Oscar Stew

That’s what’s goin’ on at our place right now…

I can tell you what’s not going on right now: sleep, laundry and dishes. Brinley’s refusing to eat anything except popcorn and PediaSure, aka “sick milk.” And Rowan is feeling neglected.

When I ask Brinley what I could do to make her feel better, she had one request: Barney. I don’t like to use such strong words, but I hate that purple dinosaur. Hate him.  Thanks Mom! But how can I deny a feverish, pink-puffy faced little girl her one request? I dug through the depths of our DVD collection and located our Barney DVD. Luckily enough for me she fell asleep 15 minutes into the DVD. Saved!

Rowan had her 6 month check up to ensure that she is still growing like a weed. She is growing, but like a small weed, that’s all. Who doesn’t want to enjoy über-baby-cuteness longer? She weighed in at 13lbs and 9oz, which is 5% for her almost 7 month old self. Well, the doctor says Ro-dog is off her curve (Huh? She’s got lots of curves!) and that we should be stepping up the progress that she should be making.

Here Rowan is demonstrating why she has no interest in crawling. All of her toys are hand delivered! Who needs to crawl or walk when you get service like this?!

See, she can sit up in the sink or bath all by herself. Where’s the problem?

We’ve been trying to introduce solids, but she wasn’t interested until recently. Her diapers will never be the same…sniff. Whew!

Caution: Foreign contaminant!

Analyzing…

What is this stuff?

Hmmm…I’ll give you my opinion later. Perhaps in solid form.

Here she clearly demonstrates her rapidly developing pincher grasp. More like “it-just-stuck-to-my-drooly-finger-so-I-got-it” grasp.

She isn’t a big fan of Gerber Puffs (yet). What was Santa thinking?

Little miss distracted… Are you taking pictures of the back of my head? Cuz this is my better side.

Oh I get it. Watching Daddy open his huge trap while trying to feed me is heeee-larious.

Daddy can’t seem to feed me fast enough. Plus I need to show off my wicked awesome flexibility again.

Feeding Rowan has proven to be quite the challenge. Surveillance is her greatest talent. Make sure to feed her in a box, or otherwise she will pay more attention to what is going on in every other room of the house!

We would like to introduce the newest member of the Oscar Stew family. This is our new watermark. Drawn by Brinley with a little bit of help and direction. We’re grateful for those we know sharing in the fun & flops we’ve had, but we have a growing concern about all of you unknowns out there. We get a lot of visits from places where we don’t know anyone, not to mention all those hiding behind Google Reader. We want to make sure our pictures and life experiences don’t end up in the wrong hands. At the same time we don’t really like the thought of making Oscar Stew a private blog. Not that a fierce drawing of a blood-sucking vampire guinea pig will stop anyone, but you get the idea. Thanks for stopping by!