Oden got a new Spiderman big-boy bike for his birthday. He loves it, and is tearing up the neighborhood on it.
Check it:
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The Multiple Personalities of Shai
This first video demonstrates what not to do when being attacked by a Ninja. You can see that if I had been a real Ninja, Shai wouldn't have lasted long....
However, at times, Shai can be very chatty and vocal.... and I kind of think that this would have been a much better response to a Ninja attack.
What do you think?
However, at times, Shai can be very chatty and vocal.... and I kind of think that this would have been a much better response to a Ninja attack.
What do you think?
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Oden Turns 3 (three) !
Oden Allen Keovisat turned 3 yrs old this July 4th! Can you believe it?!? We had a wonderful day with all 3 grandma's. We started out with the traditional dad/son breakfast out (Oden had Alien Pancakes, again). Then we went to Crumbland Farms where Oden got to Moonbounce and go for a pony ride. We had yummy homemade egg rolls for lunch, and then celebrated with cake and ice cream!
Oden got lots of presents (seen in the pics), including books and Geo Trax. Later on, he got a big boy bike! Oden went for a spin around the block, and he loves his new bike.
Such a beautiful family photo!
Such a beautiful family photo!
Oden with Grandma Phousongphouang, Grandma Rowley, and Mathou. He had lots of love all week long.Friday, June 19, 2009
Shai Giggles for the First Time Today
Our baby boy Shai lights up with grins and giggles today after watching Oden and his friend Zach jump around the house. He's turning into a real little person and reacting to the world. We love it!!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Oden Earns His First Set of Wheels
Oden is now officially potty trained. Mommy got the idea to create a 'currency' for using the potty, and trading in said currency for things he wants. So Oden earns a 'potty shell' every time he used the toilet for #2, and when he saved up his first 5 shells, we went to Toys R'Us to get something he wanted. His first 5 shells were traded in for this new cool new scooter (Daddy sprung for the protective equipment at no cost to Oden). Oden took to the scooter pretty quickly....
as for the potty training; it is going very well. We began to use the potty shells as a negative reinforcement for wetting himself, and he started to lose a potty shell for when he didn't use the bathroom in time. That concept has worked great, and I don't think Oden has had an accident in at least a week..... all is swell in Rowley World!
as for the potty training; it is going very well. We began to use the potty shells as a negative reinforcement for wetting himself, and he started to lose a potty shell for when he didn't use the bathroom in time. That concept has worked great, and I don't think Oden has had an accident in at least a week..... all is swell in Rowley World!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Oden Playing with Shai
I hate traveling away from the kids when they are so young, as they change so much while you are gone. I just got back after 5 days gone, and see sooo many differences!
Shai has gone through several changes just over the last month. He is sleeping several hours at a time routinely (4-6 hrs at a shot), he has gotten to be very alert, enjoys pulling up into a sitting position (and even standing), and he loves Oden's attention. Just since I left last week, he can successfully is able to get his fist to his mouth, and last night slept for 8 hrs! While Oden changes much more slowly, he also had a couple of new 'things': 1) he rolls his eyes to demonstrate a "for goodness sakes" look, and 2) has an exaggerated expression when things are overly silly.... great stuff.
Here is a precious video of Oden playing with Shai. You might not be able to pick up on it, but Shai loves the attention. They are wonderful brothers.
we love our boys!
Shai has gone through several changes just over the last month. He is sleeping several hours at a time routinely (4-6 hrs at a shot), he has gotten to be very alert, enjoys pulling up into a sitting position (and even standing), and he loves Oden's attention. Just since I left last week, he can successfully is able to get his fist to his mouth, and last night slept for 8 hrs! While Oden changes much more slowly, he also had a couple of new 'things': 1) he rolls his eyes to demonstrate a "for goodness sakes" look, and 2) has an exaggerated expression when things are overly silly.... great stuff.
