Introducing

He's made it.

Stage 4 foods

Finally, I get some real food.

The 'Hawk

This past monday we went to a quiltathon for humanitarian aid at our friends the Tates. The hawk gave me some magical quilting powers and also some other powers that are not suitable for public blogging. It was a good night and we were able to finish five quilts. It might be a small number but I feel that five people in some other corner of the world will be happy. About 40 people showed up and we had a great time.

Here are some of the "other" magical powers that the Hawk brought on display. Even Celeste is amazed at the power of the Hawk.

Vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On thursday morning we started off our vacation with some donuts (video to follow later). We had to cut Rowdy off at #4. Celeste says he was born without an off button.After the donut cleanup we drove down to Sea World and...

kissed a sea lion...
petted piranas...

and even tried to get a penguin home in Rowdy's backpack.

Easy does it

Momentous Mothers day

What does any fairly new mother really want for Mother's day?
A nap.

Well my mother's day wish was granted mostly out of pitty :) Cody and I came down with either a 24 hour bug or food poisoning from our hot date the night before, at which we discovered Cody needs a new magnetic strip on the back of his bank card. Luckily we were spending the night at my parent's house so they played with Rowdy and nursed us back to health. (Thanks Dad for the amazing breakfast)(and the gingerale). Anyway while I was sleeping....

Rowdy chows down on his first steak with Yaya.

Work that tooth buddy!
My Dad made some great food on Mother's day.
and our family nap caused my poor Mom to go to the 2nd ward all by herself.

We ended up going to the Northpark ward a little later with my Dad to hear Nan speak.
She gave a Great talk,
then...

Rowdy got his first haircut from Nan!

What a memorable weekend. We have been truly blessed with such great amazing and talented mothers (and families). Thanks for all of the love and support. We salute you and we smooch you.

Foamer Festival

Cody's work put on a family day this Saturday. It was really fun. It was at the railroad museum in Perris. It was not what I expected. I expected a dirty dusty old train yard, but it was a so cute vintage depot and park, with lots of green grass, trees and flowers, and an in-n-out truck! :) There were lots of cool old train cars they were giving rides in too. We met up with Letti and her kids there. It was fun to see them do all the cool jumpers ( jealous! ) and get their faces painted (actually Rowdy and I participated in the face painting with some lighting bolts on our cheeks). It was just really nice to be with Cody AND Rowdy. They have had different sleeping schedules lately. And for anyone who was not aware I, Celeste Bowler, am a foamer. and for anyone who is not aware of the definition of foamer ... I love trains (and the man who drives them).

Seagull

This guy is always looking for a handout

Sing it!

"He had one tooth inside of his mouth"

"None goin' North and One point'n South"

"Rowdilito Bowzalito Chewa Lotta stuffa wiffa myah bigga toofa was his name OH! "



p.s. Kaidee, 5, took the pics of Rowdy sitting up! Following right in her mothers footsteps of being a fabulous photographer

We had some Rowdy company last week!

Great Aunt Geralee (aka GAG) came to visit from Idaho, so my mom and Dad came from the IE to say hi too. We had a nice time. and if anyone needs help with metrolink "Gergalee" now knows it like the back of her hand! :)

Our cousins Casey and Megan came over.

We had a great slumber party! Then they went to Disneyland the next morning!
(come again soon)

Then what to our wondering eyes should appear? but a cute little girl with dimples up to her ear! Armanie, Locke and Katie's little girl who is 4 months old, came down with Katie on Thursday and we also had a lovely time.

So Thanks to all our Rowdy visitors! Mwa!

Teacups!

Why go to Disneyland for the teacups when you can ride them at Nan's house?

Rowdy's first climb and his sherpa Degan

Good Eater

Rowdy definitely gets his taste buds from Mom. He will eat anything! and a lot of it! Although this is sort of a problem at this young age, especially around dirt, we are very thankful for this quality he posesses .
However he does not have an off button, so in a few years we are fully expecting to be eaten out of house and home!

Week in Review

-My mom's birthday on Sunday. Go 49ers!!!! I am not going to lie I had a great time duct taping that gift bag


-I took Rowdy for a swim and he was so relaxed he fell asleep in the pool! I just layed him down when we got inside and he slept for an hour.




- We finally had a day off together and went to go feed the ducks at a park near our house. Rowdy was mezmerized! We were also musing as to where the ducks would fly to, then this morning we saw one was in our pool! It was sooo cute!



-We stopped by our local State Farm Agent's office (our good friend Tobie) and he gave Rowdy his first Lolipop.



-I needed a little time to work on some graphic design stuff so I sent the boys out. Rowdy came home in big boy unders due to his blowout at Target, with an orange shirt that says I get my muscles from my dad, and a big ole' dancing pickup truck that sings cotton eye joe! I was cracking up.


Monica gave us tickets for the Long Beach Grand Prix. Rowdy actually liked the earplugs more than hearing his Dad and I trying to get his attention.
A Rowdy size car at the LBGP
Cody trying to think of how to convince the showroom man to let he and Rowdy have a seat since Rowdy matched the lamborgini.

Swamp Thing

My parents took a swamp ride and got a great picture of the wild and ferocious Rowd-igator!

El Templo

Fuimos al templo el otro dia y ahora Syd es parte de nuestra familia eterna. Ella puede morir y esta bien porque estamos sellados. No queremos que muere. Que fabulosa es saber que podemos ser familia para siempre.

The Cheerio Jar

At first I blamed Celeste for the declining cheerio level, but Rowdy stole the cheerios from the cheerio jar. And when he does he likes to drop them around the house for later.

The Beach Bum

We went to Seal Beach yesterday and the tide was way out so we let Rowdy crawl around in the wet sand. He loved everything about it until some water made it up to him. The taste was his favorite part.

Blog vision

I purposely took a break from posting stuff this week, because I felt like I was getting addicted!! Instead of enjoying precious little moments like watching Rowdy stick his face in the sand or start learning to wave, I would instantly think ohhh! I can put this and this and this on the blog! That happens to me sometimes with a camera too. instead of seeing the world like I was made to I start seeing everything in rectangles... that would make a great shot ohh... I like that composition. And then sometimes the pictures take over my memories and all I remember of an occasion is what I took pictures of. Anyway I have had some healthy time away and actually started writing more in my journal. But... wait till you see this past week in pictures!!! :)

Grand Slam Home Run!

I saw my first Grand Slam home run today! I wish it had been more exhilarating! I was so distracted by these sooo stinkin' cute cousins I didn't realize the bases were loaded! I did see the hit though. Mr. Mike Napoli hit right over the fence near the waterfall. It was beautiful.

Anyway obviously we made it to an Angels game. It was this afternoon and we thought, "sweet an afternoon game it won't be that crowded." Wrong! Don't people have work or something else they need to be doing? like designing a website (Celeste) or finishing the laundry? (Celeste) or... jk It was a fun day. Especially fun too that we got to see Kodi Lyn and Degan! and hang out with our family, and watch Tiffany cringe when Big Cody bought little Kodi a big ole' hunk a cotton candy!

p.s. the Angels won the Indians 9 - ?... who cares they won!