Two nights ago we started feeding the baby rice cereal at night. Well, lasr night he had milk at 9 and a little cereal at 10. At 530 I decided to wake him up to eat. So I was wondering if he got too full and I should feed him less or just let him sleep that long?l

I love my little boy so much! He is so much fun. He likes to play with his daddy (which is the video) and than he will stand if you hold him up. so Cory wanted to pose him. I also had him fall asleep on the boppy while I was holding him and I had to take a pic.
Cory starts school this week. He will be done in Spring with his Masters in Electrical Engineering. The next 2 semesters won't be fun but it'll be worth it.

Life has been treating us good this week. The weather has finally started to get cooler in the evenings. Sometimes it hits low 80's early in the mornings. The evenings have gotten nice enough to go swimming. We will take turns swimming and holding the baby. Sometimes he will fall asleep and so we will put him in his carrier and swim.
He has started trying to sit up, which is really funny to watch because his body won't cooperate. So he sits there chin to chest for a while. We try to reposition him but he goes right back to it!
He has also started to hold his head up really good while he is on his tummy, which is wonderful because he likes tummy time more.
Cory starts grad school this week. If everything goes well he will graduate in the spring with his masters...YEAH!!


This is a carrier that Cory's brother sent us from Africa. It's still a little too big but Rowan likes it.

Rowan holding his head up. You can also see his funny hair. He has the bald spot in back from looking around. And it's long in back and short up front....mullet!! OH NO!!

This is him in a cute outfit. It is still to big but I had fun putting him it.


This is a video of us playing with Rowan.

So I found these pics on a friends website and was able to copy them...YEAH!!
This is Cory and me and some dance


This is Kris and Dan


This is Halloween 2004


This is our game group Chuck, Nate, Ron, Dan, Kris, Cory and me

On August 12th Cory and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary by going to Benihana. The pics didn't turn out great but here they are anyways:




The chef stacked the onions and than put water down it to make it look like a volcano!!!

I understand that I am becoming one of those silly, obsessed parents who think that everything their baby does is cute but I have to put another video up here (its also for the g-parents). He has learned to suck/chew on his hands. He pretty much gums them. its funny!

In this pic we put his hand on this toy and he didn't know how to let go!!!


Cory's dad made the baby a rattle. Cory gave it to him and he was able to grab it. it's kinda cute. Here are some pics of it and a video (sorry I can't change the angle)





Here are some pics to prove we do have somewhat of a life. Our friends Heather and Dane just moved and so we went out to eat at the cheesecake factory.

I think being a mom is the best and the hardest thing in the world. After 3 days with little to no sleep and a baby that screams the entire time he is in the car I feel like the worst mom in the world because I just want to get away from him. But my friends tell me this is normal and that I am doing fine. Than he smiles at me (even at 2 in the morning) and I am so happy to be a mom. Or just now he cooed at his toys. Cory told me that I will often feel like a bad mom and that's why its so hard. So this goes out to all the moms... Keep at it... Way to go

Update on us. Cory is enjoying his job. We are all hating the heat but I am grateful for Heather and Keri Jo who get me out of the house. Rowan had his 2 month doctors visit. He got his shots and I was prepared for the worst, the hurt look on his face that just screams "Why did you let them do this to me!!". Thank goodness all I got was the crying. He is taking it well. He is a little more fussy today and yesterday than normal, but he is still being good (and I am getting used to 3-4 hours of sleep). Besides that we are just trying to adjust. I miss having things to do like the farmers market and work. Its hard to stay motivated at home. I have been way too lazy these past few weeks. Hopefully that will change soon

So I just realized that I never put any pics up from Rowan's blessing. We blessed him when he was 5 days old so that my parents could be there. We did it at Cory's parents house and Rowan was wearing Cory's dad's blessing outfit. We did that because nothing else would fit him and since Cory's dad is a twin he was small when he was blessed. My Mom made him the blanket that he is wrapped in (I am looking forward to winter so I can use it again). It was a wonderful experience! Thanks to everyone who came too!

Rowan's normal night routine go like this; I feed him when he wakes up between 2 and 3 and than he falls right asleep after. Sometimes I have to give him his pacifier but not often. Than he wakes up again around 6-8. Well this morning was different. After he was done eating he did this...



He did this again at 6:30 this morning. I am usually so tired that I can't keep my eyes open but when he does this it wakes me up and I just want to play with him. It's hard not to. Who can resist that smile!

We have been wondering what to dress the baby up for for Halloween. We don't want to do the normal "cutsy" baby stuff like pumpkins and flowers. We were thinking making him a gothic baby and than Cory and I can dress to match...
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and we can get him a stuffed Appa (his 6 footed Bison)



Or there is a chipendale!!



If anyone has votes or other ideas let us know!!!

These are some cute videos of Rowan cooing. Its mainly for the grandparents. We hope you enjoy it!

Here are just a bunch of pics of the baby to catch up on how he has grown. He is finally fitting into his 0-3 month old clothes. With 2 days before I stuff arrived he outgrew his newborn diapers and we had to buy some bigger ones (which was bad because we have a whole bunch of size 1), oh well, we will use them. Since we have been here he has rolled over (only did this once and hasn't done it since), he smiles and cooes a lot, and he is putting himself to sleep (in fact he often won't go to sleep until we put him down now!)


This is us dancing at the opening a new dance studio in Phoenix. The owner is a friend of Cory's. Rowan wanted to dance with us.





These are him smiling. The best pic I got was on my cell phone and I can't download it to here. Hopefully he will continue to smile and I can get some better pics



This is him sleeping during the move




It is fun to have him grab our fingers with his toes



More asleep time. He fell asleep in the sling and I laid him down in it and he stayed asleep. I think he looks like the emperor from Star Wars




This one he fell asleep with his finger caught in his mouth!!

We made it!!! We got into Arizona on the night of the 2nd. We went to our apartment the next morning (pics to come once our stuff comes). I really like our new apartment. The only bad thing is its on the third floor! Oh well, it will help me get into shape. Rowan handled the drive pretty well. He got really fussy right at the end which was only bad because we were lost trying to find our hotel and it made it that much more frustrating. We have hung out with Heather and Dane already and look forward to the Grossens getting back into town so we can hang out with them.
I swear that Rowan has grown over night. His newborn diapers don't fit him anymore, we didn't pack any of the bigger ones because he was drowning in the newborns, until yesterday. His onesies now fit him! I will send pics once I can. Our stuff should be here on Tuesday (Which is 2 days sooner than we thought). We will keep you posted!

Here is a picture of our "diseased" baby. He currently has E Coli, mad cow, stomach ache, stomach ulcer, flesh eating staph, black mold, syphilis, and rabies all attacking him!