Visiting Aunt Brenda, my mustache, and puppies

Yesterday, Rowan visited his Aunt Brenda! Fortunately, she has little kiddie toys at her house, so he had lots of things to chew on, the plastic frog being his favorite.




Here he is with a mustache and goatee, still better then his Uncle Adam can grow!



Now that he can stand, he loves to tease the puppies thru the gate. Cimarron will still lick hands, and if he gets to close, his face!

Crawling... and pulling up

So, he has now learned to both crawl, and pull himself up on things. So he is now mobile, and able to get into way too much stuff. Good thing his room is gated!

To prove that he can crawl:



and to prove that he can pull himself up:

My pony

Rowan's Aunt Shannon gave him this cool pony that talks, and is very soft. It's suddenly become his favorite toy. And yes, he is able to stay on it (briefly) by himself.




Pureed Cherries? I don't know about this... (there was an outfit change required after this, even with the bib.)


OK. I've moved three feet, time for a rest.

Gymboree

Darren's schedule was weird the past few days, so we all went to Gymboree. Rowan has a great time playing with all of the different toys, and he really loves the bubbles, even if he's not sure quite what to do with them. We also got to hang out with our friend Ethan, and his mom and dad, Kirstin and Brandon. Rowan and Ethan see each other a few times a week, both at Gymboree and add library story time, where his Grandma Linda brings him.
We have been learning how to crawl. Rowan moves forward rather well, but it's more of a scoot-and-flop technique, then a real crawl. It will still get him places, but it's not real graceful, and he gets frustrated after about three flops, and does something else.

Laundry, and Food.

Dad clearly thought it would be funny if Rowan was in a laundry basket. Fortunately, Rowan thought so too!



Rowan has been learning to eat solid food. We're not real great at it, but we really like sweet potatoes. He also likes to help a lot, to the point that sometimes if he doesn't get to shove the spoon in his mouth (or nose, or eye) he's not going to eat!

Yeah! I have a playroom!

Rowan now has his very own playroom. Because our dining room had no furniture in it anyways, we gated it off, and then put down these cool letter-and-number foam flooring stuff. So now, Rowan has a whole room for his toys, in which there are no dogs or dog hair! Yeah!

This one is for Hattie, who highly recommended this book. Although, given that Hattie is not known for being quiet, or good, we're not sure how effective the book is!


This is just so much fun!


It's a baby. In a block.

Florida Part 2

We also went to the beach while we were in Florida. Rowan was very happy to sit on the blanket, and chew on things. The water, with the waves and loud noises, was not Rowan-friendly. After several attempts for him to go in the ocean, and a fair amount of screaming, we let him sit and chew on things.




But after enough time in the sun, and lots of playing, its time to sleep...