Lawson Plays

Following Lawson around during his playtime...

Loves his (Lincolns) Elmos!!
Learning to do puzzles...
Reading a new book...

Playing on couch (carefully)

Swimming This Morning

Lincoln and I spent a couple of hours this morning swimming at Lifetime while Lawson had some playtime in the child center. He can swim again in two weeks when he gets his cast off (hopefully...)

Bye Bye Old Friend

Lawson no longer gets a bottle at bedtime. About. Time.... We took it away cold turkey. He went one day without drinking any milk, then started to drink it out of the sippy cup.
One more baby thing, GONE. It's hard to do with your little one. The only "baby" thing left for him is diapers!!

Play Date

Playing in the back of our truck, exciting times...

The Wuestes came over today for a play date. Tori (yes that is Tori!) liked swinging in the swing and Lincoln, Ryan, Maddie, and Lawson jumped

in the bounce house, rode trikes, came inside to play, ate lunch, etc... Great to See them!!

Messy, Again

Paint

We decided to do some painting today, and I am glad about the decision to do it OUTSIDE. Lawson is still learning how to paint, and at this point enjoys the body painting....

He does his own stunts

We Are Back

We are back from our 4 day family trip to the Lakehouse. The house was even better than the website portrayed, it was perfect. More to come, busy unpacking, but wanted to let everyone know that we had an injury free, fun vacation...

Matthew (my nephew), Lincoln and Ron grilling marshmallows on the grill..

Yum, they were good!!

Lawson and Bristol had fun playing together!!

The Whole Fam... We never like the way we look in these Lakehouse pictures...

Lincoln and La La taking a rest... They needed it...

Foot Update

Took Lawson to the orthopedic specialist today. Put on a more perm cast covering, the last one was "split" bc of the swelling he still had. Looking good as far as we know. The cast isn't stopping him much anymore, he is everywhere dragging that cast... We go back in 3 weeks to get the cast taken off, new xrays, and hopefully that will be it...
Oh yeah, he got a camoflauge cast....

Lakehouse

Check out the LAKEHOUSE we have rented this weekend for our FAMILY TRIP. All four of us siblings, my mom, plus all our families will be making it for this 3 night/4 day adventure... Looking. Forward. To. It.
http://www.vrbo.com/78709

Sticker Game

The first day Lawson broke his foot, we had to be creative in what he was capable of doing. So, we decided to let him see just how many stickers he could put on Daddy's face...(and Lincoln had stamps all over his body, thanks to La La- that stuff doesn't come off easily!!)

The FOOT

OK, I wasn't going to post a pic of poor Lawson and his cast, but due to all the requests I'm giving in!! It just breaks my heart to see. This is him in our front yard right now playing in the bounce house. It's one thing he can do for excercise for the rest of his body... He likes to sit there and have Lauren bounce him up and down on his bottom.

He is now walking on his cast, he is wobbly but he can do it!! He doesn't seem to be in pain anymore, he just gets fussy bc he is frustrated. He gets a new cast on Wednesday.

Tube

Found this tube up in the attic, so brought it down for Lincoln to take to the family lake trip. So, now he is attatched to it, he has to take a bath with it and today he took a nap with it!!

Today we went to Lincoln's gymnastics, ran some errands, and went to the mall. Lauren wanted to buy some board shorts for the trip. She babysat my neighbors 2 little boys, and made $30.00 for 3 hours and they were mostly asleep!! I don't ever remember making this much!! The boys played in the play area at the mall, and we ran into my friend Debbie from college and her kiddos Ben and Hannah. So Lincoln had a blast playing with his freinds!! Then they took great naps (me too).

Six Flags Pics

Just a couple of Six Flags Pictures...

ABC Adventure, Bristol

Check out my Niece's (Bristol) ABC Adventure by clicking here:

http://www.myabcadventure.com/index.htm?movieid=21F45B04-8618-46A8-8B33-FAF3CD5334B5

Catch Up

Lots Lots Lots Going On, My Head is Actually Spinning.
Friday: Took Lawson to the orthopedic specialist, they put on a "split cast" because there still was so much swelling. He will go back on Wed to get a more permanent cast on. He seems to be doing well, nothing is going to stop him... He needs to be monitored 24 7 because he is already trying to climb, etc... He seems to be in good spirits, is sleeping better, and just getting used to the whole cast thing and trying to get around, mostly by crawling but does take a couple steps here and there.

Saturday: We FINALLY had our garage sale. We had 15 people here at 6:30 in the am. We made over 200.00 so it was worth our time. By 11:00 we were basically giving things away. Then we packed up the rest and donated it.
Then we headed on over to a neighbors bday party. Put up the bounce house that night.

Sunday: FINALLY we made it to Six Flags. No rain, no broken bones today. Ron stayed back with Lawson and I took Lauren and Lincoln. In the am, there were NO lines, and we were able to stay on some rides twice. Had a great time....

At the end of this week, we will be going on the Lucek Family Vacation....

Poor Lawson

This is a hard post for me to write. I haven't had a chance to tell many of you this bc I've had my hands full, but Lawson broke his left foot today. He fell off a chair in the kitchen and hit the tile. We have an appt in the morning with an orthopedic specialist. He has on a temporary cast right now, and will get a permanent one tomorrow. No walking for 4-6 weeks. If you know Lawson at all, you understand what a challenge this is going to be.
Keep our little one in your prayers for fast and easy healing.

