October 2010! :)

Well, here we are...it's so crazy that Rowan is now 13 1/2 months old!! He is too much fun these days!! His true personality is showing and we are super excited!!! :) He is walking now...trying to run at times! He began walking on September 19th...TRULY walking, after just taking a few steps at a time. He has his tumbles often, but gets right back up! It's quite hilarious to watch!!! We recently took a family trip to the beach and it was a blast! Rowan loved the sand once he got used to it and really really loved the splashpad at our condo! :) He made a lot of little friends. (Or, so he thought!) This weekend we are going to a pumpkin patch, which I'm very excited about! Rowan now has 8 teeth!! He will eat absolutely anything...so we have to be extremely careful what is in his reach, for sure!

Life is good! Our friends, Catherine and Blake had their little girl, Scarlett, on September 20th and we are so happy for them! Also, Aubrey became an Aunt(official) on October 8th to little Gwyneth! Babies everywhere! :)

Here are some beach pictures!

Rowan is ONE!!! :)

Rowan is now 1 year old! It's amazing how fast time flies!! I want to thank each and everyone one of you who made Rowans' first birthday the best one ever! He sure is blessed...and we are, too! Here is the birthday boy! :)

August...

Rowan will be one year old in 11 days...he is more fun each and everyday! :) He is still not walking, but is standing and crawling SO FAST! I left him for a few seconds yesterday and thought he was with Houston. Well, I went to get him and Houston didn't have him. I freaked out, of course!!! He had crawled up our staircase and was upstairs in our office. Needless to say, the gate is up 24/7 now!!! He is now drinking only from a sippy cup! This was an easy transition for us, thankfully! We switched to whole milk at 11 months old and he loves that, too!!! We are going to work on getting rid of the paci within the 2nd year...decided to not be in a huge rush for it! He is such a stubborn little guy with a powerful personality...don't know who he gets that from. :) We just love him so very much!!!

Another thought...I have the best friends, REALLY! There is not a time in my life that I can think of that I have needed a friend and didn't have one to lean on. We have such a great group of friends...there are about 10 or so of us and not many people can say they have that many friends they could call on. We are blessed!!! And, I thank God for them daily!! :)

Rowan's party is coming up and I just ordered the last minute supplies...we are excited!! It will be very simple, but fun, for sure! :) Ohhh!! Another thing, Rowan has a minor surgery on the 24th. He is having his skin tags removed from his ear and a frenulectomy (clipping under the tongue). I noticed when Rowan couldn't breastfeed that his tongue was attached tightly and mentioned this to the physician. He recommended us wait and have it done, so we are! I'm a little nervous, but know he will do just fine! :) The Dr. also told us that tightly attached tongues are hereditary...and my twin and I both had it done, so thanks to me, Rowan has it. :( But, please say a prayer for us! Thanks!

Will update soon! :) Here are some pics, of course! :)

July...

I absolutely cannot believe it is July already! Rowan will be a year old next month! I'm happy and sad at the same time! We are so busy these days! Rowan is pretty close to walking, I feel, but even if he's not walking yet...he is EVERYWHERE! And, so much stinking fun! :) I believe he is going to be an outgoing little guy. He's not afraid of anyone and loves meeting new people!! He is eating dinner with us now, or at the table at least! We share off of our plates what we can with him! He is also trying SO hard to talk...Houston and I just laugh and wonder, "What is he trying to say?!" :) One day we will know! :)

One of my best friends, Catherine, has her baby shower this weekend and I'm super excited about it! She is having a little girl named Scarlett...Rowan is VERY excited about this! :)

I started my new/old job at Hartselle Geropsych and am loving it! :) I was actually there 4 years ago and decided to go back, so it's going very well! I miss my friends from my previous job already, though! :(

Here are some recent pics! :)

June...so far!

Well, we began June at the beach, which was fabulous!! Rowan didn't love the ocean water (neither do I), but he did like the sand and he loves pools!! He was so good at the beach and I loved being there as a little family! :) Next year I know will be even more fun! Rowan is crawling everywhere now, pulling up, and "cruising" around every piece of furniture we have. His 3rd tooth is coming in and they look so stinkin cute!!! He is a happy little guy most of the time, unless he's hungry or tired. :) I've started thinking about his first birthday party & it excites me and saddens me at the same time! Time seriously flies!!

I also went on my girl beach trip the first weekend of June! It was SO much fun and I really needed it! Houston had a great time with Rowan and I came home to Rowan saying "Mama" more and more. Houston said he worked with him. :)

Here are some pictures! :)

My nieces! :)

Just wanted to post some updated pictures of my nieces and little cousin, Ivy. :) They rock my world and I just love them SO very much! :)

May 2010 :)

Once again, another month has almost flown by! Aubs will be telling me soon it's time to update, so I thought I would beat her to it! :) (Love you, AUBREY!) It's surreal how fast time goes, so I most definitely try to treasure every little moment that I have with my precious son, awesome husband, best friends, and fun family! Rowan is 8 months and 3 weeks old today! He began crawling today, also! He has been trying for some time now and today got it! :) He's not too quick, but I'm sure in a few days, he will have it down for sure!

We are going on our family beach trip next week and are super excited!! There are 5 couples going. 3 couples have one child, so this should be FUN! :)

Then the next weekend I go with my girlfriends on our annual beach trip! SO excited about this, too! There are 9 of us going and it will be a blast!!! I am definitely going to miss Rowan and Houston, but feel blessed that I am able to continue to do this trip and also that Houston is a wonderful Father and I will have no worries about our little man! :)

I want everyone to say a prayer for my friends, Dustin and Kellie Ray. There little girl, Ella, is going through some medical problems and they could sure use the prayers. They have received great news, but still don't have a definite answer to their questions. Please pray that they receive them so they can be at peace and rest well at night. :)
Another friend, Haley Little, needs our prayers, too. She was in an ATV accident, but is doing MUCH better! So, thank goodness she will be okay, but she still has a long road of recovery. :)


Much love,
Kyla :)

here are some recent pics of our little man! :)