The Lawson Family...

Friday, August 1, 2008

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Babytime!

So today I took Bo to "Babytime" at the local library. I've never been a library kind of gal...hated reading growing up. I was the one who waited to do her summer reading for school the week before school started! And in college the library was more for social reasons. (I know Jarrod is shaking his head if he's reading this) at least I'm honest! So the one thing I want to expose Bo to is reading. He loves books so we seem to be on the right track, at least for a 6 month old.

Today was our first time to attend and he had a blast. The class is just for babies ages 0-12 months. There were a lot of 6-10 month babies, a few 12 month olds, and even two 3 month olds. Some were crawling, some were sitting on their own, some sat supported by mom (that would be Bo). There were about 20 moms and babies there. They put out one of those big, colorful parachutes for everyone to sit on. There is always a theme and today's was Animals! She had puppets of all different animals, then she read 3-4 books and in between stories we sang songs. At the end they throw out a bunch of toys and the kids can play while moms get to know each other. It was great for both of us! Bo made two friends in particular RJ (6 months) and Mack (12 mo). It was so much fun to see him interact with other babies. We will definitely be going back!!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

6 Months of Bo

And Mom turns...30

Yep, I am officially in my 30's! All I could think about is how I remember my parents being in their 30's! Really...am I really there? Guess so! Thank you to my husband for a wonderful weekend. We had an early b-day celebration Friday night by going to dinner just the two of us (haven't done that in 6 months), then it was off with our good friends John and Cheryl for some adult time! It was great, but it also reminded me of the fact I'm getting older.

Here were the indicators...
1. The first bar we went to after being there 20 minutes we all looked at each other and said let's go because we couldn't handle the loud music or even hear ourselves in a conversation.
2. By 12:30am I was tired and ready for my pj's.
3. And the most obvious...on the way home Jarrod pointed out how all that Cheryl and I talked about were wagon wheels (baby finger foods), Barney/Sesame Street, sitting up...how Bo is so close, and how her little girl is crawling backwards.

So...yes it was great to get out, but I can only imagine what the people sitting next to us thought (if they could even hear us).

On our way out for a night with adults!

Cheryl and I

John & Jarrod waiting for a conversation other than kid stuff.

Adults only...it was great!

On Monday (my actual birthday) Jarrod was so sweet and picked up dinner and a birthday cake (I just got one out of my house from Bo's "half b-day" the last thing we needed was another cake). We played with Bo and I opened cards and gifts. Thank you to everyone for the sweet cards, gifts, emails, phone calls, etc... It all meant so much!!

He LOVES being lifted into the air!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Video

So I think we may have video!!!! We have spent all weekend trying to figure out what cables we needed, Jarrod had to install a new drive into our computer, so on and so on... Here is a little clip from a few weeks back, but it's just too cute! I just HAD to try it out tonight. Please be patient with me as I try to figure this whole thing out!

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Mommy Phase

So if any of you out there have any suggestions on how to get through the "mommy phase" I'd greatly appreciate it! While I know Bo loves his daddy very much, there are certain things he wants mommy for...going to bed is probably #1 on the list. I had told Jarrod earlier yesterday that when he got home I was going to run a few errands...it's just MUCH easier without Bo sometimes. Well when Jarrod got home I had just finished feeding Bo and I asked him to give Bo a bath...then I went on to explain how I had his bottle ready in the fridge, I had pulled out his pj's, etc... I swear to you with the look of sheer panic all over his face he looked at me and said..."I'm not putting him to bed am I?" You would have thought I had just asked him to commit an illegal activity! He did everything but beg on his hands and knees for me not to leave. He kept saying it would be a disaster, that Bo would be screaming his head off (which he does do with Jarrod), but I really did think that everything would be okay.

Well apparently Jarrod was right and it was a bit "challenging". However when I walked in everything was quiet and Bo was asleep. Jarrod swears it was after an hour of him screaming. So...if anyone has any advice I'd love to hear it! Mommy needs a break too sometimes!!!!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Happy 1/2 Birthday!

Bo turned 6 months old yesterday! I can't believe it! So I just had to pick up a birthday cake for him! I saw this small cake, 1/8 of a sheet cake at the grocery and had them put "Happy 1/2 Birthday", I couldn't resist! So last night when Jarrod got home from work we had a little celebration. He had no idea what to think of the cake other than he loved putting his hands in it. I let him have a very small lick of icing, but he was more interested in playing with it. After his cake, daddy gave him a bath while I cleaned up. My parents had actually sent Bo a little care package of goodies. It wasn't meant to be a "6 month" gift, but it just happened to arrive yesterday so Bo got to open his present from Pop and BeBe!

We had his checkup this morning with Dr. Ellis. She said he looked great. He did great with his shots...I think it was harder on daddy than it was Bo.

Weight: 18.4 lbs (75%)

Height: 27in (70%)

Head Circumference: 43 cm (25%-he's got a little noggin)