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| This girl continues to take my heart every day. I cannot go very long without holding her, wearing her or having her very near. Officially, somehow she is now closer to 1 year old than she is closer to a newborn. The days continue to race by and everyday I say I need more time. |
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| Rowan continues to be happy most of the time. I still think she is going to be a little more of an introvert as she is not quick to warm up to everyone - as her sister is - she needs more time huddled in close with mom or dad, she talks only when she is focused by herself or you are 100% engaged and she giggles only if something is really funny as opposed to at just about everything! |
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| She takes everything in, watching it all, wanting to be close to the action and glaring at the action with a judgmental "huh?" Her fine motor skills are superb. I made all of this wonderful food for her and she will not eat a bite of it so I decided to start cutting it up for her.....finally she is eating some things. She will work on putting food in her mouth and just hum to herself. All she wants to do it pick things up and put them in her mouth, she wants to play with tags and strings, and she has an obsession with ears. She is sitting all of the time and cannot be bothered with being on her stomach or back, quite honestly there is too much to see and the stomach is a terrible vantage point. Her friends are all crawling and she is NO WHERE close. She will prop on her arms and that is about it. She loved watching Colin play guitar. She has recently learned to "dance" while saying 'ah-huh, ah-huh, ah-huh' over and over and over again. She sits and alternates between arching her back and flexing and making these noises simultaneously. She just learned ba and da. She is sleeping terribly. She yells once an hour, yelling is not an exaggeration. She does not cry, well it takes a lot for her to cry, instead she yells! I think she is growing right now on top of just getting over a bad cough that lasted a month (this round). But we are at the point after holding her for over an hour at 2 am last night where I finally said that I cannot do this 24 hours a day. Mommy needs to sleep. |
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| She still melts my heart as every time she sees me she lights up as if I am the only one that makes the world go round. The day will come when she realizes I am not and so for now I am soaking these days up.....'yes Rowan, the sun is a close second but number 1, whelp, that is me, yours truly, your mom.' |
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| The things that are big and funny enough to make this one laugh you ask.....well obviously swinging! and her dad (another obvious) and her sister- who does not love a whirling derby of sparkles, giggles, squealing and fun? |
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| Overall we have had a wonderful two weeks with me home more often. The girls have transitioned beautifully. Lillian was having such a hard time with many melt downs, poor language and with me home she is the little girl she always has been, sweet, well spoken, kind and full of great positive energy. My milk supply is finally where is should be- that was a challenge in and of itself but right now we are on the other side of it. I have enjoyed watching them, holding them, laughing with them and just being. I start back to work in June but I am hoping this will be a good place for right now in our lives. So far these 7 months have been full, lovely, hilarious and just about perfect. We love you Rowan, thank you for completing this journey. |
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