We had a Birthday party for Rowan on Sat (pretty much an excuse to have a pool party)
We had a lot of fun and thanks to everyone who came and everyone that helped us!!

This is some kids pushing my friends kid around and Rowan "helping"

Rowan opening presents. I put tape on his face!

The kids with squirt guns in the pool

My friends kid pushing Rowan

Rowan's B-day cake. Carrot cake made and decorated by me (I need more practice)

This has a funny story. My friends kid said that there was something yellow in there. I said it was just the chlorine tablet (figuring the complex had a yellow) and he said "no, it is yellow with black writing". Again, my and my friend dismissed it. He said it looked like a frisbee, and we said why do you say that? as he opened the filter and pulled out.....a frisbee!!!

Guiremo BBQing (I have no clue how to spell his name...Sorry!)

The adults!

Monica giving Rowan cake!
When we got home we put Rowan in his highchair and let him at some cake...he had fun


It was fantastic!
We are going to be flying to my parents on his birthday! Hurray for Birthday surprises!!

Things have been pretty quiet around here.  We are very excited that Cory got a B+ in his class this semester (for those who don't know the class got really hard half way through and Cory's study buddy had to drop out and Cory wasn't sure if he should drop it or stick with...we are glad he stuck with it!)   

Rowan is growing like a weed and can now stand up without having to pull himself up on something.  He should be done with his helmet on the 22nd and Than a week later, on his birthday, we are heading to Oregon to visit my folks.  

Rowan will occationally suck on his top lip but he has never done it consistently until tonight, so here are some pics

And he had his first graham cracker and loved it!!!  I wanted to see how he would do with a full square and he took a small bite and found out he could bite with his 2 bottom teeth and gave me this huge smile!!

Trip to Utah

Rowan and I went to Utah this last week (we traveled with a friend for safety, thanks Heather!).  We spent the first few days in Logan goofing off with friends there and staying with Betsy and Nick (Thanks so much guys!!).  I apologize for not having more pics of the trip because I was too busy trying to see as many people as possible that I forgot about taking pics.

When we went to Bountiful we surprised Cory's mom because she didn't know we were coming.  It was great to see all my family and a few friends, sorry to those I missed, but next time I will let more know I am there and you can all come see us!  

Here are some pics from the trip

This is Stacy and Rowan

Cory's brother, Seth, his mom, and Aunt

Me and Rowan
Rowan sleeping silly
We went for ice cream and we put the spoon on Rowan's nose!

Rowan swimming
Cory and I went to a drive in movie and brought Rowan along.  He had fun "driving"

Swimming with Grandpa Johns

Rowan gives full open mouth kisses.  I laid on the floor to get a good shot of it and it looks more like he is giving me CPR!!!

WALKING

I can't believe he is walking already! He took his first step at 8 months and has not stopped.  It is so fun!!! I don't have video of it but his favorite thing is to hold onto my finger and walk everywhere!! He smiles and laughs and makes all kinds of noises while doing it!  Ignore the mess.  We have been playing today rather than cleaning.

We went to the Renaissance Festival here and it was huge!! We spent most of the day there and didn't get to see everything.
Here is me and "Mother goose" which is really a duck, but there were geese inside too
The falconer- this is he vulture which is missing part of his left wing

Me and the falconOne of the hawks
Daddy and Rowan

I could have posted about 20 videos in this blog because he has been doing so much we have lots of video and little pics. He crawls everywhere and can walk really well. He still falls more than he walks but he will let go of things on his own and start walking. The bad thing is he is getting into everything and gets mad now when we tell him no. Cory is still in school and struggling because he has no study buddy right now, but he is still doing well. So hopefully he will pass because this should be the hardest class and they should be just easier from now on.
He has also learned to crawl upstairs and he has tried to go down them too. Luckily we have no stairs and he plays on the ones at church and their are only 4. Cory stays by him too. The first time he tried to go head first and the second time he tried to walk holding onto the wall and going down (he didn't do half bad, he just needs to be a little taller)
He did have his 9 month appt and he is doing great. 19 lbs 29 inches and he is doing great!!

Here is Rowan playing in a bin.

He tried raisins for his first time and I noticed he hadn't swallowed it when he did this smile

He loves his bathes and loves to chew on his sponge. He has learned that he can put toys in his mouth and walk around too

His hair is so long I had to do a mohawk

I went to check on him before bed (because he often falls asleep with his head against the posts) and he had his foot hanging out

He fell asleep while eating the bottle and it was too cute!

Fun videos

It's Going To Be Fun!!!

It's Going To Be Fun!!!

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Something else new....

I realized that I often forget things because I am so absorbed with downloading pics. So...
For Valentines we had some great friends watch Rowan so we could go dancing. It was a lot of fun but we miss our social network from Logan/Utah/MAC. But it was still fun. I am getting better at not being a worry-wart while the kid is at the babysitter.
Cory is doing well in school. We are so grateful for Craig (his study-buddy). The weather here is still beautiful and perfect. We got rain last night which made for a perfect day.
I am having a hot tub party tomorrow with some friends and I am so looking forward to it!! It makes me want to stay in an apartment because of the pool and hot tub and exercise room!
Sorry this blog is boring or just pics, I am trying to be creative!

Too Fast!!

Rowan took his first step last week and got his second tooth! I can't believe how quickly he changes! He also had an appointment today for his helmet and they are impressed by how quickly he is changing. Normally they don't notice a change in the first month but he has. So hopefully we will be able to get done quicker.



When Rowan wakes up in the middle of the night he will sit up and cry until we give him his pacifier. Everytime he will be so tired that the second we put it in he falls face first, asleep. Well we tried to put his pacifier on a lanyard so that he could find it himself. This is what we found in the morning! (And yes he is still asleep!)

This is him relaxed with one leg on me while eating!
Froggy bathrobe that Joni gave us
LOOK! I am Uncle Ryan!!

Crawling, Furniture walking and Standing on his own!

These have all happened in the last 3 weeks...3 weeks ago, Today, Rowan decided to start crawling and furniture walking everywhere! And than today, all on his own, he is holding on to me, lets go. and stands all by himself!!! It is happening too fast!!! :(

For my Birthday I was able to a lot of fun things. Cory put up with Rowan while doing homework so I could have a full girls night with Heather. We went and got pedicures and ice cream and goofed off. It was a lot of fun!

On Saturday Cory and I went and checked out the Goldfield mine in Apache Junction. It really wasn't cool but we took some pics anyways and we were glad to get out of the house
The coolest part was going into the mine and that was the only place that we were able to find out the history of this "ghost town"

This was our tour guide

This was the toilet that the miners used. We were told that they used to steal gold by putting it in here because they were the only ones allowed to come and go from the mine. I think there are better ways to get gold!


These are just some happy baby pics

I was trying to get a good pic of his new tooth (he only has one and it is bugging me because I have to have symmetry in somethings!) All you can see in this is a cute smile and lots of drool!!!


Here is his tooth (bottom)
He likes to play with his tooth
He has learned that he can makes noises with his fist and mouth. His favorite time to do this is sacrament meeting when it is quiet

Eating a lemon

Grandma Johns made this helicopter for Rowan and he was loving to play with it!


I can't get Rowan to drink apple juice from a bottle....but he likes it being squirted into his mouth!!!!