June 6th Weekend

We started the weekend with a nice hike.
Laney enjoyed getting out for a nice run.

Then we were excited to see Trisha and Kristi, and we headed over to the Magic City Brewfest.

Rowan had a nice little nap after a long day outside.

They had lots of taxi's for those who were going to sample a little too much brew.

Amy, Ed, and Eamon came over Sunday morning:)

Rowan got a little sleepy.

Then Grandaddy came for a visit!

May 30th weekend

We spent time visiting with Dad and family on May 3oth weekend. It was a really nice time.

Rowan saw the pool and lunged. He loves the water!

Sal

He liked hanging out with GranT on the steps for a little while.

He also really seemed to enjoy when Liv would pop out of the water.

Got my swimsuit on now!

Twyla cooked a really great dinner, family came over, and we all sat outside and enjoyed the evening.

And Rowan got a sword since he loves to wield things. He does a nice job of that below, don't you think?

Rowan slept so soundly that night. He was pretty exhausted:)

Sunday we went to Cheaha

We crossed the road to get a better view.

Getting sleepy again?

Sippy Cup

Sunday night, dinner time...

Hmm. What's this?

Happy Father's Day

I know it is a little late for Father's Day wishes, but I am just getting a chance to sit down and upload some pictures. I hope all you dads had a really wonderful Father's Day.

We spent most of the day at the Cahaba River. We had a very nice time swimming, watching the dogs swim, and enjoying the day.

Happy Father's Day, Clarence. You are the best Daddy in the world. Rowan is a very lucky little guy:)

And one more of Laney...

I have a TON of pictures to upload. I've gotten them all off my camera and organized onto the computer. Now I just need to post them. That is probably going to take a while. But I have pictures to share from Anniston trips, Huntsville trips, and visits from friends.

Rowan's 9 month pictures

To see Rowan's 9 month pictures - 

1) Go to www.sfisherphotography.com

2) Click on "Clients"

3) Enter rowan

These are sooo cute! Love them, although I have to say that I love the ones with just Rowan a little more, but who just loves pictures of themselves anyway? :) 

He's on the move!!!

I've got to write this down so that I'll remember to add it to Rowan's baby book. Yesterday at daycare, June 8 (also our friend, Allison's, birthday - Happy Birthday!!), he started crawling! That's right. He's on the move now. He's still a little rocky and squirmy, falls on his tummy, and inches like an inchworm at times, but basically he has it down. Miss Mildred told me the minute I got there yesterday to pick him up. She said, "He crawled!" She was so excited. Apparently Miss Lisa and Miss Mildred were sitting across the room and called out to him to come over to them, and he did...all the way across the room! I'm so proud of my little guy.

He's also becoming very vocal. He will repeat all sorts of sounds. The latest was hello. Right now he'll say uh-oh, baaa (like a sheep - only it sounds more like ahhhh), dada, and the latest, hello. Also if you say, "What does a doggy say?" and then pant, he pants too! It's cute:)

Yesterday we had our picture taken again by Stephanie Fisher out at Aldridge Gardens. It was actually a beautiful evening, and I think she got some cute ones. She has already posted a sneak peak on her blog. You can see them by going to the following link and clicking "blog".
It's the post, "sneak peak - Birmingham Baby Photographer" dated June 9.

www.sfisherphotography.com

New classroom, new skills

On Monday of this week Rowan started in  a new classroom at daycare. He also got new teachers. It was pretty hard to leave him there that first day. He didn't quite seem to understand. I even shed a tear or two on my way to work. We LOVE Vicky and Felicia and Charlene. And Rowan had formed a real bond with them which is evident every time Felicia walks by the door. He starts to say "ah, ah, ah" which means he wants something, and he flails his arms and legs. It's so sweet and sad at the same time. But I think he will be ok. His new teachers are very nice. And all the other babies in the class moved up with him. So he is still with Jack, his best little buddy at school. Jack's mama and I have both had a very hard time with this transition, though;) 

On another note, Rowan has been really working on crawling, but last night he got on his knees, pushed up off my leg, and stood up. THEN he balanced there for around 5 seconds! ON HIS OWN! He's so wobbly that I can't imagine that he's going to be walking soon, but I don't know. It seems like every day he makes huge strides towards becoming mobile. He's almost got crawling down, but he can't quite get his legs coordinated with his arms. This morning when I was dropping him off at daycare he was sitting in the floor with Maria, one of his new teachers, when he did it again! He used her leg to stead himself while he got on his knees, then got up on his feet. He actually stood there for longer this morning than he did last night, and he looked extremely stable. We both just gasped, open-mouthed, then cheered. Anyway, exciting stuff. Just wanted to share. I think he'll be mobile (one way or another) soon...which may mean trouble for us;)