Rowyn Update

Rowyn had her 4 month check up on Monday. She did fantastic! She weighs in at a healthy 16 lbs - up from 13 lbs at 2 months and she's a whopping 26 inches long! She was 23 inches at her 2 month appointment. Needless to say, she has inherited the Soloy genes (YAY!) Brad and I are going to buy her a car seat in preparation for her growing out of her infant seat and a high chair this month. She's getting so big! Rowyn hardly cried when she got her shots. She let out a little cry and I picked her up and she was fine. She cried more (ok she was screaming in the middle of the doctors office) when I tried to get her coat on and put her back into her car seat.

Brad and I are the proud new owners of a mini van. Yes - I said it. A mini van. I never thought we'd be the owners of one but it just goes to show that I've officially got my "Mom" hat on now. You just can't beat the affordability and the convenience. I love it! It's silver and HUGE. Khaos has his own little spot and I can get Rowyn in and out of the car without bonking her on the door or bonking my own head on the car. I'm still not very good at parking the thing yet. It's a far cry from my little Honda which by the way is still in the family. Brad's driving it to work now.

We've started to teach Rowyn sign language. We've got about 6 signs going now. Mummy, Daddy, Eat, More, Sleep, All Done, Hi/Bye. They say that it will take until they're about 6-8 months before they'll start signing back but I'm looking forward to her doing it.

Funny story.....One that I'll be telling when she's older to embarrass her.
I had Rowyn on her change table and was changing her diaper. It was dirty with a poop. I was excited because she's an infrequent pooper and we've had trouble with that already. Next thing I know she's still and quiet - not a good sign. It seems that Miss Princess Poopy Pants wasn't finished. She caught me off guard and she got poop all over the wall, the door, herself and her change table. Now she's swimming in it. Brad went to run her a bath because it was all over. I was two steps away from the bath and she decided to go again - all down my leg and on the floor. Sigh. So into the bath she went and proceeded to pee right away in the water. So, Brad had to change the water again. Now I'm thinking that we'll finally get her clean. We wash and play and I'm just rinsing her off and she poops in the water AGAIN! A change of water and another rinse and we're FINALLY done. It was an intense 45 minutes of pooping by the time all was said and done. Thank goodness we were at home and not out somewhere. Could you imagine!

Other things Rowyn is doing.....
She's grabbing at things now on purpose. She'll see a toy or was to grab her bib and she actually makes contact and is touching and holding onto things. It's really cool to see. She's still a little spazzy when trying to get things and hang onto them but her co-ordination is getting so much better. She's so strong too. She loves to stand and can stand without much support from us. She's rolled over for Brad 2 times (I missed it!) but not for me. She mostly sleeps through the night. Maybe 2-3 times a week I just have to get up to re-swaddle her and that's it. She's so awesome. Rowyn is ticklish! She's super ticklish. Whenever I'm changing her clothes and I'm taking her shirt off she lets out a big laugh. Her ribs and sides are ticklish. It's the best sound ever.

Here are a few new pics. We went and got come Christmas Pics done. Love her dress? I do! Grandma Anita bought it for her. The first thing she did when I put it on her was to bring it to her mouth and eat it! There was a nice fresh wet mark on it for her pics.