St. Louis Trip - Week of New Years

Alright, I'm getting closer to being caught up. The week after Christmas we went home to St. Louis to see all the family. Christmas is always a week long event for us. It took Owen a while to realize Christmas isn't really everyday.

First it was Christmas with Grandma Jenny, Aunt Rachel, Nana & Fran. He doesn't quite understand that all gifts are special so anything that wasn't a toy he just threw to the side.


That same day we did Christmas with Grandma Wild (MaMa) and PaPa. I think Owen thought he was in heaven after that day. Two different houses, two sets of presents.


New Year's Eve day we celebrated with Grandpa (Papa) & Grandma (Memaw) Neckermann where Owen got his mustang and everything that could open on it did (doors, trunk, hood). Oh, and he discovered his love for drums - and he can continue to love them at Papa's house. He also had a little sword fight with Papa. I think they did that for 1/2 an hour and Owen was not ready to stop. It sure did wear him out though.


And last but not least was MeMe's (Grandma Kappler) house where he got his very own laptop. Now, he can play with his and not mommy and daddy's. No more missing keyboard keys for us.


Between all the Christmas' we also celebrated our birthdays (Shaun, Jackie, and I), New Year's Eve (not sure what Owen was drinking) and Owen went to his first hockey game (which he was in awe of). I've never seen my child sit so still.