While I am cleaning up the kitchen Rowen is sitting at the counter eating a snack. He sees a pad of paper and a pen and says, "I will make a list for the store. What do we need?". I begin to list off things we need at the store and he writes a list, taking every item seriously, saying things like, "yes, we do need that" or "okay, I got it mommy" as he scribbles it down on the pad of paper. He is just so precious and learning so much so fast.
Rowen hugs my belly often throughout the day. He says, "Ohhh, hi baby", in a high pitched voice. He never forgets to tell the baby good night, rubs my belly and kisses it too.
Rowen comes into our bedroom early in the morning- often at 6 a.m. He throws his stuffed animals up on to our bed then climbs up in between us. His feet automatically go to one of our backs or bellies to warm up and then he either says he wants to eat breakfast or watch a "show" (cartoon). We are usually up and ready for the day by 7ish no matter the day of the week due to our Ro but I think the mornings are the best time with him so I don't mind too much.
Rowen is making up songs about all sorts of things. He has turned the story of The Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf into a song. It is darling.
Rowen LOVES to recreate stories by acting them out with us. The other day he acted out The Three Little Pigs with Grammy for over an hour, over and over again. He would get very dramatic during the part of "And I will huff and puff and blow your house down!".
Rowen likes to tell Daddy that "one day when you are a little boy and I am big I will teach you how to _____" or "I will take you to _____". Recently he told Daddy, "When I am big and you are a little boy I will take you to that gymnastic place and let you do the zip line!". We think it is so darling that he believes our roles will be reversed some day and I guess in a way they will be but he will always be our little boy.
Rowen very lovingly calls Racoco (our cat), "my little chicken". He says this in the sweetest voice then chases after her and lays on top of her while she moans and then begins to hiss at him.
Rowen calls Grammy "honey bun", a loving nickname that they have for one another. When saying goodbye to her he insists on them both saying "goodbye honey bun" along with many other loving phrases.
Ro calls Papa "Popi" from time to time. We all laugh :).
I am cleaning up from lunch on a Saturday. While I clean up I get the privilege of watching Rowen and his Daddy "wrestle" on the living room floor. Rowen is loving every minute of it and Daddy is the best at keeping it fun and active yet safe and appropriate. I love to hear their grunts and groans as both work so hard to wrestle the other down.
During lunch Rowen licked some peanut butter off of his finger. He looks at me and says, "The baby will do that." I ask, "Do what?". Ro replies with, "Suck his finger. Babies like that mommy."
While learning to ski for the first time, Rowen thought it would be thrilling to ski down the hill (a very small hill) with his eyes closed the entire time. He would giggle at the thrill of this and when he fell he laughed- no tears or frustration. Rowen tends to be a bit of a thrill seeker. We have seen this come out a few other times in his short 3 years. I am a bit worried about what is to come :).
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Happy News
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Our family is growing! On January 5th 2011 we learned that another child will be a part of our family in September! We are truly thrilled. We didn't tell Rowen until today (March 5th) because we wanted to make sure we had made it through the first trimester and we have. We have already had 3 ultrasounds- one to date the pregnancy, one due to some spotting, and one because the doctor couldn't find the heartbeat with the Doppler at my 10 week appointment. All three ultrasounds showed everything looking good. We are so grateful and thankful for this little life.
The video below is only a small portion of the entire video we took this morning when we told Rowen the big news. For some reason I can't get the entire video to upload onto our photo site so this is what we have for now...
He proceeded to giggle more and more and then he pushed my shirt up to look at my belly. He wanted to know how the baby was going to get out of there. I didn't really know what to say but we made it through that question okay. We explained that the blue onesie was for a baby brother and the pink one was for a baby sister and that it will be a surprise when the baby is born. Rowen picked both up and hugged them to his chest and said, "I really like girl babies". We talked briefly again about how it might be a boy or it might be a girl and he seemed okay with that for now. We also read the book we gave to him called Waiting for Baby. Rowen listened to it intently and asked lots of questions. He asked when the baby would be here and Daddy did a great job explaining that first we have to wait for spring, then plant our garden (something he talks about often), then wait for the tomatoes to grow and ripen (his favorite part of the garden), then eat the tomatoes up and then finally the baby would be ready to be born.
Later this morning Rowen enthusiastically told Grammy and Papa and Nana and Grandpa (they all already knew but pretended to be surprised!) that he is going to be a big brother. We are so proud of our little guy. He is already proving to be a wonderful Big Brother!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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