23 Months Old!

Owen turned 23 months old today!  It is hard to believe that in 1 month he will be 2. I still get misty eyed thinking that we missed the first year of his life, but I think we have done a good job of making his 2nd year memorable:) At least he has for us anyway:)! 

He has really started putting words together really well for small sentences. In fact, tonight, he "read" a book with me. It was called "Swim duck, Swim!" The first page says "Hello Duck!" Then Owen would say it. We would turn the page. "Swim Duck Swim!" Owen would repeat it. We turned the page, "Hello Rabbit" Owen would repeat it. Turn the page, and "Hop rabbit Hop!" Owen would repeat. The final 2 animals were a dog and Monkey. I was pretty impressed that he said it so clearly and really in sentence form. He is just so smart! 

Seriously, he doesn't miss a thing. We try to "hide" things in front of him so he doesn't learn how to do them, but he watches our every move. He has been like that since Day 1 with us. If he saw us do something, he wanted to do it. If you moved and the floor creeked, he heard it and watched you to see what you were doing. I still can't believe how observant he is! 

I'm just so excited to be his mom!  We had such a wonderful Christmas. He really had fun opening his gifts, and he would play a little with each one after opening them. He also enjoyed passing out gifts to others, and of course helping mommy and daddy open their gifts. I loved watching him and seeing how excited he was:) 

I also felt very blessed holding him during Christmas Eve Mass. When we were waiting to adopt and then waiting to bring Owen home once we were matched, my biggest thing I looked forward to was having him in mass and teaching him about God. I would see the other mothers at church, or even be holding my nieces/nephews and thinking how much it would mean to me to have him in my arms there. Now I do:) Though some weeks are better than others in terms of how Owen will do, I still love having him in mass with me, celebrating God!  What better way can we show our appreciation as a family than in prayer, especially in God's house.

Now we're getting ready to start the new year and waiting to see what lies ahead for our family:)  I'm looking forward to even more memories, which include Owen's 2nd birthday!  Happy New Year everyone:)!