Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Here are a handful of pictures that were taken within the last couple weeks.

First is my cute little snowmen cookies. I was rather proud of them :) I made gift boxes of cookies and goodies for all Owen's teachers and therapists.

This is just talent, I tell ya ;)

Christmas morning... thrilled to have gotten a book (one of many he got for Christmas).

And a new Thomas movie! "I've always wanted this mama!"

And more new Thomas movies. We aren't spoiled at all, are we?

And more books to even out those movies. He had to read every book before he moved on to the next gift. At Jason's parents house on Christmas Eve they were unwrapping gifts. But once he got to a big Curious George book (400 pages long) he went to a quiet corner and refused to come out to unwrap the rest of his gifts until he read the ENTIRE book. All 400 pages. How great is that!?!

And more books!

And a big dinosaur volcano.... that explodes!

"What? Is there something wrong with eating a giant hershey's bar before breakfast? I think not."

Slowing down....

Not too messy!

But he ate a LOT of it. He ate the rest later in the day. If you ask him what the best part of Christmas was he'll tell you "the big hershey's bar!". LOL!

But he does love his Big Wheel he got too! It's so much easier to ride than his bike is. He really has a blast with this. For those who have been here... he's even riden it to the Kroger and back! Thank you Grandpa for the new helmet!!

Though, in typical boy fashion, his favorite part is crashing.... which he does on purpose :) Again, thank you for the helmet Grandpa!!

He got a package from Aunt Sam! You can't tell, but he got 2 compression shirts- one black and one white, which he's got wrapped around him. But the shirt he's wearing is a black/white compression shirt so it all blends together.

And what's this?

Dinosaurs! Thanks again Aunt Sam! "These won't bite me!" says Owen ;)

That's it for now!

Oh, a real quick update on Owens medical stuff.... about a weekish before Christmas (right before we left to go to Michigan) we noticed a bump on Owen's finger. We aren't sure what it is right now. It's possible it's a wart. It's possible it's a fibroma. Since he's at risk for being diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis (because of his spots) we just don't know. He goes to the ped tomorrow morning at 8. If the ped doesn't know (or can't tell us with 100% certainty) then we'll go to a dermatologist to get it looked at. Please keep fingers crossed that it's just a wart!

Another update on compression shirts....

they have them at walmart now! And the best part.... they're only $8.88!!!! My life just got so much easier! LOL! Sad what a shirt can do, huh? He wears the black, white and the black/white shirts fine. We got him a gray one tonight so we'll try it tomorrow and see if he'll wear it. They also have a red and a dark blue but we haven't tried those colors yet. Woo!!!! I can buy 2 at walmart for just slightly more than the $13 ones at Target. Yippee!!!!

We're Jewish!

Or so Owen thinks! He was at daycare today and sat in his favorite teachers lap. He then proceeded to tell her "Tomorrow we're celebrating Hanukka. We'll have a menorah and light the candles and have lots of yummy food...." and went on and on. Ummm.... so that teacher came down the hall and said she didn't know we're Jewish. I told her we're not and she told me what he said. Gotta love echolalia! I'm pretty sure he heard it on a Blues Clues holiday movie they let him watch earlier this week ;) But now he's going around and telling everyone that tomorrow he's celebrating Hanukka....

Compression shirts...

Just a small update since I mentioned them a couple days ago. We were at Target again tonight and found these. It's the same tight material Owen loves, but advertised as a "swim shirt". And it's a couple dollars cheaper than the other ones. We got one since he said he would wear it (after inspecting it... lol!) so we'll try it tomorrow and see if he likes it as much as the others. If he does, it might make for a slightly cheaper alternative. YAY! Only negative is that it only came in the black/white combo- no solid black or white. But since black and white are his much preferred colors, at least he gets them in one shirt now ;)