Blankenship Family!: Owen is 19 Months!

19 months... on his way to being 2!

We had a quieter month this January. It was nice to hibernate for a little bit and just get back to our daily routines after all the craziness of the holidays. We had a few play dates here and there... Owen's friend Garrett came over one morning to play and they had an absolute blast! They chased each other around the dining room table giggling, played hide-and-seek in the curtains, and read books together. They were like two peas in a pod. Instant best friends! Garrett lives down the street from us and I just love his mom (Janelle). I'm excited Owen has some boys in the neighborhood that he gets along with so well!

Owen still loves music and gets his groove on anytime he hears a good song! He will even say "Uh oh!" when the song is over, like "Hey, turn it back on!" I was singing Funky Town the other day (got stuck in my head from a TV show) and he was spinning around and shaking his head to tunes! I love that music excited his bones and touches him this way! Jimmy and I are both hugely into music, so it's such a joy to see that he got this gene too! Thinking back, he would even grove to songs when he was in my belly!

Owen is now saying several two word phrases. He has been saying "Mama, cookie!" and "Hot, no no!" for a little while now. Now we are catching him putting more and more phrases together. It's amazing to see how quickly he learns and grows.

Owen still loves to read (I know, I write about this almost every month!). He will pull every book out of his two book boxes and bring them to me to read to him. He likes to snuggle up in my lap while I read them, but sometimes Dylan is taking up that space, so he will just sit on the floor next to me and turn the pages as I read. He has started to learn the books and predict what is going to be on the next page or under the flap.

Snuggling with Lola in his reading chair.

Owen loooooves animals! We have a few books that have pictures of all kinds of animals throughout the books and he has learned all the sounds that they make. Since he can't say all of their names, he calls them by the sound they make. He is learning more and more animal sounds every week! His favorite animal right now is a horse. He does the perfect little "Neigh!" noise! The TV was on and there was a segment about horses... I had to rewind the TV 3 times for him to watch the horses (and he NEVER watches TV, won't sit still long enough to watch something). When I wouldn't rewind it a 4th time he threw a little fit! The whole time he was watching them he was neighing!

Speaking of animals, Owen loves the dogs. He especially loves Lola (our chihuahua). He will grab her and hug her, pet her, play with her ears and toes, and give her kisses. When she comes upstairs he gets so excited to see her! He ca't say his L's very well right now, so he calls her "Yaya." She has been so good with him. If she gets tired of him she'll just go lay down, but for the most part she loves all the attention and puts up with being poked and prodded.

Here are some other cute moments from the past month...

I've been making some games for him to work on fine/gross motor skills, sorting, and other skills. He's mastered this one already. :)

Saturday morning pancakes, I made an "O" for Owen with my pancake pen.

He loves to do "yoga" and will do moves like this whenever I say yoga. Honestly, no idea where he got this!

Smarty pants!

Trimming his hair... I give him a lollipop to keep his head still.

Finger painting!

He lines all of his bath toys up on the edge of the bath. #OCD Hah!

He loves to run around naked before his bath. He will get ready for his bath, run in Dylan's room where I am changing Dylan and say "Mama!" and smack his belly or butt. One word: HAM!