Saturday, June 15, 2013

First hair cut (amongst other things)!


Today Dawson received his first official haircut!  He still doesn't have a ton of hair and what he does have is sooo blond it is hard to see anyways, but it was getting a little long and scraggly in the back, so it was time to get it cut!  I was a little nervous about how he would do, but he handled it better than expected!  Here are some pictures to depict the event!

Standing outside getting ready to head in!

He LOVED the spinning barber shop thing!

Before picture of the hair :)

Getting ready!



Starting to get a little uncomfortable...

"I hate this, I hate this!"

"Mommy, why is she touching me?!?"

And the sucker saves the day!  Phew!

"Life is good now!"









And we are DONE!

He was just checking himself out in the mirror!  What a handsome little man :)

We got to celebrate the event by eating lunch out :)  He was still attached to that sucker!


Dawson is soooo fun right now :)  I am loving every minute with him!  He is definitely no longer my "baby" and is quite the little toddler.  This is bitter sweet for me, as it is hard to see him leaving his baby stage, but so exciting to watch him become a little man!  Dawson and I have tons of fun during the day.  We love to make each other laugh :)  I am super thankful that I get to stay home with this little blessing!

Dawson has become quite the little talker!  He is trying new words daily and will attempt to say most of the things you ask him to!  Some of his newest words are- avocado, mailman, lawn mower, apple, and Clark :)

Dawson is also already showing his love for his little brother.  He loves to pat my tummy while he says "belly!" and give "his brother" (aka my belly) kisses :)  Super sweet!

At almost 17 months now, Dawson has (almost) 10 teeth!  He is still a picky eater, but we are working on that!  He has transitioned to one nap a day and absolutely LOVES the outdoors.  Dawson is also super ticklish- one of his favorite times of day is the nightly tickle session with daddy. Dawson has become obsessed with large trucks and airplanes.  He now calls all vehicles "truck" and anytime he hears a plane, he stops what he is doing and points/looks up in the air.  Such a boy!  When Dawson hears something loud or new, he makes a surprised face and noise that is just priceless...sooo cute ;)  Also, one of his favorite daily activities is to throw all of mommy's lotions off of her dresser and on to the floor.  He is definitely a little mess maker!

I feel like my little man is doing so many new things, that it is hard to even skim the surface, but hopefully you can get a little sense of how he is changing and growing!  We haven't done very good with taking pictures lately, but here are a few new ones from the past few months!
One of his favorite places to sit :)

Just playing!

Outdoors + a slide = perfect!

We couldn't get him to sit at the park long enough to eat, so we improvised!

Sweet boy :)

Action shot!

Family picture on Mother's Day!

Just driving with a friend!

Digging up worms with pap-paw and Ava!


At the lake with grandma :)



"Cooking"

Dawson and his daddy :)

I am totally in love with this little cutie pie!


Going down his first water slide with papa!

Bike ride!

Such a sleepy boy!

Just resting in mommy and daddy's bed!



Sharing some cereal with daddy when he got home from working hard!

Look at how he adores his daddy :)

Fun in the car!

Just chilling with his animals


P.S.  Sorry I am still not doing well with this whole blogging thing!  Pregnancy is really wearing me out, so any free time I have, I like to rest!

Monday, April 15, 2013

Dawson Update :)

Since I have been sick with pregnancy, poor little Dawson hasn't had a blog update in a long time, so I thought I would show you all a few cute pics of our little man and tell you about a few of the things he has been doing the last few months.

What is Dawson doing these days?!?
- Talking a lot! Here are a few of the things he likes to say- belly, ball, hot, hi, bye, bath, mama, dada, eye, door, nose, "oh" for open, help, down, up, papa, no (which is his favorite word...ugh!), likes to bark like a dog, makes noises to sound like he is saying "one, two, three", still uses sign language, moves his mouth up and down when asked "What does a fish say?"
- He understands a lot of what we say to him.  Recently he has been able to go get a book and bring it to me to read when I tell him too and he LOVES to throw his own diapers away when I ask him too.  He is sooo proud of himself when he gets to do this!
- Loves to use a fork when eating.  Every time he stabs the food with the fork he makes a sound :)
- Likes to try and climb on anything he can
- Enjoys holding our hands while we pray
- Has an obsession with climbing stairs and with opening and closing the microwave.
- Gets really sad when daddy has to go to work :(
- He started walking really well right before he turned 13 months old and we haven't been able to keep up with him since!
- LOVES the outdoors.  Anytime we go outside he likes to try to walk all the way to the end of our block, climb our neighbors steps, or open mailboxes :)
- Thinks it is fun to throw things in the toilet and the trash can when we aren't looking.
- Enjoys laughing and dancing!  If he hears any type of music, he is automatically dancing :)
- Really likes to sing songs!
- Has 8 teeth!
- Imitates everything
- Likes to give high fives, pound it, and shake hands :) 
- Enjoys Saturday mornings the most because he gets to go out with daddy to get donuts!

An example of how this boy loves to climb

Cutie pie :)


Listening to the ipod with daddy...and dancing to the music!

Playing with Taytum!


Kisses from mommy ;)  I love my boy!

Dawson loves to walk around with something hanging out of his mouth...

...as you can see here...

and here!

Loves his water bottle!


Favorite place to play in the kitchen :)

"Helping" mommy clean the floor :)  He will get a rag from time to time and just start mopping the floor...what a good helper I have!

High-fives for Willie at the K-State baseball game!

Playing with Aunt Ashlyn and bubbles :)

The cousins at Easter :)

Looking cool in their shades!
 *The rest of these pictures were taken on our phone...so they are small because if we enlarge them they look bad!
Frisbie Golfing :)

Found a golf cart at our neighbors soccer game

"Can't wait to golf with dad someday"

Playing with our new neighbor!

Donuts with Dad!

At the St. Patty's Day parade :)
 
This video is of Dawson laughing at his pap-paw :)  He thinks he is sooo silly!