Dad too thinks Owen is doing great. He certainly loves his Mom and jumps in her arms all of the time. I get my fair share as well. We have a very happy family.
As Bonnie mentioned (also here), we had a short list of American names and wanted to meet him before picking one. It wasn't like we walked into the orphanage and decided. His personality had to come out a bit and he had to become more attached to us. So in the days after the Giving and Receiving as he become more relaxed then he seemed like an Owen.
There is also a tradition in my family, my Dad says it is good Irish luck, to have initials that are a word. So my brothers and sisters are: PAD, LAD, DED, GMD, ADD and TAD. So Owen Loc Daly is right at home.
Owen likes remote controls of any sort. Like most households we have about a dozen and just got some more with the addition of FIOS for phone, tv and internet. So the remotes that we leave readily available are for equipment we don't use or have had their batteries removed. We're hoping that his favorite will be one from this group and not the Tivo.
He also likes our laptops. We've taught him to be more careful around these costly machines but he still likes to hit keys. So his first computer program, "Giggles Baby - ABC's and 123's", is a minor hit. He can see something happen on the screen because he hits a key. But expecting a "baby" to recognize that pressing the "G" key produces the letter "G" on the screen is a big stretch. A better program would be the "Baby Hit Any Key".
American fruit is also a big like for him. Owen will try almost any kind of food which is great. Though our notes from the orphanage said that he didn't like fruit, our experience is much different. In Vietnam he loved all of the dragon fruit, Vietnamese cherries and other local fruits we gave him. Coming home from the grocery story, he scarfed down blueberries, though he is less fond of them now. I think his favorite are seedless, white grapes. He smiles just pulling one out of the bunch. Fresh peaches have been all over his face. And sometimes watermelon. So glad he got to the States in August while all these fruits are in season.
We knew with ice cream that he likes sweets. So yesterday I snuck him two miniature oatmeal raisin cookies from the top of the fridge. Later in the day we are in another room of the house and he wanted to go out - the usual of tapping me on the chest and pointing. So I walk out of the room and put him down. Off he runs into the kitchen. He goes right to the fridge and points up. Mom wonders what he is pointing at. "Owen, do you want this kitchen magnet?" Nope. The secret was out and the smart little boy got a couple more cookies.
He'll probably wake up here in a few minutes, it is about 8:00 am, and want to go outside. So I better go get my shoes on.
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Hi Bonnie and Ray,
I absolutely love reading your blog. It sounds like little Owen is doing great and he is so adorable :) You both are wonderful parents.
These reports are great. I am so glad he is doing so well. On the computer, try sesamestreet.com go to the games section and do the Elmo keyboard game. It is also a letter game so whatever key he presses Elmo does a little demonstration of the letter. But, the best part is that if he hits a key that isn't a letter, it tickles Elmo.
Carrie
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