You can fly!

You just need to think
of happy things. Thoughts of converse shoes, joyful times with brothers or kittens and green pens.

Or that time you talked to Kiel on the phone and Micah and I wailed and screamed for the pope or cute little babies.

Think of the golden lanes, a victorious Hayden atop a slide, and pretty purple flowers.
You can find a happy thought I know it.

This post is for my sister Cherise and her sore knee.
No more sad eyes Stuie.

fresh new face

I've played with color, layout and extras. Whadda y'all think?

snow!

Hooray for snowy fun! On Saturday morning the boys (the big one included) decided they wanted to find some snow to play in. Gear was acquired and visions of gigantic snow covered hills filled everyones' minds. Bright and early Sunday morning we bundled up and headed out to Tiger mountain. Spirits were high until we reached the summit and discovered little snow and not much evidence that it was going to fall anytime soon. We stopped to let the littlest boy eat while the bigger ones went into Safeway to get snacks. On return to the truck they announced that the cashier informed them of snow just a bit further up the road. So with hopes renewed we forged on and discovered the wintery wonderland. Cameron was astonished, he had never seen that much snow in his life and kept asking me how there could be that much and how it stayed there. Fortunately not being able to make head nor tail of it didn't stop him from having a great time :) Everyone enjoyed themselves immensely (especially Max) with the exception of Rowan getting a bit cranky before falling asleep and the drivers of two trucks who tried to drive up a snowy hill with just road tires and slid back down. All in all it was a great trip and MUCH better than having to drive all the way home defeated. Gotta love sisu :)

I believe this snowball was lovingly created with Logan in mind

I don't know how much Max enjoyed this...

Rowan wasn't asleep here, he was rubbing his little face on mine.
I LOVE this picture!

forgotten sunglasses = fashion statement

As you can see the snow day was a success. Before we got home Logan reported that we had all fallen asleep :) Aaand we brought it with us! When Logan got up for work this morning it was snowing! We don't have a lot and it'll probably melt within a day or two but for the time being it's snow on the ground in my backyard and I'm happy :)

He's really alert!

We went to the wonderful Indian restaurant down the road again tonight. It was our second dinner there and this time was DELECTABLE as was the first! When we set Rowan up in his car seat next to our table the waiter smiled at him, asked how old he was and said he looked really alert. The funny thing is that the same guy said the same thing last time we were there. But thats ok because it's true Abu! :)

Just look at them cheeks!

pictures pictures pictures! I'm not very good at self photography yet so I don't look best in most shots but Rowan is a freaking cutie! A big one at that too, on Friday at his 2 month appointment he weighed in at 14lbs 12ozs and measured 24 inches. He's in the 90th percentile in weight and the 75th in height :) He did pretty good with the shots he had to get, I was definitely more nervous while waiting for the nurse to get ready than he was. We both handled the actual shots better than I was expecting and he recovered faster than I thought he would also. He is all better now and didn't even get the low grade fever they said he might. So without further ado here are a small gaggle of photos of my big little guy :D

time sure flies

Wow, it was a pretty exciting holiday season. It's hard to believe Rowan's only been around two months. It feels like much longer. I am loving being a mother!! Since my last post we've been hanging out and enjoying the holidays :)

Here's a cutie on the couch with his big brown sheep

For Thanksgiving we visited Gremmy and Goddy :)

Logan dressing Rowan for his dedication
(unfortunately I forgot the camera in the car so we didn't get any pictures of the actual thing)

Our family (minus Max) Rowan isn't so happy...

Here we are visiting our new friend Carson who was just born on Jan. 1st :)

I'll post more pictures later but right now I'm late for a dinner date so I've got to hurry out of here. But before I leave I can't record sound on my camera but I can shoot videos so here's a silent video of my little guy hanging out in his bouncy chair a couple days ago. It's not fancy but I think he's adorable so I'm going to show him off.