them scattered throughout every room in the house and both cars. I guess his teeth will be healthy.