Daddy's Kids

Both kids can be accused of being either Daddy's Girl or Daddy's Boy...and he loves it! Riley will often tell me that she and Josh are going to "Daddy's park" and she and Daddy go skating most weekends too. Last weekend, Josh had hockey and he had to have the kids there to see Daddy play, so this is Rowan's first official trip to a hockey arena...he was 6 weeks old! Don't worry, we sat in an enclosed room where it's not cold to watch. Riley enjoyed poking her head out the door to yell "Go Dad!"

Nap Time for Mommies

Last week, I think it was Thursday, but my brain is a bit mushy lately, both Meg and I had rough nights sleeping with the babies so we both headed over to my parents house to take a nap and watch the kiddos. The reason we had to do it here was because my dad was already scheduled to watch Riley while I had a hair cut. Anyway, never without my camera, here's what the kids did while their mommies slept.

Funny story about what I mean by mushy brain: Wednesday night into Thursday morning (so the evening in question that lead to nap time)...I kept waking up with Rowan and a few times (yes, more than once!) I was bouncing him rocking him, changed his diaper and couldn't get him to stop fussing...and on each occasion it took me 15-20 minutes to realize I hadn't fed him yet. Feed the boy and he goes right back to sleep. Imagine that!

Random Riley

Riley is a big fan of Mommy's cameras these days. She often wants me to set up my cell phone so she can take pictures with it and she knows how to view pictures taken on my digital camera. Here's one of her hamming it up for the camera. Not sure if you can tell, but she has a cold and she's all snuffly in this one:)

Also, it was her who suggested she lay down on Baby Doodle's new quilt for a shoot with BOTH of them:) Looks like Rowan has a mean right hook?

Random Rowan

People say he falls asleep in the most uncomfortable looking positions. I think he's practicing to be a football fan. Maybe Go Irish, Dan?

TIGF

I'm both thankful for and longing for my bed. By this I mean...NOT THE COUCH!

Also, thankful to be back to work. I know...weird, but I like my job and the people I work with, so what if it's one night a week in a retail sales gig! It makes me happy. And no other job I have had has done that.

Some Updates

Here's just a few milestones and growth spurts.

Today Rowan is 6 weeks old. He is practicing his smiling and snuggling skills these days. Unfortunately, he has a little cold so we're back to sleeping on the couch because he is too congested to lay flat on his back. I'm afraid we are causing him to learn that sleep= snuggling with Mommy. Ugh!

Riley Roo is almost officially 3 and a half and she has grown and inch and a half since her 3rd birthday. she is still being a super big sister and loved to give lots of kisses.

Here's a picture of their feet. Riley is about a 9 and Rowan is not quite a size 1 shoe:)

Wow! Fun Mail!

We have been very spoiled since Rowan arrived. Lots of gifts have arrived in the mail and we love every one of them, but today a gift arrived for which I have to say a special thank you. This quilt was handmade by a friend of mine who has spoiled me in the past and I am not crafty enough to repay her the favor. She has made me a little purse, Riley a sweater and now Rowan an adorable quilt. (Which Riley has adopted as partly hers I think.) And what makes this even more awesome is that I have never really even met Kristine in person. We worked together on an account back at my first job out of college and when I left we kept in touch via e-mail. She lives near Boston. She even sends me post cards from her awesome worldy adventures. Kristine ROCKS and I want everyone to know about it! Thanks so much Kristine! And tell your mom thanks for the compliment:)