Blog Neglect

So, yeah-it has been a mere 2 weeks since I last posted. I am a slacker, I know. You'll be relieved to know, all the missing posts are listed and follow. I intended to post more but, it just didn't happen. Things are way harder as a single parent. It gives me a whole new respect for parents who go it alone. Plus, as I warned him I would...my new brother in law, Jason was talking to me about Owen and I said "I thought you read my blogs" and he said "well, I do-but there are just so many words...." He's been marked off my Christmas list-well, unless the knives are ordered-then I may reconsider :-> evil cackle...

Anyway, everything is good and we are very excited to get "daddy" back tomorrow. I'm catching up since being out of town and working like 5 days straight between PC and the hospital before leaving town (planned in order to make up for the time off and out of town).

Owen will be 9 months old tomorrow and have his check up. I can't wait to update on his growth and progress. As a sneak peek, I will share our biggest new news...

Owen is CRAWLING!!!! Ok, kinda. The PT says it a modified army crawl. Which makes me laugh because the "army crawl" is a modified regular crawl babies do before they can "officially" crawl hands and knees. None the less-I think it's awesome that my "would-be" 7 month old is getting where he wants to go with rolling, creeping forward and even sliding backwards on his back-that's a hoot. I wish I could figure out how to upload "movies" as you would all get to see his hilarious antics. His crawl looks like he's an Olympic swimmer-but on carpet. The PT credits our time in WI where Owen spent more time than usual on his belly on a smooth surface as my mom has wood floors and Owen was a real mover an shaker on them. He could spin 180 degrees on his belly in a blink. It was so cute! He was so overstimulated by that floor, but go figure...it propelled him to come home with new-found abilities that traveled back home with him! I'm so proud of him! He's been such a trooper!