December Fun

We have been having a lot of fun this December! The pictures above show Zoo Lights at the Phoenix Zoo. Rowan loved it! He rode on his first carousel ride, the lion of course, and LOVED it. It was a beautiful night and the Christmas lights were so pretty. Theo thought Rowan looked like an old man in his sweater and shirt (sans pants) and gave him the coffee cup to hold for the picture. Later, we went to Bass Pro Shop to get a free picture with Santa. That store is like an amusement park in itself and we had a blast looking at the fish, bears, fox, raccoons, moose, skunks, etc...scattered throughout the store. The line for Santa was super long, but they gave us a card to come back at 5:30, 2 hours later, and we could go to the front of the line. We did make the trip back and Rowan screamed as we sat him on santas lap. You could not take your own picture, but rather they took a pictures for you and printed it on the spot. It will go in the baby book and hopefully Rowan will get a chuckle out of it someday.
Rowan is doing great. Walking and talking/babbling a lot. He keeps me on my toes and I am usually ready for bed when I put him down at night. He has pretty much dropped his morning nap as of this week and I am looking forward to getting out of the house in the mornings. He loves to cook with his little cooking set, tries to tie his shoelaces and put on socks, waters plants with water can, and feeds Ramsey. He loves to help! He has finally started to feed himself with a spoon and is pretty good at it....freedom (for me!!). This morning he surprised me...he patted my belly and said "baby".....is it possible he gets what is going on?????