4th of July 2012: Lots of Pictures!

Today Keira's entire family came over (even Jack!) for breakfast and you had so much fun playing with Keira!! Noah took lots of really great pictures!!

A family picture:  (You are 2.5 years old and Lawrence is 11 weeks old)

Some cute pictures of you:

Cute picture of Lawrence with Allison:

Cute picture of you and Daddy on your swing:

Lots of cute pictures of you and Keira:

And the last picture is of your Daisy Dog celebrating 4th of July too:

Picking Strawberries: (July 1, 2012)

Today our whole family drove to the Carlsbad Strawberry Fields so that you could pick strawberries!! We knew you would love doing this, and you totally did!

You were so excited when they gave you a bucket and you wanted to get started right away, but of course Mommy had to take a picture first!

Daddy loves spending time with you:

We arrived early, so you had almost all the strawberries to yourself:

Once Daddy explained how to pick the best strawberries, you got started. You did such a good job examining each one to find the best!

Look at all the yummy looking strawberries you picked!!

You really wanted to taste one, and kept pretending that you were going to:

The first thing you wanted to do when you got home was to make another little cake with strawberries on top. Daddy taught you how to wash the strawberries and then you made another cake.

We had so much fun watching you pick strawberries today! We will do this with you every year and maybe next year Lawrence can help you:)

Lawrence is 2 Months Old!!! (June 17, 2012)

Lawrence, this past month has gone by so fast and you've already changed so much!!!

At two months old, you:

**** now eat about every three hours during the day, but you can sleep for up to five hours at night. Your longest stretch is between 12am until 5am.

**** just started wearing 3-6 or 6 months clothes and are wearing Pampers size 1 diapers.

**** are very alert and attentive when you're awake and you are able to track objects and make great eye contact.

**** are smiling so much!!!! Your smile is so big and your whole face lights up! You just love when Mommy or Daddy or Briana talks to you!

**** love to sleep in your little lamb swing during the day, and are still sleeping in the bassinet at night.

**** do a really good job holding your head up, and Mommy just started putting you in Briana's old Bumbo seat (sorry it's pink:)

You are already an amazing little boy, and you give us a tremendous amount of joy!!! We love you!

Father's Day! (June 17, 2012)

Today was Father's Day!! You were so excited to do special things with and for Daddy all day!!

The first thing we did was make Daddy some chocolate chip and M&M pancakes together, and it was your idea to put a smily face on them out of strawberries. We surprised Daddy by taking them to him in bed, and he thought they were so yummy.

After Daddy ate his pancakes, it was time for him to take you to see your very first movie, Strawberry Shortcake!!

You had such a great time sitting in the movie theatre seat and eating your popcorn, a special movie treat!

After you came home, you were so excited to finally make Daddy a little cake...you had been asking when we could make it for the past week:)

You made the cake all by yourself after Mommy gave you the dessert cake! You added five strawberries on top of the cake, and then added cool whip (which you also had fun tasting):

You couldn't wait to give it to Daddy!!

You were very excited when Daddy wanted to share with you:

After your nap, you wanted to make Daddy another cake, so you made another one and Daddy shared with you again! (that's why your hair is in a ponytail now):

Daddy loved spending so much time with you today and he loves you so much!!!!!

Preschool (May 29, 2012): Balloons/Last Day

Today was your last day of preschool and Daddy went with us!!! Mommy was able to take all the pictures and Daddy did all your activities with you! You had so much fun showing him all around and playing with him!

You had a blast with Daddy on the playground!

First, you made such a pretty, colorful picture by dipping balloons into paint and then painting the paper...that was so neat!

You also painted on a real balloon!

You liked collecting all the candy canes that were in the water table:

You had a great time with Daddy playing with the corn:

You played with play doh and a puzzle:

You took a quick break to take a picture with your teacher, Mrs. Paley:

Then you remembered the dress up station, and next thing Mommy knew, Daddy helped you get dressed up like this:

Doing one of your favorite things, reading books with Daddy:

And of course Mommy wanted to take a few more pictures of you and Daddy:

Daddy said he had such a wonderful time with you!! We both love you so much!!!!

Lawrence is 1 Month Old!!! (May 17, 2012)

Lawrence, Mommy & Daddy cannot believe that you are already one month old!! That time went so fast, and you are such an amazing blessing to our family...we can't even remember what our family was like without you in it!!

At one month old, you:

****weigh 10 lbs 4 ounces and are 22.5 inches long

****are breastfeeding so well!!! You love to eat, and are eating about every 2-3 hours. You have gained exactly 2 pounds from your birth weight. When you're done eating, you always do a BIG stretch and make a really cute little pouty face where you pucker your lips.

****you are still wearing 0-3 month or 3 month clothes, and are wearing Pampers size newborn diapers

****are still making lots of noise with everything you do, whether it's eating, sleeping, looking around, or tummy time, we can always hear you:) Mommy loves all your little sounds!!

****are starting to smile more often and Mommy's heart just melts when I see it!

We love you sooooooo much little cutie!