10 Months

10 Months seems so old. He's been outside the womb longer than he was inside. He has his own opinions and desires. He's just getting so big!

At 10 months...

-Rowan is a super mover. He can climb up and over everything!

-He has gotten really good at walking while holding onto hands.
-He can also walk while he holds onto his little push toy. We took him to the park yesterday and he walked all over on the sidewalks.

-Is the proud owner of 2 bottom teeth, with 2 top teeth coming in soon!
-Loves balls and playing in blow up ball pits.
-Learned to climb the stairs at grandma's house his first try.
-Learned how to drink out of a straw.
-Rowan found his first California girlfriend at a recent playdate. He chased her around and would try to kiss her. She finally gave in and kissed him on the lips!!!
-Speaking of kisses, he loves to give kisses and goes around kissing everything! He loves to crawl up to you and pull you towards him and then give you a big slobbery kiss. He even makes the muwah sound!
-Is an expert traveler, and an angel on flights.
-Is making more sounds when he babbles. He also says "Hi momma" and "hi dada"
-Is such a goofball
-Loves strawberries! He gets excited when he sees them.

9 Months

Rowan is now 3/4 of a year old. I can't believe that in 3 short months we will be celebrating his first birthday, and oh what a celebration it shall be!

Stats:
Weight: 20lbs 2oz 40%
Height: 27.75 inches 27%
Head: 80%

Happenings in his life:

-He is now an expert crawler
-Can pull himself up on everything and everyone
-Stood up by himself for the first time
-He doesn't really enjoy baby food anymore. He pretty much eats finger foods now. He does however still eat yogurt or rice cereal mixed with a fruit for breakfast.
-Has graduated onto cheerios instead of puffs
-Says mama, dada, num, mmmm, nana and lots of other fun sounds!
-Loves to give kisses
-When he wakes up in the morning he will find his daddy's face and give him lots of kisses!
-Loves it when his daddy wears him in his new Ergo carrier
-Attended his second outdoor Hot Buttered Rum concert
-Is getting his first tooth and isn't enjoying it at all
-Loves waving hi and bye to strangers
-Enjoys going to story time at the library
-Is very social and enjoys interacting with other babies
-signs more, eat, and drink
-Still hates his crib
-Loves his sippy cup
-Loves "helping" unload/load the dishwasher
-Will jump up and down if you say "jump, jump, jump"
-Thinks the fridge is pretty awesome
-Loves to explore everything and everywhere
-Got his first little goose egg on his head when he fell on the side table
-Loves the beach
-Will crawl with his knees off the ground when you put him on grass
-Is always so happy when he wakes up
-Loves being sung to. Some of his favorites are: Yellow Submarine, 5 little monkeys (both the jumpin in bed and in a tree version), Down on grandpas farm, Hometown band, rock a bye, twinkle twinkle, Haileys Comet, and a few other Phish songs that daddy likes to sing him. He will almost always stop crying if you sing him one of these songs.
-Loves it when you imitate the sounds that he makes.
-Still takes Prevacid for his reflux. Hopefully he'll outgrow that soon.
-Loves balls
-Is a total flirt
-Loves the camera

Some of his favorite foods are:
-String cheese. He ate a whole one the other day!
-Beans
-Orange slices
-Lemons
-Bananas
-Pretty much any fruit
-Veggie burgers, crumbles, and chicken
-Falafel
-Cheerios
-Potatoes
-Carrots
-Sweet potatoes
-Plain yogurt mixed with applesauce and cinnamon

I kept waiting to post this to get pictures up, but that hasn't happened so pictures to follow =)

Happenings

The move went really well. Rowan was an angel on the plane and slept the WHOLE flight. It was nice that he had his own seat so he was able to sleep in his car seat. My Mom and her friend Vonda drove our car here and helped us unpack. We couldn't have done it without them. Before they flew home we were able to drive up to San Francisco for the day and see some sights. I always love going to Pier 39.


I was so happy to find out we had an Ikea close to us. Rowan enjoys "helping" his daddy build.


