Then he posed with his creation:
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.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Oden's Climbing Skills Translate to Home Mischief
When we got Oden's bunk bed, it had an integrated ladder that we could put against the wall so that we didn't have to worry about him climbing into the top bunk. Unfortunately, he engineered his ascent with MacGyver-like cunningness.
That's our boy!
That's our boy!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Oden Climbing at the Park
Oden has gotten both very brave, and very good, when it comes to climbing the structures at the park. His loves to climb, but more than anything, he loves to show off that he can do new things to his Mommy.
Oden is so proud when Mommy acknowledges his victories.
You can go directly to Youtube (click the video twice) for higher resolution video. Just click in the lower right that says "watch in high resolution"
Oden is so proud when Mommy acknowledges his victories.
You can go directly to Youtube (click the video twice) for higher resolution video. Just click in the lower right that says "watch in high resolution"
Monday, September 15, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Oden the Handyman
Oden wanted to 'fix' the bed, but he couldn't reach the broken part. So, he figured out a way, all by himself, to get himself up to the upper bunk to fix it. Once Daddy got home from work, Oden wanted to show off his diligent problem solving skills and handyman (where did that trait come from???) abilities.... but it took a few tries.
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