The Rowans 4

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Summer Fun 2011

Well this is going to be a random post, but I wanted to post a few pictures from summer! Now that I have the laptop back I can post them. Callie and I had such a great summer, and she got to do so many fun things! During our Texas trip Callie was able to... ~go to ChuckECheese's twice! (Thanks Grandma!) Oh and now every time we see a "ride" at Walmart she screams with excitement... luckily she doesn't scream to ride it! ~ have a wonderful Birthday Party! Thanks again Grandma! ~ visit with lots of family members! She saw her Great Aunt Blynda, Great Uncle Doug, "Uncle" Jordan, her Great Great Aunt Dana, Great Great Uncle Buddy, Her Great MeMaw and so many others! ~ have the privilege of spending several afternoons with her Cousin Hannah. That was so much fun. ~take her first trip to the Rainforest Cafe! She absolutely LOVED it! We sat right next to the elephants and she had a ball! I just couldn't resist the urge to buy her an elephant stuffed animal after I saw how much she loved it! That was a very fun day with Grandma and Grandpa! ~ eat at a lot of Tex-Mex places... Haha... well that was more for Mommy but she liked it too! I miss the Mexican food in Texas, but its probably a good thing that there are not too many good options here! Callie got to do so much, but so did I! I am so thankful that I was able to meet up with some friends that I hadn't seen in soooo long. It was awesome to have grandparents for babysitters! I knew that when I went out that she was a great hands. Well enough of my rambling.. haha. Here are some cute pictures from our Texas visit! Have a great rest of the week and God Bless! Erin

Callie eating at the Rainforest Cafe!

Grandpa and Callie checking out the fish at Rainforest Cafe.

This is Callie's spaghetti face... this picture leads to the next one.

Much better!

Callie and Grammie, sorting shapes of course!

Peek-A-Boo!

Callie swimming at her party!

Callie is saying "Grandma this party is awesome"!

Yum! Cake!

My sweetie!

She is obviously excited about her new hat!

Playing at Grandma and Grandpa's!

Puzzle time with Grandma.

Callie with her Aunt Lindsey. Aw!

Sweet picture!

It's crazy how much she has grown since this picture!!!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Where has the time gone?

I know, I know... it's been a really long time since I have updated the blog. So now I finally have the time to sit down and do it! Callie and I are back home safe and sound. We had a great time visiting Texas and I'm so glad we got to see so many of our friends and family. Callie was just about spoiled rotten! She had her second, first birthday party and got more attention and hugs than one could imagine. She loved every bit of it. Well Callie was already walking and taking a few steps before we left, but now she is all over the place. No more crawling for that little girl! She has pretty much mastered walking and tries to run some too. Most of the time that results in falling, which really frustrates her. Ha ha, but shes getting better and better everyday about that. It is so much fun to see the changes in her right now! She understands so much! You can ask her to point to lots of things and she knows what it is. It's crazy because some of the stuff that she knows I didn't purposefully teach her, but she just picked it up on her own! She loves to point to her nose, eyes, ears and teeth. She can also show her tongue! She will show your her fingers, toes, and hear as well. She's growing up so fast. Callie also has learned how to hold her hands for prayer before her meals and bedtime. It is precious! One thing that she loves to do right now is climb everything. She loves to climb on furniture... especially the couch. She has mastered getting up on the couch all by herself... if only she knew how to get down successfully.... The other day I caught her climbing on the bottom shelf of the entry table. She took her baby doll in there and just sat there. She knows that she shouldn't be up there so she usually gets down... but sometimes she just smiles a surprised smile and says "hi" in her cutest voice. Haha! Another source of entertainment for Callie is climbing into boxes. Even the really small ones that you wouldn't think that she could even fit into! Callie is just so much fun these days. She is happy most of the time and is learning how to entertain herself! She has really taken to her baby doll. She carries that thing around hugging and kissing it all day! It's a sweet thing to see and it always amazes me that even at a very young age girls have that God given nurturing side. She continues to babble a lot and make sounds that she hears. She has a few words at 14 months. She consistently says, Mama, Dada, hi, bye bye, and baby. Every now and then she will say doggy, kitty cat, more, and uh oh. I can tell that she is about to take off with her vocabulary! I can't wait to hear her talking more. Callie is just about to outgrow her 12 month clothes. They fit okay everywhere except the tummy and length. She is wearing a size 4 diaper now and currently has 12 teeth. Woo Hoo! Those pesky molars finally came through. I am so blessed to be Callie's Mommy and I am very thankful to have such wonderful family and friends to spoil her with love. I know it was hard for the grandparents to say goodbye, but we will see yall soon! Well that's all for now, and I dont have many pictures because they are all on Matt's computer but here are a few. Have a wonderful week and God Bless!

Callie blowing kisses while eating some grapes!

Callie LOVES grapes!

Happy girl! She needs a haircut! We'll wait for Daddy!

Playing the piano already!

Holding her baby!

She is really proud of herself right here for getting up on the couch all by herself!

(Almost on the couch)!

My little walker!

"Hi"!

Friday, July 15, 2011

More please!

We are still working with Callie on sign language, and within the last week or two she has learned please! Its too cute! Here is a video of her eating breakfast and using her manners! It's so awesome to see her sign more and then please right after. She is learning so many new things right now! It seems like everyday she learns something pretty big. She is getting a little more brave with walking these days. She walks from the couch to the other side of the room without any trouble unless there is a toy in the way. I give her about 2 weeks before she is all over the place. She is such a blessing and I am so thankful that God gave her to us! Hope you enjoy the video!

And here are a few random pictures I took of a Texas Sunset at my Mom's.... I miss the sunsets here so much! How can you look at them and not get a glimpse of how powerful our creator is?

