Lawson is 13 months!

Although he....

is into everything...

pitches the occasional fit when you take something away like an oreo

is the happiest little fella'

is the joy of our lives!!

What happens in Vegas...

Well fortunately our trip to Vegas was nothing like "The Hangover" but we still had a blast! We left Wednesday, October 6th at 1130ish and got to Las Vegas around 140ish. From there we got in our limo that took us down the strip to our hotel. Once arriving at the hotel, we quickly got unpacked and planned the rest of our evening. We decided that night would be best spent by going down to Fremont Street to watch the light show and the make our way back down the strip. We walked from our hotel to Peppermill to eat dinner. We then caught a cab and headed down to Fremont Street. We watched the light show, saw a few freak shows and lost money at slots. We caught another cab and had it take us to the Stratosphere. Everyone wanted to go to the top but my phobia of heights was stopping me...until I thought "I am in Vegas" so up to the top we went. I was so glad I did it because the view from up top was amazing. All the lights were so pretty and you could see for miles. We walked around up there for a bit and then headed back down to the casino. Rachel and I were playing slots and loosing quickly until we saw a neat slot that caught our eye....Sex and the City. The pay out was not great but boy did we have a blast playing....for hours. Mitch headed to the poker room where he walked away up $150 (which he lost later). We left there and decided to head back to our hotel to play in the casino and call it a night.


limo ride


me and Rachel at Peppermill

me and Mitch on Fremont Street

top of the Stratosphere

Day 2:

We woke up early and got ready to head down to the far end of the strip. First stop was the MGM Grand where we saw the lions and then took a tram down to Mandalay Bay and Luxor. After there, we headed over to New York, New York. Brian, Rachel and Mitch rode the roller coaster and I found....the Sex and the City game. Then we all ate a quick bite and we split ways...Rachel and I went to Caesar's to the Forum Shops and the boys stayed back to gamble. We all met back at the hotel to get ready to go see "O". It was great! Afterwards, we caught the water show at the Bellagio and headed over for dinner at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant. It was amazing food!!

in front of the MGM Grand

me and Mitch in front of Paris

dinner at Eiffel Tower

Day 3:

We woke up early again and headed to the Venetian. We took a gondola ride and walked around for a bit. Then headed over to the Palazzo, Wynn and Encore before realizing we all wanted a food court to eat in....we needed choices. So we headed over to the Fashion Show Mall to the food court. We ate lunch and then once again..went our separate ways. Rachel and I shopped forever and still do not think we saw everything. We were going to meet the boys at 4p at Treasure Island so headed over there and did a bit more gambling before heading back to the hotel to get ready for dinner. We all got dressed and headed over to Caesar's for our reservations at Mesa Grill. It was SOOOO good!!! After eating we went to the Mirage to watch the volcano and then to TI to watch the pirate ship show....or the strip show! We came back to our hotel and gambled some more.

me and Mitch on the gondola ride


me and Rachel with the Romans

about to eat at Mesa Grill

waiting on the volcano

Day 4:

By this day...we were all exhausted. We had a blast in Vegas but were all ready to come home! Our limo picked us up and we headed to the airport. We got in a little after 7p. While we were 30,000 feet in the air our husbands, Alabama fans, found out that their beloved team had lost to South Carolina. Rachel and I being Auburn fans were silently rejoicing but knew it would make the rest of the plane ride and night less enjoyable. All in all, it was a GREAT trip! We could not have gone to sin city with better friends!! Now time plan our next trip!!!

Doctor's Visit and A Neighborhood Tragedy

Well, on Friday night I started feeling a little "if-y" and when I woke up Saturday morning I felt even worse. So I took myself to the doc in the box to see what was going on. They did a strep test and a sinus scan. The strep test came up negative but the doctor said it could have been because it was too early and that I had a really bad sinus infection. One shot and two antibiotics later, I am still recovering. All day Saturday into Sunday morning I continued to run a high fever. Lawson went to stay at my mom's house Sunday night so I could get one more day of rest and by then I was feeling a lot better. I have a feeling I did have strep because I have had sinus infections before and none of them have knocked me on my bootie like this did. I am still on the antibiotic for a few more days so hopefully I will be A-OK by this weekend and definitely by next Wednesday for our VEGAS TRIP!!!!

