One Year Ago Today...

It was one year ago today that this little bundle of joy came into our lives. We had been hoping for him for a long time. He was little Owen. He only cried for a few minutes after he was born. In fact he lay quietly for hours under the lamp as the nurses cleaned him up, combed his hair and took his picture in which his Dad thought he looked like a little old man.

He slept quietly and soundly that night, wrapped in the arms of his Mommy, while Dad snored loudly on the couch that folded into a bed. One would have thought that Dad was the one who gave birth the way he was crashed out on that couch. But little Owen slept through all of the noise. His eyes were bright and full of thought.

But he knew he was safe and loved from the moment he was born. Everyone was there to see him and it seemed they were just as anxious to hold him as Mommy and Dad.


And while they were patient in letting everyone hold him, Mommy and Dad couldn't wait to hug the little guy. In fact once Owen was in his Dad's arms, he knew from then on he would always be his Daddy's little buddy.


He was still a little bundle of joy once he was brought home as well. He already had his own room, toys and games. He also found out he had a dog named Lily, too!

He was a handful at first, but it didn't take Mommy and Dad too long to get the hang of things. Soon they were taking pictures left and right of their little guy growing up.

Here are some more pictures of Owen's first year:

It doesn't seem that long ago we were holding him for the first time, happy, excited, tired and scared to death all at the same time. We've had a lot of adventures in this first year. There was the Cruise-In on the Fourth of July and we went to Bear Lake twice this summer! We watched football all season long, even caught a few of the Aggie's games, even though they lost. He was a little devil on Halloween and a little gentlemen on Thanksgiving. He celebrated Christmas and rang in the New Year both with aplomb. There was the Super Bowl and then Easter. He helped Dad with his school work, and even met a few of his professors. He is an old pro at Mommy and Dad's work. He's been there so much he could probably run a shift by himself. And through it all he took it all on with a smile.

The year has gone by too fast. From waiting for the umbilical cord to fall off to midnight feedings to a few 3:00 am visits to Emergency Room with lots of poop, puke, drool, slobber and spitting up in between. Over a thousand diaper changes and lots of clothes he is now too big to wear, our little boy is growing up. From reacting to his first little sneeze to now celebrating his first tentative steps on his own a lot of things happened in this first year. We can't help but be excited about the years to come. A lot can be said about Owen, he's cute, he's chubby, he can be naughty sometimes, he is starting to squirm around when you change his diaper. He laughs and giggles and is always ready to give anyone a smile. But the one things we love to say about him is that he is our Little Owen.

Happy Birthday Owen!

We Love You!