Walking...Almost

Anyone who has seen Chad with Rowen knows he has been pushing walking since we brought Rowen home from the hospital. This kid doesnt need much encouragement to walk though, since he figured out how to crawl all he wants to do is crawl to new locations to pull himself up on and walk around. Tonight he started to get the concept of his little walker which as you can see made his daddy very very proud :)

Crazy Man

Today was one of the first times we have put Rowen in the nursery at church (normally my parents watch him in the afternoons for us to go). Although Rowen hasn't had colic for some time, I think the anxiety of him screaming his head off for an hour for someone else sticks with you. I was excited to pick him up and hear about how he did. When I went to get him I was relieved to see that he was happily playing. Anyway, the nursery staff said he did great but called him "very curious" so I thought I would post this video to show my crazy man. Here is "Rowen the Tornado" in action!!

Who knew Rowen moonlighted as a woodchuck?

Oh yes, my ever creative son is always thinking of new ways to get out of napping. His latest had been standing at the end of his crib yelling and throwing his nuks (which to me was very cute). However, today he tried a new technique, chewing the side of his crib. I went in to check on him and found his face covered with wood chips and white paint. His drool apparantly had mixed with the paint chips and got paint stuck all over his sheets too. Awesome. Oh my, this kid will keep me on my toes!

Crawling!

Since Rowen figured out how to crawl, he has been going non-stop. He loves exploring the world around him and the sound of his little hands pounding on the ground is something I will never forget. You can almost hear how proud he is of himself, I think the best way to describe his crawl is a strut. Once again, I have been blessed by my dad's gift of photography to get these sweet pictures of Rowen in action!

So handsome

Nothing really I have in mind to post, but this has been my favorite picture I have taken in the last 2 months so I thought I would share. I still cannot get over his big precious eyes, I know he will be a heart breaker with how he is able to look you right in the eye, give a little smile and raise one eyebrow...oh it melts my heart. This boy is going to get away with a lot with that look.

Watch out Lance...here comes RO!

So my parents are the super amazing kind of grandparents. They love to take Rowen on new adventures (one of the most recent, and I must admit, not my favorite, was letting him play with the toilet bowl wand, yes, you read that correctly, the toilet bowl wand...need I say GROSS!?! They even captured it on video :) One of the sweet, and much more sanitary things they got for him is a cart for their bikes so he can go on rides with them. He has one in Coronado and LOVES it so they got one for here. He just looks like he could go fast, huh? I am sure his daddy and Papa will be teaching him racing strategies in no time!

Fall

Rowen truly seems to be getting bigger each and every day now. My little man is not so little anymore...he is only 9 months but wears 12-18 month clothing, has 7 teeth (almost 8!) and is crawling and pulling himself up on everything he can...including the wall. One of my favorite things he does is his goofy laugh. Instead of breathing out when he laughs, he breaths in and makes the funniest noise only he can make...trust me we try to copy him and just end up coughing! I love his sweet smile he seems to have on his face all the time now, it is truly such a blessing to have this mini man in our lives!