Lawson 14 Months

Lawson turned 14 months on the 10th of November (I am little late). On that same very day he took his first steps all by himself (see blog below for video). Since then he has gotten a little bit braver each day. He now will just take off walking....but he still stays close to me or Mitch. He is still the happiest little guy ever. He talks...ALOT. Although we are not sure what he is saying, we still try and carry on conversations with him. He says "dada", "momma", "do" (for dog), "nana" (for banana), "hey", "wow", and a few others. He laughs ALL THE TIME!!! He is still a good eater....wanting to try everything we eat. He takes a great afternoon nap and the morning nap is hit or miss. It just depends on the day, his mood and how he slept that night. Which we have been so fortunate so far with his sleeping. He goes to bed around 8ish and doesn't get up until 730 or 8 in the morning....sometimes later.

This month we had also had our 2nd ear infection. I feel pretty grateful for the fact he has been a pretty healthy baby. And if I hadn't just gone with my gut, I would have never known he was sick unless I took him to the doctor. He now has 10 teeth and new ones pop up it seems every day.

Happy 14 months sweet boy!!! (a little belated)

'Tis The Season

So yesterday, I got the "itch" to put up our Christmas tree. I had many reasons to put it up then instead of waiting until Sunday, like I had originally planned. First, I really need to clean my house and didn't want to have to clean it twice and Second, because Christmas music is now being played on the radio and got me in the mood!! Maybe not good reasons, but who cares! I had bought a new topper for our tree that is SOOO cute and we just had our living room painted and I couldn't wait to see how everything looked together! It looks so good!!

I also decided that "less is more" as far as decorations. Especially since I am not sure how Lawson is going to do with it all. So far, we only have one ornament fatality. We are going to wait until right before Thanksgiving to put up our outside decorations. Now we can use our weekends to wrap up our Christmas shopping before we go to DISNEY!!

I love this time of year!

Ready, Set.....WALK

So after much forcing the walking issue on Lawson, he finally gave in. Last night, my in-laws were over and my FIL was playing a game with him and he would stagger from the ottoman to the couch. So my FIL decided that each time Lawson came back he would move the ottoman a little bit further away from the couch. We would all cheer for him, which he loves, and he decided to walk from the ottoman to me. It was probably about 5 steps but still. He stopped in the middle of it and stood there and the continued on walking. So today, Mitch and I worked with him again and he really caught on. He is hilarious when he starts because he puts his hands up in the air, tongue hanging out, and laughing the whole time.

Now he will not just get up and start walking....but we are getting there. He started walking along the couch but not holding on to anything! I am so proud of him!! He has really figured it out and it is just a matter of time before I am chasing him around!!!!

Here is a little video we got with our phone....sorry for the quality!

Melts My Heart

My Two Loves!!!

Halloween Weekend Fun

We had a great weekend enjoying the gorgeous weather!! Saturday, we headed out to Leeds to the new outlet mall and then to meet my in-laws for lunch. We came home and put the little guy down and watched the Auburn game.

My little Auburn fan! (daddy is not too happy with the jersey)

Sunday, I put some white bean chicken chili in the crock pot and cleaned the house. We carved our pumpkins that afternoon. My in-laws came over to go with us to take Lawson trick or treating. We had our oh-so yummy chili and corn bread muffins and then got our little scarecrow dressed. We only went to a few houses and then came back and let Lawson play for a bit before calling it a night. It was a great weekend!!!! Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween!!

He did not know what to think about the pumpkin carving.

Our little ghost!

Happy Halloween!!

Home after trick or treating!