Baby Turkey!

Anyone who knows me well enough should know that my favorite holiday is most definitely Thanksgiving, and the best part of Thanksgiving is sweet rice (and maybe spending time with family, but mostly sweet rice!) It was such a joy to spend my favorite holiday with my sweet boy. I have to admit I was a bit disappointed at his disapproval of my potatoes, but the squash I made him got major points so I guess I did ok. I cannot wait for next year since my boy has become quite the eater lately :)

A few of my favorite things...

Rowen has a bundle on energy and since he discovered his exersaucer and jumper he is a very happy camper.  He always has a great smile, but when he is playing the way his eyes light up melt my heart.  

His second love would be food, particularly butternut squash, sweet peas and the always popular rice cereal.  He attacks his food!!  Good thing we have trained him not to put his hands in his mouth when he eats, so he dive bombs the spoon with his face instead...it is very cute to see how excited he gets when it is mealtime :)  

Lastly, he loves him some bath time.  We got him a yellow duck bath which he can splash and play in.  We all get wet, but hey, he is clean and happy so no complaining here!

handsome boy!

This past month has flown by and Rowen is getting bigger everyday.  Here are a few of my favorite pictures from this month!

As if we had any doubt...

Surprise surprise Rowen LOVES to eat!  Yesterday was his first adventure with eating rice cereal and it took him a few minutes to figure out how to swallow, but he eagerly opened his mouth and enjoyed his meal very much.  I still can't believe my little baby boy is going to be 5 months in a week and starting to eat real food.  Where has the time gone??  

What a big boy!

Today was Rowen's 4 month check up and what a big boy he is!  My little guy is not so little anymore.  He is now 15 lbs 10 oz and 26 inches long!  I thought it was  pretty funny when the doctor called him "skinny" for his height!  I guess he is just all cheeks :)

Today was also another big milestone day, his first big roll over!  We have been working on his tummy time and today was pretty typical, he pushes up for a minute or two and then gives up and takes a short nap :)  But when my little man woke up all smiles I thought I would grab a few pictures and he was so excited he flipped over.  He seemed pretty pleased with himself.  Unfortunately, when I rolled him back to his tummy to see if he would do it again he got pretty mad at me...I guess he worked really hard to get off that tummy why the heck would I put him back on it again?!  All in all, a pretty exciting morning in the Littell house! 

For Uncle Mike...

New method to calm a teething baby...

Yesterday we decided to take a drive up to Temecula and visit a few wineries (yes with a baby!) Rowen did absolutely amazing. He slept the whole way down and through our first winery visit which was fantastic. We all split a cheese plate and tasted a wine flight, which was very yummy and relaxing. My parents have a thing for taking pictures of Rowen with things he should not be having, hence the picture of him with the wine and me drinking a glass of wine while breastfeeding (for the record, I was only taking a SIP!) We finished off the day at a spanish winery with tacos, tempernillo and a little spanish guitar. The lead guy liked Rowen so much that during one of his songs he let Rowen play...I think they both got a pretty big kick out of it.