A Christmas Video Extravaganza!!!

I managed to take a few videos of Rowan on Christmas, so here they are!

Opening a Present

Playing With Her Train (Thanks, Aunt Sara!)

Stacking Her New Blocks (Thanks, Pop-Pop and Grammy!)

Rowan's Favorite Outfit

Rob and I let her pick her own clothes, when possible, and twice in the past week she's chosen this outfit, plaid flannel tunic and jeans.  It's her new favorite!

Talking Update

Rowan can now say the following, and I'm going to try and be comprehensive for posterity's sake: hi, hey, no, oh no, mama, daddy, kitty, yeah, oh yeah, touchdown, water, apple, baa, neigh, moo, meow, airplane, shoe, Pippin, milk, all done, cheese, mmm, yum, bye, night night, and probably a few I'm forgetting.  She can parrot words really well, too, and will try things you say to her.  Many of these words don't sound quite right yet (water is "waaawer") but her meaning is clear.  And when you ask her what sound a horse, cow, or kitty says, she gives you the correct sound back, which is fun.  She doesn't really sign anymore because she can say what she wants and doesn't need the sign, but it was helpful for a while.

Walking!

Rowan's getting much better at walking, and just today decided that pushing herself up to standing and walking around with no goal in mind was a good thing.  We were over at the Pratts hanging out with Mary and Cadence, Rowan's 2-year-old friend.  I think watching Cadence walk around all day inspired Rowan, and she just sort of took off in the afternoon.  Hopefully, she'll continue this progress!  She's definitely gotten steadier on her feet the last few days.

Rowan's new hat!

Here's the hat I knit Rowan, modeled by the lovely Mozar.  It has ear flaps and ties in an effort to keep it on her head as she loves to pull hats off.  We'll see if this tactic works.  I'm really proud of the moose patch.  It was my first attempt at embroidery on felt, and it turned out pretty good!

Daddy rules!

We have our first official "Daddy is way cooler than Mommy" phase.  This morning Rob and I were sitting on the floor, having her walk between the two of us for walking practice, and after a couple trips, she would stop halfway, turn around, and head back to Rob without heading over to me.  Daddy is clearly better!

Standing Progress

Rowan stood up all by herself today, without holding on to anything.  She just pushed up from the floor and stood.  Twice!  She's creeping toward walking.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Sara!

She's trying to figure out what the sign says...

Naptime Joy

I can only hope this continues, but for the moment, Rowan enjoys naptime prep because it means she gets to say "night night" as much as she wants.  Sometimes she'll even push my hands off her crib as I'm singing her goodnight song, saying "night night" so I'll get out of the room quicker.

Phipps Visit

Here's Rowan watching trains with my mom at the Phipps.

New words

Today's new words were "moo," "neigh," and whilst eating some carrot at dinner, "mmm, carrot."  Pretty sure these were just parroting, but still fun.  Moo might be a keeper, though.