We’ve been thinking lately that Owen might be able to climb up stairs soon. Our friend we are staying with has a cat and Owen will often try to chase the cat down the stairs -- but we always catch him before he gets going down. Yesterday he found himself at the base of the stairs and decided to take on the challenge. He struggled a bit with the first step, I ended up helping him out a little, but after that first step there was no stopping him, he had it figured out!

We are still living out of our suitcases so to speak.  So we have boxes and bins of stuff everywhere.  Owen has found the boxes to be very entertaining.  He is either standing up to them and beating them, climbing on top of them, or exploring the contents inside them.  Yesterday he found Mama’s Dr. Pepper.  Daddy got jealous so he decided to test Owen.  He put a can of Pepsi and a can of Dr. Pepper in front of Owen.

And the winner is?

That’s my boy!

Our friend Jenny posted some new pictures of Owen and they look great! Check them out here.

Our friend Jenny took pictures of Owen again today. She took some pictures of him when he was just a couple of weeks old and did a great job. Owen was a good sport again today, but was a lot more active than the last time he had pictures taken! So far we have only seen the picture below, can’t wait to see the others!

We never thought we would see this day, but it happened.  We sold our house!  For those of you that weren’t aware of our situation we bought a townhouse 3 years ago.  The home owners association was in the middle of a lawsuit with the builder.  When we bought we were told that the lawsuit would be over in the fall of that same year.  So we bought our house and moved in.  Flash forward 3 years later and the lawsuit is finally over.  It ended in mediation just after Thanksgiving.  So we got our house in order and put it on the market right after Christmas.

We knew it was a long shot to sell our house for a reasonable amount of money because of the down market and the lack of sales in the community due to the lawsuit.  Our realtor warned us that even if we got a good offer the deal would likely fall apart because of the appraisal.

So we listed our house and started praying.  We prayed that if we were meant to move on that we would get an offer on our house that would allow us to sell.  We got a lot of showings and lots of positive feedback but in the back of our minds we kept thinking we would be stuck there for at least another year.  And then it happened.  We got an offer and it was too good to be true.

So here we are less than 2 weeks since we got the offer.  Moved out of our house, most of our stuff stored in a storage unit and living in a friends basement (thanks Jerusha) until we find a new house.

There have been many tears shed over the last 2 weeks.  Facing the unknown and leaving friends behind has been very hard.  But in spit of all the sadness and tears we know that Heavenly Father is looking out for us.  We never thought that the answer to our prayers would bring on such sadness, but we have faith and trust in the Lord that we are supposed to move on.

Owen is getting very close to crawling, he still rolls around a bit while doing it but he’s getting better!

Lately people have been telling us that Owen looks like his Papa (Grandpa).  What do you think?

Owen recently figured out how to smack his lips and he thinks he is quite funny! This is one of my favorite videos of our son.

Go Utes!!!

Owen was so excited to get a picture under the tree in his Christmas PJ’s so he could wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our family to yours.