Owenisms

A few new Owenisms...

1. "Yip" - this is Owen's newest thing lately. He says this in response to questions that the answer is yes. It is very precise and to the point. "Owen, did you have fun at the gym today?" "Yip!" "Do you want to go to Moes for dinner?" "Yip!" Pretty much any question that the answer is yes, he responds this way. We thought it was funny for about the first week, but now we are trying to get him back in the habit of saying, "Yes" or "Yes Ma'am/Yes Sir." It got old really quickly ;)

2. "Butt" - This isn't what it seems. For whatever reason, Owen can't seem to say the word "button." Instead, every time he tries to say it, it comes out, "Butt." So, he will be showing us how to a toy works and say, "You have to push this butt to make it work." Or, he will say, "see my belly butt?" One day, I guess he will actually add on the last syllable of the word. But, for now, I think this is cute!

3. "Watch my belly move" - Several times now, Owen has been able to feel my belly move or watch it. He loves it and always asks me "Is your baby moving, Mommy?," because he wants to feel it. So, one day last week, he was laying on our bed, watching TV, while I got a shower and got dressed for the day. He called for me to come in the room and said, "Wook Mommy, my belly's movin'! You wanna feel it?" I about died! I said, "Sure buddy...why is your belly moving?" He told me, "there's a baby in there!" Hilarious! Apparently, he has a baby in his belly, too! Who knew?! He has told a few people to watch his belly moving and it cracks me up! I have tried explaining to him that it is actually just him breathing, but he really seems to think there is a baby in there. Who am I to shoot that down, right?

4. "Spicy Sugar" - Owen has been completely obsessed with salt lately. He wants it on everything! And, he wants to put it on himself, which can obviously be a disaster! He knows that it is called salt, but one day, we were in the car, heading to Moes, and Owen was telling Randy that he wanted chips. He said, "and, I want to put spicy sugar on it!" We both looked at each other, wondering what on earth he was talking about. It was at about the same moment that it hit both of us that he was talking about salt and we were cracking up! He also calls the salsa at Moes, "spicy dip dip." You see, we call anything that he dips his food in (ketchup, salsa, dressing, etc), "dip dip." So, since the salsa is spicy, that is "spicy dip dip." He sure does come up with some stuff sometimes ;)

5. "Mommy, pwease be quiet..." - Last Sunday, after watching the AFC Championship game at Grammy and Pappers' house, it was pretty late when we were driving home. Owen had also been playing pretty hard with Drew and was obviously so exhausted. I guess I was talking too loudly in the car and he wanted to go to sleep. So, all of a sudden, we heard from the back seat, "Mommy, pwease be quiet and whisper...I need to take a happy nappy!" (probably about a year ago, Randy decided one day that we shouldn't say "night night" when we put Owen down for his nap, so he came up with saying "happy nappy" instead. It stuck and we now call his naps "happy nappies") I just looked at Randy and died laughing. What else can you do? He cracks us up!

6. "Daddy went crazy..." - Way back in May or June, Randy stayed home with Owen one night so that I could go out with Ms. Holly to dinner and to see Miss Saigon. This was during a really rough time for Owen with his night time routine. For whatever reason, he was really giving us a hard time at night and fighting bed time hard. So, on this particular night, he kept turning on his light and calling out from his room. Randy said that he had probably been up and down the stairs to see what he needed close to ten times. Slowly but surely, each time he went in Owen's room, his patience started to wane. So, he finally told Owen that if he turned his light on one more time, he was going to take his light bulb out. I guess after Randy left the room, Owen turned the light on again and started calling out. So, by this time, Randy had lost his cool and walked in, took out the light bulb, and gave Owen a stern talking to. Well, here we are 8 or 9 months later and to this day, Owen will still randomly bring up that night, telling anyone who will listen. He says, "my Daddy...he went crazy and he took my white bulb out!" ("white bulb" because he still has a hard time with his "L's") Literally, that is the only time Randy has ever lost his cool with Owen, so I guess it has really stuck with him and it made an impression! All we can do when he says it to people is explain the story and just laugh!

7. "Cwose the door swow-wee" - As for Mommy, I can't say that I have only lost my cool one time with Owen! It doesn't happen often, but it has definitely been more than once. And, usually, when it does happen, it is at bed time. I try really hard to do the breathing thing and just step back and handle things calmly. For the most part, I do a good job, but let's face it, nobody is perfect! Owen seems to go through phases of giving us trouble at night and for sleeping times. Ever since he started sleeping through the night at nine months, he has been a great sleeper. That is, with the exception of the times he has one of these phases. We can never seem to figure out what causes them and within a few days to a few weeks, they always pass. Anyway, there is just something so frustrating to me about him giving us such a hard time when he is supposed to be sleeping. I think it is because I know he can and does sleep so good and that he can go down nicely. Anyway, there were 2 nights in a row a few months ago that I lost my cool with him and I slammed his door on my way out of his room (let me just say that it didn't change anything either time and upset both of us more than it did any good, but when you've had it, you've had it, you know?) So, ever since then, every time we put him down (for nap or bed time), as we walk out of his room, he says, "cwose the door swow-wee." Remember he can't say his "L's", so that's "close the door slowly." I guess, like with Daddy, it made an impression and has stuck with him. I promise I won't be slamming his door anymore! He was obviously traumatized in some way and that really wasn't the point. But, how funny that he now makes it a part of his routine to ask us to close his door slowly as a result of just 2 times of slamming?! He is a mess!!