The Waiting Game

The due date is almost here and for some reason I had been thinking baby Grayson would make an appearance a little early.  He still has time to make mama happy and come early but I'm not holding my breath.  So in the mean time we are trying to keep busy and do fun things here at the Drapp household to make the time go quickly.

We decorated pumpkins....

We have been keeping up with playdates with our friends and playgroup - like going to the Little Gym.

We made Halloween cookies - Owen LOVED helping mommy cook and decorate.

We let Owen watch his first episode of Charlie Brown Halloween.  We dressed Owen in his Halloween jammies and the three of us snuggled in bed with popcorn for the movie.  Owen still talks about the "witch show" and requests to do this often.  I am sure we will be doing a lot of these activities this winter but there will be another little boy to add to the bed.

I have been taking walks every morning before the boys wake up, and then on nice evenings we usually get out and walk the neighborhood together, looking at Halloween decorations or bringing balls to the park to play.

We got our first iphone the day before Owen was born and are now up for the next one just in time for Baby Gray to arrive so we have been spending some time at the Apple store getting things set up.  I had to add this picture of Owen playing with the kid's iPads.  How cute is this?!

I think this will be my last belly shot before Baby Grayson arrives.  I am huge and uncomfortable but I know I will want to see what I looked like at the end of the pregnancy, so here goes...

Look at that belly, it doesn't even look real!

I hope to have something to share with you all soon!  We are praying for a healthy baby and easy delivery.

Owen Bradley is Two!

On October 6th our funny, active, sweet baby Owen turned two!!  Time has flown by, sometimes I wish I could go back to the day he was born.  A whole new life started for us on that day.

First birthday photos...

This year with Owen's birthday being so close to my due date we decided that we weren't going to host a big party.  This doesn't mean however that Owen didn't have a great day.  We tried to make it as special as possible.  While Owen was asleep we put balloons in his room so that when he woke up he would see that today was no ordinary day.

He was pretty excited to have his own balloon bouquet for the day.  We headed down for a special birthday breakfast.  Thanks to Pinterest, I found this idea to make birthday cake pancakes...

Owen was a pretty big fan of getting to eat cake for breakfast, who wouldn't be?

Next we let Owen open presents from Mommy and Daddy.

We thoroughly enjoyed our morning at home playing with new toys and spending one of our last Saturdays together as a family of three.  Kristin and Tim had us over for dinner that evening to celebrate my birthday (which is the day after) and Owen's birthday.

 I tested out a second Pinterest idea for Owen's 2nd birthday cake, it was pretty delicious!!

On Monday Brad and I brought doughnuts to Owen's school to celebrate his birthday.  He was VERY excited to see us in his classroom, but not as excited as he was to eat a chocolate doughnut and drink some juice.

Here are some two year old stats for our little man....

Height:  33 inches (15th percentile)

Weight:  26 pounds (24th percentile)

Head:  51 cm.  (94th percentile)

Owen is an active little man, he is still crazy about all things sports.  He is pretty coordinated and loves to climb, jump, run and hit or kick balls of any kind.  Daddy and Owen love to race on our evening walks.  

 Owen is trying to show his independence these days, he wants to put his shoes on himself, put the lids on his cups himself, walk through the grocery store by himself (my least favorite thing), and walk up and down the stairs alone.  Although he still often times wants Mommy to "hold you" and snuggle.  Owen has been a little attached to me lately and has not been wanting anyone else to comfort him or put him to bed.  I think he is catching on that life may be changing pretty soon when baby brother arrives. 

Owen's vocabulary is expanding every minute!  He says things that I didn't even know he could say and is always trying to imitate how Brad and I talk or what we are discussing.  He came up to us the other morning and said "hey guys".  He is forming 5 and 6 word sentences and is using linking verbs in his sentences by adding "is" and also using the correct pronouns most of the time "him or her".  I love when he tells me stories about things.  I am sure that most people don't understand what in the world his is telling me, but I get it.

Owen is still sleeping in his crib, we are hoping to keep him there as long as possible.  He has never climbed out of his bed (knock on wood), but there was a period of time where he got very close but would only attempt while we were in the room with him.  He wakes up around 7:30 or 8:00, he would probably stay in his bed for much longer in the mornings if we didn't go in to get him.  I am sure we will test this out after the baby comes in a few weeks.  I put him down for nap between 1:00-1:15 and he usually goes right to sleep until about 3:30 or 4:00.  Owen went through a period of time about a month ago which lasted about a month where he would play and talk in his crib for hours instead of going to sleep.  Sometimes he would talk for over 2 hours before finally falling asleep.  I am hoping that was just a phase and not the start of operation give up naps.  This mama still needs a good 3 hour break in the afternoon.  Now that is getting dark earlier Owen seems to be ready for bed around 7:30 and is in bed by 8:00 at the latest.  If we keep him up too late he still wakes up just as early in the morning but is a complete grouch in the morning.  

We love spending time with our little man, I am cherishing every moment I have with him!!