Lawson's 1 year check up was yesterday. He is 20 lbs and 29 inches long. The doctor said he looks great and is growing steadily. He had to get 4 shots, including his flu shot, and a finger prick. None of which he was happy about. But he was a trooper and did not cry too much. He is such a good baby. He is always smiling and laughing. And when he is not acting like that you know he must not feel great. He still is not walking, but it may be any day now. Watch it happen while I am in Vegas. He just knows he can get every where he needs to by crawling...and can get there in a hurry. He pushes his little car around so we know he can do it....it is just a matter of when.

On to the tragedy....

There is a man that lives down the street from us. He would always drive his motorcycle or "crotch rocket" up and down the street....really fast. We all talked about how he shouldn't be going that fast because he could really hurt someone...like a child. So on Monday afternoon, I was in the kitchen and you could hear him on his bike...zooming down the street. Mitch had said that he was going to go flag him down and tell him to slow down but I told him let's just call the city police department and just tell them to patrol down here. About 5 minutes later, our neighbor across the street calls and tells us that he just got hit by a pick up truck and was underneath it and there was no way he could have survived it. So we walk outside because you could see it from our driveway. All the neighbors were standing outside watching this horrible scene unfold. A few minutes later another neighbor drove by and confirmed what we all thought. He did in fact die. One of his neighbors went and got his wife and daughter and drove up there. The police had it blocked but they pulled into the driveway and waited to hear what we all knew. Once they police told her, you could hear her screaming and crying. My heart breaks for the family. I can not imagine what they are going through, or do I want to ever imagine that kind of heartache. It was such a surreal scene that really no one spoke.

Mitch and I came back in the house and we were both speechless. I couldn't even eat dinner. I didn't know the family that well, just the simple waves as they drove by but it really hits close to home.

I just pray that they are able to find some peace in this tragic thing that has happened to them. So when you read this, just say a prayer for he and his family. It put somethings into perspective. At that moment, I was thankful that I wasn't feeling well because at least I was alive! I was thankful that Lawson was tearing up the yellowpages because that meant he was alive. I was thankful that Mitch walked through the door from work safe because that meant he was alive. So that night when I went to bed, I hugged Lawson a little bit tighter, told Mitch how much I appreciated him taking care of me and Lawson while I was sick and thanked God that my family is safe, healthy and happy.

Please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers.

1st Birthday Party

So this past weekend we celebrated Lawson's 1st birthday!!! Friday started by me waking up the birthday boy and feeding him his favorite breakfast (at least I hope it is), bananas and pancakes. Then we played for a while and then took our normal morning nap. He then got up from his nap and had some lunch and we awaited the arrival of Uncle Keefer. We had a few errands to run so we ran up to Publix and then to Milo's for lunch. Mitch was able to get home a little early so we hung around here until it was time to go eat dinner. We met my mom and sister and my in-laws at O'Charley's. I went and bought him cupcakes from Edgar's (which aren't cheap) and we sang "happy birthday" to him. I was so sure that he was going to LOVE the cupcake but....he didn't. I guess it was the texture of the icing. He loved the Publix kind. We came home and put the birthday boy to bed so we could get started on the party preparation!

Birthday Boy eating his breakfast

Lawson and his cupcake

Saturday was a little hectic. Mitch stayed home with Lawson so me and Keefer could go run our errands. We got back home at 10:30 and got busy on getting the table together. All the guests started to arrive around noon. The weather was hot and humid, of course, but everyone hung around out back while the kids played. Lawson got so many fun toys including a cozy coupe car, a radio flyer wagon, a Lightening McQueen car, a castle and climb slide, lots of books and tons of other fun things! He did NOT like that cake again! A little disappointed because I know everyone wanted to see him eat the cake. His buddy,Cole, even was going to join in but neither wanted the cake....must have been all the people standing around taking pictures while they are in the diapers!!

