Owen's Birthday Party

Owen had a sport's party for his big #1.

Everyone was such a good sport and came dressed up.

Owen had a great time considering a bummer week with 3 molars coming in.

Poor kid!

The invite

The hockey puck cake.

(ding dongs)

His first taste of something sweet. (lol, I wish)

Owen received so many generous and perfect gifts.

Thank you!

The guessing jar full of golf tees.

221 was the grand total.

Ryan drew these football players for a game.

We also had a sport's trivia game which Bubba won.

The prizes for the games were Gatorade.

The concession stands-

popcorn, licorice, candy, peanuts, pop, grapes (I had to have something healthy) potato chips, nachos and hotdogs.

Grandpa Jim came wearing this awesome shirt!

The fabulous guests!

Bubs, Britt and fam

Daniel and Megan and fam

Peanut and Shirley

Elisabeth and Alex

(this pic is hilarious)

Rylie and Elisabeth

Grandma and Grandpa Martin

Grandpa Steve and Grandma Kathy

Aunt Kim

The take away was Cracker Jacks with a tag that said,

"Thanks for being a good sport!"

Owen is now officially 52 weeks and I am officially done with the weekly pictures!

Yahoo!

Owen turns 1

I {heart} Owen.

I remember sobbing when the doctor told me we were going to have a boy.

I couldn't believe it.

That seemed like yesterday.

Now Owen has been in our lives a whole year and we can't imagine life without him.

He completes our family.

What I always want to remember...

Owen is handsome. Really handsome, just like his dad.

Owen loves all his sisters and at the moment prefers Dru over anyone.

Owen is still an amazing sleeper and now loves to eat just about anything.

Owen can crawl. My only child to crawl.

He is still a good boy and really doesn't make a mess.

He is an easy baby.

Owen is starting to babble and can make a great belly laugh.

Owen loves to look at books, play with his car and anything small.

I am in love with his big eyes, big teeth and cute ears.

He makes my heart melt.

Words can't express my obsession with Owen Isaac Martin.

I love you O.

Thank you mom for watching the girls today. I couldn't have done this post without you.

I love being a mom because of you.

Before 3 of the kids got sick over the weekend we went ICE SKATING!

We live just seconds away from this ice skating rink and don't visit as much as we should. Perhaps it is better for Ryan's back that we don't!

All kids under 5 have to wear a helmet.

I was not opposed and thank goodness Rylie was not either.

The crew

We happened to see cute Carly B at the rink. She is a professional ice skater and felt lucky she took our girls for a spin.

We may be calling her for lessons!

Liv and Rylie patiently waiting for their turn.

Ryan was a good sport to take the girls out one at a time while I held Owen.

Rylie was exhausted by the end and needed a break.

Dru won the Legos and Literature contest at her school.

She built The Cat in the Hat and won a sweet Lego set.

I guess all those HOURS of playing Legos has finally paid off!

Baby, it's cold outside!

Family pictures 2010

We took these pictures months ago and it about killed me not to post them right then.

They were a Christmas surprise so I had to wait.

I have to give a HUGE shout out to my amazing cousin

{Amy Olson Britton}

who was our fabulous photographer.

Do you want to know why? Well let me tell ya.

Amy was oh so patient. She took every shot possible with a smile on her face. Amy was clever and creative with her posing. She got all 6 of us looking at the camera at the same time. Impressive, right? She picked the perfect location. She brought an awesome and useful assistant. Her editing was perfect. Amy truly is a professional and talented photographer.

Thank you Amy!

Countdown to Owen's birthday!

I can't believe Owen is almost one!

*sniff, sniff