La Policia Mexicana

I laughed so hard watching this. If you speak any Spanish or have taken a Spanish class ever, you should watch.

SNL la-policia-mexicana

Three Years Ago

I can hardly believe that three years ago this morning Owen came into our world. After 38 weeks of pregnancy, craving potatoes and gagging at the smell of buttered popcorn and sink drains, the first addition to the Trent Family arrived. Weighing only 6 lbs and 13 oz, 20 and 3/4" long, he made a dramatic entrance. We nearly lost the little guy due to a prolapsed cord, his heart beat plummeted low with each contraction and he was not rebounding. I was told he needed to be delivered immediately. We were scared that our baby might not make it. I closed my eyes and thought of the only thing that came to mind, the song A Child's Prayer. With in 5 minutes of being told we were going for surgery we were in the operating room and baby Owen was delivered. A sweet yet intense spirit filled the room, it was joy, excitement, love and reverence all at the same time while a little boy cried his first cry.

We named him Garett Owen Trent. Garett after his Daddy and Owen because it means 'young warrior' we thought it was what he would need to be to survive in the world we live in today.

He came out long in length, with long fingers and big feet and resembled a skinny wrinkled up old man, not quite fitting in to his over sized skin.

When we were leaving the hospital with Owen we laughed because no one was stopping us from leaving. We joked are they seriously trusting us to take him home?

This is Owen at 3 months old, he grew so quickly!

Check out the chub on this guy. :)
He grew so big so quickly that we had to move him over to a big boys car seat at 5 months. He stayed at the top of the charts (and off the charts) for height and weight, and I got buff arms.
As a mom I had a very skewed version of reality, if his wrist rolls every started to part I would get so worried that I wasn't feeding him enough. I was next to tears in the doctors office worried that he was starving. The doctor chuckled and told me I had nothing to worry about. No kidding, what was I thinking?

Owen at 1
Around this time his eyes changed from Blue to Green!

Slowly getting more hair.

Love you too bud!

Owen's devotion to the paci was true. And finally we ditched the paci when he was 2 and a half.

Gosh Owen, you are so cute!

Bear is Owey's cuddly pal who goes everywhere Owen goes.

Owen today. He has grown so much! As most of you know, he loves Superman. Other things among his long list of favorites...Bear, his blankly, Wall-E, his family-each one of them, Buzz Light Year, cars, trucks, planes, helicopters, jumping, running, "swimming" in the bath tub, playing in the sand, going to the Bounce House, making messes, going to nursery at church, talking on the phone with Mya, and playing with Play Dough.

One wish he has - to play in the snow.

Love you!
Happy Birthday!

Charly Girl is 10 months!!

It is amazing to me how quickly Charly is growing up. Today she turned 10 months! She is still sweet and cuddly - thank goodness! Some of her favorite things to do are chewing on things, standing up on her own, cruising, squealing :( , saying Mama, Dada, Baba, and Ohhh and Goooo. She has learned to slide off the couch and bed. Charly is learning to climb and walk. She is protesting baby food and only wants what is on my plate or crackers and the bottle. If I give her the same food I'm having but not off my plate, that's a no go. She has learned that screeching usually gets Owen in timeout, so we have to really watch carefully so we don't punish the innocent. Charly now has 5 teeth and 3 stubborn ones that refuse to come through. She sleeps through the night on and off, lately I could use a few more restful nights.

Our Goo Goo Bear

So long!

Owen's Birthday Party

Owen turns 3 this coming Monday! We celebrated today. We had a nice small get together with Owen's pals. It was Superman themed - Owen's all time fav! We started decorating two days early since I love party decorations. :) I think they go up and come down too quickly. This way we get to enjoy them longer. Owen has had so much fun anticipating his party, especially the blowing out the candles part. We had Superman tattoos for the the kids, a pin the crest on the Superman and a big blow up Superman that the kids could attack for fun.

The decorations were simple but fun and festive!
When Superman party decorations make my house look better it's a good indicator that I really need to decorate.

The cool center piece.

Yum! Red, Blue and Yellow M&M's

The cake. Darn Blogger flipped my photo. :(
Sooooo the cake was two chocolate layers with chocolate pudding in the middle then covered in Cool Whip. It's tastey and not terribly sweet. The squeezy icing tubes I used got runny, but oh well, Owen thought it was so awesome.

Hurray! He got to blow out the candels!

Score! A Mega Tron Potato Head!

Superman / SuperOwen shirt!
A special delivery from the McMullin's in Idaho. It wasn't going to arrive until Monday, but we were suprised when it showed up at our door during the party.

The after party. Chill'n with Dad. (Dad is always a good sport when Owen uses him as a jungle gym, or as the perpetual punching bag.)

I'm so glad that Owen has good friends. And that most of them were able to celebrate with us. We missed the ones who couldn't make it. As a mom, it feels so good to see your child having fun and being happy. He loves to be loved and loves to play! Being surrounded by people who love him made today one of those extra special days for Owen. Thanks everyone!

SCORE!!!!

This is one of my most favorite parts of the year. It is consignment sale season!! I'm so excited! This morning was the All 4 Kids sign up for volunteers and sellers and I got in! Getting in to volunteer and sell isn't the biggest challenge, it's getting the shifts you want. I have tried for about 4 seasons now to get the bag stuffing position (it's nearly effortless) and I got it this year! Plus another working shift so now I get to shop extra early. :) I am so happy. :)

If you have no idea what I am talking about... Where have you been? Welcome to my world of obsession! Check out the Bargain Watcher on my side bar and also All4Kids.com (it's the best of them all).

I'm Caught Up

I've officially caught up my blog. Scroll down to Dec 6th, that is where I left off. Since I didn't mention it in the earlier blogs. I hope you all had wonderful, safe and a Merry Christmas, as well as a Happy New Year.

I've already begun working on all of my new projects, mostly cleaning out the house and trying to find new organization methods for the house. Wish me luck I will post all my success and ignore all the rest. :)

Yikes!! Don't show Dad!

Wendi and Marilee were over the other day and the kids got into the bow box, filled with the bows she is making. I'm sure Daddy will be thrilled to see his little boy with bows in his hair. Well it was fun.