Catching Up

This blog is mainly for those friends and family who are unable to be with Rowan every step of the way due to our military lifestyle. It will contain all of his milestones, his firsts and any special things that he may do. I will upload video and post pictures of him, giving a hopefully day by day recall and post about how he is doing and how his life is developing.

Rowan Arturius Rau was born on the 29th of July 2010 at Dankook University Hospital in Cheonin, South Korea. He was 20 inches long and 8.5 pounds. Since day one, much like his mommy, he was alert and not a heavy crier. His big, bright eyes were taking in the world, one piece at a time. Labor began at 0600 and he was born at 1708.

We'll start by listing his firsts and the date they happened.
- First Ultrasound - 12 April 2010
- First Day Home - 31 July 2010
- First Halloween Costume - Lion
- First Words - "Hi", "Yeah" - 24 October 2010
- First Consistent Laugh - 14 November 2010
- First Sat Up Unassisted - 16 November 2010
- Said "Dada" - 16 November 2010
- First Rolled Over, Belly to Back - 29 November 2010
- First Rolled Over, Back to Belly - 5 February 2011
- First time getting to knees and rocking - 11 April 2011
- First time scooting with hands - 23 April 2011
- First time going from Sitting to Crawling position - 16 May 2011
- First time pulling to feet in crib - 25 May 2011
- First Passport Photo - 15 October 2010
- First Baby Derby - 14 May 2011
- First steps - 5 September 2011

Growth Chart
- 29 July 2010 (Newborn): 20 Inches, 8.5 lbs
- 29 September 2010 (2 Months): 22.7 Inches, 10.1 lbs
- 29 November 2010 (4 Months): 24.9 Inches, 16.3 lbs
- 29 January 2011 (6 Months): 27 Inches, 17.4 lbs
- 17 March 2011 (7.5 Months): 28 Inches, 19.7 lbs

First Birthday Information
- Held at Splish and Splash Water Park on Camp Humphreys on 30 July 2011
- Jon Gorum, Hunter, Josh, Zach, Sharon and Nik O'Quinn, Mommy and Daddy, Aimee, Luke, Avalon and Ronan all attended
- Several new toys and a new outfit were gifted to him
- We took lots of pictures and gave him his own chocolate cake.

THIS BLOG POST WILL BE UPDATED WITH NEW FIRSTS AND GROWTH CHART INFORMATION!