Chatty Cathy!

My friend Susie took this the other day when Isla and I were over at her house. All of a sudden Isla is nonstop smiles and coos. I love our little conversations!

Rowan is Potty Trained!

Woo-hoo!!!!!

I wasn’t even planning on starting potty training with Rowan until he was heading towards 3, but he showed all the signs of being ready and was really excited about the whole thing. So, I figured I might as well try! He’s done GREAT! I followed a 3 day plan where you have to stay home for 3 straight days and you literally can’t take your eyes off of them for one single moment. It was pretty exhausting, but definitely worth it. Rowan is so proud of himself and loves talking about his cool batman, spiderman, and cars undies. We also started a sticker chart. He loves putting stickers on the chart everytime he goes pee. Yesterday was my first day taking him out. We went to library story time, and drove 40 minutes to a playdate at my friend Kassandra’s. I was also worried he wouldn’t go at someone else’s house and although he was a bit skeptical at first, he did great. Not one accident!

It’s so funny though… the program I read talks about kids who WONT use the potty. But it didn’t talk about kids who WONT get off of it! Rowan has started saying he has to go all the time, so that he gets the extra attention and treats. It’s hard because we don’t want to discourage his enthusiasm, but we also have to draw the line when he wants to go before bed 3489 times.

 

Go Hawks!

Look Alikes!!

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 is 3 Months!

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.  

Halloween 2012

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   Daddy brought out his surfboard for some fun (and cheesy) photos of him and his little shark.My favorite: Love both of their facial expressions here.  

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.

Pumpkin Carving

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!