Josh & Greta Rohrer

July

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So...Now We Are 4!

2009-05-03T14:06:00.000-07:00

Our family now numbers 4! Samuel Henry Cockrell Rohrer was born February 20 at 2:47 pm. He weighed 7'12 (he is now over 13 lbs.!) and was 20 inches long. He is such a great addition to our family. Meredith loves him and is very gentle with him. Below are a few pictures of our first 2 months together!

December

2008-12-22T14:41:00.000-08:00

Some pictures of Meredith from the past few months.

Reading with Grandpa Forman.

Hanging out with cousin Alexis.

Reading with Great Grandma

In the snow with Daddy

Her beloved hat and "mee-maws"

A little Christmas present

Meredith, Abby, and Madison--goofy girls

Silly faces with Daddy

Let it snow!

She loves it!

October 08

2008-11-08T22:21:00.000-08:00

Where else but in Southern California (or maybe Florida) can you go swimming in the middle of October? Hope you enjoy some pictures of Meredith from October '08.

July Adventures

2008-08-02T11:07:00.000-07:00

A New Post? What?

2008-06-19T10:23:00.000-07:00

I have been neglecting this blog for months (not particularly on purpose). This seemingly began about the time I got a Facebook account--frankly, it's MUCH easier to upload pictures on their site (hint, hint, blogger.com). However, it has occurred to me that some of you do not have Facebook accounts and therefore have been unable to keep up with Meredith the last few months. If this had caused anyone mental anguish or any undue stress, let me be the first to apologize. In the future, I shall try to be more faithful to my first love, the blog. See recent pictures of Meredith below.

Meredith attends a birthday party for her friend Grace.

Getting herself some milk.

Benjamin came to stay with us one day and arrived before Meredith woke up. She was so happy to see him, so we let them play awhile in the crib.

March Madness

2008-03-18T11:13:00.001-07:00

Meredith gets more fun and has more fun every day. She continues to make new and funnier faces. She now loves to give kisses, swing on the swings, and be tossed in the air.

"Are you taking my picture again?"

A smooch for you

"Am I supposed to find this swinging thing fun?"

I LOVE Coke (or at least the 2 liter bottle).

2 goofballs

Telling Daddy about her day's adventures.

Kisses

More kisses

Practicing her cheerleading moves.

Does anyone else think I look like Madison, here?

Not Much

2008-03-07T20:13:00.000-08:00

Eating crackers with post-pigtail hair

Trying to get up on the piano bench

Balancing in Daddy's soft cast boot

California girl--out in the sun in March

Funny hair. Funny face.

Ponytail bed head

Sit still? No way!

2008-02-22T21:35:00.000-08:00

Well, mobility has officially entered our home. And we wonder why we wished it upon ourselves. Sunday afternoon, we heard Meredith crying during her nap and entered her room to find this...

Now not only does she crawl around, but she pulls up on everything--fun for her but kind of stressful for Mom.

Now if I could just get her to fold it.

Reading with Grandma.

Fashionista

2008-02-13T10:15:00.001-08:00

One fun thing about little girls is the fun moms get to have dressing them up. Meredith's hair is now long enough to style, too, so we have lots of fun (or I do). In the tradition of Aunt Carolyn and Emma, we are trying pigtails.

Although, I try to dress Meredith nicely and fashionably, sometimes she alters her own outfits to conform to her particular fashion sense. The strawberry nightgown does look more dramatic!

When not fixing hair or clothes, Meredith has been perfecting the use of the sippy cup. I thought she might struggle with this concept, as she still doesn't understand she has to tip her bottle to get the milk. But, water...hey that's a no brainer, I guess.

After a long day of fashion and sippy cups, a girl just has to relax and spend some time with her grandpa.

January Fun

2008-02-01T18:34:00.001-08:00

Meredith has tried eating crackers in the past, but each instance ended with gagging and choking. We decided to give it another try, however, and this attempt was a success!

Meredith has cracker eating well in hand.

Has anyone seen my cracker?

The Many Faces of Meredith

2008-01-22T09:01:00.001-08:00

Sometimes when Meredith is naughty, I make her drop and give me 20. :)

Her new favorite happy face--we love it!

This face, believe it or not, indicates that she likes what we're feeding her.

Meredith, alas, has grow too big for her baby tub, so last week we got her this one.

I think she likes it, don't you?

Lastly, we want to wish Meredith's Aunt Marianne a very happy birthday. She daily lives with and ministers to the man in the picture below--she obviously deserves a very special day. Happy Birthday, Marianne!

Holidays in CA

2008-01-14T21:41:00.000-08:00

Although Christmas was several weeks ago, it's probably never too late to post pictures of our holiday. Greta's whole family was in San Diego for Christmas, and while we have some pictures of Dad, Mom, Mark, Marianne, and Luke, we know you all really just want to see pictures of Meredith and Alexis.

