Father's Day

This was of course Jason's first official Father's Day. I think he had a good one.We had dinner at my dad's on Saturday and then pretty much just hung out around the house on Sunday. Jason got in some quality time with his little guy.

Lawson made Daddy a special, personalized Father's Day book. I will refrain from posting a picture of each page, but I just love it. And, Jason did too!

These are some of my favorite pages. I just love these pics of Daddy and his little man!
Lawson is so blessed to have Jason for his Daddy, and I am so blessed to have him for a husband.

Happy First Father's Day, Jason!

Mandy

Grandpa

Since yesterday was Father's Day, I thought I would post about my dad in addition to posting about Jason. I'll post about Jason's first Father's Day separately.

If you know my Dad, you know I am one blessed girl. My Dad is an amazing man of God who sets a wonderful example of Christ's love. He has a servant's heart and just can't seem to say no when someone is in need. What you may not know is that technically, I'm adopted. My Dad married my Mom when I was three and adopted me officially when I was six. I started kindergarten with one last name and ended it with a different one. I remember the day we went to court to finalize the adoption. The judge took us back to his chambers and asked me if I wanted Ralph (he loves that name :-)) to be my Dad forever. I'm not sure if I understood why he was even asking me that question. Of course I did!!!

What a blessing my Dad is to me...to my sisters...to my whole family...to his friends and just about anyone he comes in contact with. And, now Lawson has the privilege of having him for a Grandpa!!

As you can see, Lawson is laid back and super happy to be hanging out with his Grandpa. Grandpa doesn't seem to mind it either. When I explain that my Dad isn't my biological father, people are kind of shocked. To be honest, so am I. Sometimes I even forget that's the case. I'm so thankful he's the Dad God chose for me!

Mandy

Date Night?

I don't know if it counts as a date night if we take Lawson with us, but that's exactly what we did a week or so ago. Jason and I are super adventurous eaters, so we took Lawson to our favorite place...Chili's. Okay, so maybe not so adventurous, but we still had a great time.

I'm sure I've said this before, but we have THE BEST baby EVER!! My sweet boy just hung out in his seat the whole time we were there. Didn't fuss. Didn't cry. Just sat there enjoying the evening out. 

 Lawson loves his Daddy. And, his Daddy likes him a little too.

Getting a little sleepy.

Loved me some date night with my two favorite boys!

Mandy

Peas: It's What's for Dinner

Today Lawson had his first vegetable: peas. I happen to like peas, but I know they are not generally a favorite to most. Well, the reviews were mixed, but he ate them just the same. At this point, my boy just likes to eat. Here are a couple of videos of the event.

As you can see, he's just not sure what to think of this green mush, BUT he did keep opening his mouth for more. He seemed to survive the experience and still be pretty darn happy.

I just love this sweet face! We are so blessed to have this little guy in our life! 

Mandy

Cereal...Yum...

I think I may have mentioned in a previous post that we were ready to try cereal. Well, we have, and the verdict is in: Lawson LOVES it!!! He is such a good boy!

Here is a short video of just how excited he gets about eating (that's my boy!).

Mother's Day

We spent Mother's Day with my mom and my sisters and their kiddos. What a good day!! I could tell you that all I wanted to do was be with my sweet Lawson because it was Mother's Day. But, let's face it, that's pretty much what I want to do EVERY day! Man, I love that boy!!

As you can see the older kids had been playing in the sprinkler. Next year Lawson can join them.

This was my sweet Mother's Day gift. Little Lawson's hands and feet. Lord knows they won't be this tiny for long. So glad to have this. I do sort of wish I had been there to see how this went down :-).

Mandy

Easter (a little late)

I have been a bit of a slacker on the posting, but I want to eventually print all of this for Lawson (and me too) so I'm going to try and catch up.

Easter was a busy day, so I took very few pictures (bad Mommy!). Here's what I have.

Easter basket (well, bucket really). 

He got sunglasses in his bucket.

A chocolate bunny from Nana and Bop. No, he's not really eating it. 

He wore a tie to church. :-) Look at that tummy!!!

I am certain next Easter will be a bit more active. :-)

Mandy