One last set of pictures... this is just too cute not to share! This is Callie's latest trick... she thinks it is hilarious!

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Callie's first trip to Chuck E Cheese's

Well Grandma surprised Callie and I by taking us out to lunch at Chuck E Cheese's today! We had a blast. Callie loved the pizza (of course) and surprisingly, she liked Chuck E Cheese the mouse! She even patted him on the hand. It was sooo funny. I thought for sure that she would be nervous and scared, but she smiled and even posed for a picture. It sure was fun spending time with Grandma! Callie rode several of the rides and even helped Mommy and Grandma play some games! All in all Callie earned 58 tickets... not too shabby. There were not too many options in that category for prizes but we ended up with a spinning plastic top.... that is probably worth 10 cents. Haha! But who cares, it was fun! Just to clarify, the top cost 60 tickets... so one of Debbie's co-workers who happened to be there with her kids spotted us the extra two.... haha. Well the pictures are a little dark but I thought I would post them anyway! Thanks again Grandma we sure had fun!

Pizza = YUM!

Callie loved the Teletubbies ride!

Aw... Callie and Barney.

Callie felt so cool driving Chuck E Cheese around in this car!

Teletubbies ride take 2.

What a fun day with Grandma!

Callie and Mommy with Chuck E Cheese himself! Awesome!

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Callie's 1 year appointment goes well!

Callie had her 1 year check up and everything went pretty well! She is as healthy as she can be and is still growing right on track! Callie weighed 20 pounds and 7 ounces and was 29.5" long. She was in the 50th percentile for weight and the 75th for height. The doctor is still saying it looks like we will have a tall little girl. She was very pleased with Callie development and said that everything looked great. The only part that was not great was that they had to draw blood for a standard check. Callie was not a fan of this. I thought we would have a needle free day because I had already taken her in for her shots a week earlier... Wrong!!! Of course, the poor lady trying to do it didn't get it on the first try. They blew through the vein and Callie was very upset. Luckily Matt was there with me because I started tearing up and needed a break. So Matt held Callie while they got a more experienced person, and luckily she got it on her first try. It's so hard to watch your baby cry like that... I guess that's why I ended up crying too! She has a huge bruise on her arm, but it doesn't seem to bother her. Overall we are just glad that Callie is a healthy little girl! We sure do love her! Oh, and I added some random pictures from the last few weeks!

Callie's first time to play with her new water table!

Callie loves playing with Daddy!

Callie working on her ballerina moves... haha!

She looks quite proud of herself don't ya think?

Playing!

Check it out! Callie is standing with no hands! Wooo hoo!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Callie is 1!!! (warning... long post)

Where has the time gone? My sweet "little" baby is one year old! It has been such a wonderful year and I am so thankful that God chose us to be her parents. She has changed so much in one short year, and it has been so much fun.

I think back to those long, long nights when little Callie was brand new. I just knew that she would NEVER sleep all the way through the night. Yes, other people told me that she would, and I saw plenty of other parents who had sleeping children... but I thought that day would never come. Haha! Then I remember thinking, uhhh I have to feed her 10 times a day! It seems like right when I'm finished feeding her its time again! I really thought I would never be able to go to the store again. Now Callie is almost finished with breastfeeding and it makes me a little sad! The freedom will be nice, but I will miss it. Even though being a new parent definitely has its challenges, it is the most amazing and wonderful thing EVER! I simply cannot imagine my life without her! She's just growing up so fast!

At 12 months Callie:

- is standing without holding on to anything else. She attempts a few steps but isn't quite there yet! I know that it wont be long though, because she gets more and more brave everyday!

- is sleeping 11 hours at night! (Yes!!!!) She takes two naps a day totaling about 3 hours. She IS a good sleeper after all.... haha!

- loves her books more than anything! She can point to several objects when we ask her to (balloon, cat, dog, nose, eyes, moon, cow)

- is also very good at finding her belly button! It is the cutest thing ever. I will have to take a video and post it. She raises her shirt and then pulls her big belly up so that she can see it, and then smiles with pride when she finds it!

- loves walking/running around the house with her little push toys!

- unfortunately still LOVES Chile's dog food....

- is eating 100% table food (except for one morning milk feeding). She eats everything that we do and is starting to show some serious preference... she definitely spits out peas, corn, and green beans! Oh dear... She is still trying to get used to cows milk also.... shes not too sure yet.

- Callie also has figured out how to turn a book around so that it is facing the correct way. Even though its a small thing its just really fun to watch her turn a book over and rotate it so that it is the right way! She is just learning sooo much right now.

- She loves to chase Chile around the house and fight him for his toys. Chile is very good with Callie and lets her!

- Callie follows simple directions too. For example I can say "Callie go get a book please" and off she goes!

- Callie's vocabulary consists of: Mama, Dada, Baba, Hi, and Yea! :) I think she is working on puppy... its sounds like puh puh. :)

The list could go on and on. But that's all that I can think of right now! Well for Callie's first Birthday we had a fun little party here at the house. It was lots of fun! She was so excited to open presents and try some cake! Callie even got to eat pizza! We had some of our good friends and their kids come over to celebrate! And of course Callie was soooooo excited that Grammie came all the way here to celebrate! Callie sure is lucky to have such a sweet Grammie! Callie got lots of birthday cards and presents in the mail from family and friends! She told me to tell you all "Thank you"! :)

Well Callie Michelle, you are a beautiful little girl, inside and out. Mommy and Daddy are so blessed to have you! It is so much fun to watch you grow and develop your own personality. Always remember that Mommy and Daddy love you as big as the sky! We are so proud of you!

Here are some pictures from Callie's Birthday! (My wonderful friend Liesl took them for me) Sorry they are not it order! :)