Owen's Blessing

D: This past weekend we got to be a part of Owen's baby blessing. The blessing itself was wonderful. It ended up being a mini David and Jackie Perazzo family reunion. All five kids (miss you, Adam), spouses, and grandchildren were there. We even got to celebrate Alicia, Adam, and cousin Amanda's birthdays. This will be the last time we all get together for a couple years, as Michael goes on his mission this October and we move FRIDAY!!! *Slight heart attack* I should probably pack.

Update: We are now packed. Yay. 

Without further ado, here's OWEN!!

The AC was broken, so he spent most of his time in this outfit. I describe him as 14 lbs of torso and head, with relatively small arms and legs. He does have huge hands, though.

He looks so much like his mommy.

And here's the family:

The cousins. We had to include the whole photoshoot. We should have just filmed it. Too funny.

Everett is tickling the back of Elise's neck. At first she liked it. Not so much later on.

Everett "I play well with others" Marr

All of their expressions are priceless. 

We've got an Owen down!

Had to put this one in. Brinley and Owen have had it.

Just the little ones. These three are successively six months apart.

Cousins with Michael:

They're...they're all looking at the camera!!!! If it didn't end up a hair blurry this would have been my best picture of the six cousins. *sigh*

Grandparents with grandkids. This shoot did not go so well. Elise was screaming from the get-go. I included the first picture because everything went wrong in that one. Alicia made me include the second one, which wasn't nearly as bad.

Happy birthday Amanda and Alicia!

Daniel and Hanna asked for a family picture. Elise's facial expression. She's a ham.

Some candid shots:

These two are starting to get along really well. Both were very jealous of Owen, and would not stand for their mothers or fathers holding the "other" baby. I thought this little episode was interesting. Everett saw Daniel holding Elise, crawled up to his feet, and stared intently up at him. Daniel asked me what he wanted, and I said he probably wants up. I just thought it was cool that Everett is comfortable enough with Daniel to go up to him and want to be held.  

Everett mid-crawl. Notice the left foot is flat on the ground, while the right leg is engaged in a normal crawl.

The girls decided one night to play cards on their own. I don't think any of them know how to play any card games, but it was super adorable to watch them imitate the way we sit around and play cards.

It's a long story.