cold

my dad sent some pics of their trip last week. here is one of he and andy hunting down in the valley.

upgrade

about time for a face lift for the ole blog.

water

we had to say farewell to ole coot this morning. he just couldn't bring himself to retrieve in this cold water out here. it broke all of our hearts to let him go, but andy has to have some help for charlie with this hunting business. so we are back to square one. the new puppy will be here in december. you really were sweet, coot. best of luck in ohio.

cherry

here is our indian baby...okay, it is only a cherry, but looks pretty close:-)
two things: first...rowe's teeth have been coming in in a fairly strange order. all the bottom row first, then the outside top two, then the top two middle are just breaking through. you'll notice the 'dagger,' as andy calls it, is leading the pack on the top. second... rowe took his first steps a couple of days ago. so that was super exciting. my dad was taking pics as it unfolded so i will try and grab some from him when they get back home.

pa

here is my dad and rowe fighting over that turkey bone.

thanksgiving

since my mom and dad are here we are trying to celebrate everything in one week: andy' birthday was monday, thanksgiving tuesday, christmas wednesday, new year's thursday... i think that is it. here are some pics of rowe enjoying his first thanksgiving turkey bone.

reading

my mom and dad are here for the week. rowe has had more to play with in the past three days than in the past three months. it is perfect timing for my mom because all of a sudden rowe has shown an interest in his books. perfect for reading time with grammy.

winter

sweater weather has arrived.

boxes

coot's kennel pad came in the mail today, along with a fun new toy for rowe, the box :-)

flippin'

i have been meaning to grab a picture of rowe flipping the lights. this is another of his great loves.

happy halloween!

sitting

rowe's new favorite spot is coot's kennel. he loves swinging the door back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

chasing

rowe loves to play 'chase'. here he is chasing me through the bathroom. he is so funny when he rounds a corner and spots ya'. simple pleasures.

reading

this is rowe's favorite book as of late.

tunnels

curls

curls on babies have always gotten me. rowe can do just about whatever he want, but he better hurry because it is so dry out here his hair doesn't stay curly for long:-)

movin'

sweet laci, our 15 month old neighbor let rowe borrow her walker and rowe has been loving it. there is a "spin" wheel and that is just about heaven for ole rowe. as regards to driving this contraption, i wouldn't recommend being in his path...he has been crashing into things like crazy.

eating

robin & i were talking about rowe's personality last night. since andy and i are both second children, we were wondering if rowe would adopt those characteristics or assume the first child personality. in regards to eating, he is for sure the 1st born. he wants what he wants when he wants it and he wants to put it in his mouth :-) there are only a very few things that rowe will allow you to feed him...pudding is one.

hoping

here is the view from rowe's high chair. the chair is what you can sort of see in the left side of the pic.

watchin'

this is rowe's tv-face. martha ann gave us the baby einstein about water and rowe is pretty darn entertained by it, for at least five minutes:-)

swinging

we had such a sweet day at the playground yesterday. i think andy had just as much fun as rowe.

pups

andy's business partners

hungry

i'm not quite sure what is going in here, but we made sure that is came right back out.

more

here are a couple more shots of rowe just playing in the yard, spinning those wheels.

wheels

if i am ever in need of a distraction for rowe, all i have to do if find something with wheels on it. he loves them. he will just spin, and spin, and spin those wheels for as long as you will let him. my brother might have a 4-wheelin' partner in the making. here he is spinnin' away.

hair

rowe's new favorite person is lindsay walker. she was my roommate my 1st year at the ranch, six summers ago. she has a heart of gold, and an even sweeter spirit. rowe's favorite thing to do with his new favorite person is to 'do her bangs,' as lins calls it. here he is styling away.

sassy

this kiddo thinks he's such a riot when he sticks his tongue out. i think he has a bit of sass in him - i love it. he must have gotten that from andy.

ready

we have been trying to help andy get ready for duck season. we were for sure more in the way than anything else. rowe loved climbing in and out of the goose blinds. he even had his camo jacket on in support of opening day. there were also some fake corncobs to entice the geese, which rowe enjoyed as well.