Rogan is Nine Months!!!

Monday, November 16, 2009 Rogan is nine months! I can't believe how time has flown! He is such a big boy. He has decided he is done with that baby food. He only wants to eat what we are eating. He loves strawberries, blueberries, bananas, pasta, carrots and peas etc. He will only eat his baby cereal when I mix it with his YoBaby yogurt. He loves all the little graduates finger foods by Gerber! Anything he can feed himself and to see him eat cottage cheese is a site!

Marc is off this week so we are enjoying all sorts of fun activities. We were going to take a trip to Tennessee but decided against it with Rogan. We took Grayson on his first trip when he was almost 1. It worked out great b/c we turned his car seat around for the trip. It was our Saving Grace! Rogan will be 1 in February so in May, we are taking a trip to Disney for Rogan's first vacation.

Yesterday, we went to Build a Bear. It was Rogan's first time. Grayson wanted to get the Frosty the Snow Man. Grayson's Snow Man plays the song 'Frosty the Snow Man' and when you pull open his hat, he makes magic sounds! Grayson showed Rogan how to stuff the bear, clean the bear and name him. It was the cutest thing ever.....when I pulled Rogan's Moose out of the bin, he grabbed it and laid his head on it and gave it a big hug. He loved that moose from the moment he laid his baby eyes on it! We named him 'Jingle Moose'. His antlers light up and he sings 'Jingle Bell Rock'! After our trip and excitement at Build a Bear, we stopped of to visit Santa! WoW!!!!

Santa flew in on his reindeer at the mall to visit. Grayson told Santa what he wanted for Christmas and then Santa gave him a candy cane. Rogan went right to Santa. I was shocked! He smiled at him and even sat through all the pictures. I think big brother Grayson, made it seem like a good thing to do. Rogan always wants to do what Grayson is doing. Grayson's first year seeing Santa was very dramatic. He was terrified of the 'Big Man in the Red Suit.' But our Rogan was all about Santa. Marc and I were so excited.

We are counting down the days until we can put up our tree! We can't wait. The day after Thanksgiving!! Yea! We have a big announcement... my friend Kriste just had her baby. His name is Henry. Now Grayson's friend Jack is a big brother too. I went to see Henry today and he is too cute! Congratulations to the Ortman Family! I was so emotional when I walked onto the maternity ward. We had both our boys at Riverview too. The sounds and smells and all the warm welcome made all the memories from our son's births come rushing back. I had to take a deep breath as not to cry. Maybe another baby....who knows!