It’s always funny to hear everyone tell you that your baby has your eyes, their dad’s eyes, grandma’s nose, etc….
Both of our kids have been compared to Russ as little babies and I DO see a lot of Russ in both kids. But, as you can see with the 2nd picture, Rowan looks a lot like me too.
Russ and Isla around the same age.
Rowan and I, age 2
Can’t wait to see what they look like in a few years!
Isla turned 3 months on Monday and has become quite the lively little gal. Up until this week she still spent a lot of time sleeping. All of a sudden she is smiling up a storm and cooing like crazy. She coos way more than Rowan ever did. I love looking into her big blue eyes and ‘chatting’ back and forth. She just has such a sweet personality. She’s also put herself on a schedule. Goes to bed at 7, wakes up twice at night to eat, and gets up for the day at 7.
Isla rolled over a couple of days before she turned 3 months and of course we missed it! I put her down, looked over at Rowan and she went from tummy to back. We put her back on her tummy though and she did it again.
I feel like everyone makes comments about how much she looks like Russ, and how sturdy she is. It’s crazy how strong and tall she is for 3 months old. I feel like the newborn stage went super fast. 
Let’s be honest… half the reason we dress our little babies and toddlers up for Halloween at this age is for the cute pictures, right??! When I put Rowan’s shark costume on at first he said, “ I no like!” haha…we told him how awesome he looked, and held him up to the mirror. He warmed up to the idea but when he saw that Isla got to be a Lion (his old costume), he was NOT happy. Next year I’ll let him pick what he wants to be.
We dressed the kiddos up and headed to city hall for trick or treating. It was pouring outside this year and I was glad they had this event. Much more family/little kid friendly, warm, and dry. Rowan caught on pretty quickly and held his little bag up to every adult with a bowl of treats. He doesn’t even know what candy is though… and still hasn’t even had a piece. Poor kid, haha. We did let him have the juice box though. :) I promise not to be a crazy mom who doesn’t let my kid have any sugar but he didn’t even seem to care.
My two little sweethearts
Here’s both kids wearing the costume. Rowan is on the right, and a month younger than Isla at the time. I put a pink bow in the mane when Isla wore it. Sweet girl- she pretty much slept through the entire time.
Rowan had a blast getting all of the guts and seeds out of the pumpkin. It was pretty much all over our entire kitchen floor, but the mess was worth it. I feel like every year I do the same standard triangle nose and eyes on my pumpkin… but not this year! ;-)
I saw an idea on Pinterest to use a drill instead of a knife. Russ just got a nice new drill and is a guy who loves his tool, so it was right up his alley. We (and by we, I mean Russ) decided on a spider web, rather than a face. Rowan thought this was awesome due to his recent fear/obsession of spiders.
Wanted to get a picture of Isla with her “ daddy’s little pumpkin” shirt. I swear it’s so hard to get a picture of her smiling! Her little smile is SO cute and she’s been smiling and cooing up a storm, so I’ll try and get more pictures of it soon. 
The finished product!
After my cornstarch paint fail, I thought I’d try and do something a little easier, and harder to mess up. I made him some playdough and he LOVES it. I was hoping it would keep him busy, on his OWN for awhile…and after only a couple of minutes he tells me to come sit next to him and play. As much as I could use the time to get things done, I try and remind myself that these days will be gone before I know it, so I pull up a chair and play with him. I’ve been giving him different things to play with, and his favorite ‘tool’ for the playdough is an old spice jar.
Last year we took Rowan to Jubilee Farms Pumpkin Patch in Carnation. We had such a great time that we decided to make it a tradition. It was even more fun this year now that Rowan is older and loves to explore everything. His favorite activities at the patch were: splashing in the mud puddles, and the tractor ride out to pick out pumpkin. Isla slept through the whole thing in the Ergo, and it’s crazy to think that next year she’ll be toddling around. I absolutely love this time of year and all of the beautiful landscapes in WA.
In the car on the way…we haven’t taken a pic of just the 2 of us like this for awhile. <3
Rowan LOVES anything to do with tools and fixing stuff. Part of it is from watching “ Bob the Builder,” the cartoon…. (He walks around singing “ BOB-O, I fix it!” all day long. But the bigger part is because Russ is an ironworker and is his real life “Bob-O"." Russ comes home with his big tool belt and construction helmet and you should see the look in Rowan’s eyes. It’s pretty cute. Russ also asks Rowan to “help” him with a lot of household projects.
Here are a few pics of Russ at work on Husky Stadium.
Perk of starting work so early..beautiful sunrise
