Rowan-2 Months

I couldn't take pictures of Avery and not snap a few of Rowan.  I literally took these in about 5 minutes because as you will see she wasn't really thrilled towards the end. 







I love the little booty!




She was ready for our little session to end!  Notice her hair...I call her my little rooster.

Avery-5 Months

Christie and Avery made the trip from St Louis to meet Rowie for the very first time.  While Christie was here she asked me to take some pictures of Avery.  He is just the cutest thing EVER!!!!  He's such a happy baby and so much bigger than Rowan. I hurt my back just picking him up!  I know as he gets older Reese and Rowan will have so much fun playing with their cousin.  I took 100 pictures of Avery but I will try and only share a sample :-).

Christmas Eve

We had our Christmas Eve get together at Mom's house this year since she had a new kitchen/living to show off.  Uncle Rod didn't come so that was a disappointment and this was the first year that Nanny didn't join us.  It's sad not having her there as we always celebrated at her and PawPaw's house.  I really miss those days.  But, we still had a nice time!  Ryan and John came into town to meet Rowie and I was happy to show her off :-)



Notice how dark Ryan is.  Apparently when you move up north you get tanner...

Our first family picture.
Me and my girls!
Reese always has a great time with Brian and Yvonne.  We weren't able to see them on Thanksgiving day and Reese actually asked about them.  I think that Brian plays with Reese like Uncle Rod did with us growing up.
It was just a great evening to spend with everyone. 

Bedtime!

I get asked quite a bit for updated pictures of Rowan.  I thought before I had her that I would constantly be taking pictures but I find myself just too tired to do it.  I had the girls by myself tonight and we were all relaxing on Reese's bed before bedtime and I decided to snap a few pictures.  So here are a few pictures from my "photo shoot".














 

First Sick Visit :-(

Well, we had our very first sick visit today.  I noticed yesterday morning that Rowie had a rash on her tummy but I didn't think anything of it because she had just been crying and I thought she was flushed.  I didn't notice the rest of the day because when I changed her diaper I didn't see her belly.  Finally, when I gave her a bath that night I noticed that it was all over her.  She seemed fine and had been eating, no fever, etc.  But, I called the on call nurse (office had just closed) and since she didn't have a fever she said to just go into the office the next day. 

I loaded Rowan up and we went to the doctor this morning.  The Dr did freak me out a little because she just kept looking at it and said she thought it was a virus but it was very odd in a baby so young.  She tells me she wants the other doctors to view it so in they come and they all leave to discuss it.  I of course was starting to get concerned because they didn't do much discussing when they were with me.  Dr B comes back into the room and says that they aren't going to send me for blood tests or send me to the hospital because Ro didn't have a fever and was acting fine.  She did have a nurse take down everything and she was to call me tomorrow.

We were supposed to go watch Reese in her Christmas play but I didn't think it was a good idea to take Rowan to Reese's school.  So, mom graciously offered to watch her while David and I went to her play.  Reese immediately noticed that we didn't have Rowan with us.  She was a little bummed but she was still very excited that we came to her school.  She didn't have a main part and was way back in the choir loft so I didn't get any good pictures of her.  But, we did take some after.

Santa & The Pink Pig

Every year we head to Lenox Mall to see the Santa there.  It's been neat to see how Reese has changed each visit. This year we got to add Rowie to the mix!  David rode the Pink Pig with both girls first and then we went and saw Santa.  Reese loves it and hopped in his lap and told him right away what she wanted.  The girls are wearing coordinating outfits from Sweet Treats Kids.

Family Visit

David's mom, Mary, and Granny came down to meet little Rowan.  Reese was SO excited to see her MeeMaw.  Mary walked into the door and Reese went running to her screaming MEEMAW!!!  I know Mary had to enjoy that!  While they were here we went shopping and she watched Reese play in the indoor play area while David and I did some quick shopping.  They also joined us for Kaylynn's 1st birthday party.  Here a few pictures from their visit.







4 generations!

Kaylynn's 1st Birthday

We headed down to Newnan to celebrate Kaylynn's very first birthday!  It seems like yesterday that I was taking her newborn pictures.  Michelle made her cake and did a great job!  Here are just a few pics from the party.






The smash cake
Kaylynn was all ready to go in her birthday outfit


She knew exactly what to do!




She even got it in her eyelashes :-)
And one picture of my girl!  She was having fun playing with the boys running around the house.

1st Bath

Rowie's umbilical cord finally came off so it was time for her first bath!  I was still having issues bending over so mom gave her the bath.  Reese wanted a part in it so she hopped in the bath too!  Everything started OK as you can see and then Rowie decided she didn't like it anymore!

Rowan's Portraits-9 days old

I unfortunately wasn't able to have Rowan's portraits done like I wanted and so I had to do them on my own.  I kept putting them off because the thought of bending and taking pictures while recovering from a c-section for some reason didn't appeal to me :-).  I only had two more days left with my mom so I knew that I had to get it done while she was there.  So, I taped a blanket up on the wall and my mom arranged all of my squash, pumpkins, corn, etc that I had on my mantel for Thanksgiving.  I sat down on a chair and my mom took direction from me on how I wanted her postioned, etc.  I took a million but I'll try and only share a sample. 




This one cracks me up!




Look at all of that hair on her body! :-)
Rowan did NOT like this, LOL.  We tried warming up the pumpkin with a hair dryer but it still wasn't warm enough for her.




My absolute FAVORITE picture that I took.  I just love her little hands!
The only picture with her eyes open