Owen Argyle--Tagged!

So back when Ezra tagged Lucy, he also tagged Odie. I'm so excited to brag about my baby!

First and foremost, Owen has been a near-perfect baby. I think he made a deal with God that he would be a good good boy if he was sent to our family. We weren't really sure if we wanted another one, but he has definitely convinced us that we did!


Owen's name is "Odie"...he rarely hears anything else around home. We didn't mean to call him that, but one of the kids started it when he was teensy, and it stuck like no other. Will went through a time of calling him "N" (for O.N.) and even calls him "Guido" sometimes, I think because in Will's head that is a kind of backwards version of Odie? It makes me laugh when he's Guido (am I spelling that right?) Brandon and I also call him "Bodie" on occasion. or Odie Bodie.


Owen is the best sleeper EVER! I never knew it was possible for babies to sleep like he does. He sucked his thumb when he was tiny, so that made for a good sleeper, of course. At around 8 months he gave that up, but continued sleeping like a...well, not like a baby, like a ROCK! Now at bed and nap time, we just go lay him down (not possible with ANY of the others) and give him his 2 na-nights (blankeys) and his monkey. He gets SO excited to see these loveys, that I always swear he is too overly excited to sleep, but the minute I close his door, he is out like a light. I love when I tiptoe into his room a couple of hours later and he hasn't moved a muscle since I layed him there.

He adores his brother and sisters. He shares a room with Willie, and every morning when he wakes up, instead of Mom or Dad, he yells out "Weew! Weew!" (which, I think I've translated before, means Will) and flashes his bedroom light until Will wakes up and comes to get him. Will is also a heavy sleeper, though, so I sometimes have to intercept. He can also open his bedroom door from his crib. Bad placement, I know, but he only opens it after his nap or when he's ready to get up in the a.m.


You know how with babies they go through phases of funny little things they do and say? Right now Odie says Thank you about EVERYTHING! and to everyone. It is so way cute!! We were walking into McDonald's and some stranger was holding the door for us..."tanku" says Odie, and it's even cuter when he puts a name after it "tanku, ucy" and "tanku, Weew" He was stuck in his highchair, and was yelling "Stuck! Stuck!" and after Brandon got him unstuck, he says "tanku, daddy!" Oh, it almost makes me cry just to think about it, it's so dang cute!


Owen is our little ball player. He shoots hoops all day long, if there is a soccer ball around, he will kick it, and he says "Hey, batter, batter, batter" when he sees a bat. He is awesome at making baskets. We call him Korver because of his ability to make 3 pointers (on a baby scale, of course) The girls have taught him how to say every player on the Jazz, and Coach Sloan, too. He loves going to the Jazz games, he sits on Brandon's lap and claps his little hands, and cheers "GO Jazz!" and actually watches as much as the other little ones. He LOVES wearing his Korver jersey, and when Brandon is watching a game on tv he yells GO Jazz!" and "c'mon, BOOZ!" Even if it's not the Jazz playing.


He is a very happy, smiley boy, always just going along for the ride. In and out of the van, the house, the school, and many a ballgame. He thinks everybody loves him because his siblings and me and Brandon watch and laugh at his every move all day long. He constantly has an audience, so when we're in public he sometimes shouts out "Hi!" to strangers. He is my baby boy, and is so very loved! This is getting extremely gushy....sorry, but it will be so fun to come back and read this, even 6 months from now, babies grow and change so fast. I wish so bad I could freeze time and hold onto little Odie at this adorable age for just a little longer...

Owen tags Zac and Faith...have fun, moms!