Rowan Allen

Where do I even start with Rowan. He is such an amazing little boy, full of energy and life.

He is getting older everyday, and it is killing me. He turned 2 on December 13th, and it is crazy how fast the year went by. It is fun to look back and see just how much he has grown. His strong personality makes it easy to love him. Everything is new and exciting, and he constantly learning new things.

Rowan is the best big brother. He loves to help me with Toby. When Toby cries, I can expect Rowan to find me and tell me, "Brother sad." He is so aware of his little brother. Sharing has never been a problem, and sometimes I wonder where he learned to be so sweet. I can just ask him to share with Toby and he does not think twice.

His favorite toys right now are his cars and his books. I think he got his love of reading from his dad because he can sit for ever it seems and look at his books. He is starting to read the books to us, and his stories are so cute. My favorite book to hear him read is The Three Little Pigs. When he gets to the "huff and puff" part he gets so animated. His love of cars I think also came from Trevor. He will line all 12 of them up on the coffee table and talked to them. My favorite is when he lines them and then says "I did it." That is the best. He will drive them and crash them. Toby is starting to take an interest in them too, and when the two start playing the cars end up all over the living room.

After Rowan's birthday, we decided that it was time for him to be sleep in a big boy bed. So we found a twin mattress, and for a couple weeks that was his bed. Just last week we got him a frame and the cutest bedspread from IKEA. He LOVES his new bed. For the first little bit every night he would tell Trev that he wanted to snuggle, and Trev would end up falling asleep in his bed. But the last couple of nights he just wants to go to bed by himself. He is growing up!!

His vocabulary is growing also. Everyday he comes up with new words, and surprises me with the things that he can talk about. He understands so much. Yesterday in the car I was telling my mom about how he had told Trevor that he didn't want to snuggle that night, and as soon as I took a breathe he started telling my mom the same thing. It was fun to hear him try to tell the same story.

The Jungle Book tops the list of favorite movies with Rowan. I'm pretty sure that he has it almost dedicated to memory. He knows when it is almost time for the elephants "hup 2...3....4", and the Bear Necessities. The video is from the first morning that he tried to sing the song...

This is just the beginning for the fun stories and experiences that we can look forward to from Rowan.