Austin, part 1: 14 months!

Owen's officially 14 months old tomorrow. He doesn't seem any heavier, but he definitely seems to be growing taller. The kitchen table now hits him near the temple when he's not paying attention! Some recent developments: talking with his tongue a lot (cracks us up), sucking on his thumb whenever he encounters something soft now (not just fringe!), testing our discipline consistency (when he touches lamp cords and TV buttons mostly), and protesting when we put him down. Ah, I can see the terrible twos may be coming early! :)

We've begun our Austin tour with him, photographing him with the meaningful landmarks of our adopted home. We started with a trip to the park, complete with cactus and swings.

Threadgill's, an Austin institution, always has yummy Southern home-cooking. (Gotta stock up while we can!)

Then Uncle Dan and Jennifer came into town for the weekend, and we went to Mill's Pond and Mount Bonnell.

More Austin to come!

P.S. Happy Valentine's Day! With all that's going on, that's pretty low priority for us. :) This is a sneak preview from our UT tour. Yes, that's George Washington with a flower stuck in his mouth!