Bring on the presents!

A cute Christmas package

Do I look like a dope?

Practicing their poses

Waiting while Mommy gets ready

I can't have cookies, so can I eat the tree?

Happy Birthday, Grandpa Forman

2007-12-11T10:48:00.001-08:00

Today is Greta's dad's birthday. Since Meredith doesn't have the words to "Happy Birthday" memorized yet, she wished to express her birthday greetings in another way.

Eating the paper in lieu of cake

Things I Can Do

2007-12-11T10:31:00.001-08:00

Sit around wearing my bunny slippers (thank you, Aunt Holly)

Watch football with Daddy

Hang out with Aunt Rebecca

Sport a mustache
(What is this a milk mustache? Well...it was milk at one point. Josh thought this picture was gross, I thought it was funny [of course, I deal with spit up all day long].)

Thanksgiving

2007-11-30T15:00:00.000-08:00

Greta's brother and his family came to visit for Thanksgiving. We had lots of fun with them and with Josh's family.

Alexis skulking around underneath the table.

Meredith enjoys some after-dinner conversation with Uncle Mark.

Fun at the coast

Standing on daddy, by the sea.

Alexis checks out the Black Friday ads.

The Ehmanns Come to VIisit

2007-11-19T11:00:00.001-08:00

Last week our dear friends, Jason, Paula, and Gabe Ehmann came to visit us. They were fleeing from the cold of Idaho to the warmth of San Diego.

At the world-famous San Diego Zoo.

Wearing Daddy's visor.

Gabe meets a gorilla.

In La Jolla (water appears closer than it really is)

Funny face

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Meredith, our sunshine

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Such strong arms.

So devout. Shall we pray?

Meredith likes to suck her bottom lip.
We think she's starting to teeth.

Meredith and her buddy, Benjamin (Wagnell)

So sleepy.

Uncle Mark came to visit this weekend.
We're not sure he's a very good influence.

Trip to Anaheim

2007-10-16T13:59:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went up to Anaheim to see Greta's brother and his family. We had lots of fun with Mark, Marianne, and Alexis (who is just 4 months older than Meredith).

Marianne does double duty.

Sitting up in the stroller like a big girl.

Alexis exercising her spiritual gift of healing.

Chained to the floor.

Saturday we all went to the pumpkin patch.

One grumpy pumpkin and one sober pumpkin.

This isn't so fun anymore!

Someone take me home.

Pictures

2007-10-09T20:51:00.000-07:00

Pretty in yellow.

Looking into the future

On my playmat--I love this thing!

We think Meredith has a cute profile.

Today, she started just randomly sticking out her tongue.

Reading with Daddy

2007-09-28T09:21:00.000-07:00

Meredith has begun enjoying books. She looks at the pictures and listens very intently. The other day, Daddy read to her for a while.

Reading "What Makes a Rainbow"

Each page adds another ribbon to eventually create a rainbow.

First Haircut

2007-09-24T12:42:00.000-07:00

Meredith was born with lots of dark hair which has only grown over the past 3 months. So last week, it was time for a trim.

Preparing to go under the scissors

This crazy woman is going to do the trimming?

Hey, this isn't so bad.

Meredith and mommy.
(So you know that Mommy doesn't always look like that picture above. Yikes!)

After my bath

"Pennsylvania, America starts here."

2007-09-17T09:46:00.001-07:00

Our last and longest stop was in PA where we stayed on the farm with Meredith's grandma and grandpa Forman and great grandma Tuttle and saw lots of other family members.

Grandma Forman was happy to see Meredith again. They hadn't been together since Grandma came to visit when Meredith was born.

Meredith met Great grandma Tuttle who has lots of experience with babies.

Meredith says, "Wow, Mommy's Uncle Carl is one big guy!"

Uncle Steve, Aunt Carolyn, and Cousin Emma came up to the farm for the weekend.

Mommy's cousin Ryan and his wife Silvana also came to see us. They brought Meredith a sweatshirt and a cute teddy bear.

Even after visiting with lots of family, Meredith's favorite relative is still her goofy dad.

"On the road again..."

2007-09-17T09:38:00.001-07:00

After our time in Tennessee, we drove up to Pennsylvania to see more family!

Meredith enjoyed riding in the car.

Our faithful driver and navigator.

Cruising in style.

"Good ole Rocky Top..."

2007-09-17T09:26:00.001-07:00

Our second stop was in Greenville, SC where we apparently took no pictures.

Our third stop was in Johnson City, TN where we spent Labor Day with Josh's sister and her family.

Meredith's oldest cousin, Abby, was always willing to hold and entertain little M.

