This week, I spent my first night(s) away from Owen. It wasn't too bad - especially since Dad was in charge and I knew Owen was in good hands. But, it did make me laugh the first night as I was walking around the hotel room, I found myself tip-toeing around in the same way I do at home after Owen goes to bed.
I was able to spend some quality time with my niece, Audrey. She is SO cute and SO happy! What a seriously happy baby! She is all smiles and giggles. And Michael and Kelly were nice enough to cook me a yummy birthday dinner of Cheesy Chowder and Sprinkle Cake even though they were in the middle of a busy workweek. I was so happy to get to spend those two evenings with them!
Work was work. I’m glad I went and I made some new connections which is always good. Steve helped me pass the time by emailing me pictures of Owen during their adventures. Most of them just made me smile. However, I opened this video right before a lecture started and it actually made me tear up. I have to explain a couple things before you watch it: This is the theme song from the show, Imagination Movers on the Disney Channel. This is probably Owen’s second favorite show next to Sesame Street. And, Steve took this video on his phone which creates video files in a format that can’t be used anywhere but our Blackberries. I tried to find a program to convert the file to an mpeg format, but the stupid program puts a watermark on it unless I buy the full program. So, ignore the message that keeps popping up throughout the video.
Anyway, we always dance to this song with Owen – this was the first time I’ve seen him do all the “moves” on his own! If the video doesn't work, you can see it here. I know it's not really cry material, but imagine watching it when you are hundreds of miles away and really missing him!
And here Owen giving me a live performance of the same dance after I got home. I'm not sure who taught him the "raise the roof" move, but the butt wiggle about halfway through is my favorite. We used the real video camera for this, so the picture is much better. Again, if it doesn't open, click here.
I was able to spend some quality time with my niece, Audrey. She is SO cute and SO happy! What a seriously happy baby! She is all smiles and giggles. And Michael and Kelly were nice enough to cook me a yummy birthday dinner of Cheesy Chowder and Sprinkle Cake even though they were in the middle of a busy workweek. I was so happy to get to spend those two evenings with them!
Work was work. I’m glad I went and I made some new connections which is always good. Steve helped me pass the time by emailing me pictures of Owen during their adventures. Most of them just made me smile. However, I opened this video right before a lecture started and it actually made me tear up. I have to explain a couple things before you watch it: This is the theme song from the show, Imagination Movers on the Disney Channel. This is probably Owen’s second favorite show next to Sesame Street. And, Steve took this video on his phone which creates video files in a format that can’t be used anywhere but our Blackberries. I tried to find a program to convert the file to an mpeg format, but the stupid program puts a watermark on it unless I buy the full program. So, ignore the message that keeps popping up throughout the video.
Anyway, we always dance to this song with Owen – this was the first time I’ve seen him do all the “moves” on his own! If the video doesn't work, you can see it here. I know it's not really cry material, but imagine watching it when you are hundreds of miles away and really missing him!
And here Owen giving me a live performance of the same dance after I got home. I'm not sure who taught him the "raise the roof" move, but the butt wiggle about halfway through is my favorite. We used the real video camera for this, so the picture is much better. Again, if it doesn't open, click here.
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