Meeting Santa...

Santa & his Reindeer w/Roe

Santa & Rogan

Ready for Takeoff!

Merry Christmas!

His first Santa experience...all smiles!!!

We took Rogan to meet Santa today! We saw him first at the bank, then somehow when we got to the grocery store...he was already there with his reindeer! He sure is fast! We couldn't pass up the opportunity to take pictures of Rogan again with real, live reindeer. The pictures are priceless. He absolutely LOVED the reindeer and didn't make a peep about Santa, I was shocked! Here is a sample of the pics!

Lots of Firsts...

My 1st Steelers Game!

Supporting Mommy's team!

Best Buds!

Rogan has had lots of firsts in the past month! He has taken his first step..which I believe was a complete accident, started standing by himself...also and accident I believe :) He traveled to KC for the first time to play with his cousins, and had his first real bad fever. Rogan was completely under the weather for 9 days. We had to go to the doctor 3 times and after he lost 2 pounds the dr was ready to put him on IV's, thankfully we were able to get a few ounces in him and he had a real turning point so we were able to avoid the hospital and IV's! We have been busy as ever as the holidays always are. Rogan is in copycat mode lately and has become a COMPLETE momma's boy! I am his personl jungle gym, but I know it won't last for long so I am trying to enjoy it. We are just having so much fun enjoying watching Rogan learn and grow everyday. Him and our cat Stormy seem to be the best of friends these days too. They just chase each other around. Soo sweet! I experience my first Steelers game, which was absolutely amazing! Our seats were 7 rows up, but I made friends in the first row and saw the players up close and personal...I was like a kid on Christmas..so exciting! Also I dislocated my shoulder again at the game...after seeing the surgeon it looks like I am facing complete reconstructive surgery after the 1st of the year...oh well :) Hope this finds everyone having a great, happy & SAFE holiday season!

Our little monkey!

Trick or Treat!

Our First Halloween

Carving Pumpkins

Carving Pumpkins

Soooooo High!

Rogan's First Halloween

Rogan & Elijah with G-ma & G-pa Fink

Our little QB?

Daddy & Rogan in the leaves

Playing in the leaves

Rogan was a Monkey for Halloween! We went trick or treating with my nephew Elijah. We all got together at my sisters house for food and fun. It was a great time! We also tried to play in the leaves today...Rogan was NOT a big fan of it, but I think he was mostly just hungry and tired...might have to have round two sometime soon! We have a family tradition of carving pumpkins and baking seeds. This year was so fun because Rogan helped. He LOVED the guts...he pretty much wanted to eat them all! We also had Rogan's 9 month well check this week. He is 29 1/2" long (90%) 21lbs 3oz (60%) and his head is 18 1/8" (75%) He is doing really well. We need to work on him pulling himself up and walking along the furniture a little, but he is very laid back so he kind of just sits back and takes it all in. Otherwise he is doing great! I just can't believe how fast he is growing up!

October Pics

Momma & Rogan after Husker game

Rogan being "nice" to the kitten...giving kisses!

"Dada" and Rogan

Rogan LOVING this new crawling thing!

Will only take his milk from a staw now...silly boy!

Grandma Buresh & Rogan having SO much fun!

What Momma....I'm not doing anything to the cat...hehehe

G-pa Fink & Roe playing

Me and the boys reading Rogan's favorite book. Rogan is ALWAYS petting poor Stormy

Me & Rogan before church

Rogan is all over the place! He is one quick little crawler and the poor cat is his favorite toy! Here are a few pics from the past few weeks! He has spent lots of time with both sides of grandparents too. So much fun! He is learning and changing so much everyday! Rogan is LOVING his sippy cups he discovered straws and will refuse the bottle a lot of te time. He would much prefer his sippy if it is up to him! So Silly...this makes nursing EXTRA challengine! HA! He is developing quite the personality and wants things HIS way or the highway....I wonder where he gets that???

He's on the move!

Again, sorry for the lag in my updates, work and Rogan have been keeping me pretty busy, but I am loving it! We have a little inch worm on our hands. He is finally crawling!! It was so exciting for both me and him! He was playing with the top to his bottle and lost it...I turned my back for just a second, looked back and there he was, going across the room to his bottle cap like an old pro! I have a few videos on my phone I will try to upload, but he knew I was watching so none of them turned out to well! He must have been pretty jazzed about it, because he wouldn't go to sleep last night for anything. He was up until 10:30. (He is usually out by 7 or so!) Pictures and videos to follow soon!

Oh How time flies....and BIG Announcement

Rogan loves to wrestle with his big frog!

Bath time!!

too cute!

Standing Like A Big Boy!

Rogan's 1st Roe-hawk :)

The man loves his basket!

Rogan's 1st Husker Game!

