Missing: Zzzz's.

Hello good people. It's around 1:00 am. Travis and Owen are fast asleep and I can't seem to find my Zzzz's. Every time I close my eyes I start singing a nursery rhyme song called "Yeah, it's snack time, yummy, yummy snack time..." It just repeats in my head through the "yummy peach" and "yummy cherry pie" verses! So, I thought I'd put this time to good use and update the blog.

This week our little man is 7 weeks old. He's had a fun filled life thus far including laughing and smiling non-stop since Labor Day weekend, rolling over at tummy time, play dates and visits downtown (will blog about this later). We're also putting this time to good use and having our daily lessons like practicing our words such as: ma, ti, do, da, bzz, bab, and so on), looking at pictures, listening to mommy describe what we're doing and what things are, reading, enjoying the great outdoors and much, much more. Here are some of our favorite moments from this last week. Enjoy the extra blog goodness!

Tummy time.

Mr. Owen is working out his muscles during tummy time. He's starting to get the concept of why these weird stuffed animals are dangling above him. With every day, he's starting to interact with them more and more.

First play date with Mr. Connor.

Our good friends Jee and Connor came over late last week to play, eat and sleep. Mom and Jee had a nice time chatting and even enjoyed some lunch. Not quite sure if the boys understand the concept yet, but it was a wonderful visit!

First Vikings Game.

Last Monday we enjoyed a lovely evening with our Viking/Packer crew - Char, Jimmy, Dawn, Jeff, Karl, Jess and Will. (Last year we went to the Viking/Packers game in Green Bay with this group one month before we found out we were expecting... good times!) Owen was exhausted learning about football (and tired of watching the Vikes lose the season opener), so he took a visit to snoozeville.

All smiles and laughs.

One of the first things Owen does when Daddy comes home from work at night is to giggle, get over-stimulated and show off his big gummy smile. Breaks our heart every time. It's tough having a kid that's so unhappy!

First Grammy Langer lunch date.

My mom and I went out to Macy's (as known as Marshall Fields, as known as Dayton's) restaurant for lunch. It was high time Owen was brought into the tradition. Us girls love our lunches! Owen was pretty excited and happy to be asked to come along. Below is one of my favorite pics of the week. By the way, Owen slept through the entire lunch! Oh well, just means more yummy popovers for mom and I. Thanks for the awesome visit, mom.

Getting curious.

We received a fun parent tip from one of my college roommates Matt and his wife Mindy. They told us to place our floor length mirror behind the changing table so Owen can enjoy looking at himself. Sounds vain? Not at all. Owen actually loves using the mirror to look up at mommy and play one of our favorite games, mimicking. We like to take turns sticking out our tongue, blowing bubbles, making raspberry sounds, smiling, laughing and cooing. Good times. Thanks Matt and Mindy for the great tip! We love it!