Is he really that old?

This picture of Law was taken a week ago, 7 1/2 months old! He's growing way too fast! I can't believe we're on our way to a year old. I love all of his smiles and giggles. Doesn't it just melt your heart?

Law's 1st Picnic

We had a great Memorial Day weekend. We spent most of the weekend outside planting annuals, plants in the garden, and catching up on yard work, but we did take a break to spend some time with family. On Sunday we met Travis, Rachel, and their son Gaige at the park for a picnic. It was Lawrence's first picnic and also his first time on the swings.

We had a blast and so did Izzy. We took her with us and let her off the leash. She was such a good girl for her first time at a park off the leash! She never went too far from us and listened to our commands.

Lawrence and Gaige got to play on ALL the park equipment thanks to their Daddy's. I can't wait to have another picnic! Lawrence napped at the end of our park adventure. He was so tuckered out from all the excitement. Below are some pics of our GREAT day!!!

*Weeeeeeeeee!!*

*Law @ his first picnic!!*

*Gaige @ the park*

*Travis, Gaige, Law, and Danny tearin' up the park equipment*

*Danny and Law on the curly slide*

Slow Posting

Not going to be posting much this week. I'll try to get a freebie list up, but the little man is starting to teethe and is extremely fussy/uncomfortable.

Some new pics of Lawrence

*His eyes are freaky, but I love the shirt!*

*Talking to Mommy, (at this stage talking is screaming).*

*Loves to play*

*Rockin' a Mohawk, (his shirt says Tax Deduction)*


*Holding on to the toy bar and sleeping, (this melted my heart), sooo freakin' cute!*

My perfect baby

*This is how I feel now!*Last week Lawrence started sleeping through the night in his crib! Last night was night FIVE of sleeping from 8p-5a without waking up once!! We don't know what we've done, but it worked!! haha! He is also going down for 2 naps during the day without fighting it too aggressively. We really don't know what to do with ourselves. We haven't had alone time with each other or by ourselves without worrying when he was going to wake up in over four months. This is a very welcomed break for us. The other night when he went down we both looked at each other and started naming off tons of things we could get done, but then decided to go to bed at 9p. Haha!

1st Baseball Game

*Fifth Third Field*
*Daddy and Me at the game*

*Mommy and Me*

On Friday, April 17th we took Lawrence to his first Toledo Mud Hens baseball game. Danny got tickets to the Libbey Suite for us. Lawrence had a lot of fun taking in the surroundings and all of the new noises. The game was over around 8PM, which was good because Lawrence had enough and was ready to go home and go to bed by then.

Our Wonderful Easter

*Happy Easter*

Danny took off work on Friday so we left to go down to Darke County around noon. We dropped Lawrence, Izzy, and all of our things off at my mom and Joe's house before heading to Sarah and Tuco's house. Sarah and I got to visit and she also cut my hair for me. Danny and Tuco got to play Magic and Pirates. Meem and Papa Joe enjoyed spending time with Lawrence and we enjoyed an evening "out". It was a nice beginning to a great weekend.*Watching Food Network w/Meem*

On Saturday April 11th we spent the day at my mom's house for Easter. My grandparents came over for dinner and spent time with Lawrence. We had a leg of Lamb, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, jell-o eggs, and homemade cheesecake for dessert... yummy!! Izzy and Lawrence both got Easter baskets!! Spoiled kids!!

Our Easter Sunday was spent with Danny's family. We got up around 6AM to head to the Sunrise Services at Cedar Grove Church, which started at 8AM. It was Lawrence's first trip to church and he did great (he slept through the whole service). After services we went to the breakfast offered at the church. It was a nice beginning to our day. Danny got to visit with members of the church he hadn't seen in a few years and everyone got to meet Lawrence.

