I did iiiiit!

I finally got a picture of them! Check 'em out!
Twoooo toooop TEETH!! :D

Before you look at the pictures just know that I was weeding under the apple tree that's why it looks bad.

better late than never

As promised though a day later than expected, here are some pictures! This is a small sample of the many pictures I took on Rowan's exersaucer backyard extravaganza!!

I still can't get a good picture of those top teeth but those bottom two are so darn cute I don't really mind.
How could you really? He's just so darn cute!

Does he have his dad's eyebrows or what? I love that studying look.

Master over all he sees the prince surveys his domain.



I love this picture! Rowan and the tree have the same slant :)

I titled this one sweet boy because when I first saw it big
on the computer I said, "Aaawww sweet boy!"

For anyone who didn't have the time or patience to get all the way through my previous mound o' text post devoid of any pictures to help you along ;) Rowan's latest "stats" from his six month check up are that he is 21lbs 3ozs and 28 inches tall. He ran a bit of a fever the night of his appointment because of his vaccinations and one of the shot sites was just a bit red and swollen.

Everything is fine now and apart from a little bump on the head from hitting the corner of the ottoman he's fit as a fiddle :D Thanks for all your love and prayers I hope we get a chance to see everyone soon.

Update

It seems like I could go on for hours about what's been going on lately but I'm going to attempt to reign it into a reasonable size post. We'll see just how long long it'll take me to juggle typing this out and taking care of Rowan. Wish me luck!

Last Wednesday I went to Portland for a week long mother's day visit to spent some nice quality time with the fam. Mother's day was lovely! I got a balloon, a card, a red rose and some earrings from Rowan (with a bit of help from gramma and grandpa) We went to church and then out to lunch. All the moms at church got roses that were long stemmed and beauteous. It was a good day :)

I spent a couple more fun filled days in P-town then drove back home on Thursday morning. Upon returning home I learned an obvious and valuable lesson. A lawn requiring a bit of a trim will need no less of a trimming when left for a week, no friends it will need much more. So after getting over the sight of a third acre of very long grass I got my son in his exersaucer and the weed whacker out of the shed. However I'm not very good at weed whacking and for fear of flooding the engine ended up abandoning it for the mower. I decided that if I just got the front looking good I could deal with the back yard later. Well after mowing for a couple minutes I ran out of gas. At that point was was frustrated so I took a brake. Later in the day my friend Aniela came over and helped me out by mowing the lawn while I did dishes. It was very nice and beneficial to us both since she wanted to work out a bit anyway ;)

The next day Rowan had his six month check up. I don't think I've mentioned yet that he recently got his FOURTH tooth :D he's got two in the bottom center and two on the top not in the center but to the right and left. I think it looks a bit like a hockey player. He's is 21 lbs 3 ozs and 28 inches tall :) growing like a well watered weed. He got a clean bill o' health and three shots at the doc. He's been a bit clingy and fussy since his shots and has a mild fever from them. Not anything of serious concern just about 99 or so.

So today I have a nice looking front yard, a wild looking back jungle, an unhappy chappy and (I almost forgot to mention) a swarm of wasps making a home in one of my trees out front. I called a pest control service that is eco, pet and kid friendly but the soonest they can be out here is Wednesday. So I don't think I'll be taming the jungle until after that because I'm quite scared of stirring up the wasps with big noises. I think that today is a good day to hide out inside with fans going and the heat shut out so my little buggy can be more comfortable.

And there you have it. It may not seem brief but believe me there are many much details I didn't go into. If you're asking where the pictures of Rowan are don't worry I'll post some tomorrow or Monday :)

fun times

Whew! It's tougher than I expected to blog with a growing boy. But I love being a mom! I love playing with Rowan and watching him learn and explore and discover, it's so fun. He's not crawling yet but he definitely likes to be active and playing with (chewing on) most everything. Including most recently the apple tree in the back yard and Max's toy cat (see picture below). The apple tree was my fault, I took him into the backyard for an adventure and when I was letting him look at the apple tree I figured it wouldn't hurt him to chew on a branch because the worst thing hat could happen is he'd get a little dirt in his mouth. Well I forgot about the little blossoms starting to come out and he got a couple in his mouth. I freaked out just for a second and then swept my finger through his mouth and got the little flowers and leaves out. He wasn't phased at all and just looked confused when I was getting the tree bits out of his mouth. So nothing bad happened but I did berate myself a little for it. All in all I think we're doing pretty darn good :) Rowan is very sociable, we met a boy in the store the day Rowan turned six months who was one year and his name was Owen :) fun times...

so check out all the cute pictures and happy Rowan's six monthaversary everyone!

It's been quite a month

Rowan is growing big and strong!























He's got two teeth and as you can see he's very happy about them.















One of his favorite games these days is tug o' war with Max.
















He's persistent that's for sure.















Oh!