Happy Thanksgiving!!! The goings on in our home are still pretty boring, except for Rowan who keeps us entertained!!!! Cory has 2 more weeks of school and as long as he passes all his classes he will be DONE!! YEAH!!! Rowan turns 18 months at the end of this month. Rowan will also be getting casts on both legs to fix his pigeon toes. (I had to have this done too.) We are not excited for it but he keeps tripping over his own feet.
Rowan also is trying to say EVERYTHING. Not everything is understandable, but we point to something and say what it is and he tries!! Some of the funniest new words are "seriously", "black car", "kiss", "shoe" and many more!!!

And her are some funny pics!

I got a new phone and took out the battery to my old one and gave it to Rowan!! He LOVES IT!!














He says "cheese" and I got this great corny smile!



















He loves his piano and chair. He can't have one without the other and it is very entertaining to watch him move them into this position.














Can you find the baby?? (we found him like this when we checked on him before we went to bed!)














And, of course, THANKSGIVING!!! We decided that due to money, school, and not wanting to drive really far, we are spending the holidays at home. So we had one other couple over for Thanksgiving and I cooked my first turkey!! I was so nervous!!! Cory made a yummy cranberry sauce and Rowan LOVED to help.

Grating the orange peel














Putting the spices into the tea ball.















Yummy Turkey!!! And yes, it tasted as good as it looks!!! (Thank you Alton Brown!!)














Cory Carving














Proof that it was cooked all the way through!















Playing with Monica and Guillermo






























Sorry for the side shot, but this was too funny not post



He started this game! listen closely to the second video, you can hear him say the countdown



This morning he played the game all by himself and I couldn't stop laughing!!!


He did this while getting him ready for bed!

What a month!! Sorry it has been so long since I have posted.
First, some funny things from Rowan. On Sunday (8th) Rowan slide down a slide all by himself for the first time....climbed up the stairs and scooted to the edge and went down!! So cute!! Yesterday after his bath he took his first naked run through the house! He is helping me to put things away, usually in the wrong places, but today he helped me put a pan away and he opened up the right door!! He also climbed out of his crib for the first time yesterday!
He is talking a lot more and understand more each day!

This is Rowan sitting in the sink...he loves this!! He will play with his reflection, give kisses, fives, knuckles, etc!














I have these pillows out because they were under something I needed and Rowan has fun sitting in them. Often I will find him lying in them while "talking" to a toy, or sitting in them to read a book.














Cory thought it would be funny to stick cereal to Rowan's face. He loved it!! He ate every one!!!



















Our little gamer!



















We checked on Rowan and this is how he was sleeping!














Our own little Schroeder(from Charlie Brown)














We took Rowan to a pumpkin patch and he had fun!!

Here he is picking out his pumpkin. He would pick one out, bring it to us and than go get another one! (sorry the pick is fuzzy, it was dark and the camera focused on the dust!)














Decorated pumpkin














He had fun in a playhouse there.














We have some friends whose church put on a great Harvest Festival!

Rowan on a Harley!















Bobbing for ducks!














Playing in a Bouncy house!














Cory and McKain sumo wrestled!






































Than there was Halloween!!!




















Rowan practicing to be a pirate






































The whole family. I was a flapper, Rowan was a pirate, and only those who have seen Red Dwarf know what Cory was (he has an H on his forehead!)














Than we went to the Scout O Rama this last week end. Unfortunately it wasn't really too much for Rowan this year, in a few years we will have to plan the whole day though!!
Tug of war with Daddy helping (the best part was the other side started yelling "it's the baby's dad!! HELP!! lol. ) Found out Rowan loved it when Cory would pull on the rope cuz he would go up in the air, so Cory would pull, not realizing he was helping his side win!! lol














Rowan in a Tee Pee



















Blowing the boats down















And more Random funniness from Rowan


He cleaned out the bathroom cupboards so he could sit in the














Cory put the bucket on his head and he loved it!



















And nothing is more fun on a boring day, than trying to pack up Rowan and send him somewhere (lots of people have asked me too!!)




























Than there was his first full apple.... I gave it to him thinking he would try to eat it and not be able to. I was wrong, he took a bite and continued to eat almost the entire apple!!! I have not seen him happier!!

Rowan has been so much fun lately!!! He is learning so much!! He runs around in our shoes. He is trying to be more independent which has made for some hard days. He tries to talk a lot. He says mama, dada, baba (even though he hasn't used a bottle in well over 6 months), dau (for dog), sssiiii(for sit), down, apple, up and he can make the noises of a car, dog, kitty, cow, and sheep! He can kick a ball really well!! He used to just open and close cupboards, but now he loved to bring me whatever is in them!! He also signs please, more, food, and milk. He refuses to try to say anything that he has another way to let me know what it is..i.e. I ask him to say car and he says vvrrroom. Hopefully he will get better!!

Also, I know I said I was going to go private, and I still am, I just have been too tired to do it (lazy excuse I know). I will warn you before I do!


Rowan talking on the phone to Grandma (usually he just pushes buttons!)
















Rowan praying (sorry its so blurry, but there is a video to go with this)















Rowan trying to get out of his highchair and getting stuck!
















Playing on the lovesac with a friend















We went to the fairgrounds for a home and garden show, and walking back we saw this reserved parking spot!!




















Sorry for all the videos...he is doing so much that can't be captures by a still shot! The videos are: Ring around the rosies, praying, leading the music, dog goes to dover, attacking bear and "sit" . And the funniest thing about the praying and the leading music is that he did those all on his own!! He learned by watching us and watching in church!!

Oregon Trip
playing with a great dane while on a walk















riding a bike with Uncle Ryan (I know he doesn't look thrilled, but when I took him a way it was the end of the world!!)














Playing piano with Grandpa














Playing with Ryan's friend














Walking in Uncle Ryan's shoes!



















Enjoying popcorn (he kept making the cutest face!!)














Trying to steal Ryan's gum (at the end he moves Ryan's head to try and get it!)


I love the way Rowan is laughing so hard he closes his eyes really tight!!!


We had fun and Rowan loved his Uncle Ryan!!!! He enjoyed Grandma and Grandpa too!