Rodeo Fun

A few weeks ago we took L to see the rodeo.  We really wanted to go last year but him being not even 1 last year I figured the hassle of it all wasn't worth the benefit because he wouldn't have even cared.  This year though we thought he would really enjoy seeing all the animals!

 I love this picture :)

We parked and took the tram to the rodeo which was the best parking option, we went late afternoon and the trams came pretty frequent and had a place for us to put the stroller.

Once we were there, we decided to grab something to eat.  I had always heard about all the fried goodness and decided this was the time I would try it out! I had the fried oatmeal cream pie.  It was AMAZING!! I really could have eaten about 10 of them!!

Then we headed in to check out the animals and the exhibits.

Ford Atlas

We soon found out about L's love of trucks...he was beside himself over the trucks! By the time I could get my camera out he had regained some composure, but he was doing the pointer dog point which is his new thing if he is excited and just couldn't stop telling us all about something (we couldn't understand him)!  Ever since this day any truck that crosses his path is cause for a pause in his world and he will tell us all about the truck he sees!

Then we headed in to the petting zoo.  L was not having it...He would not let me put him down and when I tried he would grip tighter.  I mean to put it in perspective some of these animals would be like you or I being face to face with something bigger than us with no barrier, although he wasn't too sure about the little animals either.  He loved them from a distance. The chicks and bunnies were his favorite because they were in a cage :)

We had such a great time seeing everything and I cant wait to take him back next year when he is a little older!  It was so nice just to have an afternoon of fun family time!

Labor Day Weekend 2012

We had such a good weekend this year for Labor Day.  My parents came in town and although they had their own set of plans such as going to the Astros/Reds game and hitting up Galveston to scope things out for their future we were able to still visit and always have so much fun when they come in town.

On Friday we met up with some of our good friends Julie and Ryan who recently relocated to Houston from NYC.  A big change but we are so happy and excited to have them here! Julie actually started having contractions at dinner which led to her giving birth to their adorable little guy on sunday early in the morning!! It was so good to visit with them and L always has such a good time when we go out to City Centre.  Now that he can walk he just loves roaming around in the courtyard ( supervised of course) and watching all the bigger kids play.   

I think he has the best smile! It makes me so happy every time I see it!

 On Saturday we had another late night...L is such a trooper.  Really though as long as he is the center of attention the kid can stay up hours past his bedtime and be in good spirits.  My friend, coworker, and now also my neighbor had a party at her house to kick off football college football season.  They are huge LSU fans so we went over there to hang out and enjoy some good food and meet some other couples in the neighborhood.

Daddy was so excited colleged football started ...someones maybe a little confused?

On sunday after church we just hung around the house and then our neighborhood has a concert on the amphitheater area that we went to.  Its so fun to go out there with a blanket, some cold drinks and good company and just hang out.  I don't know if the bad was "good" but it was still fun and L had the best time getting his baby groove on! Once again he was out pretty late which led to a lot of sleeping on monday!!

And now for some serious picture overload!!!

Loves his Mimi

with Mimi and pop pop

having so much fun dancing!!

Dance Dance Dance

After such a busy fun filled weekend...this guy is BEAT!

Life these days

Apparently L is NOT a fan of the ol blog because every time I want to sit down to write a post he demands my full attention...well I decided to put my foot down, as I type I am feeding him and typing with one hand...

He turned 8 weeks on tuesday, I cant believe I almost have a two month old!!

Breastfeeding has been going great, Im so glad I stuck with it and worked through the problems because things are going great now, we no longer have meltdowns at every feeding, I no longer am in excruciating pain most of the time and L is certainly gaining weight he has the funniest chunky chin and some serious thigh muscles!! We weighed him at my parents last weekend and he was about 11.5 lbs!!  The only thing is   I wish it didn't take him almost an hour to eat, its so annoying and makes feeding him in public difficult because it takes so long so usually if we are going out for a while I will bring some pumped milk to give him and that has worked out good so far.

He is slowly getting on more of a schedule he has the bedtime routine down but I am going to try and move his bedtime up to about 8pm instead of 10pm and try to start doing this thing called Dream Feeding, its not for all babies and while I very much believe in feeding on demand as opposed to forcing a schedule on my baby I am willing to try this.  It may not work, for some babies it really just doesnt work but,  He WILL NOT sleep more than 3.5 hours at night and it makes me so tired!! One night he slept 5 hours but thats because we were so busy all day and he literally would not take a nap.  This may be selfish of me to try but at this point I am desperate for sleeping longer than 3 hours. He has also started taking more regular naps...not always but he will usually always sleep for a stretch of time from around 11 or 12 until about 2 or 3.  Aside from that its just a lot of cat naps.

I go back to work in 3 weeks and we still haven't found a person to watch him, mainly because I have been in denial and am so worried about leaving him in my home with a stranger.  I have given it to God and have just been praying for a wonderful person to come and care for him those few hours at night while me and hubs are at work.  The only thing making me feel ok about leaving him when I go to work is that he will be asleep most of the time so I wont be missing out on much. I am also looking into a video surveillance system that I can monitor from my cell phone so I can keep an eye on whats going on while were away.

As far as the Shrinxx Hips that I bought to try out...it did work but I think would have worked better had I wore it more consistently.  It did bring my hips from about 36.5 when I started to about 36 or so, I think  once I start running more the little extra squish will go away.

We went on our first out of town trip with the little guy this past weekend and it really was a huge success.  He wasnt a fan of being in the car seat so much but over all was a very happy baby the entire trip.  He got to meet a lot of people for the first time and I got to see family that I hadnt seen in many many years, so in all it was a fantastic weekend for all!!

I love this picture I just think he looks so cute!!

With my brother...he really loved his Uncle J

with my dad, aunt and brother

me and my cousin who looks more like my sister