Uh-Oh...

Our built in baby gate is no more! Dawson quickly figured out how to climb up the two steps to get out of the living room. He thinks it is so much fun to do it over and over and over again all day long. Yay, fun for me :).

BREAKING NEWS

Dawson said "Dada" for the first time on Friday! It couldn't have been more perfect timing. Chad and Dawson were playing on the bed when he said it. I'm sure it was our excitement that made him continue to say it over and over again. Yes, I will admit I'm jealous. I thought for sure he would say Mama first considering I spend just about every day all day with him, but no, Dad got it first. I also forgot to share with all of you that Dawson is definitely crawling now. He started a little over 2 weeks ago (right after my post about his wannabe crawling). He is all over the place and into everything! No more relaxing for us...

Look Who's 50!!!

Happy Birthday Beth!!

We celebrated yesterday at Chihuahuas then back here for cake and ice cream. After dinner, the sombrero and singing Dawson was worn out!

Cute picture of Lynn, Aiden & Shane

Beth's birthday present from Dawson & Aiden.

She had some help with the candles from her sweet grandsons.

Slacker!

Yep, that's me! Sorry to all of you who check our blog that I haven't posted in over a week. It's been fairly busy so I'll do my best to fill you in on what's been going on... We'll start with last Thursday (my last post). Dawson and I went to Trisha McPhail's baby shower. Her and Todd welcomed Paige into their life on February 21st. She is such a sweet miracle...and so tiny. It was nice to see a room full of dresses and pink!

Meet Paige McPhail

On Saturday we all got together to celebrate Lynn's birthday, she turned 28 on March 20th.

Happy Birthday Lynn!

Beth knitted Lynn a huge cozy blanket.

Dawson went right for the wrapping paper. Dawson, Maia and Aiden had a fun day of playing together.

After wearing each other out, Aiden & Maia watched a movie...well for about 10 minutes.

On Tuesday Andrea brought Jama and I to MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers). I LOVED it. It's a group of moms that get together every other week for 2 hours, there is always a speaker and then a craft project. I'll admit I was a little hesitant to leave Dawson since I've only left him in family's care so far but right away I felt comfortable. It's sweet grandmas that watch them and it seemed to be 1-3 kids per adult. The moms start off by eating breakfast, then this week the topic was discipline. It was all a little premature for me but really interesting. The presentation was based on a book called "Parenting with Love and Logic". I highly recommend it, I'm going to buy it and read it now so I'm prepared when Dawson get's to that point. Then for the craft project this week we did cute little Easter candy envelopes and candy carrots. I'm looking forward to the next one that the topic will be homeopathic remedies and the craft project is making "green" cleaning products!

Here is my bunny and carrot!

Right after MOPS I dropped Dawson off at Great Grandma's and went to get my hair done. It had been over 5 months since I got it colored! I was being indecisive as usual but knew I wanted to do something different. My two options that I thought of were getting a body perm or cutting it short. Since I wasn't sure what to expect from the perm I decided to chop it. I think we cut about 6-7 inches off! I'm having a bit of "haircutters remorse" but overall it's nice to have my hair look and feel so healthy for once.

Before After

On Thursday night Ryan and his girlfriend Megan invited us over to their place for a BBQ. Her mom, stepdad, sister, dad, stepmom and stepsister all flew in from Montana to celebrate her birthday the next day. Another big step for Ryan having the two families meet. :) It all went great! Her family is full of energy and a lot of fun.

This is the only picture I ended up getting all night but I thought it was a cute one of my dad, Dawson and I.

Friday night we were bringing back the 80's!! Megan celebrated her 30th birthday by throwing an 80's bash.

Me and the Birthday girl.

Ryan & Megan

How do you like Chad's mullet?

Katie's good at rocking the 80's style.

Molly (Megan's sister), Megan, Chad and Tasha (Megan's stepsister) taking a birthday shot.

Lookin' Good

Dawson watched and admired as I framed his 6 Month pictures...

Do We Call That Crawling?

Dawson has been so close to crawling for over a month now, but recently he has actually started to move. It's not graceful but he's able to get from one side of the room to the other. Sometimes he's real quick and other times it takes some time (he takes a lot of rests during the process). Here are some pics from this morning. He starts in a good crawling position and is able to take some knee steps but still can't quite coordinate moving the arms and legs together. So he always ends up on his belly stretching to get a little further.

Then it's back up on all fours with some "knee hops".

Next he gets up on his tip toes and takes a couple steps that way.

So as you can see it takes a lot of work but with his determination he'll get the hang of it soon.

Dawson & Daddy

Chad was sitting with Dawson the other day and when I looked over I had a flashback of a previous pcture...

10/26/2008

3/8/2009

A Cold & Ear Infection?!

Poor baby! Dawson caught a cold a little over a week ago and he just now is about over it. He had a rough week of coughing and a runny, runny nose. To top it all off when I called the doctor to ask about his cold they had us come in for a visit...turns out he has a slight ear infection in one of his ears. He has to take antibiotics for 10 days, then go back to the doctor in 3 weeks to make sure it's better.

Luckily Dawson doesn't mind taking his antibiotics at all-it tastes like bubble gum.

I know it's bad, but since Dawson's been sick he usually ends up in our bed at night. The doctor said it's hard for babies to sleep when they have an ear infection and I just don't have the heart to listen to him cry when he's so stuffed up. Soon he will be back in his crib all night but for now I'm going to enjoy being able to comfort and cuddle him.

Mmm...Corn & Chihuahuas

Just in case you all really care about each time Dawson tries a new solid...we gave him corn! This seemed to be another one of his favorites. He was a little unsure after his first bite but then it was smiles and a big open mouth after that. Hmm...maybe peas next?

It's funny to me how when Dawson is in his pajamas he still seems small and like a little baby. But when we get him dressed up in big boy clothes (especially when it's a real shirt and not a onesie) he looks so grown up. Case in point...

P.J.'s

Big Boy Clothes

I'm sorry, but I cannot get over how cute he is!

Last night we went to Chihuahuas. We were not sure how Dawson would do since we have not been going out to eat as much now that he is so active and not always content sitting still. I was so impressed! We planned on trying out a high chair for the first time but he just sat in his carseat in the booth with me playing with toys and smiling at our waitress Lulu.