Five months!

Dear Rowan,
I know I say this every month, but you keep getting cuter and more fun every single month! You are now five months old. I can't believe how quickly time is flying. My little baby is now becoming a big boy! You still are the sweetest boy and we love seeing your personality start to come out. You are so happy and love to smile and laugh. You have the most adorable giggle! I am so, so thankful for you and love you to the moon and back.

You are on the go now and want to move constantly. You roll over from your back to your tummy any time we set you down and you are even starting to try to push up on all fours. You are so strong! You found your feet this month and it is too cute. You grab onto them and wave them in the air and of course put your toes in your mouth. So fun, and you love pulling your socks off! You are very interested in toys now and will take one from me when I hold it out. You love anything that rattles and lights up. You especially love to play with your ball! You are a happy boy and will giggle and giggle for several minutes at a time. I love it.

Just after you turned four months you celebrated your first Easter. You had your very own Easter basket and must have been a good boy because the bunny brought you lots of fun treats. You wore your first smocked jon jon with chocolate bunnies on it and you were a perfect angel at church and brunch. You also traveled by plane for the first time. We flew by ourselves to GiGi and Pop Pop's house and I was so proud of us. Daddy waved bye bye to us from the gate and we did great traveling together! Well, except for the major blowout you did right after the plane began taxiing out. Ha! We had to wait until the seatbelt sign was turned off and then we spent about 20 minutes in the bathroom so I could clean you up. Oh goodness, it was down to your toes! We had a wonderful visit with your grandparents, great-grandmother Mimi and your Aunt Julie and cousin Elliot. Your Daddy joined us for a few days as well. We had so much fun!

We are still having fun with our friends. We started going to mommy and baby yoga and you love it. You were so relaxed you even fell asleep in the first class! You experienced a little bit of a sleep regression after your turned four months. You were waking up several times a night when you got stuck on your tummy and needed help turning over. We stuck it out and it wasn't too bad. If we didn't get much sleep during the night, you and I would get back in bed after your morning feeding and I'd hold you in my arms and we'd both go back to sleep. I love those snuggle sessions! You are growing so well and it's amazing to see you grow and change each month.


Likes: singing, reading books, your playmat, toys, balls and rattles, getting undressed for bath time, rolling

Dislikes: clothes going over your head, getting stuck on your tummy

Milestones: Found your toes, first Easter, first plane ride, first visit at your grandparent's house


Monthly stats - (taken at home)
Height: 28 inches
Weight: 17 or 18 pounds
Diaper: Size 2 (switched to size 3 just before 5 months)
Clothes: a few 3-6, 6 months, 6 month pajamas
Nicknames: Rowan boy, Row boat, big boy, mr. bug


I'm excited for what next month will bring with you Rowan! Thank you for being the best baby in the whole world. I love you so very much!

Four months!

Dear Rowan,
You turned four months old on March 29th! You continue to light up our world and grow cuter by the day. It's amazing to see how much you develop each month! You reached some exciting milestones over the past few weeks and we are so proud. You are the best baby in the world! We could not ask for a sweeter boy.

Once you turned three months old, we moved you to your crib. I was so nervous, but you did great! You didn't even seem to know you were sleeping in a new spot. Also, right after you turned three months, I set you on your tummy and you flipped right over. You did it another time as well. And when you turned 15 weeks you rolled from your back to your tummy. I saw it finally click when you were working on it and you've been rolling back to tummy constantly ever since. You don't like to roll the other way (tummy to back), but you flip right onto your tummy now if we put you on your back. What a big, strong boy you are! We had to stop swaddling you cold turkey the day you mastered this trick because I tried the swaddle during a nap time and you were able to roll over swaddled. You did not miss your swaddle at all and you slept great! Your sleeping really improved after we got rid of the swaddle. We were so thankful for a great transition! You do like to roll onto your tummy while you're sleeping and sometimes wake yourself up, but I just flip you back and you go back to sleep. Otherwise, you look like a little turtle! You began sleeping through the night during this time with very few wakeups.