Here is a precious video of Oden playing with Shai. You might not be able to pick up on it, but Shai loves the attention. They are wonderful brothers.
we love our boys!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Newborn Photo Shoot
We recently had some photos taken of baby Shai and our family. Patricia was supposed to get some maternity photos taken, but with Shai's early arrival, it turned into a newborn photo shoot instead. The photographer, Lisa Handwerk, posted some of our photos at her blog.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Dr Oden Helps Fix Daddy's Thumb
Daddy spent a couple hours today in the ER, during prime relaxation hours and everything (during Oden's nap). Daddy lost about 5% of his left thumb due to a food preparation injury. But when Daddy got home from the hospital, Oden was awake and ready to operate!
Thank goodness he got the centipede out of my ear!
Thank goodness he got the centipede out of my ear!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Shai 6 week JR comparison
Friday, March 20, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
75F Today = Cunningham Falls Hike
Here we are at the trailhead- what a beautiful family:
Mamma and her boys:
Oden caught 4 or 5 salamanders during the hike. Here is one of them:
And then Oden let it go....
Oden was such a big boy, navigating the rocks and roots all by himself:
Mamma enjoying getting Shai out into nature:
Oden loved climbing on the rocks:
Daddy and Oden playing in the creek at the foot of the Falls
Who is the happiest woman in the world?
Daddy and his boy at the Falls:
Daddy and his boy at the Falls:
75F and the lake was still frozen. Definitely too cold for swimming...
And last, but not least, a video of Oden throwing rocks in the creek.
Shai is 1 Month Old!
We can't believe it has already been 4 weeks since Shai came into this world. Coincidentally, Shai's 4 week birthday was his actual due date. Shai started out very very different than Oden. Not only did he have lighter hair and not look a lick Asian, he also slept pretty well (sometimes > 22 hrs/day), didn't mind the car seat at all (Oden stressfully screamed his first 6 months), and prefers sleeping on his back (Oden was a tummy sleeper, and slept horribly on his back).
Shai has had lots of changes during these 4 weeks. Just the last couple days he has been awake and alert for ~ 4hrs/day. He has grown out of his newborn diapers, and tipped the scales at 9 lbs at the 1 month well baby visit (20.5" long). All of his stats from the well baby visit put him at the 25 percentile for 4 wk old babies - not bad for being 4 wks behind from the start! Shai is still waking up every 2-3 hrs to nurse at night, but he is getting close to 4hrs during the day sometimes. Shai's neck control is also getting pretty good (as you can see from the video below).
Oden is still smitten with his little brother, and shows him lots of love and affection. Oden was born to be a big brother, that's for sure.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Daddy's 37th Birthday
Well, I turned 37 this year while living in Frederick, MD (never ever thought i'd be living in Maryland!). We had a pretty subdued day, but it was wonderful none-the-less. It was one of those "Could life be any ore perfect than this?" kind of days with the kids- fo'shizzle. I got up and had a couple hours to myself thanks to Patricia and Gramma P taking care of the boys. Then we had the first outing with Shai (who is 3.5 weeks old already!) to the Mall to look for a new watch for Daddy for his birthday. I got some 1-on-1 QT with Oden at the grocery store, and we came home and made cupcakes for the celebration. Below is the Happy Birthday video.
We miss the family in Michigan and the joint Mother-Son brithday's at Grandma ONeal's house. But Maryland is really good, and we will be seeing Gramma Rowley in a few weeks for another birthday celebration.... enjoy the video!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thanks for the VDay Balloons, GMa Rowley
Oden is loving the balloons that he got for Valentine's Day from GMa Rowley. He loves them too much old....whatever that means.
Thank you GMa Rowley!
Thank you GMa Rowley!
Oden Dancing with Gma P
Once the Backyardagans came on, Oden made GMa P get up and dance with him..... so spoiled.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Oden and Shai Video - Oden loves his little brother
Maybe not that entertaining for non-family members, but very sweet. Oden is a great big brother already!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Oden likes the Bubblewrap
While Shai sleeps, Oden entertains himself (and Daddy) with the roll of bubble wrap that came with the new (used) iMac. This kid knows how to have fun...
