Mmmm!

Rowan is learning new things everyday, as most children her age do.  We've started some animal sounds and she has so cutely perfected her cow sound, we just had to share.

Listen carefully...

Best of the Year...

So far, I think these are some of the best pictures of the year.

(if I do say so myself, which I am totally saying)

 Right on cue, the girls were completely unwilling to pose.

 Then they started to perk up.

 

 The posing begins...

ANDDDDD... There goes the neighborhood.

Convent for sure - where on earth did she get this pose?!

A cute one of Peyton squeezing the life out of Rowan.

My favorite shot of the day!

Rowan turns one!

Well here we are, one year (and change) later and now three kids to show for it.  Rowan turned one on St. Patrick's day and we celebrated with a family get together at our house.  We had a great time and she enjoyed opening presents while trying to box out her sisters who were more than ready to "help" her.

On April 4th, we went to our one year checkup, yes I realize it's late but our doctor canceled on us during the scheduled Saturday appointment we had.  To the stats:

Weight: 23lbs --> 80th percentile

Length: 30in. --> 75th percentile

Head Circumfrenece (aka smarts): 47cm --> 90th percentile

She has been walking since about a week before her 11th month and continues to hone her skills.  She is also now climbing up on anything she can find such as chairs, the coffee table and our favorite, the air hockey table.  Good times.  She is definitely vocal and  will sing if you turn on a song.  She'll say mama and dad but her favorite word is "uh oh".  So cute!  She seems to have taken an interest in Sesame Street when it's on and has picked Big Bird as her favorite thus far.  She loves her big sisters, even when they try to squeeze the life out of her by picking her up when mommy's not looking.  We started on cow's milk a couple weeks ago and have slowly added some to her bottle at school.  Fingers crossed this "sneaky" approach will work!  She has held steady with 4 teeth on top and 2 on the bottom for some time but it appears two more are coming in up top and based on the recent drool levels - I'm sure there's more to come!

Here are some of her favorite things to do:

- stack blocks and knock them down

- play hide and seek with Mommy

- Dance (especially when Mommy and Daddy encourage her!)

- "Jump" on the trampoline

- She loves to turn Mommy's iPhone  and Daddy's iPad on!

- She loves to give kisses

She is a super happy baby and we are so lucky she is ours!  Here are pictures from her birthday and the party.

Here are all the girls on Rowan's birthday, also known as St. Patrick's Day.  As I've learned to expect, there is no way to get all three girls to smile without Photoshop.

We started off with the cupcakes, so as to maximize the sugar high and fully take advantage of the crash and burn thereafter.  Made with love by Mommy.

The birthday girl patiently waiting... figuring out the best way to attack.

Meanwhile, the vultures fly low nearby...

Wait for it, wait for it...

 

The approach?

Dive bomb!  This one year old did not disappoint the throngs of cameras abound!

After only 2 bites of cupcake (where is that Fuller appetite?!), the birthday girl was transported via Dada to the living room for present opening fun!

Once again, the vultures her sisters were right there to "help" her unwrap her presents.

Now that she is 1, Rowan needed several breaks during the present opening to stay fresh.  This break consisted of playing in a car seat we plan to move her to soon.

(until she is 15 apparently thanks to the new suggestions!)

 

More help from her sisters.  Not surprisingly, they thought they should have received gifts for Rowan's birthday too.

Finally, a moment to herself.

Another break...

She found the girls Elmo slippers and wanted to put them on.  Who are we to deny this cuteness?

We had a great time and were so glad all of our family could be there to celebrate!  Based on this picture I'd say it was a hit!

And because this post doesn't have enough pictures, I thought I'd add two more of my favorites from the last couple weeks...

Sassy!

And another cute one!

Rocking Out!

This is a priceless video if I do say so myself!  Daddy downloaded a guitar app onto his iPad and we've all been having fun "playing guitar".  The girls decided to start a band before bed and this is what they performed...

 

Check out Grace's behind the back guitar moves!  Awesome!

Apologies

Wow, it's been a long time since my last post!  It's not my fault, the kids haven't done anything cute since February 9th.

Kidding of course.  We've had quite the time this past month with Rowan going from walking between Mommy and Daddy to Rowan sprinting in the 50 yard dash in the backyard! (Don't worry, we bundled her up and never made her run when it was raining outside!)  In addition to her sprints, she is almost at an 8 minute mile and working so hard everyday to get it down to 7:50.  We are SO proud of her!  She finds her biggest training asset is the staircase.  Many a squeal can be heard from an unhappy girl who can't get upstairs because of mean Mr. Gate.  More updates on Ro-ster after her one year check-up on the 26th of this month.  Before that though, more pictures of Ro-boat on Thursday of this week, St. Patrick's day and her BIRTHDAY!

While the big girls imaginations have been fun to see shaping over the years currently they are out of this world.  They each have an imaginary other mother, whose house they sometimes visit.  They only talk about her, they don't interact with her like an imaginary friend.  Boyfriends - which are sometimes played by each other, seem to be Grace's new thing with Peyton willingly taking the "boy" role.  The tables have turned!  They informed me the other day that vultures eat people when they die.  How lovely.  They were studying the letter "V" in school and apparently talked about vultures.  I'm assuming a particular teacher told them that vultures eat dead animals and they assumed that when you die, vultures eat you.  Awesome. 

I think I'd like to interview them for an upcoming blog post and ask them some questions like; favorite color, food, animal, etc... Let me know if you have any ideas or thoughts on some good questions I should ask them or something you'd like to hear the answer to!  Should be entertaining and hopefully something I can keep going throughout the years.  Should be good fodder for the future rehearsal dinners (or wedding day itself!).

I'll leave you with some pictures I took yesterday of the big girls.

Unassuming Grace

 

Watchful Peyton

Smiling, Sweet Grace

Aaaaaand... here's Peyton.

 

I'm guessing she is training for her teenage years?

Rowdy Rowan

Rowan's new found freedom and love of most things edible has provided our family with some unique snapshots and stories we will hold onto and treasure until that first boy comes over to take her on a date.

For instance:

She was so proud of herself.  

Of course, now every time the dishwasher is open it's fair game.  Oh the price we pay for cute pictures!

Spaghetti O-no's!

Stoic.

 Yummy!

Look at how cute and messy I am at the same time!

 

Hey Hey!  

Come give me a hug!

 

 

January Zoo day

Our birthday weekend was made complete when we got to go to the Zoo on Sunday!  As I've mentioned before, we are Zoo sinners.  With a little bit of mist and some cool temperatures we had the zoo to ourselves that morning! 

First though, we decided to model some new dresses we got the day before at our birthday party from Mrs. Steffie and Mr. Rob!

Presenting Pose-able Peyton and Aunt Jemima!

 

What a mess these two are!

This one would have been so sweet without Grace's fake smile! ha!

 

The big sisters doing their job, making Rowan laugh.  I love this shot.

 

 

 Finally, we made it to the zoo and I got this super cute shot!

 

 I'm still loving my new camera - I was actually a good 100 feet away when I took this with my telephoto lens. 

An almost family shot.  I think Daddy is the only one looking at the camera!

As fans of child labor, we are so glad the girls are now four and can work a couple hours more each day.

 Our backs were really starting to hurt!  Thanks Peyton and Grace!