It's been a while

I haven't posted in a while!! Between being busy, having friends visit, being sick, & getting ready for our big road trip, to Vermont, there hasn't been much time. I will post when we get back and I am sure will have plenty of pictures and fun stories.

As of now here is what is going on with the Ro Bird. hard to believe he will be 6 months old next week. I know I say that when we hit each new month but time just goes so fast and he is learning so many new things every day.

• We are still on 3 naps a day,  2- 2 hour naps and a 30 minute at the end of the day but we are going to transition to 2 as soon as we get back from Vermont.
• He is still sleeping through the night and does great on naps. He really is a great sleeper, we are so lucky.
• Loves anything that squeaks. Makes him smile.
• Likes when you stick your face in his, he thinks its funny.
• He loves to touch peoples faces.
• Reaches for who and what he wants.
• Will put both arms up when he wants to be picked up.
• Sucking his thumb...way cute!
• Starting bouncing in the bounce - a- roo. Finally! He is so proud! he bounces a few times and then checks to see if you are watching.
• Getting so tall. We had to move the levels up on his exersaucer and bouce-a-roo.
• Is all but crawling. He is up on his arms and legs, rocking back and forth. Even knows what to do with his legs, just doesn't have the arms down quite yet. He will army crawl on the floor and can shimmy across a room before you know it.
• Sitting up.
• Eating solids once a day. We were giving them twice but due to some digestive issues we have had to back off. 
• Gives hugs and really gross open mouth kiss/bites. They are gross but sweet!

That bring us up to date. Rowen seems to be very happy and healthy. He has a bit of a temper that has started to show. He gets frustrated that he can't crawl but this leads to  practice every chance he gets. We may have a very mobile baby by the time we get back from Vermont.

BBQ, Babies, & Bluegrass

Last night Rowen and I took a trip to Durham to visit some great friends, The Mitts, and the on to Q Shack . Every Wednesday night The Q Shack has a  bluegrass band. Its nice to belly up to the table with a big ole plate of BBQ and listen to some good tunes. I chose the Chili Rubbed Beef Brisket with Mac & Cheese and Fried Okra. Was way more food than I could eat but I wanted to sample a few things. Lets just say it was all delicious. We ate , danced, laughed, spilled sweet tea on Rowen (that would be me) and headed home just in time to get The Bird changed, fed, and in bed.What a great way to spend a Wednesday night!

Before the Perm

My childhood wasn't always filled with bad perms! See, I was cute once. Really, I was!

As Promised

That's right y'all, I had one too! After I saw Lynette's post, about her unfortunate perm incident, I assured her that I had one just as bad. What makes it worse is the 70's laser backdrop. One question...who the hell let me do this or who the hell did this to me?

Big Boy

As of today Rowen is 5 months & 7 days old. Hard to believe in that time he has gone from a sleepy lump to a VERY active, busy, silly, sweet, & cuddly big boy. Honestly I feel like we won the baby lottery. He is easy to read, easy going, and a joy to have. Of course he has his moments, and yes, I have even threatened to sell him to Gypsy's but I would never do it!

The Ro Bird seems to have a bit of a sly side. He gives these looks as if to say "I've got your number lady". You can just tell that he is up to something as he looks at you out of the corner of his eye and flashes a smile. I have a feeling we may be in trouble.

He loves the ladies! Just the other day he was flirting with a girl behind us in line at Barnes & Noble. He smiled, cooed, gave her a the sly look, and flashed a sassy smile. He loves the check out girls at Harris Teeter, and has even stopped what he was doing to check out a pretty girl on TV. He seems to like older ladies, for the most part, but does have a special place in his heart for one younger chick (I'm talkin' bout you , Ada).

As I said Rowen is a busy baby. We get him up from his nap, have a bottle, and he is on the move. Loves to stand, reaches for everything, tries to crawl... is dangerously close, & rolls all over the floor. Give him another month and he will be crawling. I have really had to start keeping and eye on him to make sure he doesn't roll or scoot to far. Looks like a I need a Play Yard sooner than I thought. On the day these pictures were taken he tried to play steam roller with Ada ended up with his bottom on her head.  

Here are some of his current likes...

• Solid Foods- so far he loves anything we give him and has even started going "mmm mmm mmm" and banging his hands on the highchair tray for more.
• TV-we have to monitor his TV watching, He would watch all day if we let him. His faves are Mickey Mouse, Special Agent Oso, Max & Ruby, & Yo Gabba Gabba.
• Taggie Blanket- he likes to hold it and wave it up and down like a flag.
• His Thumb-looks like we have a thumb sucker. Fine with me, I'm glad that he is able to sooth himself. Plus it's way cute.
• Daddy's hair. He loves for Derek to put his head down and shake it. Rowen puts his hands in D's hair and just giggles.
• Vacuum- he has always liked it but it can really distracting him if he is upset. I just put him in his bouncy seat, turn it on, and go to town. Not only is he happy but I have clean floors.
• Outside-he would be outside all day if we let him. Those days where we got a lot of rain I thought we both may go insane. We head daily for walks and each night as it cools off to look at flowers and bugs.

I wouldn't say Rowen has any real dislikes. He gets fussy in the afternoon as most babies do and he has his moments but mostly he is very calm. I would say he is more indifferent to things than just not liking them. When we started solids I braced myself for protest, spitting, the "what he hell is this face", we got nothin'. He looked up at us and then swallowed it. No smile no frown, just there and along for the ride. Same thing with the pool. He could take it or leave it.  I am sure he will warm up to the pool in time and as for the food he is showing more interest than he was. Lets hop he continues to approach things with caution unlike his mother who throws herself right in. Sometimes that gets you in to trouble. 

 

Happy Father's Day

Happy 1st Father's Day, Derek!

You are an amazing father!

You are a fantastic husband!

I am so proud of the man that you are and the father that you have become. We  love you so much and hope you have a wonderful first Father's Day.

Love, 

C and Ro Bird

Solid Food Update

So we started Rowen on solids food a few weeks back and he loves eating however the Rice Cereal was a bust. Seems to cause some tummy upset. He would open his mouth and gladly take the food  but 1/2 way through would get upset, cry , and was very uncomfortable. After stopping the Rice Cereal for a few days we decided to move to Oatmeal. The plan is to give it to him every other day for a while to see how that sets.  Any moms out there have any similar issues? What did you do?