Lawson is FOUR Years Old!

As cliche as it may sound, time really does fly!  Here we are, 4 years later with a blog update!  In what seems like the blink of an eye, we've gone from a sweet little 2 month old to a wide open, yet tender-hearted, little four year old!

In honor of Lawson's most recent birthday, I thought I'd start with an update from his birthday party.  We had about 40 of our closest friends and family at our home to celebrate our little pirate.  Although it was right in the middle of the summer, we were blessed with beautiful sunny weather for the event.

His birthday was centered around all things PIRATE!  We went with red, black and blue for the color scheme and tried to stay in that realm.  Coming up with the food was so much fun.  Everything we had to eat had a cutesy matching pirate-like name.  For example, we served "Peg Legs" which were corndogs, "Parrott Food" which was different cheeses and crackers, "Island Fruit" which was a fruit salad, etc.

While I wish I would have taken more pictures from the party, I'll let the pictures I do have do the rest of the talking.

Pirate Ship Blow Up

The Calm Before the Storm

Parrott Food, Ahoy Apple Sauce, and Gold Doubloons

Playing with Friends 

The Birthday Boy

Pirate's Treasure!  Swords, Eye Patches, Pirate Hats, Compasses, and Bubbles

Captain's Cupcakes

Island Veggies, Pirates Treasure, Fish -n- Chips (Goldfish and Ruffels)

Peg Legs (Corn Dogs) and Pirate's Booty Birthday Mix (Birthday Pop Corn)

My sweet family

Simple Decoration

Lawson's Big Present from Mommy and Daddy

Thank you for stopping by!  Although I won't make any promises, hopefully it won't be another 4 years before the next update!

Lawson is TWO months old!

Jack Lawson Rogers, you are TWO months old! 

What are you up to?

You are still eating about 4-5 ounces of formula per feeding but not quite as often.  Every once in a while, you will eat more.  One afternoon, you ate 8 ounces for your daddy! We finally found bottles that you like.  We tried several, but settled on Dr. Brown's bottles.  They helped so much with your gas!  

You sleep great!  You typically go down for the night anywhere between 7:00 and 8:00 and sleep until 5:00 or 6:00.  You very rarely wake up before then.  Mommy and Daddy are very thankful for this!  Up until the last couple of nights, you still loved being swaddled.  Now you sleep in a sleep sack so your arms are free.  You love laying in your crib kicking your legs and moving your arms now!  You are very happy in the morning, you laugh and giggle so much!  

Your newborn clothes no longer fit!  This makes me very sad.  You are still in size one diapers, but I think this may be changing soon also.  

You haven't had your 2 month well-check yet, so I'm not sure exactly how much you have grown.  I took you to work one day to visit and mommy's friends helped weigh you on the mail scale.  You weighed 10 pounds and 11 ounces then.  Most recently you weighed a whopping 12 pounds on the scales at home!  I know you've gotten longer because your gowns and sleepers are shorter on you.  I can't wait to see just how much you've grown when we go on the 17th for you appointment.  

You still LOVE being outside.  Brenna is loving it too because she definitely is getting walked more.  You love looking at the lights.  I think you will really enjoy our sunroom when it cools down a little.  You still love bath time.  You just lay there and smile.  

You have gotten so strong during the last month.  You hold your head up great and kick with such force.  Future soccer star, perhaps?  Daddy is encouraging you to roll over, but I'm not ready for that yet.

You recently started paying attention to the dogs.  Mainly Brenna because she follows us everywhere we go.  Brenna is so sweet with you.  She lays so patiently while you lay on her.  She has no idea what she is in for as you get older.  Jaxxon has backed off a little.  He still sniffs you, but not every 5 minutes like before.  

 

I think I'll probably end up saying this each month, but how is it even possible that you are already two months old?! It seems like just yesterday, you were an itty bitty baby!  You are developing the cutest little personality already.  We love watching you laugh and smile, and of course, your bright blue eyes!  We can't wait to watch you grow.  You are such a special little baby and have filled our lives with such happiness.  Mommy and Daddy love you so much, buddy!

 PS - Your Grammie, Nanny Norma, and Aunt Brooke came to visit you for a few days, but somehow we didn't take not one picture of them, so they deserve a 'shout out'!