For Easter we decided to go down to Monterey. It was so nice to have a little day trip with my favorite boys! We just walked down Cannery Row, got some ice cream at the Ghiradelli shop, saw some Sea otters, watched the waves come in (which Rowan loved), and let Rowan feel the sand (which he loved as well)






On Friday it was really nice out so we decided to take Rowan swimming for the first time. One of the pools has a wading pool next to it for the munchkins. It's one foot deep and shaped in a half circle. Rowan Loved it! He loved being able to hold onto the side of it and bounce and he also loved splashing! He would get so excited as the water was flying all over. He didn't even care when the water was getting in his face. He also tried out his new floaty we bought him. He seemed to like that too. We took him in the big pool, which was nice and heated, and he liked lounging around in it. I think we'll be spending a lot of time out there!



Rowan is also now a professional crawler, puller upper, and cruiser! He seems to be learning so fast! He loves to explore our apartment. Some of his favorite places to explore are: The stroller, the ottoman, the dishwasher (if it's open) and the kitchen table.

7-8 months

We missed 7 months due to life being crazy busy, so this is sort of a combination of what he is now doing. We had a doctors appointment at eight months to get his reflux medicine renewed and he weighed 19lbs 8 oz. They didn't measure him, but I'm sure he's still a shorty!

He has learned so much lately. It seems as though he wakes up each day with a new skill. He's adjusting to the move pretty well. He's been pretty clingy lately, but that's nothing too out of the ordinary for him.

-He can army crawl quite fast
-He can pull himself up onto everything and can hold on one handed and bounce
-Can move between two pieces of furniture while standing
-He waves bye
-Loves to give kisses and "Loves" where he likes to nuzzle into your shoulder with his head.
-He signs eat and more
-Can go from sitting to crawling and back again
-Loves going on walks
-Can walk (slowly) while holding onto someones hands
-Plays peek-a-boo with his blanket while in his stroller. He thinks he is so funny and so do we!
-Loves the mother goose record my mom has, and his favorite song is Hometown Band
-Loves food! He will eat pretty much anything you give him. He has yogurt and fruit every morning and Loves it!
-Loves to feed himself finger foods.
-Can do a pincer grasp
-Hates being by himself
-Doesn't like his crib at all...even though I bought him this cool musical aquarium thingy.
-Loves his sippy cup
-He loves to throw stuff on the ground to have you pick it up for him
-Is still breastfed
-Co-sleeps
-Can sleep through takeoff and landing of plane rides
-His favorite book is Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? He even laughs at it!
-Loves his lady bug jumper/exersaucer
-Has had 3 haircuts now
-We still get stopped everywhere we go by people commenting on how much hair he has and how cute he is
-Loves to sit in grocery carts and wave to people as we pass by.
-Wears size 3 diapers
-Fits in clothing 3-6 months to 6-9 months
-Loves remotes and cell phones
-Babbles all the time. He has said mama twice now but mostly says dada and baba
-Is constantly making his grandpas animal noises where his sucks air in and makes these funny noises. He likes to practice in the middle of the night and when he wakes up in the morning.
-Is getting good at playing his drum.
-Loves to mimic things that you do and noises that you make.
-Loves to make people laugh and smile. It makes him so proud.

He is the sweetest baby I have ever met, and I've met a lot of babies. His personality is so silly. I think he is going to be quite the jokester!

Sign Language!

Rowan and I have been going to a Sign and Sing class every Friday for the past 3 weeks and I have been signing at home to him. Well, today our hard work paid off when he signed "Eat" 5 different times while sharing some Sonic ice with me! It was so awesome to see him do it and understand it's meaning! They told me it would take at least 3 months for him to sign back to me, so I totally wasn't expecting it! Such a smart boy!

Moving

This will be our new home for the next 3 or so years. The North Park Apartments in San Jose, California! We have 10...TEN... swimming pools, fire pits, a Starbucks, and more in our little community! Derek got a really amazing job offer. It will be hard to leave our home, but we're excited for the adventure!

We will now be close to two of my favorite places
San Francisco


and

Monterrey Bay


We leave the 25th of this month! I should probably start packing.

Swinging Time!

Rowan and I decided to head outside today since it wasn't totally freezing! We headed over to our neighborhood park and Rowan tried out a swing for the first time. He seemed to really enjoy it!