Owen walking but not sleeping

Owen has started officially walking. He took his first real steps a few weeks back but since then it has only been 2 or 3 steps here and there. However, just today he has really started to go. He walked from the playroom to the family room all by himself!! It was pretty impressive. He falls a lot still and gets pretty frustrated with himself, but he is doing a fantastic job!

Owen has also gotten to be a little more particular with toys. He likes the magnadoodle, but hates that the pen is attached to the string. He also enjoys it when Dad and Ellie play with the ball but wishes he could join in. Before he wouldn't ever care when Ellie took a toy away from him, but now he minds it a little more. Sleep is still an issue in our house. Owen woke up about every half hour last night... I have no idea what the deal is. We are trying yet another new strategy this week... I will let you know.

Here are Elise and her dad on the Sunday that Owen and I stayed home sick. --- It was a nice treat to stay home with just one child, even if I was sick.
Owen enjoying the tub. He is funny because whenever he hears the bath water going, he will bolt to the bathroom. He LOVES baths. He practically lunges in every time and is pretty obsessed with the tub even if it isn't bath time.
Ellie likes taking a bath as well. When she finishes she just gets right on out on her own and ends up walking around the house wet and naked.
Owen playing with his ball. He pushes it around so he can go chase after it.
This is a picture of Ellie trying to catch the ball that dad threw her. She thought it was hilarious when it hit her face... she is funny. As you can see, she is still working on catching the ball.

Elise continues to love both preschool and ballet. I am hoping that maybe starting this weekend her and Daniel can go to the library on Saturday mornings. I know she would love to check out some new books (though I do fear ruining them with "Trouble" around) and Daniel has run out of books around our house to read. Hopefully they can do that together. Right now Ellie's favorite thing to do is to cut. She likes to cut paper, straws, basically anything. So far no hair!! She only uses safety scissors but occasionally tries to reach mom's scissors.

Daniel continues to be busy at school. He has had a few more later days this semester than he has in the past, but I can't really complain because he is usually home fairly early and when he is home, he doesn't do work-- so that is nice. I am glad he has made it a priority to be home with his family as much as possible and to have a pretty active role in helping with the kids.

I am sick, again! I feel like I am always sick these days. Other than that, I am doing well. The kids and I have been enjoying morning walks and occasional trips out to lunch or somewhere to play. In a couple of weeks it will be my turn for preschool again so I have started thinking about that already. I got my hair cut. Not too short, but a needed trimming for sure. Like I mentioned before, we (meaning me) are not getting too much sleep these days. I think my body has gotten pretty used to it. I have woken up at least 3 times a night since before Ellie was born. It will be nice to one day get a little more sleep.