cuddling

a little kiss, a little hug - and i believe there is a little smushing going on at the end here

clapping

lovin' some clappin'

new

robin & aaron, the ranch managers & our next door neighbors, were cleaning out their garage yesterday and rowe scored big - an old spider-man 4 wheeler. i think he's in heaven.

laughter

a little one's laugh is just about the best

tiny

such tiny little fingers

char

andy's outfitting business has been going really really well. he has also been super excited about how well char has done. i guess she has become quite the 'bad-ass.' excuse the language, mom:-) she looks like one here.
fyi - this is the duck blind that andy was working on a couple of weeks ago - in the living room. looks pretty good.

winter

if all the leaves are gone does that mean that winter is here?

more

smiles

blurry

blurry but cute

mobile

andy's sister, b, is way crafty. i saw this cute bird mobile on the internet when i was pregnant and asked b to check it out. bets did the dirty work of all the sewing & andy did all of the dirty work of all the knot tying, and i didn't do any of the dirty work, but i love love love the finished product. i think these two last little birds are my favorite.

new

sweet aunt b has introduced rowe to the wonders of disney. the wonders of disney, beyond the lion king that is. here are rowe and aunt bets watching the little mermaid.

owls

how cute is this little outfit that aunt b brought for the little one.

slide

thanks

just wanted to give dana gay a little shout out! your official thank you note will hopefully be there soon :-)

pa

thanks, dad, for helping out with the little ones.

bath

beep-beep

trying out the horn

bath

so fresh and so clean

gross

i mentioned earlier that we were having trouble with rowe & his "poking" tendency with chapin. well, he's been doing great, but now we have another tendency that needs to be altered - licking. rowe has been surrounded by dogs since birth, so it seems as if he is just mimicking their language of affection. putting it that way it sounds nice, but in reality, a slobbery almost two year old that has had who knows what in his mouth is actually pretty gross.

tradition

andy's grandfather used to play the "ear bug" game with andy and now he is carrying on the tradition with rowe. rowe absolutely loves it. the ear bug starts at the toes and makes his way up, stopping to nibble on the knee, or maybe take a bite out of the belly button, a little bite out of the ribs, little snack on the chin, then finally making his way to the ear.

1

happy 1 month birthday, little one.

playin'

rowe lovin' some peek-a-boo

halloween

i am about as artistic as a baseball bat, so thankfully dandaddy helped rowe with his halloween pumpkin this year. no other choice really, it had to be a lion. thanks, dandaddy :-)