Owen turns 3!

Today, Owen became a big three year old. Turning 3 has brought about some changes. First, he has moved into a big boy bed. We made the transition about 10 days ago. He was actually very sad to leave his crib, and still asks to sleep there regularly. The first night he cried quite a bit, but now gets into bed just fine.To prepare him that first night, we kept talking about it, and had him write "BED" on his magnadoodle. He is all about writing these days, and spends hours a week writing and spelling on the magnadoodle or outside with chalk.


Here he is in the bed before nap. I tried to get a picture of him that first night, but he was too sad! The funny thing is that when he goes to bed, he is so used to being in a crib, that he stays there without question. He waits for us to come get him after nap and in the morning. We keep expecting him to figure it out, but so far, so good!

This one is to illustrate how active he is. It was hard getting him to cooperate so we could take a picture of ...

his stegosaurus tattoo! Justin got a new tattoo recently, and the boys have been obsessed ever since.

Here's Lewis' first tattoo. Our friend and therapist, Mandy Guss, bought and applied these to the kids and they are both super proud of their body art.

Also with turning three, Owen graduated from First Steps, Kentucky's Early Intervention program. He will head to preschool in August (more on that later), but he will surely miss his speech therapist, Kim Smith. She did a great job with him, and he really loved seeing her each week. His DI, Krista Posey, is kind of a fixture in our home, and also made a huge impact on Owen. Both boys love Krista. She makes learning so much fun. We hope to still see her regularly, but I should still get a new picture! :)

Today Owen had a big time (despite a torrential rain that poured for hours). He started out at Big Red School, then got some frozen yogurt and a visit at the Barnes & Noble train table with Mandy.

After nap, he played some with Lewis and then we had dinner. He chose to eat Mac and Cheese (one of his current faves) and applesauce. After which we had cupcakes and ice cream.

Blowing out his candles.

Finally, he got to open a few gifts. We have more parties coming up with family and friends. Tonight he got a couple of I Spy books, some underwear (which he did not seem at all excited about) to encourage him toward potty training, a car from Aunt Beth, and this tool set. The drill actually works! He seemed to like it, but was hyper due to so much sugar today. We took a walk after dinner to use up some energy before bed.

It was a fun day. Now we get to prepare for Lewis to turn 5 next week!