One of Rogan's birthday gifts from Grandpa D and Grandma was a subscription to Nation Geographic Kids!


You can't pose pictures like this! :)


Pictures look great upside down or right side up!


That's the ticket! There will be a quiz later on those Leopard Cubs. :)

Rogan got a gift certificate for Build-A-Bear from Uncle Brian, Aunt Renee, cousin David, and baby Ethan for his 2nd birthday. We went to the store and Rogan had a bear of a time (pun intended) picking out which friend he wanted. He finally settled on a scruffy dog with a rocker outfit!

Meet Ruff.



If you ask nicely, Rogan will sing a song for you while Ruff accompanies on the guitar.


"BEN-YAAAAAAA"


Stuffed friends are the best!

That's right Rogan is two years old. Can't believe it. So this blog post is to take stock of where our little man is at.

First, the stats. Rogan is 35 inches long (guess I should say tall) and 29 lbs. which puts him in the 50-75 percentile. Andrea was saying that when a kid is 2 years old you can take their height (35 inches) and double it and get your height as an adult. 70 in. or 5'10", give or take.

Rogan's birthday party was on his actual birthday, Aug 22nd! Here are some highlights in picture form.


The day started with a gift from Nana and Grandpa. The bubble shooter!


The bubble shooter is a crowd pleaser.


The bubble shooter wasn't the only bubble making device available.


The sandbox also provided plenty of entertainment during the party.


I heard the food was better than the Broncos...ok..back to Rogan stuff! ;)


There were plenty of family and friends there to celebrate with Rogan.


Andrea never ceases to amaze with her great cakes. This year the theme was construction zone. Check out the amazing cake with dirt, trucks and rocks! It tasted pretty darn good! But don't take my word for it, check out these...




Eamon enjoyed it!


"More cake pweeze"

The evite said "gifts optional, have you seen our house?" but of course that didn't stop the grand parents. I mean it is Rogan's 2nd birthday after all and this is the first year where he can really appreciate new toys.


There was quite a pile of loot.


Ohh, trucks!


The new Cat trucks were a BIG hit, and not just because they were BIG trucks. They move and make sounds AND they have a 'mute' button! (score!)


I think this next one was a gift for me a little too, a Mariner's toy chest full of toys!


Rogan wasted no time playing.

So the other thing that I'm excited to share is our list of Rogan's words and some of his favorites!

Favorite Songs: Ball Game, ABCs, Happy B-Day, "Ben-ya" The Circle of Life from the Lion King, "Meatball" On Top of Spaghetti

Favorite Activities: Baseball, Digging in the dirt/sandbox, pretend office, pretend driving (especially in mommy and daddy's car)

Favorite Foods: Pizza, C-row (Cereal), Broccoli (seriously!), Olives, Ice cream, Goldfish crackers, Newtons, hot dogs with "dip dip", and of course pancakes!

Our Favorite Roganisms:

• dozer = bull dozer/all construction vehicles
• dip dip = ketchup or BBQ sauce
• tick-clock = clock
• nick-nick = picnic
• hold you = Please pick me up
• Nana "Uh-oh" sandwich = Peanut Butter and Jelly
• Griffey sandwich = peanut Butter and Banana
• Are you? = Where are you?
• Mow mow = Lawn mower
• Elmo is? = Where is Elmo (or whatever else he's asking about)
• Rogan like it either = I don't like it.
• walk-walk shoes = tennis shoes

As a quick referance, here is a link to Rogan's 1st Birthday post so you can see how much he's grown. C R A Z Y !!!!

Mariner's Game, Aug 9th 2009. Terrace Club seats with Nana and Grandpa


Rogan loves baseball. Going to a baseball game with Nana and Grandpa makes it even better!


Hot dog like a big boy! That hot dog is bigger than his head.


Rogan saw his first Grand Slam and it was by the Mariner's Russel Branyan. He was pretty excited about the new foam finger Nana bought him!


After the game they let the kids run the bases. Here we are down on the field getting ready to run!


Heading into 2nd base!


Safe!

Rogan actually had a chance to practice running the bases the day before at one of my games.



Rogan sure does love his baseball!

When big Amazon boxes arrive the imaginations run wild! Commander Rogan took us on an amazing adventure!


First things first, you have to build your cockpit controls


The cockpit is full of controls.

Mission control this is Commander Rogan ready for liftoff. Begin countdown!


3...2....1...


Liftoff!


Oh no, we're going down!!!


Emergency, everyone brace for impact!


CRASH landing on an alien planet.

Join us next week for another adventure!