Saturday, November 30, 2013

Rowan's First Sleepover

I am absolutely in LOVE with my niece. I would sell my soul to the devil for that sweet child. I think my brother is the only person who loves her more than me, which leads him to be a bit overprotective to say the least. I jokingly asked him at Thanksgiving if she could spend the night knowing he would say "No way". I was shocked when he actually agreed. After checking with Sabrina, we asked Rowan if she wanted to spend the night. It made my heart so happy when she exclaimed "YES!!".

In the midst of excitement, I told her we could paint our nails, play with makeup, make crafts and stay up ALL night. A few hours later I was exhausted, and couldn't believe I said ALL night.

Shane and I had a blast playing with her and laughing at her funny stories. She loves playing pretend, and she has such an incredible imagination. She called our dogs her babies and covered them with blankets and pillows. She said she is scared of ghostis (<-- spelled phonetically). She spells her name R-O-W-N-A, but looks so proud after reciting the letters that its hard to explain she was wrong. She is the tallest 3 year old I've ever seen, and she has the appetite of a teenage boy!

Some funny conversations:

Celeste: "Ro Ro, when the movie is over we are going to go to bed"
Rowan: "But you said we could stay up all night!"
Celeste" (crap... I did say that) "Well the night is almost over and then it is bed time." (fingers crossed she doesn't understand the lack of logic)
Rowan: "Oh... ok!"
Whew... that was a close one!

Rowan: Shane, come help me hide under the bed. I can't fit.
After Shane helped her squeeze under our bed, she said, "Ok... now go count"

If Shane or I got close to finding her during hide and seek, she would come out of her spot and say she had to go to the bathroom and call a timeout. Haha.. so sneaky.

While jumping on Shane at 8:30 a.m. to try and wake him up...
Rowan: Please please puh-leeease wake up and play with me
Shane: I will play with you at 12:00!
Rowan: No!! 1:00!
Shane: (laughing hysterically) Ok... fine!
***It is so cute that in her brain 1 is smaller than 12, so it must be sooner***

When passing BodyPlex where Sabrina is a trainer
Rowan: "That is where Mama classes"

She picked silver and red sparkly nail polish that "even sparkles in the dark"

As always, she picked off all of the polish within one hour even after promising she wouldn't.

We cuddled and watched Rio and "Turtles" 


We made silly faces

and gave sweet kisses

Shane made the first fire of the year

And played the "tummy game" with Rowan. She loved watching him poke his stomach out far. 

After the movie and some snacks, she picked which bedroom she wanted to spend the night in. I was surprised when she picked the only one downstairs because it is furthest from our room. I showed her how to get to our bedroom from the room she picked out and showed her how the motion sensor night light would come on as she walked by. I expected her to come in our room at some point in the night, but she slept from 9:30 p.m. - 7:30 a.m.! Shane heard her knock on the door in the morning, and he let her in/ She crawled in bed and cuddled with me for 30 minutes before she was ready to get up and play makeup. 

This is her showing off her makeup

And grinning from ear to ear

She wanted ice cream for breakfast


She loved cuddling with "her babies" on the floor

And she invited Shane to do everything she did. (She pretty much insisted he do whatever she wanted)

She played pretend with a cookie cutter and sweet Polly let her harass her all morning. 

We made a hand print ornament for her parents

And played on the playground 


Shane was so good at showing her how to climb all around




After stopping at the gas station to stock up on candy for the ride home, she passed out!

We really enjoyed spending time with Rowan. It is so fun to watch her learn and grow. It was sweet to have a small taste of parenthood. We certainly still enjoy giving kids back to their parents. 

XoXo, 
Aunt C and Uncle Shane 





One Year Wedding Anniversary

I haven't had a chance to blog about our wedding anniversary, which is pretty sad seeing as though it was 2 months ago. I seldom want to be on our home computer because I associate computers with work, and let's face it... I work more than enough.

We are currently lounging on the couch watching football in the midst of decorating the house for Christmas. I figure while Shane is watching two games at once on split view that I could catch up on some blogging.

On the Friday of our anniversary weekend, I gave Shane his present. Tradition say that paper is the appropriate gift for the first year, so I folded a piece of paper into an airplane and explained to him that we would be taking a private plane to see Athens (where we met and got engaged) from a bird's eye view. Athens will always have such a special place in my heart, and it was cool to see it from a different point of view.

We woke up Saturday morning and headed to the Gwinnett County airport. After our flight over Athens, we headed back home and hung out for a little bit before heading to Mazzy's, a local sports bar near our house. We enjoyed watching the UGA v. LSU game and drinking and eating yummy greasy food. It was so fun to just hang out!

Sunday we were planning to go to the Skyview ferris wheel in Atlanta because it is on my bucketlist to kiss at the top of a ferris wheel. When Shane realized that the state fair was still in town, he decided to take me their instead so I could cross two things off my list. Go to the fair, and kiss on a ferris wheel. I had never been to the fair before... I know that sounds crazy, but my mom always said it was too dirty! Bless her heart!

The fair was certainly a new experience. I love people watching, and I have never seen quite so many unique people in one place. We rode the cable cars to the far end of the fairgrounds and worked our way back towards the car. We rode several rides, but Shane is scared of heights, so the choices were a bit limited. When we were riding the ferris wheel, Shane kept telling me to sit still so the bucket wouldn't sway. Poor thing...

After the fair, we went home to get ready for dinner. We went to Veni Vidi Vici in Midtown. The food wasn't nearly as good as the Italian restaurant we went to for my 25th birthday, but we had a great time. After dinner, We opened a bottle of champagne and watched our wedding DVD. Shane surprised me with the top tier of our wedding cake, which I didn't know his mother kept at her house for the entire year. What a sweet surprise.










Munca sent us a sweet card




Goofy


Bucket list scratch off

















They brought us a "Happy Birthday" dessert even though we said it was our anniversary