Wildflowers and Kiddos

So today Bo and I had a playdate with some new friends we met when we went to Babytime at the library, RJ and Mack. We met everyone at the Wildflower Exhibit here in Austin. There really were some beautiful flowers and gardens, but quite honestly all us mommies wanted to do was sit and talk so we quickly found an air conditioned cafe and decided to take it over for almost all of our 2 hour visit! I just love watching Bo "play" with other babies, well it's more just staring at each other trying to figure out what they are, but it's so cute. We put him down in front of RJ who is 6 days older than Bo and Bo's eyes got so big and he started smiling, he loved it...my little social butterfly! The kiddos seemed to have fun and Michelle, Joy, and I had a blast just talking! Don't you love how all the pictures are indoors and not one wildflower picture haha!

No, Bo didn't shrink I just took his small umbrella stroller. P.S.-you know you take too many pictures of your child when your child sits up to "pose" with a big smile as soon as he sees the camera while the other little ones do their own thing no matter how much noise the mommies were making! Aren't they so cute!! RJ-6 months, Bo-6 months, Mack-12 months

RJ...pretty much ready for a nap!

Mack taking a lunch break.

First Eye Exam

Today Bo went for his first eye exam. Who knew you took 6 month old to get their eyes checked? Well apparently you do, at least that's what I was told when I went for my eye exam a few months ago. Being a new mom when someone says "you need to schedule an appointment for..." you figure okay guess that's something we're supposed to do, what do I know? Plus I don't want to feel terrible in 2 years when they say, "If you had only brought him in at 6 months..." because you know that's what would happen!

I have to admit, I was actually impressed with everything they did, checked for, and quite frankly how they kept him entertained for so long after dilating his eyes. Yes, little man had his eyes dilated and he did great!! Didn't cry at all and I know those drops hurt. Did you know a baby can be born with cataracts? Again, not my area of expertise, but that's what she said. He got a great report! I personally think next time for my eye exam I want the "baby exam" it's much more fun...cool images to look at, toys, blinking lights, much better than sitting in the chair looking at a chart trying to determine..."which looks better 1 or 2?".

The only "bad" news we got was that it's very likely the color of his eyes will change. I was hoping that since we had made it to almost 7 months with beautiful blue eyes that they'd stay, but the doctor said they can change even past a year old. Her daughter had blue eyes like Bo and they turned hazel after she turned a year. The fact that the only person we know of in either of our families who had blue eyes was my great-grandfather on my mom's side, it's highly unlikely they'll stay blue. The other thing she said is since Jarrod and I both wear glasses, Bo probably will too. Everything she looked at today checked out great and he isn't due back until he's 2-3 yrs old and then again before he starts school!

Bo & Maddie

Here's another from this weekend. Bo LOVES Maddie and Maddie is very protective of him. She loves to run around and play with him and he loves to watch her. He's mesmerized by her, they definitely have a little bond. For the record she's only licking his nose so don't freak out! I suggest going to the bottom of my page and pausing the music so you can hear the video.

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On The Move

Watch out world...we are on the move in our house. This weekend Bo started "army crawling" to get to his toys. I can't believe it, I didn't think it would happen for another month or two. I know in a few weeks my world is going to be turned upside down! My "genius" baby haha!!

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Couldn't resist...

I just had to put this up. It's from the weekly email update I get from Babycenter.

Weekend Pics

The past few weeks bath time has become a bit challenging. Bo apparently thinks it's funny to try and climb out of his infant bathtub. So after battling with him on this I decided to go get him a "big boy" bath seat. He still isn't sitting up completely on his own, but the seat helps support him, he's just got to figure it out!

Not wanting to go to bed

Our snuggle bunny!

Thank you Emily & Uncle Barney for the cute outfits!


I'm a cutie!

2 Hours a Day???

For about a month now I have been begging Jarrod to join the local Y, because quite frankly...what do you do when you turn 30 and have just had a baby...you join a gym of course! Not only do I have serious baby weight to loose, but I was starting to go nuts not having any sort of outlet. Love Bo to death...but mommy needs a break sometimes! Jarrod was so sweet and surprised me by signing us up last Friday. I was so excited!!! This "Y" is absolutely fabulous. It is exactly 2 miles from our house, it's only 3 years old, and has so many family activites. Click here to check it out!

Here's the best part about it I can go work out and take Bo to the nursery for 2 hours everyday!! He's been twice this week and has loved it. We went and looked at it a few weeks ago, of course Jarrod knew he was going to surprise me the entire time, but he just played along. I know the people thought I was nuts because here's basically how the conversation went...

ME: So I can come work out and leave him in the nursery for 2 hours a day?
STAFF: Yes

ME: So I can leave him in the nursery for 2 hours EVERY day?

STAFF: Yes
ME: 7 days a week?

STAFF: Yes

ME: I can go work out, shower, then pick him up as long as it's within the 2 hour time frame?

STAFF: Yes

ME: Can I go to the pool?

STAFF: Yes

ME: I can go to the pool to just lay out, no exercising involved whatsoever, and bring him here for 2 hrs?

STAFF: Yes

ME: Really????

STAFF: Yes and we also have Free Family Fridays once a month from 4pm-8pm and Parents Night Out twice a month from 6:30pm-11:30pm where you can bring your child and go off property to enjoy a night just the two of you. Also included is an "off property" stay where you can drop him off for 2 hours and go off property to run errands or do whatever you need to...each family gets 12 hours a year.

ME: Basically threatened Jarrod with our marriage (just kidding, but I did do a lot of begging)

Do you have any idea what this means to a stay at home mom with NO family or sitters around??? This is HUGE!!!!!!!!!! Jarrod signed us up Friday and first thing Saturday morning we were there signing Bo up for the Family Friday AND one of the Saturday nights. Make sure to check out the link above to check it out. It's FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!