Our Wonderful Life
Oden loves his little brother, even though he is always sleeping.
Shai has had a couple of alert sessions, but not too many yet : )
But he is still awful cute, eh?
Oden wants to hold him and give him lots of kisses!
Here, he is thinking of waking up.... but doesn't.
This is Shai's way of saying "Momma! I need milk!!!"
Our baby looks happy and content....
We were able to Oden to the park today too!
It was in the 60's....very nice.
He missed the park during the last cold spell.
Oden was running around and ...
chasing ducks all over!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The Birth of Shai Allen Phousongphouang Rowley
just photos for now, will follow with the story later on
Shai is born 4 weeks early - this is Mommy's first time to hold him. due to signs of respiratory distress, he went strait to the NICU, where he was considered a "Rock Star" patient.
Shai was put onto just 25% Oxygen (we breathe 21%, so not much), and he was able to come off after just 6 hours. However, we couldn't hold him - which sucked.
When we awoke the next morning, his face tubes were gone, but he still had the IV in his hand (poor thing). However, we got the go ahead to start feeding at 9:30 AM. He was doing great.
We finally got to hold him (needed the face tubes off), and Patricia cried (Dad may have too).
Dad got a cold at the wrong time (the day before!) and had to wear a mask in the NICU. We hope Shai won't come down with a cold when he comes home.
Later that day, we went to get Oden. Here we were clowning around in Mommy's room before heading to see Shai. Both mom and dad were pretty tired.
Oden first sees his little brother.
and is very excited....but he only gets to touch his toes!
First family photo!
Shai gets to go home the same day as Mommy! He was a great NICU patient. Look how small he looks in his infant car seat!
Here we are on the way out! Mommy and Shai are coming home!
When we awoke the next morning, his face tubes were gone, but he still had the IV in his hand (poor thing). However, we got the go ahead to start feeding at 9:30 AM. He was doing great.
We finally got to hold him (needed the face tubes off), and Patricia cried (Dad may have too). Dad got a cold at the wrong time (the day before!) and had to wear a mask in the NICU. We hope Shai won't come down with a cold when he comes home.
Later that day, we went to get Oden. Here we were clowning around in Mommy's room before heading to see Shai. Both mom and dad were pretty tired.
Baby Shai has a picture of Big Brother Oden in his crib, even in the NICU. Oden loved it.
Oden first sees his little brother.
and is very excited....but he only gets to touch his toes!
First family photo!
Shai gets to go home the same day as Mommy! He was a great NICU patient. Look how small he looks in his infant car seat!
Here we are on the way out! Mommy and Shai are coming home!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
It has been another great year in Rowley World. We are blessed with good health (good enough health anyway) and the happiness (net total) that comes with raising a toddler and being pregnant.
1) The Rowley family relocated from Ann Arbor, MI to Frederick, MD, mostly for Jon’s job (but partly to escape Michigan winters). We really love the new location, as there are abundant outdoor activities and wildlife to keep Oden happy. Frederick has a great downtown, and we are only 1 hour from DC or Baltimore. Please come visit!
2) Patricia and Jon celebrated the 5 year anniversary of the day they met on May 22, and their 4 year wedding anniversary on November 26. We are even more in love than when we got married – with Oden there is lots of extra love going around.
3) Oden turned two on July 4, and has made all the huge progressions that toddlers make from 1.5 to 2.5 years of age. He has gone from barely pronouncing 1 syllable words to complete sentences with decent grammar. His climbing and jumping skills have dramatically progressed as can be seen in his early to later videos throughout the year.
4) Patricia got knocked up again, and the family is expecting a new little boy in late February! We are positive he will be just as sweet, loving, and intelligent as his big brother.
5) Oden has established several new skills such as scaling walls to fixing furniture to putting puzzles together.
