10 months old...

Owen is now 10 months old...I cannot believe how fast his little life is going.  He is the cutest little guy.  He giggles all the time and we love to hear it.  He loves to pull himself up on EVERYTHING and gets into anything he can get his hands onto.  He loves to pull up to things and take them off the shelf or whatever it is, he especially likes to do this with our bookshelf.  I love going into his room and seeing his smiley face when he wakes up from his naps.  He has 8 teeth and is getting 4 more...love teething.  He wears mostly 9-12 month clothes but some of his things are 12-18 months.  He weighs 20 pounds and loves to eat.  He thinks he is a big boy and only wants to eat 'big people' food but he still eats an occasional baby food.  He loves to be outside and anywhere near his brother and sisters.  Love this little active boy of ours!

Mountain Top wrestling tournament...

In March, we traveled down to Sandy, Utah to attend a wrestling tournament.  Last year we went down and it was a HUGE tournament, but Anthony ended up with pink eye.  This year we went down, it was less than huge and Jake ended up getting a grade III ankle sprain.  I think we are going to avoid the tournament next year :).  Overall, Anthony got some really good matches and did VERY well wrestling.  He had to wrestle up in weight groups but he fought super hard and wanted every win he got!  We were very proud of the way he wrestled.  We ended up having a great trip, albeit hectic and not exactly what we had pictured but overall good!  My Dad got some great pictures of Jake and Anthony wrestling and we couldn't have done what we did without my parents their!

We took Jake's brother Justin and his friend Cory down with us to wrestle and they ended up being lifesavers.  They helped the kids while we were swimming and helped drag everyone around in a wagon at Hogle Zoo on Saturday.  After Jake hurt his ankle on Friday night, we knew we'd have to find some crutches so on Saturday after the tournament we went to the DI and found a great pair for only $5.  He ended up using them all over the zoo on Saturday so they were a good purchase.  I am upset that I didn't take my new camera with us to the zoo and get some good pictures but because of how hectic things were I totally forgot.  We had a really fun time at the zoo though and enjoyed out mini vacation to Utah!

The girls...

A few pictures of the 'girls' of the family.  These girls are such great friends and love playing with each other.  It makes me happy every day to know that they have a sister forever!  I love the way they play with each other and are always looking out for one another. I hope this lasts forever!  They share a room and after Jake and I put them down for the night, you can hear giggling, singing and talking for quite a few minutes after we say goodnight.  It is so cute that they are already such good little buddies! 

PIano man...

 I think I have a picture of every one of my kids doing this exact same thing.  There is just something about making noise that attracts little kids!  Love it.  Owen gets into EVERYTHING.  He is constantly moving around the house making messes that I just cleaned up...but really, I am not sure if I'd have it any other way.  Cute little guy!

Bath time....

 Baby Owen LOVES bath time.  He loves to crawl into the bathroom, pull himself up and just holler until we let him get in the bath.  Then, he just splashes, slips and plays around in the tub.  He loves it.  He loves it when his brother and sisters take one with him too, but he really loves it when it is all his.  I cannot believe how fast he is growing up though!

Library Carnival...

During the month of January and February the library had a game board that you got to fill in for reading books outloud as a family.  If you filled up the game then you got to go to the carnival that the library put on.  It was SO much fun.  The kids had a great time putting stickers or smiley faces on the game piece and then had a GREAT time at the carnival.  They had tons of games and activities to do, including face painting.  The line for the face painting was so long the girls missed out on some of the other games, but they really, really wanted their face painted and you can see why.  They were really cute crowns on their forehead!  What a great way to excite the kids to read...I think I'll do something like this in the summer and have a prize at the end of the game board too! 

Bowling...

Cousin Garrett had a birthday and we got to have some fun with them bowling!  The kids had a great time.  Jenna got a better score than Jake and I and was so happy about it!  I'm sure we will forever hear about it too! I am a terrible bowler, but finally got the hang of it at the end.  Jake as always did great and my Dad was the high scorer out of the group!  Fun times!!