Sorry!!! I have been horrible about keeping up with the blog since we left for Vegas, then I started the new job. It has been quite an eventful and exciting 6 weeks! We went to Vegas and had an amazing time! Then we got back and I started my new job with Nebraska Bolt the day after we returned! We have just been enjoying football season ever since! We have been to a Nebraska Game and a Raiders/Chiefs game. Rogan is growing up soooo fast! He is still not crawling, but I am betting on any day. For now I am enjoying my last few moments on immobility! He is getting GREAT at pulling himself up on me and standing while holding on to things. I have a sneaky suspicion that the transition from crawling to walking is going to be a SHORT one! My sister and her husband Seth are moving in to a new house this week, as are Gabe's brother and his girlfriend Jessica! Busy, Busy. Meanwhile, we are tearing out our old carpet to make room for some fresh Rogan stains on new carpet :) The big announcement in case you haven't already heard is that My sister Emily & Seth are expecting a new baby!!!!! He/she (I am betting on SHE) is due April 14th! That is all the news I have for now. Enjoy the pics! I will try to do a better job of updating so Rogan isn't like graduating from college the next time I post pics! LOL. Enjoy!

6 Month Pictures & Ma Ma Ma

Rogan 6 months (Sitting up like a big boy!)

Rogan 6 months (showing his 2 big teeth!)

Here are two of Rogan's 6 month pictures. We had a ton of pictures taken when our friend Jasmin was back when Rogan was 4 1/2 months so we jsut had a few poses quick taken at Walmart. Also the big news today is that Rogan has said his first word...over and over and over...Ma, ma, ma, mama, ma ma..all day long. I love it!!!!

July-Now

Big Boy sitting up!

Rogan and his cousin Elijah playing

Daddy flying Rogan..WHEEEE!

Rogan's future wife Marley???

Rogan after his 6 month pictures

Ok...so I haven't been the best about updated lately, but life has been....CRAZY to say the least! At the end of July I made a heart wrenching decision to leave Grainger for a new venture. I took an outside sales position with Nebraska Bolt. It is a risky move, but hopefully the right one for our family at the time. Only time will tell :)

Rogan had his 6 month check up. He was a little over 28 3/4" long, (99%) 18.7 lbs (70%) and his head circ is 17 5/8" (80%) His head has certainly grown since his 4 month visit when he was just in the 50% percentile! Rogan has been hanging at home with me for the past three weeks which has been just amazing! Since I took a job with a competitor, Grainger told me they would pay me for my notice, but would not allow me to work because of confidentiality. I was sad at first, then I realized I get 3 weeks with my baby! YEAH!!

We have spent a lot of that time visiting Rogan's friends! We hung out will Jill and baby marley, We also saw baby Presley for the first time since she has been home from Childrens in Omaha! We also went to Jackson Stehliks first birhtday party and Czech days! The kids all had lots of fun together !! ;)

I also redecorated our house....this was going to be a simple project in my head. After several days of sewing, painting and moving furniture, the project is complete and looking great!

I can't really remember what else we have done, but somehow time is flying by us! Rogan is eating more and mre solid food, we have started meat. He is also sitting up quite well these days and is more fun tha never!

Gabe and I are taking our first vacation away from Rogan this week. :( We are going to Vegas for a few days. It will be soooo hard to leave him, but he will be in great hands with the grandparents! It should be a great time. One of the friends we are going with also has a little boy she willbe leaving with grandparents, so we can sulk together :)

4th of July, 2nd tooth, and 19 ROLLS!!!

Rogan thought momma was pretty funny getting in his crib with him! LOL

The Family :)

Watching the fireworks!

Rogan's 4th of July Jammies!

Rogan and momma

What an eventful weekend we have had! Rogan is popping his 2nd tooth! He has really done better than I expected with his first two teeth! We went to a friend of ours for a BBQ for the 4th. Rogan decided to show off his rolling skills by demonstrating 19 consecutive rolls! It was CRAZY! He just kept going and going. He really seemed to LOVE the fireworks and wasn't bothered by the noise in the least! He was pretty tuckered out, but was trying to hang in there to see what 4th of July was all about!

Father's Day & the Swing set!

WEEEE We are going high momma!!

1st Time in the new swing. Thanks g-ma & g-pa Fink!!!

Well...were you this cute??? :)

G-ma & G-pa Fink and Rogan 5 months

Jill & Marley Rae 1 day old!

Daddy & Roe cheering on the horses

Momma & Roe

Rogan's new anklet?!? Not sure how he managed this???

We have had a fun filled weekend. We went to the horse races Friday night, we went to Aunt Emily & Uncle Seth's for a BBQ on Saturday and today we hung out with dad then headed to Crete to see Grandpa & Grandma Fink. We also got to visit Rogan's future wife (lol) Marley Rae Behrends after she was born late Friday night! Congrats to Jill & Cody!!! After all was said and done we decided to assemble the swing set and try out Rogan's baby swing! WHOA! So much excitement! Rogan made daddy chocolate chip pankcake for breakfast and put them on the plate in the shape of a "D" for Daddy and served him breakfast in bed! Daddy was quite impressed with his 5 month olds cooking abilities! :) Here are some pictures from our events this weekend! I also included a picture of Rogan with his ring on his ankle. I am not sure how he managed it, but he got his ring on his foot. I couldn't help but take a picture, TOO CUTE!