So I'm thinkin that Vicky and Owen are about the same age here....Vicky may be a little older, I'm not so sure. The other day Vicky decided to set Owen up his own thrown. And When I realized that's what we did for her many moons ago, I had to take a picture of Owen and post these two together. Vicky was in charge of both hair dos as well ;)
His name is Jack and he's about 11 weeks old now. He's a chiwawa and super cute!
Awww super cute.... trouble though I tell ya!
So for Christmas, Grandma and Grandpa Gustafson got Owen some fun toys and a gift card for Walmart. We decided that with that gift card we would get Owen his own potty. And he loves it! The first couple of days it was just fun for him to rip through all the magazines. I tried to bring his own books in, but they weren't as interesting :) But today Owen finally went potty! We were so excited. Of course he still doesn't realize what was so special about the "water" in the toilet. And he thought he should be able to play in the "water"....yep he stuck his hand in his potty :p Now hopefully he'll do this a couple more times and get the idea that it's what he's supposed to do. We are crossing our fingers that maybe in 6 months he'll be out of diapers/pull-ups all together. But of course the doctor told me that he's got the potential for the 4 year old mark. So we aren't getting our hopes up, just crossing our fingers.
So this is at Jim's parents home. They live in Arlington, not that far from us, but obviously far enough up in elevation. We got about 2 feet. I don't know if you can see the Dog kennel in the background of this picture, but it's got over 2 feet on top. Now imagine the ground, or their deck. I wish I could have gotten pictures of that deck of theirs. I can't believe it didn't go down with all of that weight! And as you can see Jim is up to his knees walking with Owen....Mind you there's more snow under his feet. He actually got stuck in the next step he took and that's why he's carrying Owen. Jim sunk in to almost his hip and we didn't want Owen to get that deep. It was rather comedic I tell ya. The crazy thing is, I used to go up the mountain loop to get snow like that. But 10 minutes from the town of Arlington was all the further we had to go. 
We hope that everyone had as good of a Christmas as we did! We were busy, but it was fun. Started out with some eggs benedict, then some web cam fun with Grandma and Grandpa Gus. I'm so glad that we figured that all out! And then a nice and intense ride to the inlaws. I'll have to post some pics of their house. We thought two feet of snow was alot...HAHA! They had 4 feet! In western Washington! So it's been two days now since Christmas and about 24 hours since our last snow and we thought why not go shopping.....WHAT WERE WE THINKING! The parking lots were insane! And not because of the traffic. Because of the Ice, Snow, and Flooding! It was terrible. I really need to get some boots ; ) But anyhow, it was a great holiday.
These are the coolest pictures ever! It was insane to see Samantha in 3D! It looks like my placenta has moved alot. I've gone from complete placenta previa to almost partial. I guess this means that in about four more weeks I'll be going in for another ultra-sound. So we're crossing our fingers and praying that it keeps moving so we can have a "natural" birth...I mean as natural as it can be with an epideral ; )
After our Ultra-sound today, we went to the mall to have pictures done with Santa. Of course Owen wouldn't smile, but hey at least he isn't screaming :)