Owen's first visit to the Vale lab



Today we took Owen to visit Eric's lab. He dazzled everyone with his total adorableness. He also had a poopsplosion on Eric, as you can see here. (More photos from the visit to the lab on Flickr.)

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Erin (moviemuse) said…
Quite the over-achiever you have there, already embarrassing his parents in public at less than 3 weeks old! Way to go, Owen.
May 15, 2008 at 12:50 PM
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