Puppy Chow

Teamwork: We all chipped in and made some Puppy Chow, which is Crispex cereal coated with chocolate and peanut butter and powdered sugar, it's yummy. But of course the boys made a mess right after I mopped. I don't think Lauren realized once again how it is to cook with 2 toddlers helping....

So, off to a bath once again...

Then we headed for dinner with Ron at Bari's Pizza Place, and hope to get to the Galleria mall tomorrow for some shopping!!

My Hubby

I might get in trouble for posting this, but this is my husbands HIGH SCHOOL Senior picture...Awwwwww

Fruity

We haven't made it to Six Flags yet, but we are still having fun with Lauren. I think she has discovered that sitting down to have a quick snack isn't as easy as it used to be at home.

Last night, Lauren treated us to Marble Slab ice cream, then we went to Kids Castle park. Today, La La caught up on her sleep while we went up to church for Bible Study.

La La is HERE!! She got in last night. We have kept her busy all ready. We headed out to watch Lincoln's gymnastics class this am, then after coming home for lunch we went to a waterpark called Sun Valley, just a few miles down the road. We stayed there for 3 hours so we are all pooped. We all got some sun and PLENTY of exercise. We enjoyed the lazy river, la la went down the slides and the boys liked the toddler pool. See where we went, click here: http://www.cityoflewisville.com/wcmsite/publishing.nsf/Content/Pool+Locations+and+Information
Came home for Taco's, then took the boys on a bike ride to the fishing pond and tried to go fishing with a broken fishing pole, well we will get that fished while La La is here she loves fishing.
Tomorrow is our BIG DAY to go to Six Flags Theme Park. Hoping the weather cooperates. This is Lincoln's big reward for no more nail biting!!

We headed on down to Fort Worth today to see some artwork at the Arts

Museum, not exactly a great place to take toddlers, but nonetheless we saw what we went for. Then we headed over to the Stockyard for lunch, and Lincoln got to ride this REAL Texas Longhorn. The boys also had balloon hats made by a clown, and got to visit an old fashioned candy store!!

The Fireworks. We headed out the the Flower Mound High School to watch the amazing firework show. As I said earlier, both boys enjoyed the show. The last picture is of Lawson kicking back on Daddy's lap enjoying the "pop pop" show....

The 4th of July Children's Parade, in the rain...

There's me, Nanny!!

happy one and a half birthday to our little wiggle worm, Lawson.

Lincoln's email amd other daily news

1. Lincoln got his own email address, so if you are interested in sending him something let me know and I will give it to you directly. He LOVES checking it.

2. Lincoln's pet frog was set free to find his parents.

3. Enjoyed being in the childrens parade, even in the downpouring rain. Something I would only do for my boys!! will post pics soon.

4. Went to the Flower Mound fireworks at the High School. FUN.... Both boys loved the show, and were both ewwing and ahhing. We thought Lawson may be scared, but he didn't even flinch... I'll be posting some pics soon. LOVE FLOWER MOUND... They do so much for the kids at every holiday.

5. Ron went to the dentist today, no cavaties Mom... Lincoln and I are next.

6. La La will be here in TWO days to spend TEN days with us, then we will take her with us on the family trip to meet up with her fam.

7. Family trip in TWO weeks, an awesome Lakehouse near Austin. Staying 3 nights... Everyone will be there.

8. Lincoln and I are going to go see the Go Diego Go show this month. This is very exciting for a 3 yr old, and we are going with his best bud Emily...

9. I am now known as the drink lady to the neighborhood kids. I feel sorry for them playing out in the heat so I'm always bringing everyone juice boxes, lemonade, or sweet tea. They love it and now request it everytime they see me.

10. Lawsons stitches came off today, his 4th molar popped through, he opened a door knob.... big day.

11. MOM Smith may be coming for a week in August. We'll keep our fingers crossed until we hear from you...

HAPPY 4TH

HAPPY 4th of July Family and Friends!!

We are on our way to the Chilren's Parade of Flower Mound.

The boys will be in the parade,

Lincoln on his Tricycle and Lawson in the Bike

Bug pulled by Ron.

They are out right now getting balloons and decorations...\

We'll see if the rain will hold out for us... At the end of the parade there is a celebration with bounce houses, free hotdogs and drinks, a magician, etc... All that fun stuff for kids...

Tues Six: Lincoln

Tuesday Six: Lawson

Flower Mound Brothers

Wildflowers

Have anyone's wildflowers (from Bristol) grown? And if so, how long did it take. I have a impatient three year old here that checks them every few minutes...

Rain Rain

Rain Rain, Go Away? We LOVE the rain and all, but this is a little extreme. The 10 day forecast predicts nothing but rain every day. We are flooding, not at our house yet, but the lake here has made national news for the overflowing.

Anyway, our spirits are still UP. We had a GREAT weekend and it's not over yet. As we speak, Ron is preparing steaks, chicken, corn on the cob, sweet pots, etc... Can't wait to eat, I skipped breakfast and lunch!!

Anyone have exciting plans for the 4th??? We will do the childrens parade at 11am, have a BBQ late afternoon, then at night watch the Flower Mound fireworks at the Flower Mound High School. I think we will ride our bikes there to avoid the traffic... Of course, this will all be done in the rain.