Go Stros!!

Lots going on recently.

i’ve started going to story time at the library for babies up to 15 months old… we’re a little young still for the class, but growing fast and anyway, she has fun with it already!! she actually sits in my lap and looks at the books when i read them. I was turned onto this story time by a friend of mine with a 10 month old, and is currently 6 months pregnant… insanity i tell you.

Behold , Finley cute as a button…

and will you look at that HAIR?!!! I’M jealous!

This is a great story time… the kids can crawl around and run amok, as much as up-to-15-month-old’s can anyway. There are toys in the middle to break the ice for that awkward moment when you’re just crawling out to meet another baby for the first time, and the “stories” are 4-5 page cardboard books that we zip through every 10 minutes or so, in between group songs like old mcdonald had a farm, and the ants go marching. There is joy had by all, i assure you.

and then…

get ready for this….

BUBBLES!!!!!!

that’s right folks, hold onto your seats… one of the neatest little contraptions ever, a bubble blower that shoots HUNDREDS of tiny bubbles out of what looks like a kazoo! It’s mesmerizing, even for me… so you can imagine the impact on the children. Even Rowan is impressed!

The books though, are definitely the best part.

this is a weekly thing now, and i have to say, we’re both enjoying it immensely wont’ be long until she’s reading the books to me, i guarantee it.

We also went to our very first wedding, and an out of town wedding at that. Austin is GORGEOUS! and i miss it every time i go back i lament leaving. I’m sorry to say, the wedding was not a big success. Rowan was fussy from the MOMENT we got on the road.

I feel absolutely, abysmally terrible for my friend. It was an outdoor wedding at the Villa Antonia (beautiful) and we were all seated, with the procession just about to start, and the worst happened… that’s right, i felt a single, painfully tragic drop of rain on my arm. My little arm hairs stood on end and i said a quick, fervent prayer that this did not preclude what i feared it did… sadly, it did.

within 5 minutes, it was POURING!! i mean, soaking wet.

last minute changes, we all moved into one of the reception dining rooms where the staff had cleared an “aisle” for the wedding party to walk down. Not enough chairs, so it was a standing ceremony, but beautiful nonetheless! However, there must have been murphy’s law in play or something, because the minute before the bridesmaids started to file in, Rowan decided it was time to have a fit.

Poor nick had to take her outside, covering her with her blanket, to an area with an overhang, far far away.

And, as luck would have it, she stopped fussing, AND it stopped raining and the sky completely cleared, about 1 minute after the ceremony was over. how ridiculous is that?

Regardless, it was a lot of fun although really Rowan didn’t stop being fussy all night, and we ended up driving back to Houston the same night, even though we originally intended to stay the night… she was just way too off her game to try our first wedding, AND overnight out of town sleepover in the same trip. let me tell you, that was an awesome drive back :-p

but at least i got this pretty picture

and here’s the one and only picture i got with the bride, and literally the only contact i had with her the entire night… ah the bride. I remember that time, and i’m not offended in the least

sooo, back to Houston.

we have been collecting baby stuff from thrift stores, estate sales, garage sales, friends, etc… anything we can get for cheap that’s only gently used at most. We’ve done pretty well! This was NOT the cheapest item, but it is probably in the top 3 in cuteness, so i had to share. My mom found this high chair, and Rowan is VERY fancy… its french

i can’t wait for her to start eating solids just to use this also, i’m hoping that if i get into making her own baby food it will keep me motivated not only to make sure that she stays on a healthy diet, but to get me and nick on a more consistently healthy diet. let’s keep our fingers crossed. Getting on a healthier diet is definitely going to have to rule out ball park food, sadly. that’s gonna suck, especially now that they have Prince’s hamburgers AND bluebell ice cream at the park!!! AAAHHH!!!

If you’re wondering why we are sitting our daughter in a bowl, i’ll explain. We received a BEAUTIFUL bowl made of rowan wood, with turquoise inlay as a gift from Ya-ya’s parents. We also received a request from said Ya-ya that we take a picture of her IN said bowl… so here ya go Ya-ya!!! Rowan in a rowan bowl

I’m happy to say that our first Astros game went MUCH better than our first wedding.

we made it all the way to the 9th inning!!! and then left RIGHT before Lee hit one out of the park. *sigh*. we were happy we at least made it that long with a 3 month old though

i think she had fun

finally, here is her 3 month picture. My gorgeous little girl is just growing so fast!!!

til next time

adryan

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