You are still loving your hands! You love to look at them, put them in your mouth and stare at them. You also are starting to play with toys! You love the toys on your playmat, your red ball, your links and your puppy lovey and you hold onto them and check them out. You have started giggling and it's the cutest thing ever! You still smile all the time. You are becoming a mama's boy and I secretly love it! You love Daddy too, but you look for me and watch me if someone else holds you. You also love to smile in the mirror when you're taking your bath or when I hold you up in the mirror to brush your hair. You are just too cute!

We took you to see the Easter bunny and you did so well! You sat in a little basket next to him and smiled for the camera. You also went to your first golf tournament. You did great until the end when we had to rush you out when you started to cry. No worries, your mommy did the same thing when she was a baby and went to a golf tournament! You looked so cute in your golf outfit. You also went to a mommy and me movie with our playgroup and it was a lot of fun. You did great and seemed to like being in the movie theater. You helped me celebrate my birthday on March 25th and I dressed you up in the cutest bubble and we went out to dinner at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. It was the best birthday getting to celebrate with you!


Likes: smiling, singing, baths, riding in the car, your playmat, your toys, getting undressed, rolling

Dislikes: clothes going over your head, getting stuck on your tummy, nap time

Milestones: first night in the crib at 3 months, giggling at 13 weeks, rolling over consistently from back to tummy at 15 weeks


Monthly stats -
Height: 27 inches (97th percentile)
Weight: 16 pounds 10 ounces (90th percentile)
Diaper: Size 2
Clothes: 3-6 month clothes and onesies, 6 month pajamas
Nicknames: Rowan boy, big boy, little bug, buggie


You are too cute mister Rowan and we love you so much! We can't wait to see what next month brings. We are so thankful for you and the joy you bring us!

Three months!

Dear Rowan,

You are now three months old! Since there was not a February 29th this year, we celebrated on March 1st. What a fun month we've had! You have grown into an infant right before our eyes. That's right - you're no longer a newborn now. It's amazing to see the progress you've made. You are such a sweet, adorable boy and it's so fun to see glimpses of your personality shine through. I am so thankful for you and love you to the moon and back! 

You are incredibly easygoing. We can take you anywhere and you are a perfect angel! We go to story time and all sorts of other adventures with our playgroup and have the best time. You continue to smile all the time and still love to talk and coo and have conversations with us. It is too cute! My favorite is when I'm busy helping you in some way, like putting you in the carseat, and I'll look at you and you're just giving me the biggest spontaneous grin. 

You have excellent upper body strength and have no problem holding your head up. You even do sit-ups in your carseat and pull yourself up. You love to sit up in our laps so you can look out at the world! You started rolling onto your side from your back just after you turned two months old. Once you roll onto your side you try to throw yourself the rest of the way over, but you're not quite there yet. Soon! You can bear weight on your legs as well. You have started to drool a lot! You absolutely love your hands now and you hold them together and look at them and put them in your mouth. You also love to bat at the toys on your play mat and grab onto them. 

You slept through the night four times earlier in the month going 7, 8 or 9 hours, but you usually wake up at least once during the night to eat. During the last half of the month you started waking up multiple times during the night when you were going through the 12-week growth spurt. We're getting back on track now!

It was a very exciting month and you went on your first vacations. You traveled to Bonita Springs on Feb. 8-10 with daddy and I and his family for a work trip. Then, you traveled to Jekyll Island on Feb. 16-18 with me, daddy and GiGi and Pop Pop to celebrate our anniversary a little early. It was so fun! You got to see the church we were married in, and even went with us to have dinner at our reception site. It was cold and we had to bundle you up! You also celebrated our anniversary with us on the actual date (February 25th) and it was such a blessing to have you with us to celebrate.


Likes: Your hands, the play mat, singing, bath time, car rides, sitting up

Dislikes: Being swaddled, getting out of the bath, naps in your crib

Milestones: Slept through the night 9:30-6:30 on January 30; Rolled from back to side on February 5; First vacations to Bonita Springs and Jekyll Island



Monthly stats — (my own guesses since we don't have an appointment until 4 months)
Height: 25 1/2
Weight: 15 or 16 pounds
Diaper size: Size 1 and 2 (switched to 2 at the end of the month)
Clothes: 3 month clothes, onesies and pajamas, some 3-6
Nicknames: Baby bug, big boy, Rowan boy


You are the most precious, happy boy and I love you so much! You bring so much joy to me every day and I couldn't ask for a better baby, sweet boy!