Little Bug (as Rohm named the baby) is a girl! Perfectly healthy so far.

This somehow got overlooked on the blog, but we’re very excited to have our third child in late June this year! Rohm is really really really hoping for a baby sister, but she promises to love a new brother; just “not as much”. We’ll find out if it is a boy or girl this week, so look for an update on that in the near future. For the time being, here is our ultrasound pic from the 8 week visit. Even the third time around, hearing the baby’s heartbeat was a unbelievable experience.

Princess Rohm & Prince Ozzie… in his prince dress of course.  This is how life goes tends to go when you have an older sister (an older sister who really wanted a baby sister).

Latest Hobbies Include: copying everything his sister does, climbing, falling off things he climbs on, dancing to Adele, some more climbing, some more falling, combing his own hair, & stomping his feet (pretty sure this is an example of copying his sister but combing the hair is certainly not an example of this).

Recent Conversations with Rohm

After a trip to the dentist office from which we brought home a container of floss (because this is what every 3 year old will know how to use without destroying).

Rohm: Just fix the floss.
Mom: I can’t.  You broke it.
Rohm: No, just fix it.  Just put it back together.
Mom:  I can’t.  I don’t know how.
Rohm:  Yes you do.  Just look it up online.

I was recently wondering around the house looking for my shoes when I said out loud, “Where are my shoes?  I can’t find my shoes.”  And Rohm says to me, “I don’t know where your shoes are honey, you’re just gonna have to look for them.”

More pictures on Flickr!!!

xoxo

Adam, Gina, Rohm, & Ozzie

I put this together for Gommy the other day, and I figured I’d share it with the masses.

Our little Ballerina Surfer…

Recent Conversation with Rohm

Rohm: I’m so sad
Mom: Why?
Rohm: My friend Dajia died (this is her imaginary friend).
Mom: Oh no, what happened?
Rohm: She got hit by a car.
Mom: Oh no, that’s so sad!!
Rohm: When you die you go back to the people that love you.
Mom: (I think to myself, Wow! My 3 1/2 year old is so profound!!)
Rohm: Yeah, God says she’ll be back around 5 ish.

Our Little Big Man…

Hobbies: eating dirt, dancing, banging on things, eating sand, clapping, & crushing things (this includes cats and small dogs)

Favorite Thing: his big sister

Recently, the Ware Family reached some pretty fun milestones and would love to share them with all of you. First of all, Adam and I celebrated “our 10-years-of-official-relationship-status anniversary.”

Next, Ozzie turned 6 months old! He’s a gigantic, super happy baby that loves to eat and loves his older sister. He’s weighing in at 19 pounds and 15 ounces and is 28 1/4 inches long. His favorite hobby right now is getting up on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth.

And lastly, Rohm can write her own name! They’ve been practicing at school and I couldn’t be any more proud of her! And yes, I scanned it and posted it on the internet (I have no shame).

Here are some comparison photos of me, Rohm, & Oz at 6 months.  I feel like Ozzie looks a lot like me at certain times and a lot like Adam at other times, a nice blend of both:)

The Ware Family Christmas was a quiet, relaxing evening at home in Portland. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner with Jo and Tony and Adam read The Night Before Christmas to Rohm (Ozzie was already fast asleep so Bea filled in for him). Although we warmed up to Santa Claus this year, we still decided at the last minute that under no circumstances was Santa allowed to come inside the house. So we left our cookies and milk outside on the porch. Santa caught on and left the presents on the porch and Adam brought them in and placed them under the tree before we woke up on Christmas Day. Maybe next year we’ll be ready for Santa but maybe not, we can only wait and see. More pictures on flickr.

The Family Tree

Adam

Gina

Rohm

Oz

Rohm’s Update:
Current Activities: Preschool, Soccer, Ballet/Tap, Swimming, & Tormenting her younger brother (in her world, it’s considered helping)

Recent conversations:
Mom: Eat your breakfast. You’ll be starving at school if you don’t eat your breakfast.
Rohm: No Mom, they have snack at school. I will eat snack and I will not be starving at school.

Rohm (to a friend): “I’m trying to do it, chill out”

After the first day of preschool:
Mom: Did you like school?
Rohm: Thank you so much for bringing me here!!

Filling out a paper for preschool:
Mom: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Rohm: (A very puzzled expression)
Mom: Do you want to be a doctor? A librarian? A teacher?
Rohm: (Still looks puzzled)
Mom: Where do you want to work? Like Dad goes to SwellPath because he works there. Where do you want to go to work?
Rohm: (After a moment of thought) Target. I want to go to work at Target.
Mom: Ok then. (Dad was a little disappointed by this but I, on the other hand, see this as an opportunity to save money with her employee discount)

Recent Random Questions from Rohm:
Where’s Bieber Fever? (It’s everywhere, honey. Everywhere.)
What’s Sookie? (True Blood fans know exactly what/who Sookie is, and this is not to be confused with Snookie, who we are also fans of)
Where does Jack Johnson and his people live? (“His people” is referring to his children I believe)

Miscellaneous:
Can identify all of the colors
Can count to 20 if you consider eleventeen a number
Sings, “Bear down Chicago Bears” on Sundays
Favorite phrases: “Don’t be such a drama queen.” And “Cool your jets” (thank you dad for both of these)
Learning the days of the week
Telling time, which includes doing things at forty o’clock

Ozzie’s Update:
Current Activities: Sleeps, Eats, Toots, & Poops
New Talents: Recently he’s been smiling, cooing, and now laughing!!

Little & Big

Easy Going Oz at 8 Weeks

Check out more photos on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wareswherever/sets/
Lots of Love,
Adam, Gina, Rohm, & Ozzie