Ah Man!

You new phrase these days is "Ahh Man!" It is so funny. I think you got it from Dora the Explorer. Your main phrase before that was "I don't know." You said that one a lot!
New this week - you have a black eye. You got it from falling off a chair at a restaurant with your Daddy. Looks pretty bad but you are tough!
One of our cats died this week. Little Deedee. I am not sure how much you understand about where she is but surprisingly you were looking at a picture of a bird with his head nestled down into his chest and you told me the bird is dying. Just matter of factly. Crazy how you already have some sense of that. We visited with Aunt Cindy and Aunt Karen quite a bit this week. I think you enjoyed hanging out with the ladies! So funny!
We had a fun Halloween. You were a fireman. We went over to Steph's house for their annual party, so you got to trick or treat with a bunch of kids. It was so cute how you were trying to keep up with all of them. And you were scared of the spooky decorations, but you kept going up to the doors and politely saying "Happy Halloween!"

We also celebrated Daddy's 34th birthday and you helped me make a spider cake. You love to celebrate birthdays!

My Little Cowboy

Look what Grandma Jester brought you back from Colorado. You love hats! 

Summer Time

Wow - time is flying by fast. The summer is almost over. We have been busy. We went to the beach for our annual 4th of July trip, have spent many days at Aunt Vickey's pool, and have had many playdates. Here are some pictures from our summer so far :

Oh My!

Wow! I am way behind on keeping everyone up to date with your adventures and activites Rogan! We have done so much over the last 4 months it is hard to know where to even begin, but here we go....

Your birthday, March 4th, 2010. You turned 2 or as you like to say "dos." Your birthday was so much fun. We had it at the Children's Museum and a lot of your pals from day care came.






For your birthday Pop Pop and Grandma got you a jungle gym and Dad and Pop Pop spent the last 3 weekends putting it together for you.

We drove to Delaware to visit some of Zack's college buddies for an engagment party. We stayed at Aunt Cindy's house and that is when you learned how to get out of a pack N' play. I didn't get much sleep that weekend, plus you were battling strep throat and general ickiness. Also- Uncle Guido taught you how to stick your thumb up and say "what's up dude!" You thought that was pretty funny.

So from April/May/June - you moved from the blue room to the green room, which was such a hard transition for you. It broke my heart! I think you were kind of sick during that transition which made it that much harder, but like the little trooper you are you adapted pretty qiuckly! We also moved you to a toddler bed during that same time period (maybe not the brightest idea, but you were close to falling out of the crib quite a few times). At first you did not like this change, but now you love your bed.

We are taking swimming lessons right now, which you love. Although, you are not very interested in following directions along with the rest of the class. You prefer to jump off the edge! You are amazingly fearless in the pool. I love it but it scares me a bit. I have to fight to hold onto you sometimes because you just want to do everything on your own. You'll even crack yourself up when you fall and go under water. I have to grab to pull you up but you come up laughing.



What else did we do, we had a few playdates with William, went to Beckett's birthday party, swam at Aunt Vicky's pool a number of times, you have also slept over at the grandparents house 3-4 times in May and June. It is way harder for me then you. You actually do not mind at all or really feel that you need me when you are with Grandma and Pop Pop - which is great! Mama is learning she can get more things done and have some mama time during those infrequent moments.

And right now, you are helping me with our two foster kittens. They make you giggle. You help me hold the bottle and you bring your toys over for them to play with. You are a very sweet boy! You put your head down on the ground and look into their little faces and say Hi!

Your most popular phrase right now is: "I don't know." Your sentences are getting longer and more complicated. I am amazed when you use I, you, the, are, and is correctly. Your verbs and pronouns are right on!

We have company coming this week...just to see you. Mama G and Papa G are driving in from Ohio. I can't wait for them to see you. My mom will be amazed. She adores you and I only wish you could spend more time with them.

Happy Birthday Mama G

Opening a birthday gift

Thank you Maloneys!

Please ignore Zack's beard in the background. It's a work thing!

Oldies but goodies

February

Man, I haven't posted anything in so long. My camera has been on the fritz, so I haven't been taking nearly as many pictures as I normally do. Luckily, my mom, or as you know her, Grandma G, is coming tomorrow with her camera in tow. I will have to make up for all the lost pictures now.
So to catch you up on all things Rogan this month...let's see. It has been a snowy month. Your Uncle Jake in the DC area got about 30 inches! Amazing! The snow is finally starting to melt now. Spring is just around the corner and I can't wait.
School is going good for you. You are learning your colors and shapes. You have circle down! You tend to call everything blue, but sometimes you recognize something as purple or red. At day care they said you like to stack your legos by color. I know toddlers tend to like to make order out of things but your the only one that stacks them by color at this point.
This week you have had some separation anxiety -I think. Or maybe your teething our just trying to put your foot down, but you want mommy to hold you a lot. You have had a hard time letting me leave you at day care without protesting. My poor little guy! We will get through this and you will see mom and dad always come back for you.
You are all about your apple juice and talk about it often. This morning I was thinking that it is probably really comforting knowing you can control your apple juice intake. If you ask for it we give it to you. Pretty simple and you can always count on it.
You are getting big and your birthday is around the corner. We have a fun party in the works for you at the children's museum.
Grandma G is coming tomorrow so lucky you - we get to go to the airport and see planes up close. We will have lots of fun with her.
I love you boo so so much!

Snow! Snow! Snow!

We got like 14 inches of snow this past weekend and we are suppose to get another foot this weekend. We took you sledding around the block and spent a very short time at Forest Hill Park. We went down the hill 3 times and then you decided you had enough. The snow suit makes it so hard to do anything!

Sick Day!

Today you stayed with Grandma and Aunt Vicky or as you call her, Icky. I dropped you off this morning at Aunt Vicky's house. Vicky just had foot surgery so she was stuck in bed. Apparently, you had a great, restful day. You sat in bed between Grandma and Aunt Vicky for 3 hours - snacking and watching movies. Sounds like a good day to me!

Happy New Year!

It has been a long long time. I confess...I took a little vacation and just enjoyed your company all the way through. This was the first year that I really had a Christmas vacation in about 8 years. We were planning on driving to Ohio to visit Mama and Papa G, but with snow and Dad's work - well it didn't happen. We will have to visit them in the Spring.
It snowed about 12 inches here on December 18th. It was beautiful, but unfortunately, you didn't like it that much. You couldn't walk in it and our make-shift sled didn't slide so easily. Luckily you were content to play in the car while I spent a good 30 minutes cleaning it off.
I was off from work for 2 weeks and you stayed home with me the whole time - well except for one night when you slept over at the grandparents. I can't tell you how much fun I had with you. Overall, we were pretty lazy and stuck in the house, but I felt like I really got to know you. I finally had time just to sit back and watch you. I am giving myself all the credit for this, but it probably had more to do with timing - you are starting to talk more and more. Your words are getting more clear by the day.
So our days were spent with running errands, baking, visiting family, watching movies, snacking constantly, taking naps, reading, and playing. We spent the night at the grandparents Christmas eve. Dad and I slept in his childhood bunk bed, while you slept next to us in your pack n' play. Unfortunately for me you didn't sleep very well. We got up at 3:30ish and went out and looked at the tree for a little while and then you were officially up around 6amish. Too too early for me, but you were up and ready to help grandma make sticky buns for breakfast.

Christmas day was fun. You got so many presents. It took us most of the day to get to them all.

Christmas has officially been sealed into your head as a really good thing. You understand Santa has something to do with it and you unwrap presents, eat lots of food, and get new toys. What could be better.