Winter Classic...

I found these pictures on the camera when I was transferring them today, and completely forgot about them. Uncle Dusty went to the Winter Classic Detroit Red Wings vs Chicago Blackhawks game on New Year's Day in Chicago, and sent Ed a new Red Wings hat or two. Well, one we were supposed to give to Ed II, but Ed contemplated keeping both, but changed his mind. But Rowan tried Papa Ed's out for him first, and tasted her Daddy's too! Super Cute!

28 Weeks Old...

Can you believe it, no bows!

Rowan and Giz...

Priceless...

The Hoopdey...

So, in addition to January 10th being Rowan's 6 Month Birthday, we had the luxury of getting in our first car accident as a family!


We were out running some errands, and were on our way to Babies R Us and got rear-ended on Bluemound Road, of course we were in my truck! So now, Ed refers to it as "The Hoopdey". We are all fine of course, and it wasn't our fault, so now we just have to wait and talk to our insurance agent on Monday and get a quote and get "The Hoopdey" fixed, asap! Good thing the woman that hit us has insurance!

6 Months Old...

Hard to believe....6 Months Old already...

It feels like just last week we were leaving the hospital to bring this little bundle of joy home with us. Now we don't know where the time has gone.

July 10, 2008

January 10, 2009

Rowan doesn't go to the doctor for her 6 month check-up until the 22nd of January, so we will have weight and height statistics then.

What is she doing now?
I have done a decent job updating on Rowan's progress, but here is a mini recap:

*She rolls from her front to back; but not from her back to front yet. She gets on her side and looks above her head, but just hasn't gotten all the way over yet.
*She isn't to the point of sitting up yet. She does fine between my legs, or with the boppy around her, but not without support.
*She gets up on all 4's frequently, and rocks too. Perhaps she is going to pass the sitting and rolling over, and go right to crawling! She can learn the rest later on.
*She eats rice and some fruit/veg for breakfast and dinner, and has 3-4 bottles throughout the day. Generally 7 oz. bottles.
*She is still currently on soy formula, we will cover that issue with the pediatrician this month, he had mentioned trying regular formula again at 6 months, we will see.
*She can be very talkative, even screams! No words yet though.
*Blows bubbles
*Spits up a bunch! Thought, or maybe hoped, it would get better when we started solids, not so much!
*Generally sleeps through the night, about 7pm until anywhere between 5 and 8 am. But tends to wake up several times for her pacifier during the night. She hasn't been able to find it and replace it herself, perhaps because she is swaddled still! She can put the pacifier in on her own during the day though while awake!
*She is just like her dad, a busy body! Always doing something. Only sits still when it is time for bed or a nap!
*She has started jumping in the jumperoo in the last week or two. Trying to get it on video, unsuccessful so far!
*She giggles up a storm now too, mostly at Gizmo (her best buddy, she could stare at him all day long!)
*Rowan's one downfall: she needs to learn how to nap. She still cat naps, 30-40 minutes several times a day, and generally fights it everytime! Therefore there is no schedule during the day. So we are working on that!

Rowan and Rice Cereal...

Well, we started the Rice cereal eating on Christmas Day. Rowan wasn't very interested, I even tried adding some bananas into the mix to see if she would like it better, but not so much. So we tried again the next day, and she did much better. So after a few days of rice cereal, I started to add in the good stuff. We started with applesauce for a few days, then moved on to sweet potatoes for a few days, then squash. So far she has liked them all, I think she liked the sweet potatoes the best. Then we tried some spring vegetable mix, disgusting. I couldn't even stand the smell of it, and I swear she gagged on it, so we threw that away after a few bites. Then we went back to applesauce for a few days. Now today we tried Peas, yuck! I could barely stand the smell, and yes I am biased because I don't like peas, but she was very fussy while eating and once I got the applesauce out, she was a whole new eater. So I am thinking we will pass on Peas for a little while too. We will see, might give them one more try tomorrow before moving on.

Rowan is a very good helper too as you can see. I spend more time pulling her hands out of her mouth, or her bib out of her mouth than anything, but she is learning, I guess that is point of this boring rice cereal!

25 Weeks Old...

This is going to be my last weekly update! After her 6 month update which will be January 10th, I will be going to monthly updates. Well, I am sure there will be more than monthly updates and photos, but weekly has gotten to be too much for me. I don't have the time to be on top of things anymore. Maybe I will do every other week, we will see how things go!

We seem to have our happy baby back finally. It was a rough week before Christmas with the ear infection and 2 teeth and colds for all of us. Then from the Amoxicillin, she had a sore butt too. A never ending fussy week it was. But finally it is over.