After church we headed over to Danny's mom's house for lunch. Lawrence got to meet his Great-Grandma and Grandpa Worch and also his Great-Grandma and Grandpa Royer. He played with his cousins Gaige and Tyler too. We had a fun time doing a scavenger hunt that Nana (Danny's mom) does (this was the second year). She gives each family 4 clues to find the prize. We all race against each other to be the ultimate winner. It's a really cool idea and I can't wait until Lawrence is old enough to participate. Then it was time for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Tyler made his way all around the farm hunting Easter eggs and gifts. At one point he said, "Okay, this is the last one. I'm done." But he really wasn't. There were tons of eggs to be had!!*Tyler hunting Eggs*

All in all, this was the best Easter so far. I cannot wait for next year when Lawrence and Gaige will be walking and "hunting" eggs right along with Tyler. How fun!!

3 months old and colic...

*Big Smiles for Mom*

*Rockin my toy bar*

*Mr. Cool*

Last Friday our little one was three months old!! Wow, the time has really flown by quickly. He has had colic/gas spells since he was about three weeks old, but we really didn't want to admit to ourselves that it was colic. As new parents we just thought he was being "fussy" in the evening. He would cry from around 7p-10p ish. Sometimes earlier, sometimes later, but almost every night of the week he would have a "spell". We didn't notice a pattern until he was about 2 months old. I remember one night he started at 6p and it didn't end until 10:30p. He would take a break for a few minutes then start crying/screaming all over again. For the past 4 weeks it has really peaked to shrill screaming and crying, but he hasn't had a "spell" since last Sunday night!! Hooray!! Could it possibly be easing up?? Time will tell. We feel blessed that this is the only real concern we have as of right now!! I really think it hurts us more to not be able to soothe him, than it hurts him.

We've also been uneasy about his bowel movements. He only poos about every 5 days. He doesn't get fussy, but around the 3rd and 4th day he gets extremely gassy! Not pleasant for mom, dad, and Izzy!! He's a poo stockpiler, once he goes on the 5th day, WATCH OUT!! It fills two diapers. On the bright side there aren't many poo filled reusable diapers to wash!! =)

Moving on to happier things... he now lays under his activity center and plays with the toys dangling above him. He even pulls on one to make it play music!! This week he didn't want to be in his swing at all. He wanted to be under his activity center. Also, we've been reading the baby touch and feel books. He has farm, puppies and kittens, and first words. He loves to feel all the different textures and gets so excited to feel the "cows fur". I love reading to him and seeing his eyes light up and his bright smiles. It's so much fun to have a little one around, even if we have to deal with screams and poo!! =)

The Tuco's visit!?!...3/1

Our good friends came up from Darke County to visit us on Sunday March 1st. It was really nice to see both of them. We hadn't seen each other since Thanksgiving. They somehow met up with Danny on I-75N (he was on his way back from P-burg) and went to Del Taco to get lunch. It was yummy! I highly reccommend you try it for yourself...way better than Taco Bell. I had a taco salad. They got here around 11am and stayed until about 4p. Sarah cut and colored my hair which hadn't been done since Thanksgiving (before the baby). They BOTH held the baby and as you can see in the pic Sarah even fed him. Tuco was not too thrilled to hold him, but I made him!! As you know, if Tuco and Danny are in the same room they are playing games. They started off with the Wii, then the computer, and ended the day playing Magic. They never grow up, do they? It was nice to have visitors for the day and I'm sure Law welcomed the change of faces. =D

Pics of the Baby Boy...

He's growing like a weed!! He was 9 wks. yesterday and is in a size 2 disposable diaper. He's starting to stop himself from crying by sucking on a finger or his knuckles. He hasn't decided what works yet. He now sleeps in his crib too. He can smile, tries to laugh, and reacts to the inflections in our voices when we talk to him by carrying on mini conversations back to us. Also, he's in reusable Kushies diapers which are working out great. I washed 20 of them this week and they came out almost white again. Once I'm able to hang them out on the line I think they'll be even whiter.