When we landed.....

When we landed at Detroit Metro, there was a big cheer

that rose up from the seats behind mine.

I was in seat 34B, it was a 757...

 Big Plane - 6 seats across.

It was a rough flight:

Turbulence,

Lightening,

Spilled drinks,

Bumping into your seat mates.

I was waiting for the oxygen masks to fall.

A cute young gentleman sat beside me.

I really did ask him this question.

"Are you the kind of young gentleman that

would save an old lady if the plane goes down?"

He said "Yes!"

I said, "Good to Know. Just checking."

Thankfully it didn't come to that.

Headbands, Headbands & More Headbands

Here's the link to the original post about learning how to make

the headbands and in that post is a link to the tutorial for

those that are interested.

Here are some of the headband creations I made for Rowyn.

These are for the Halloween & the Fall.

And a few more.  I think I ended up making almost two dozen before

the end of my trip.

Rowyn modeling one that was pink & red.
I'll post more pictures of Rowyn & Alise & their headbands
when I get the second half of my photos downloaded.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Don't know when I'll be back again.

Oh Babe, I hate to go........

I always hate to go..

Good bye! Ro Ro...



A Day with Rowyn

This is what Rowyn looks like in the morning.

She wakes up slowly and sometimes ornery, but that

is mostly from her nap.

Most mornings she wakes up happy, ready to

greet you with a "Hi!" and a smile or a yawn.

This particular morning we played in her room while

waiting for mommy to wake up and took a few pictures.

Meet Thumper, Rowyn's lovey and sleeping companion.

She also cuddles and drags her cow around as well.

This was taken after dinner, she still has green beans or squash

or something all over her face.  Daddy tied the puppy on

to the back of her walker and Rowyn kept looking

behind her to make sure he was still following along.

Yes, she's brushing her teeth, although she only has two,

Audra is getting her into the routine of brushing her teeth.

She's very cooperative (Ashley would be so jealous) and

also likes to take a turn herself.

If it was a real day with Rowyn there would be many more pictures of

her eating, getting changed, going for walks, chasing the dogs around etc.

It is really hard to take pictures, down load them on

Rick's computer, email them to my account and then put them

on Audra's desk top and then upload them to my blog.   Ugh! 

Such a process, but soon I'll be home with my old familiar system and

all my tools and I'll be able to cruise through this whole process

with half the aggravation.

My time here is winding down just a couple more days and

 I'll be flying home, sad but necessary.

I wonder how much if any work will be down on the bathroom in the hallway?

I told my husband to get cracking, that he'd have hours home alone

 to concentrate without us girls in the way.

Do you want to speculate on whether he's accomplished anything or not, leave

a comment and I let you know when I get home on Thursday evening.

Rowyn & Friends

There are many nice little parks around the base.

Most of them are covered so the kids are not in the

direct sun.  Still it is so hot, you don't see many

people utilizing them.

Lydia turned a year old right before Rowyn.

Alise is 18 months, but tiny for her age, so she's not much bigger than the other two girls.

Rowyn is very talkative, reminds me of her Aunt Meghan at that age.

She says, Hi! dog, doggie, cat, hehe, tickle-tickle, duck, and

of course, Mama & Daddy.

She loves to walk & run with her push cart, behind her walker and

anything else with wheels.

Rowyn is just like her Mommy, she gets crabby when she's

hungry and boy does she love to eat.

One day she ate half a can of chili beans (apparently

they were the gassless variety- because they didn't give her the toots).

She plays by herself with her toys for long periods of time.

When I tapped on the book, she tapped too.

When I banged two sets of plastic beads together, she did the

same with her beads.  She loves to imitate.

Number 6

This is number 6 - That's how Audra's pregnancy was announced to me via

cell phone.  Ready for Number 6? and a picture of two pregnancy tests that

were definitely positive.

Rowyn Gracie Jane Roberts.

Number 1, 2, & 7 live in Maine.

Number 3 & 4 live in North Carolina

Number 5 in Michigan

Right now I'm happy to be vacationing in New Mexico and interacting with

number 6 every day.

Getting to know the older and more mobile little one becoming a toddler.

I shared on face book how well she can toss a ball back and forth for her age;

that however did not prepare me for what happened on the way

to Las Cruces yesterday.

Audra was babysitting for a friend's 18 month old daughter and

they started playing catch while riding in the car in their car seats.

It was hilarious to see them. Alise is tiny so they are practically the

same size and although I did have to retrieve it a couple times, they

really did well at tossing it sideways, back n forth to each other.

We went to Walmart while we were out and bought Rowyn

some birthday toys.  She loves the Mega blocks and could

take them apart as I made them.  Within a half hour she put her first

two blocks together herself.  Hurrah!

We also stopped at Hobby Lobby to get more button for her new

headbands.  I'll post pictures of them soon.

Today we are going to go swimming, so that should be great fun.

Yesterday, we took the two babies to the park and met a third friend.

Rowyn however was feeling a bit down from her shots the day before

and wasn't her usual happy camper.  She was very quiet and did not

like the slide.  The swings were okay, but they were in the full sun, so had to keep

the time on them short.

More Ro

Gramie's camera has been busy taking tons of pictures.

Isn't she just the cutiest little thing.

She's in the 50th percentile for height and weight.

Rowyn - 1 year old

Playing in her ball pit

Cutie Patootie