Still a Family!

Well I’m happy to report that Jarrod, Bo, and I are still one big happy family, even after the amazing WIN by the SAINTS!!!!  We had so much fun at my uncle Sam’s house…family, friends, tons of food, a theater room to watch the game, and a BIG WIN!!!!  Bo had so much playing with cousin Parker.  Parker decided to call it a night around 7:30, but not Bo…NOPE he was awake the entire game!  He even celebrated with us after the game with his very first piece of King Cake YUMMMM!

Uncle Sam, Jarrod, & Bo!

Cousin Parker & Bo

Daddy trying to get a pic…he was more interested in the food on the counter!

He had a blast playing with cousin Andrew

It’s okay daddy, we still love you!!!

First piece of King Cake at 10:30pm (we’re such good parents)!!!

It's Game Time

So things are getting interesting at 275 Trowbridge Lane!   Mommy & Bo vs Daddy!!!  Tonight we are headed to my aunt and uncle's house for Super Bowl Party.  I'm bringing dessert so I thought I'd share what I made this morning...

Jarrod wasn't exactly thrilled with my choice of designs.  I HAD to have something representing the Saints so I found a picture of a fleur de lis on the internet, cut it out to make a stencil and filled with the candy!  Yummy!  Can't wait for the game or the dessert!

Friday with Friends

Last Friday my good friend, Kathy, was in a bind and needed a last minute sitter for her kiddos.  So Friday afternoon it was me vs 3 two yr old boys, and 1 four year old little girl..at least I knew she was on my side.  Bo had a blast having his buddies here to play with.  They were here about 3 1/2 hrs and it was totally fine, the only one who had his moments was Bo, go figure!

Snack Time..Nate & Bo

Noah

Nate & Noah

Lilianna, Bo, Nate…here comes trouble!

Dinner Time!

I’m a good sport

To show that I’m a good sport and really do love my husband I dressed Bo in his Colts shirt today for school.  It was hard, but I knew I needed to be a good sport about it.  Plus he’ll be in his SAINTS jersey on Sunday so I had to give daddy a little love!

Poor guy

Since Bo has had such a bad cough and the meds didn’t work Dr. Kahn sent us home with a nebulizer.  Here is our routine 3 times a day…only takes about 15 minutes each time and he does really well with it, we usually just sit on the couch and watch tv.

Who Dat!!!

Another big part of this weekend was the Saints playoff game.  Being from MS the Saints are the closest professional football team that we have.  I have always been a Saints fan, I have many friends from La, and I also went to college an hour away from New Orleans so we spent many, many nights in that wonderful city.  One of my most memorable Saints moments was while I worked for Make A Wish, one of our little boys wished to go to a Saints game…the way they treated him was absolutely amazing so from then on they had my utmost respect.  Now, I must say that Jarrod, being from IN is a Colts fan, and if they were playing anyone but the Saints I would pull 110% for the Colts, but New Orleans needs and deserves a Super Bowl win…look at all that this team and city have been through.  So needless to say Super Bowl Sunday there will be a little tension in the Lawson household!

 

So what does every good parent of a toddler do when there is such an important play off game taking place…you take them to a sports bar til 10:30 at night.  YES, yes we did do this, but let me point out that he had taken a 4 hr nap that afternoon and it wasn’t a real bar…it was a restaurant/bar.  We had so much fun with my family and Bo did fabulous…we only had to pull out a train and his lovey right at the end.  He had a blast!

Choo Choo Bo turns 2!!

 

So I am finally able to post pictures from this weekend.  Bo and I have both been sick with cold/sinus stuff.  After 3 trips to the pediatrician, a steroid, round of antibiotics, and now a nebulizer I think we’ve got him taken care of.  I started antibiotics yesterday so I’m hoping we are both on the road to recovery.

 

One of the trips to his doctor included his regular 2 year checkup and this is what we found out…

• He’s 31 lbs (85th %)
• He’s 3’1 tall (95th%) She is estimating he will be somewhere in the 6’2-6’3 range as an adult, but said we can tell better at age 3.
• We need to start preparing for a big boy bed…not something mommy and daddy are looking forward to.
• Tantrums, ummm he’s 2…enough said!
• Everything looks great he’s a healthy, happy, ACTIVE 2 yr old.  The only concern is his lack of speech.  He still isn’t talking as much as we would like. This is causing him so much frustration as well as wearing me out.  It’s so hard not being able to communicate with him and know what he wants/needs. It is constant grunting and whining.  So for everyone’s sanity we are going to first schedule a hearing test.  We want to make sure he’s hearing correctly because that will obviously have a huge impact on his speech. Next, will be speech therapy.  I’m in the process of checking on insurance coverage, providers, etc… so hopefully we will get this ball rolling soon.

We had so much fun with friends and family celebrating his birthday party.  Thank you to all of you who made the trip in from out of town, it meant so much to have you all here.