Cousin Madison was lots of fun!

Uncle Jimmy, having 2 girls of his own, knew just what to do with a third little girl.

The girls were a big help with Meredith. Both changing her and...

Feeding her.

Our trip

2007-09-17T08:37:00.000-07:00

We're back! We just returned from a 2 week trip to the East Coast to visit family and friends. Sorry we haven't posted pictures in quite a while--we know Meredith's many fans have been tortured by the lack of updated photos. But alas, Greta's parents have dial-up internet, so posting would have been a long and arduous task. However, consider the new pictures below as recompense for your patience.

Our first stop was in Greensboro, NC for a wedding in which Josh was the best man.

The hotel had a big bed which Meredith enjoyed, but only in her waking hours, since the hotel provided a crib that looked like it had been purchased from the dent and scratch sale at the Romanian orphanage.

All ready for the wedding!

Daddy and Mommy with the bride and groom.

I love weddings!

2 Months Old

2007-08-21T15:57:00.000-07:00

Meredith's first trip to the zoo. Somehow, we think she didn't appreciate the outing as much as we did.

Thank you, Brad and EB, for the lovely outfit. She seems to like it, don't you think?

The Many Faces of Meredith

2007-08-21T15:41:00.001-07:00

And the bow makes 10 lbs.

2007-08-08T21:59:00.001-07:00

This has been a big week for Meredith. Not only did she break into double digits in weight, but she also began wearing bows in her hair.

So goofy!

Happy, happy.

So you can get the full effect of her 10 pounds.

Smiles

2007-08-07T10:22:00.002-07:00

Little Buddah

2007-08-06T10:08:00.001-07:00

Every day, Meredith takes time to center her chi.

Meredith's new toy

2007-07-27T11:13:00.001-07:00

As many of you know, Josh owns and runs a window cleaning business. Throughout the pregnancy and over the past several weeks, multiple window clients have given us presents for Meredith. Below are pictures of what one client sent home with Josh recently. Meredith is still a bit small to use her new toy, but will soon grow into it.

Although the bike came with training wheels, Meredith still needs a little help riding it.

One month old!

2007-07-17T22:49:00.000-07:00

One of Meredith's many faces.
She is very expressive, both with her faces and with her cries.

Kisses for daddy

Cousins

2007-07-17T22:26:00.001-07:00

Meredith is lucky to have very special cousins. Her Uncle Mark, Aunt Marianne, and cousin Alexis came to visit us a few weeks ago. The girls had fun meeting each other for the first time.

Meredith is incredulous; Alexis is surprised.

Meredith is almost 3 weeks old!

2007-07-06T09:30:00.001-07:00

My teddy bear takes good care of me

Ready for my first Sunday at church. As you can see, Meredith
listened attentively and took detailed notes.

Alert and ready for the day

Daddy!

2007-07-06T08:49:00.000-07:00

What a good looking guy my dad is.

We like hanging out together, whether awake...

Or asleep.

More pictures

2007-06-23T16:18:00.000-07:00

Don't you always wonder why some moms put stuff in their baby girls' hair, even though the baby may not have hair and the hair item is disproportionate, etc.? Although the hair band, in this case, started out kind of cute . . .

it ended up looking like we were holding our own daughter for ransom.

We are blessed to have Grandma Forman (Greta's mom) with us for a week. She has been a blessing in the night hours. :)

Such a cute little girl, in our humble opinion.

Josh entitled the picture below, Praying for Milk. Meredith likes to have her hands by her face. We swaddle her tightly at night, but find she has worked her hands out in no time.

This time last week...

2007-06-23T15:53:00.001-07:00

Over the last week, we've been noting to ourselves what were "doing last week this time," because in just one week our lives have changed so much. Last Friday, we were out to dinner for Greta's birthday, not worried about the baby getting hungry or being fussy. Last Saturday we went over to Josh's brother's house for dinner, not knowing the next morning we would be headed to the hospital. We have rejoiced over the last week, not only in the miracle of a new life, but also in the faithfulness and immutability of our God. Even when we go through changes in life, our Savior remains the same.

A few pictures from Meredith's first 24 hours

2007-06-18T21:18:00.000-07:00

2007-06-18T11:09:00.000-07:00

The Best Father's Day Ever!

Yesterday at 2:13pm our lives changes forever as Meredith Grace announced to all within earshot that she was here. We praise the Lord that Greta's pregnancy and delivery were relatively uneventful and that Meredith and mom are doing great.
The specifics: Meredith weighed in at 7 lbs. 2 oz. and measured 20 1/2 inches.
The fun stuff: We think she looks more like Greta and she has quite the vocal ability (she definitely comes by it honestly). As you can see from the pictures, Meredith has lots of hair and it is dark.
We think she is just beautiful!