Sooo Big!

What a horrible mom I am! I always said I would never get behind on things like baby journals and books. Huh, yeah about that!
Anyway, Rowan is now 5 months, almost 6 in just a week and a half. He is now eating barley cereal and we are getting ready to introduce him to veggies this week. He can sit up on his own, although he is still a little wobbly. :) He has also rolled over just a small handful of times. Still no teeth...just A LOT of drool.
In the last few months, Rowan has met a few more new friends that have been born. He has traveled to Pittsburgh and gone to his first NHL game. Of course he wore his favorite Kunitz jersey!
We got to celebrate his first Easter with Uncle Mirek, Aunt Sarah and of course Laila. He still behaves so well in church, for some reason Father Lam puts him straight to sleep! ;) Last week, we sat in the cry room/donut room with all the elderly ladies. They were more focused on Rowan than they were the homily!
Nick and I are getting ready for a much needed all inclusive vacation in just 8 1/2 weeks. So we need to get the grandparents trained (teehee) for a few (7) overnights! AHHHHHHH! I think I will need to be trained too! It's coming up so fast, so I think that we need to have a few training nights between now and then.

In the next few months Rowan will be visiting Canada family again, meeting a few more new friends, eating fruits and veggies, I am sure rolling over more, a tooth or two hopefully and who knows what else is to come. It is all going so (too) fast!!!

Baptism

Rowan got Baptized on Saturday February 11, 2012. We were lucky to have many of our family and friends there for the special occasion. Megan and Bobby came as well as Great Grandpa Smith, who were all meeting him for the very first time! Rowan was such a good boy during the whole Mass...he just kept smiling at Father Dave. Afterwards we celebrated with pizza and cake at our house. Rowan's Godparents are Aunt Sarah and Uncle Mirek.

3 Months Old

Our big boy is three months old, believe it or not! We are going for his three month pictures this week.  He is really getting stronger, taller and heavier! His eyes (dark blue/gray) and hair color (light) have not changed yet...not sure if they will. We shall see. :)

He's Looking Like His Mama!

I love when people say Rowan looks like me. Today though, I really saw it!!! I took this pic of him today after school and right away saw me! We have a lot of the same features. Just thought I would share! LOVE!

Moving So Fast!!

Well, our time together on maternity leave has officially ended and it's sooooo hard! Last week was one of the toughest weeks of my life and I know that tomorrow is going to be hard too, after being with him for two days straight. It will be a long week because it's our first five day week of day care. Lots of things planned this week too with basketball games and Friday night out. Lynne and Bill are babysitting for the first time!!!
As you can imagine Rowan is growing super fast. Tomorrow we have his two month check up where they will gather all his stats and find out where he ranks. He also gets his shots which I heard are just horrible so I am kind of dreading that.
He is really starting to be able to hold his head up on his own. He smiles all the time and he is even starting to find is voice. The ladies at day care say he is such a "chill" baby. He is very relaxed, happy and content. Best of all though he is sleeping through the night!!! Most every night we get 6 1/2 hours straight, but some nights if we are lucky he sleeps for 8. Either way, we are a happy, rested family.
Just a few pics...enjoy!

First day care drop...toughtest thing ever!

Big boy!



2 months old already!

1 Month Old Already!

This month has just FLOWN by...and it's all such a blur of wonderful memories and firsts! In the last four weeks or so Rowan has grown in weight and height...he has grown out of all of his newborn clothes. He has met a few cousins, aunts, uncles and lots of friends! He has learned how to follow voices with his eyes and with his head. He is now sleeping in his big boy room. My favorite of course...he started to smile!!! He experienced his first Thanksgiving, met Mr. and Mrs. Claus and helped to pick out his very first Christmas tree.

 This is such a bittersweet time; I am sad every day that he is getting bigger and that he'll never be as small as he was yesterday, BUT it makes me so excited for all of his "news" and "firsts" and what's to come. :)

How we are doing...

Well, Rowan has been home now for about a week and a half. Things are going pretty well. My mom was here for the first week and it was amazing to have her here. She did the laundry for us, took Rowan for us while we napped (which we miss the most). When she left it was so sad. We miss her tons!

The days have been pretty good...easy so far. The nights on the other hand have been tough. I actually get anxious when bedtime is approaching. Rowan just seems to be fussy most nights making it very hard to get any sleep at all really.

Nick has gone back to work which also makes it tough at night because I try not to wake him unless it's totally necessary. Rowan on the other hand doesn't really care if dad has to work in the morning! :) I really hope we can get him on a schedule before I have to go back to work in January.

We got his newborn pictures done and they are beautiful. We've seen two so far...out of many! BUT we love what we see and we can't wait to see more!!!