6)Oden says “please”, “thank you”, "your welcome", and "bless you" consistently and is a very loving child giving hugs and kisses without discretion.
7) Oden has the first part of potty training figured out (#1) and can go without a diaper (he asks for one when he ‘needs’ it).
8) Oden successfully graduated to a big boy bed in December of this year. He cutely calls “Momma! Time to get up!” and “Done sleeping now!” without getting out of bed when he is awake.
9) Patricia celebrated her last day of working for the EPA on Dec 15, and has officially made the transition to fulltime domestic goddess.
10) Jon got his dream job as Director of Cell Therapy R&D Lonza. He gets to help drive the technology development for large scale cell production that will be needed to bring stem cells and other living cell therapies to the masses.
1) The Rowley family relocated from Ann Arbor, MI to Frederick, MD, mostly for Jon’s job (but partly to escape Michigan winters). We really love the new location, as there are abundant outdoor activities and wildlife to keep Oden happy. Frederick has a great downtown, and we are only 1 hour from DC or Baltimore. Please come visit!
2) Patricia and Jon celebrated the 5 year anniversary of the day they met on May 22, and their 4 year wedding anniversary on November 26. We are even more in love than when we got married – with Oden there is lots of extra love going around.
3) Oden turned two on July 4, and has made all the huge progressions that toddlers make from 1.5 to 2.5 years of age. He has gone from barely pronouncing 1 syllable words to complete sentences with decent grammar. His climbing and jumping skills have dramatically progressed as can be seen in his early to later videos throughout the year.
4) Patricia got knocked up again, and the family is expecting a new little boy in late February! We are positive he will be just as sweet, loving, and intelligent as his big brother.
5) Oden has established several new skills such as scaling walls to fixing furniture to putting puzzles together.
6)Oden says “please”, “thank you”, "your welcome", and "bless you" consistently and is a very loving child giving hugs and kisses without discretion.
7) Oden has the first part of potty training figured out (#1) and can go without a diaper (he asks for one when he ‘needs’ it).
8) Oden successfully graduated to a big boy bed in December of this year. He cutely calls “Momma! Time to get up!” and “Done sleeping now!” without getting out of bed when he is awake.
9) Patricia celebrated her last day of working for the EPA on Dec 15, and has officially made the transition to fulltime domestic goddess.
10) Jon got his dream job as Director of Cell Therapy R&D Lonza. He gets to help drive the technology development for large scale cell production that will be needed to bring stem cells and other living cell therapies to the masses.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
6 Million People Project at Flickr
My buddy from undergrad, Jake Rome, has helped start an online Holocaust memorial/ portrait photography group called 6 Million People. The goal of this group is to collect 6 million pictures of different people, with one person in each picture, as a representation of the massive number of Jews the Nazis murdered during World War and to help remember both them and the other victims of Nazi Germany.
It is a really cool project that they have started, and they have gotten a lot of great photographers to contribute work. You can keep up with the project at
6 Million People blog, and you can check out some really amazing portraits at Spotlight Seven, where they feature artists regularly.
Best of luck to Jake and his team in finishing this great project over the next few years. We will link to some Rowley family pics once we have them uploaded.
It is a really cool project that they have started, and they have gotten a lot of great photographers to contribute work. You can keep up with the project at
6 Million People blog, and you can check out some really amazing portraits at Spotlight Seven, where they feature artists regularly.
Best of luck to Jake and his team in finishing this great project over the next few years. We will link to some Rowley family pics once we have them uploaded.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Oden Shows Off His Jumping Skills
Oden loves to jump!
He jumps down the stairs, he jumps on the couch, he jumps over obstacles, he jumps up onto rocks, etc... here is a selected grouping of some of his finer indoor jumps. I am sure that more will come in the future.
He jumps down the stairs, he jumps on the couch, he jumps over obstacles, he jumps up onto rocks, etc... here is a selected grouping of some of his finer indoor jumps. I am sure that more will come in the future.
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