Happy 10 month birthday Owen!

Our sweet little boy is 10 months old today, time is going by pretty fast it seems. He "officially" took his first step this week and today he took 3 steps at once....I can see it won't be long and he will be off and running, literally. He is getting more and more teeth as well. He has had 2 for a few weeks, and this week, another one came in (and not without letting us know about it, he has been some kind of fussy!). I feel so bad for him, wishing I could make him feel better, but just doing what I can to make him comfortable until they come in. His hair is also growing as fast as he is...it is starting to curl in some places and it is SO cute. I used to make fun of mother's who said they couldn't bear to cut their boy's hair, but I am starting to understand what they meant, it will be hard to see those precious curls fall when the time comes, but I will hold on as long as I can get away with (or until I start getting the comments "are you ever going to let him have a hair cut" and "he's starting to look like a girl!"). Here are some pictures of Mr. Owen over the last couple of weeks:

Kentucky Weekend

This past weekend we took a trip to Louisville, KY - the main purpose was to pick up some chairs for a customers of ours at our business (Anderson Office Interiors for those of you who do not know) but we also wanted to do a couple of fun things too so we made stops at Churchill Downs, Jim Beam Distillery and the Nashville Zoo. We could not take the tour of Churchill Downs, much to my disappointment since it was Derby Week but I still snapped a pic of the new statue of Barbaro which they had just unveiled the day before we visited, so that was pretty cool. We just made a quick stop at the distillery, they are not yet set up to do "guided tours" so we just walked around and snapped a couple of pics and continued on to the zoo. Our family is big on animals and zoos, so this was fun for everyone! My favorite of which I'll post a pic, were the white tigers that were sisters roughhousing with each other, they were just like regular kittens, only way bigger and their teeth were biting completely through this rubber planter they were playing with. Here are some pics from our stops:

Miss Olivia is very happy to be at the zoo!

The gorgeous white tigers (big and small)

Owen enjoyed himself too (notice the zoo-themed shirt, the shorts matched although you can't see in this pic...yes, I do try to have my kids "match" for whatever activity they are participating in....just me and my OCD!

What a beautiful kitty....looks like a Bengal cat we used to have...about 80lbs heavier though!

Here is a meerkat...they are tiny little creatures.

Olivia posing with Mr. Jim Beam (I think so anyway, the original Mr. Beam that is).

The new Barbaro tribute statue at Churchhill Downs....very cool to see in person.

American Girl Fashion Show Day!

I am a little behind in posting, but I'll start with last weekend, which was the American Girl Fashion Show sponsored by Junior League of Morgan County. Olivia was not quite big enough to model the clothes that the fashion show provided, so she was instead a "VIP", which meant she got to walk the runway with her doll during the intermission. My camera was acting up of course when it was her turn to come out, but I took the pic on the left after the show with her standing on the stage...... the outside pic was her doing outside the country club....I guess you could say she's a "tree hugger". We (Me, Olivia and "Nomie" (my mom/Olivia's grandmother) had a great time at the show!