Rowan plays with Paper

According to her baby clothes, Rowan is 90% torso.  Today she's wearing a 3-6 month long-sleeve bodysuit that's almost too short, a 6-12 month t-shirt that is perfect lengthwise, and 0-3 month jeans that are too long and need to be cuffed.  Guess it's time for case by case assessment of her clothes.  I know cloth diapers make her a bit longer in the torso, but sheesh!

Rowan talks to her ball toy

Sorry this is a bit wobbly, but I'm filming on my camera while slightly bouncing the baby on my leg.  Multitask!

Rowan vs. The Nap

Me: Okay, baby. Time for your nap.  Nighty night!

Rowan: Okay, no problem.  Nap it is.  Wait, why are you leaving the room, mommy?  I don't understand.  What does "nap" mean?  Well, I don't like it, so I'm going to cry.

Waaaaah!

Wow, you know, I'm actually kind of tired.  Maybe I'll just...

NO!  If I fall asleep, mommy wins!  Waaaaaaaah!

But seriously, I'm kind of tired.  Probably wouldn't hurt to just...

NO! Waaaah!  Can't...lose...this...

Really tired, though, and I've been crying for a while.  Maybe mommy is trying to teach me how to calm myself to sleep.  Screw that!

Waaaaaaah!

Still kind of tired.  I'll just rest my cry voice for a minute, close my eyes...

Zzzz.

Holy shit, that was close!  I almost feel asleep there.  Better not let mommy think I actually did.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Me:  Fine, baby, you win.  Let's feed you.

Rowan:  Jackpot.

Rowan was a very happy baby today, and I managed to get some pretty good shots of her smiling and being happy and such.  I ran them through my photo editing software, and here are four of my favorites.

Rowan playing in her floor gym.

According to Rob (since I was not there to see it) Rowan reached her hand out to Merry for the first time.  He was walking by, and she reached out to him, and he let her touch him as he continued to walk by.  My current prediction re: how the cats will behave toward a grasping baby is that Merry will adapt and be generally okay with it and Pippin will hide and stay away as much as possible.  We'll see!

Rowan is definitely our daughter.  She loves looking at screens; the TV, laptop, and phone.  When I have my phone out and am trying to text or email someone, she reaches out and touches it.  She actually hung up a phone call I had on speakerphone one time with an untimely grab.

Rowan likes to watch TV or movies with me on my laptop and "talk" to the people onscreen.