Peggy Party.

We celebrated our goddaughter Peggy's 1st b-day on Saturday! It's amazing to see how fast these kids grow up. Peggy and mr. cupcake had a face-to-face encounter. And Owen woke up for a little bit, just in time to say hi to all the family friends that were there. Good times.

Smiles all around.

Heads up.

Lately during the day, Mama Bird has been doing lots of tummy time with O-Robs to strengthen his neck so he can hold his head up. Here he is in his Bumbo seat. Lookin good, kiddo.

Monday Grab Bag.

It's Monday. So why not just show you a few random images that we pulled out of our iPhoto grab bag? Yeah, good call. Here comes a handpicked array starring Owen as a 2-month old. 

In this candid photo, Owen is doing his classic: 

A) Elvis impersonation. 

B) Televangelist: "You are healed!" imitation.

C) Getting 'called on' by his teacher

D) Dreaming of his mobile.

Nake-y, nake-y. 

Is there anything sweeter than a baby sleeping in your arms?

All dressed up. And nowhere to go (but his car seat).

Mold-O-Rama.

Well, it's the weekend. So as you can probably tell by now, the Robertsons don't do much bloggin' on the weekends and like to keep our posts to bidness only: Mon-Fri. But for you Sat-Sun readers, I wanted to share a favorite thing from our trip to the Zoo last weekend. The Mold-O-Rama. Straight from the 1950s-60s, these beautiful machines can inject pipin' hot plastic into a mold then create a wild animal souvenir for all to enjoy. Growing up in St. Louis and going to the world famous (free) Zoo there as a kid, I have fond memories of the Mold-O-Rama. 

Fun fact: at Como Zoo, the machines were such fan favorites that they had to be brought back out of retirement. Here's the gorilla one we saw last Saturday. We also 

saw a blue polar bear machine and a couple others there. Good stuff. Check out the strange warning sign and the mod graphic design. Nice. -T

The Zoo, part two.

Our two-part zoo blog-a-thon continues today with more photo opps. Too much fun to contain in just one post. Enjoy. 

Owen pets the mountain lion. Sorta.

Team Robertson.

Look Owen, a real ligre.

A sunbather.

Hanging in.

After the zoo, we strolled over to the Conservatory for a little flower watching.

The Zoo, part one.

The fam took a trip on Saturday to St. Paul's Como Zoo. It was a blast, and Owen was in absolute awe watching all of the birds, monkeys, tigers, giraffes and more. Right now he just loves soaking up the world around him, particularly trees and sunlight-- really, light of any kind. His eyes got sooo big for the couple of hours we were there. Afterwards, we returned home and Owen was zonked out, his senses exhausted from working so hard all day.  

Here's Owen, getting excited to go to Como Zoo. 

(Please ignore his Dad as he partakes in lame baby talk.)

It's Zoo Time, buddy!

Insert joke here.

Just chillin.

Mama bird and Owen.

The giraffe. Nature's supermodel.

Six in a row.

A little thing we like to do with Owen is just take a bunch of consecutive photos of him and see what happens. Sorta like a photo booth. Here you go, six in a row...

Totally drunk.

Here's the Owen, lounging with his belly full of milk. Secretly, we love these pictures. Though I think he'd be a little P.O.'d at Mom and Dad for showing off his milk belly. Or maybe he'd be proud of his milk belly? Like some big trophy buck hanging above his fireplace? Would Owen have a house with a fireplace at all? I digress.

Scrub a dub dub.

Owen in his tub. Here are some assorted pics from the big guy's recent bubbly times. Enjoy. -T

The fam.

Here we are, hanging out at the Arboretum. Just the fam damily. After originally taking off 2 weeks for O's birth, I've been taking off Fridays (like today) for the past few weeks to just hang out and do family stuff. It's been one of the best moves ever, stretching every weekend into a long one. Tomorrow the fam is heading to Como Zoo, so look for pics of that in next week's blog entries. I heard they still have the Wax-O-Matic machine where you can have wax animal sculptures made on the spot. The black gorilla is the best. 

Have a great weekend, everyone!  -T

Arboretum fun.

This last Friday we enjoyed a wonderful fall day at the MN Arboretum. The three of us packed up a lunch and met Grandma Langer for the afternoon. The Arboretum just so happened to have this really cool exhibit going on called Tree-ology. It was really insightful and very cleverly set up. They really made learning fun for all of us. We walked around and looked at all the beautiful plants, sat in the Japanese garden and enjoyed wonderful conversation. The Arboretum also had these handmade scarecrows on display as well. I would suggest a visit before the first frost.

Fall in love.

Well, summer is officially over. The leaves are changing, its a little cooler, and its getting darker earlier. Cheers to one of our favorite seasons (even though it is the shortest). Hope this will warm the cockles of your heart. Happy fall.