Our Last Day of Summer :(

Here I am with my favorite little man!  Our last day summer together!  (He's so sad!  Ha!)

Beau LOVES these blocks!  He will literally play with them FOREVER!  This baby has quite the attention span.

So, Beau has never really cared about watching TV.   Until I started noticing that every time Carrie Underwood would come on, he would stop whatever he was doing and stare at the TV.  It's hilarious!  he doesn't do it for anyone or anything else (except now he stares when Zac Brown's song "Free" comes on... I love that song!).  So here he is this morning GLUED to the TV, stopped in the middle of playing, to stare at his girlfriend!  

Beau was so excited to get a birthday present from Aunt Fray and Uncle Adam!!  A vacuum cleaner!!!  Now he can learn to be as OCD as I am!  (And Adam!  ha!)  So "THANK YOU" Aunt FrayFray and Uncle Adam!!!  Beau LOVES it!

"I'm done cleaning!  Now I'm gonna attack my momma!!!!  ROARRRRR!!!"

Last night Beau slept so much! 14 hours to be exact! Sarah says he making up for the whole YEAR that he didn't sleep. Ha ha! Well, when he woke up he was ready to play, then he napped (as if he hadn't slept enough), and then we played some more. It was such a great day! Here are some pictures of him on his new "obstacle course!" (And then a few videos of course, too.)

Here he is, STUCK!  That big 'ol booty!  Poor thing!

Here he is eating some pancakes, and boy does he love them!  He is just smacking away!  I'm going to miss making him pancakes and muffins for breakfast every day.  I have to start back work in the morning (Wednesday).  :)

Eating....well, kinda

So I feel like Beau spends a lot of time in his highchair! This boy loves to eat! Well, usually. Tonight here is what he did when I turned my back for one second:

~More cute pictures of Beau eating~

Beau's First Birthday

On Saturday we celebrated our baby boy's first birthday! This year has just flown by and we cannot believe how much Beau has changed and how much he has learned to do. What a blessing he is to our whole family. We are so thankful for such a sweet and healthy boy. Here are some pictures from his birthday party~

Eating birthday cake

Watching the bubbles from his bubble machine

Watching Daddy play cornhole and cheering him on!

Look at me on my new toy!

Soaking Up Summer

This has been a great week here for our little family. Beau is getting huge and cutting his first tooth! He has also started sleeping through the night! This has been a long time coming for me. I still wake up every morning around 3 and check on him and then lay awake til 4. Guess I'm so used to doing it for the last 11 months.

Here are some pictures from our week. I'm just trying to soak up spending every second with this baby because before I know it I'll be back to teaching. :(

Here is Beau with my friend Carrie's little girl. Aubrey was born 4 days before Beau came. Beau is about 8 pounds heavier than she is and he looks a lot taller too! We tried so hard to get a good picture of them.

Beau looks worried in this one.

Here he goes bitting her butt! Love it!

"What's this, Mommy? Looks like something I should yank really hard!"

I love this one. He made his way to our front door and pulled himself right up. He just stood there looking outside forever!

Caught red-handed!!

Beau loves watching Daddy grill!

Look at these chunky legs!!!

I just love this baby so much, and I feel so lucky that I have gotten to spend so much time with him this summer!

4th of July

This has been such a fun weekend so far! Yesterday, we picked Sarah up from the airport! Then, we ran some errands in Wichita and got Beau's hair cut, again! (The first one looked like a bowl cut!) Now he looks so grown up! :( Last night, we went to dinner with some friends, and today we have been hanging out and relaxing! Here are some pictures and videos of Beau having fun! I LOVE THIS SWEET BABY!

Our Trip to Arkansas and Hot Springs

Last week we went to visit Paige's family in Arkansas then on Friday, we went to Hot Springs for the weekend. Pommy came with us, and we had so much fun! Beau was such a great baby on the trip! He LOVED playing in the king size bed! Now we think we need to get one! ;) We went to a yummy Italian restaruant on Saturday night. Then we went walking through downtown. He was so happy sitting up in his stroller, holding onto the cupholder, just looking around! It was hilarious! When it was time to get back in the car, he just sat in his stroller and didn't want to get out! What a sweet boy! He slept GREAT that night! Right in the middle of Paige and me! The next day was our 2nd anniversary! We drove home and only had to stop once. Beau is such a great little traveler!

Here is a video of Beau kissing "that baby in the mirror!"  I love this and when looking at him standing the mirror, I had a moment of insanity where I actually thought how awesome it would be to have 2 Beau's!!!  Ha!

Here's Beau playing in his pool at Pommy's house!

Beau's First Haircut

Here I go! About to get my first haircut!

Looking good!!

Well, I broke down and agreed to get Beau's haircut! I called this morning and our friend, Emily, was booked until August 19th! Thankfully, she had a cancelation at 11 so we took it. Beau did so great! He looks so grown up now I can't stand it! Here are some pictures of him getting all trimmed up!

Beau grows!

Last night Paige and I were looking at pictures of Beau and I got tears in my eyes because of how much and how fast he has grown! I was saying, "I just want to hold that little, tiny baby one more time!" I am just so glad that we have truly enjoyed every, single second of being his parents. I can honestly say that I know I held him as much as I could (probably too much!) and just tried to soak in everything! Here is the picture of when we brought him home from the hospital and then the picture I took on June 1st; 10 months old! Where did the time go???? :(

Beau Thinks his daddy is funny!

Another cute one of Beau laughing!

Beau Loves His Dadadadadadada!

This is one happy baby!

Here are a couple cute video clips of Beau babbling about his daddy!

My first Mother's Day was so nice! Paige made me blueberry pancakes and gave me some beautiful tulips! I am especially thankful this day and every day for my own wonderful mom!

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Easter

Beau's first Easter was perfect! Paige's mom came to visit and we just relaxed and ate a lot of good food! Beau loved his bunny cake and wanted to dig into it so badly! It was really cute! Oh and he sure loved the Easter grass in his basket, too. It was hilarious how he was trying to eat it by the handful! Guess it doesn't take much to make this baby happy! Here's some pictures from the weekend:

Spring 2010

I can't believe Beau is already 8 months old! He is growing so much and learning so many new things! Yesterday he was flipping around in his crib like a fish out of water! It was hilarious! He scoots all over the floor, mostly he's either searching for his pacifier or trying to eat the carpet! So needless to say my new hobby is vacuuming EVERY DAY!! I love this baby more than life itself and couldn't imagine life any other way! Here are some pictures from the past few months.

I was in the kitchen and came in and found him like this! Some body's just learned how to move around!!

In Lawrence visiting the Buhler/Dillon family!

Beau LOVES his jumper-roo!!!

Sitting up for the first time!!