Tuesday, February 2, 2016

A Winter-y Utah Visit

We went to Utah for a quick long weekend visit since we found flights for $15 and were missing family.

Waiting for our plane early in the morning...

Ross entertained himself with my phone...

I have about 20 of these...

And 30 of these :)

It was a great time to go because it had snowed like crazy!  I've missed the fun-playing-in-it kind of snow.  The kids LOVED it too. :)

We first went to the amazing Provo City Temple Open House and got to see our old Stake Conference building - the Provo Tabernacle Building that was destroyed by an accidental fire - now a beautiful temple!  Ruby got a yucky cold and needed a nap, but we enjoyed that time we had there.  I LOVED the cathedral windows, all the woodwork, and how they preserved the history as well.  A new favorite for sure!

Some cute boys at the open house...






We enjoyed going through the open house with my family and my cute prego sister and nephew Jaxton came with us!  :)

The next day  the kids went crazy for the snow...


Because tractors should totally get in on that snow action!


A well slow-paced snow ball fight with some fun uncles!

Ruby too busy posing to see the GIANT snow ball headed her way...


Forgot snow clothes for this kid....he didn't mind though.  More snuggles for Mom. ;)

A man's method of snowman building...

Steve's priority was sledding!  Ruby was...okay with it once.

Ross rocked sledding!  Especially on the tube!






The Group

Rowland likes his Daddy if you couldn't tell.  I also love Rowly's shirt...I always put it on him as soon as it's clean again.

Getting our dance party on...


Claudia had knee surgery just a few weeks ago and was still on the recovery road.  Steve was a good PT son, whipping her into shape. :)

Rowland's 2nd birthday party present time!!

From Auntie Beka and Uncle Nathan :)





What's a party with a glow stick dance off!



And sparklers!....so it was FREEZING and BLOWING outside so we huddled in the garage and did them...while everyone freaked out between getting sparklers too close to skin and getting them on the cars!  Haha.  The kids sure loved it though.




More cake! Rowland is wondering what the heck is going on!


More cake pops!

Enjoying some Grandpa and Cousin Jaxton time...Grandpa looks VERY uncomfortable right here ;)

Cousin time - the BEST!


We went for another round of sledding!


This boy was SOLD on sledding - a new love - just LOVE these eyes. :)

Loving me some GORGEOUS snow and my beautiful mountains covered in clouds.

Uncle Thom going for the jump...




And just like that...we were back on the plane for home...reviewing safety procedures...

And we were stuck on the ground on that plane for two hours....while they figured out a computer glitch....and THEN finally made it home.  These guys were troopers though...

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Rowland Turns 1!!

It's ringing true with each kid, time goes much faster than you wish it to go.  This year with Rowland flew by and I can't believe my third little baby has decided to move up in the world along with his siblings.

Rowland had a sweet little birthday with our family which included naps, his favorite foods, and a birthday cake that stressed him out!  

As with each of my kids, we went with a favorite book themed birthday.  For Rowland, our happy, curious little guy we did Curious George complete with cake pops and a monkey cake. :)

Rowland is weighing in at 21lbs. the 31st percentile and 27 1/2 inches long 30th percentile.  His head circumference is 18 1/2 inches - 35th percentile. He's still our little, short guy who is by far our snuggliest baby.  He will lay his head on my shoulder, tuck his little arms in, and poke his little bum up.  It's my favorite thing in the world.  If he wakes up early before the other kids, he's really good to just lay down with me on the couch and let me hold him for a good 15 minutes.  



A Birthday Morning





To get him to sit for 2.5 seconds he must have something in his hands!
 Rowland is still our ultimate chuckler, laughing at everyone and everything.  I try to get him to mimic words, but he just laughs at me.  He will mimic silly sounds though.  Such a boy. ;) If I scrunch my nose up and snort in and out, Rowland does it too.  It's hilarious :)


 When he's upset at you he takes his binky out and throws it or lays his head down on the ground to whine and cry.  He loves to follow his brother and sister around and see if he can steal anyone's toy when they're not looking.  He just looks at them and laughs afterwards and then no one can be mad at him.  He's going to get away with murder I think!


Our little monkey :)

I just LOVE those brown eyes!




The end of the sign...
 He adores his daddy and crawls right over to him whenever he gets home.  He can crawl up the stairs, but is still figuring out going down which stresses his mother out.  He'll get there though.

Not walking yet, but pulling himself up to anything and cruising around!

Lasagne and broccoli for dinner! LOVED the lasagne - not so much the broccoli.

Our monkey cake pops :)


The monkey cake!
 Some of Rowland's favorite things:
Snuggling
strawberries
cheerios or puffs
green beans
bananas
peas
crawling somewhere he's not allowed and then laughing in delight when you find him
sleeping on his tummy (and drooling like crazy while he sleeps)
grabbing and pinching faces
turning the pages of books
laughing laughing laughing!

Nicknames:
Rowly Poley
Rolls
Rolls Royce
Rolex
Rolley Canoli
Rowland Poland
Bug

Present time



Definitely preferred the cake pop.



I'm just relishing in the times I still get to hold this little guy with his cute feet resting on my leg. 
 We thoroughly enjoy our little Rowland and are so happy he's part of our family! It wouldn't be the same without him! Happy 1st Birthday Rowly!