Halloween Fun!

I am not sure if we can ever top Owen's first Halloween! We went to Galena and watched the Halloween parade, which Ryan, my brother, dad and Drew were in. It was quite the parade, a few hours long and over 15, 000 people in downtown Galena. We got down there at 4 pm and the parade began at 6:30 and we were watching for over an hour. Owen was wonderful, he is quite the trooper! During the parade he was mesmerized, not taking his eyes off the parade. Below are some pictures from our fun-filled weekend. Next year we have already decided that us girls are also going to be in the parade, possibly in Drew's Westfalia van as hippie zombies with a haunted bus!

Owen and I with our friends Tristi and Landon waiting for the parade to begin

The Super Mario Characters and Owen was diddy Kong
Happy little monkey!
Of course, always smiling! He was riding Tallulah
Riding Drew's go carts, Owen was enjoying it and so was I!
Smiling again! That is Owen!
Owen and dad, Luigi!
Owen is 7 months!

Owen 7 Months

Owen will be 7 months this week. He is coming into his own little self, with such a fun personality. He is our little wild guy! He talks up a storm, he even has said "Ma Ma". I pretend that it is intentional, but I know that is not the case yet. He is on the verge of crawling, I keep waiting to look at him and he take off, but he has not put it all together yet. We have had a fun month, we went into Chicago 2 times and stayed in a hotel. Owen was wonderful, he really adapts so well wherever we go. We went to the Chicago Marathon Expo, his first experience and many more!

He had his first taste of frosting for Ryan's birthday. He of course loved it, takes after his mom!

He played out in the leaves, however, I think he began to get scared when dad raked the leaves all around him.

Reading his favorite book with Uncle Nick
In his high chair getting ready for a meal. Wearing his bib, which says it all! So true, he is the star of my blog and the star of our lives! This pretty much sums up Owen all the time, happy, smiley and so fun.