Steppin' Out Saturday

This is our first Steppin' Out Saturday! Mandy over at Harper's Happenings hosts this every Saturday and I have been wanting to do this for a while but I either didn't do anything so I was in my pjs all day or never got to take a photo. So I didn't have anything to post. I will admit that I cheated a little bit because I actually worked all day Saturday. So my photos are from today. Roweyn and I went to Roweyn's friend Kallie's birthday party. She turned one today! I forgot to take photos of Roweyn before we left, and she's napping right now, so her photos will be the ones I got at the party. I'm putting a little spin on this as well. I will also post a photo of my hair and tell you what I put in it. Since I'm a hairstylist, I think it makes sense to do this too. :)

Roweyn's Ramblings Wk.4

So I missed last weeks post for this because the week before ended up being in the middle of last week...does that make sense? ha So for this week, I'm just going to combine the two of them, which I think is going to be harder than I thought it would be...


Last week:


Roweyn had her first dentist appointment on Thursday! It was only like a 5 minute appointment. All they did was look at all her teeth and that was it! She did so good! And all the girls that worked there had to come in and see her! They were so excited a baby was there. ha


Friday it snowed at our house, which is very rare. It will snow up in town which is about 15 mins away from us, but it came all the way down, so we went in our backyard and played in the very little amount of snow we got! Here are a few photos! Finally photos for my posts!

My dad built that play house for me when I was around 9 years old.

After me, my now 10 yr old sister played in it.

After her, our niece now 6 played in it.

And now Roweyn gets to play in it!

That is a man made lake behind us and is big enough that it never freezes

Roweyn turned 14 months on Sunday! I can't believe it!! I will have a post up for her 14 month letter as soon as I can!

This week:

One of Roweyn's new things is opening her mouth and showing us whats inside. If we ask to see her teeth, she opens up. You can't really see them though because she forms a big circle with her lips and blocks all her teeth. It's so cute though! She did it for the dentist last Thursday. And Thursday at breakfast, I asked her if she was all done eating and she opened her mouth to show me there was no more food.

Thursday morning I was getting Roweyn dressed and I said, "Look how cute you are!" and she said "how cute"! It was darling and she said it so well!

I signed her up for preschool for the fall on Thursday too. She is going to do a toddler and parent class one day a week at this darling preschool called Tall Pines Nursery School. My sister went there when she was younger and I helped out on occasion and always thought it was great. It's a coop school, so the parents are very involved and help out in the classroom as well as events and other things that go on, which I think is great!

Last night when I got home from work I really noticed how independent she is getting already. From wanting to put things away on her own, to trying to clip her pacifier clip on her shirt, to attempting to drink out of regular cups, and trying to dress and undress herself, even washing herself in the shower. My little girl is growing up before my eyes, its crazy and so bittersweet.

Every day she does something new, I can't wait to see what happens next week!

3rd Times a Charm!

Well, I guess I spoke too soon on Monday....My computer was working wonderfully Monday night and most of Tuesday then I left it alone for an hour, came back and once again, it was off! 


I called the Apple store right away and spoke to the guy that had been helping me the past couple times...he couldn't believe it happened again. He put me on hold for at least 10 minutes, got back on the phone and said the most amazing sentence I have heard since this whole computer fiasco started. He said, "We are giving you a new machine." I couldn't believe it! I was so stoked! It was funny because I was getting ready to tell them that they had worked on it 3 times already and the cost of parts cost as much as a brand new computer, but I didn't even have to! The phone cut out when he was telling me if it was going to be brand new or not, so all I heard was "brand new", but I was totally thinking I was just going to get a refurbished one. I went in today to pick it up and low and behold, it was their latest Macbook model, completely upgraded and everything!! It's amazing. 


Apple went above and beyond my expectations! Trying to repair my computer for FREE that wasn't even under warranty and then GIVING me a brand new one is just amazing! They will forever have my loyalty! I have been a huge fan of theirs for quite sometime now, but now I'm probably their biggest fan!


A big thanks to Apple and their boy "Genius's"!!


I was able to transfer all of my data from my external hard drive to my new Macbook with absolutely no problem. I turned it on and it's like nothing ever happened to my old one, except it's upgraded by being faster, has a bigger hard drive, lighter, shaped slightly rounder and upgraded with the latest software! *Swoon!*


Thanks to everyone who has been waiting patiently for me to get this all taken care of! Everything should be back to normal here shortly!