Day 281: Shadows

October 8, 2012: Owen had a fever and I had to pick him up from daycare early this afternoon...early enough that it was still bright and sunny in our living room.

Day 280: It's a Secret

October 7, 2012: Well, it's not a secret anymore-- baby #2 is on the way!  Here is one of the pictures from our ultrasound on Friday.  Jeremy and I got to see the baby bouncing, squirming, and sucking its thumb.  To our surprise, the ultrasound technician asked us if we wanted to know what we were having.  I thought she was just making conversation, but as it turns out, they can predict the sex of the baby this early with 80% accuracy based on, as she called it, "the angle of the dangle."  She thinks we're having a boy.  That's kind of what I suspected anyway, but we'll wait and see what they say at our November ultrasound.

Day 279: Leaf

October 6, 2012

Day 278: Sky

October 5, 2012: The sky was very dynamic today.  Not bad for a photo taken on the freeway by my iPhone.

Day 278: Pumpkins

October 4, 2012: I let Owen choose a mini-pumpkin at Sprouts.  It's amazing how 99 cents can make him so happy.  He brought it home saying it would be a surprise for Sydney and Daddy.  He wants to decorate it with stickers.

Day 276: Lights

October 3, 2012: 102 degrees today.  Go away summer, I'm ready for fall.  But we enjoyed the last of the heat wave out on the patio tonight once it had cooled down enough to be pleasant.

Day 275: Gardenia

October 2, 2012: I planted a gardenia plant way back in the spring, and it finally sprouted two blooms.  They smell just like the Marc Jacobs perfume I used to wear.

Day 274: House

October 1, 2012: I could come up with a metaphor about the "keys to happiness" or "opening the door to our future" or something like that.  Or I could go on a rant about the door lock getting stuck last month and how we were stuck in the house and how many hours I wasted trying to fix it.  But I'll just keep it simple.  Escrow closed, we own the house, we're happy, end of story.

Day 273: Superheroes at Starbucks

September 30, 2012: Hulk was thirsty, so Owen let him drink some of his water from the straw.

Day 272: Superheroes

September 28, 2012: Superheroes are the latest thing.  Owen still likes Chip as his security snuggly, but as soon as he gets home, it's all about Hulk, Captain America, and I think the other guy might be a random Power Ranger.

Day 271: Shoes On

September 27, 2012: I got Owen these Crocs so he could play in the summer and get wet or dirty and the shoes would clean off easily.  He LOVES these shoes.  Don't try to put him in anything else.  Best of all, he can get them on and off by himself, which he likes to do.

Day 270: Feet on a Beach

September 26, 2012: Feet on a beach photos are so cliche.  Right now I'd rather just be in bed, finally able to go to sleep.

Day 269: Super Owen

September 25, 2012

Day 268: Smoothie

September 24, 2012: Best smoothie I've ever made, I'm about to eat you.

Day 267: Sweeping Leaves

September 23, 2012

Day 266: Happy Birthday Carter & Lila

Carter

Lila


...and also only (only?) 100 more days to go until Day 366!

Day 265: Fingers

September 21, 2012: The roots of this tree look like creepy Halloween fingers crawling out of a grave.  I don't like icky things like that, but I still think this looks pretty cool.

Day 264: Sunlight

September 20, 2012: It's getting dark much earlier these days.  This is the sun down pretty low behind the trees as I was getting home.

Day 263: It's the Thought That Counts

September 19, 2012: This might now be the worst photo of the year, but the idea behind it is a good one.  We signed the papers for our house tonight, and next week we'll be homeowners!  It was a late night, though.  The guy handling all this paperwork was at our house until after 10:30, and yes, that's very late for me.

Day 262: Fall

September 19, 2012: I know it's not officially fall yet, but I guess the tree out in front of my house doesn't know that.