Recent photos of Rowan

Here are some new photos of Rowan. She is eating soup here.
This is a picture of us "giraffes" at the Milwaukee Zoo.
The "giraffes" needed hats because it was cold outside.

Rowan is showing off one of her trial diapers. Bumkins All in One.
Dr. Seuss pattern - One Fish, Two Fish

Bumkins cover over a standard prefold.
Dr. Seuss pattern - One Fish, Two Fish

Monkey Doodlez All in One Diaper

Birth Slideshow

Here is a link to a neat birth slide show. It is not graphic, but you will see a lady in a bra.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=341D4EA36BA4AF87

Happy New Year!

It is now the year 2007, and along with a new year we bring new life! Here is how it started....
Andy and I found out that we were pregnant around December 20th and decided to tell our families when we got together for celebrating Christmas. We stayed with Andy's family in Green Bay on the weekend of Christmas Eve and visited with his mother's family on Christmas Day. Then we visited with Janea's family on the weekend of New Years Eve which happened to be when we opened Christmas presents with them. Both weekends were fairly busy and Rowan slept great 50% of the time.
So far Janea has only felt fatigue and no morning sickness. We are crossing our fingers that it will stay that way. Now that we are back home and not traveling quite as much, we can spend more time cleaning and setting up interviews for health care providers. Looks like we may not use the same folks as last time. It is still very early, so no decisions have been made as of yet. Our final deadline will be around Labor Day 2007, when baby will be ready to join us. Hopefully, we will have something accomplished before then!

Rowan is still doing great. She has been a walker since she was 10 mo old (she's now about 14 mo). She is currently working on running and climbing furniture. She has 6 teeth - four on top and 2 on bottom - and she seems to be constantly teething. She hasn't had an official word yet, and we hope that she will start that soon. As far as personality goes, she may end up being like her mother. She wants to do things in her own particular way and if you deviate from her plan, she will get very upset with you. She also seems to want to do things just like the grown-ups. I am sure that she will be a great sister.
The weather in Watertown has been exceptionally mild. In fact, I may go out for a stroll with Rowan as it is 44 degrees this morning. I thought this was winter! What happened to winter?
Hope you are all doing well and keeping in good spirits (or at least drinking good spirits)!
Andy and Janea