More Christmas pics

I just got some holiday pictures from my brother, who has a much fancier camera and much more patience behind the lens than I do.  Thought I'd share some of his handiwork here.  (And yes, Owen was still sporting the scab from his birthday party fall and got a new scratch on his nose the first day we were there.)

Also, Owen's been adding to his vocab and behaviors lately, so I wanted to document some of the highlights.

• "Bess you" - now accompanies most sneezes and coughs (even fake ones) in our house
• Always talks about the "soonds" he hears.  He'll stop what he's doing if the icemaker empties or a car drives by and ask me if I heard the sound (he says it with an exaggerated vowel and a surprised look on his face)
• Frequently asks to "run" or "chase" meaning laps and laps around the couch for you
• "Ball kick" - requests to kick the ball with him, usually when he's just finished dinner and Mom and Dad are trying to finish theirs in peace
• "mo-ning" - greeting that could be given at any time of the day
• knows lots of animal and object names and we're working on colors, which is proving a little difficult for him
• "Haw-horn" - Longhorn
• retrieved his own pajamas from his dresser when Daddy was putting his own PJs on to be "just like Daddy"
• recognizes his friends' cars, yells their name, and starts giggling
• is going through a phase (hopefully) where he likes the computers at the library more than story time