The cake...It was a Dr. Seuss themed party

Later that day, everyone left. I was able to get my house back in order and we spent the rest of the night watching the Alabama/Penn State game.

All in all, it was a GREAT day!!! I know people say 1st birthday's are more for the mom's than the kids....but I had so much fun doing this for him!! I want him to look back at the pictures and see how loved he is by so many people!!! We are so lucky to have him to spoil!!!!

I have tons of pictures that my friend and FABULOUS photographer took for me!! Thank goodness she was here because I only snapped 3 pictures. I relied on her to take the most of them!! And she did an awesome job!! There are way too many to upload so you can go to Lawson's website where I loaded them. It is http://www.lawsonbrandonjones.shutterfly.com/.

More to come in a few weeks when I take Lawson for his 1 year check-up. It was supposed to be today but got re-scheduled to the 28th!!

Happy 1st Birthday, Lawson!!

Today my little boy turns 1. I remember this time last year, anxiously awaiting his arrival! I wish I had a way to stop time...it has gone by way too fast! I know it is a part of life but I want to keep him this way for as long as possible. Selfish, I know!

We have a big weekend planned for him! Tonight we are going to have a birthday dinner with the family. And tomorrow is his party!! I know he will not remember it and it is more for me, but I am so excited to celebrate this 1st year of his life!!

First family picture

It's that time of year....

WAR EAGLE!!
We went to some friends house to watch both the Auburn and Alabama game! Lawson was "allowed" to wear his Auburn shirt for the part the day and then had to change into his Alabama shirt for the rest. Unfortunately....I do not have any pictures of that :) Happy Football Season!!

Weekend Wedding

This past weekend we drove up to South Carolina for my cousin's wedding. My sister, Lawson and I headed up Thursday so we can hang out with our other sister, Chelsea and nephew, Oliver. We went to Raegen's lingerie shower that night and then spent the next day relaxing and letting the boys swim.

This is the second time Lawson and Oliver met and they had so much fun together (as much as the could). They played with other's toys...or should I stole from one another! Whatever one had the other wanted!

Mitch came in on Friday and we rushed over to the rehearsal dinner and then later that night my mom watched Lawson and Oliver while we went to Applebee's for a late night snack and cocktail!

Saturday day was pretty uneventful. We went swimming again and rested up for that night. Lawson of course decided an afternoon nap was not in his plans and only snoozed for about 45 min. compared to his normal hour and half. Needless to say I knew the night was going to be FUN!! We all got dressed and I put Lawson in his new Jon-Jon. I was so excited for him to wear it. I went to get his shoes and he crawled into the bathroom and got soaking wet! I rushed to get it off of him to dry with the hairdryer and put it back on him. While doing that I scratched his nose with my fingernail so of course we had a meltdown.

We arrived to ceremony where we were 3 amongst 800!!! The wedding was pretty and luckily the rain held off for that night! After the ceremony we fed Lawson and realized he was fading fast. So we all decided to leave and head back to the hotel. Once we got there, we got the boys down for bed and my mom watched them again for us while we went to Applebee's. This time we were joined by my cousin, Heather. We had such a great time visiting with her and chatting. We don't get to see each other that much because she lives in VA.

Sunday we loaded down the car and headed back. We stopped in GA to eat lunch with my dad, step-mom, Donna, Matt, Kimberly and Makenzie! Makenzie is 3 and LOVES Lawson. And he just loves her too! We are looking forward to December when we all go to Disney together. She can't wait to go with "Baby Lawson" to see Mickey!!

Lawson and his Poppy with the hat he got him in Georgia (country not state)


Well that was our weekend in a nutshell. This weekend, Lawson is spending the Sunday night off so Mitch and I can do some heavy cleaning of the garage and other areas to get ready for Lawson's 1st birthday party! More to come on that!!