Week 28

(7/21 - 7/27)

What a week... Last Sundya night little P was up every single hour during the night... he seemed to feel okay when we woke up in the morning... but I got a call and had to go get him around 3. He wouldn't eat for them and hadn't slept all day, either. I got him home and he fell asleep in my arms and slept for 2 1/2 hours! That must have done the trick because Tuesday he was back to himself... happy and energized :-) Tuesday evening P and I took a trip to T-town to have dinner with some of my pledge sisters from college... it was so fun to catch up and to introduce them to Pierson! He was perfect on the trip... he slept the whole way there, was happy and fun during dinner, and then slept the whole way home! Friday I took off work and we hung out and played most of the day. I went to lunch with my friend Penny and ran a few errands. Friday night Gogo and grandpa Mike watched Pierson and Drew and I headed to T-town for dinner with some friends for our friend Shane's birthday. It was a ton of fun! And Pierson had a great time with his grandparents. The rest of the weekend Drew, Pierson, and I just hung out! Here are some pics from the week...

He has gotten where he doesn't like laying down to play with his toys anymore... he wants to sit up... always!

I bought him some alphabet/number foam tiles and we're going to put them on the floor in the office/playroom. I put a few together and tried them out and he loved them!

Pierson eating Prunes with his daddy... mmmmm! :-) Our little man is so funny... out of all the fruits and veggies he's tried he seems to like the taste of prunes the best... even more than bananas and apples! Silly little man!

Like father like son! He has recently discovered the remote and LOVES it! I have a feeling I'm NEVER going to get control of that thing once he's old enough to watch TV.

The other night Pierson fell asleep when I was holding him on the couch... and well you've heard how much he loves to stand... well he started STANDING UP IN HIS SLEEP! Drew and I were cracking up! He was standing up... and out of it! It was hilarious!

I just LOVE his smile!!!

So Pierson was born with blue eyes... and within the past 2 or 3 weeks they've started changing color. I've given up on the blue eyes... but I'm holding out for green :-) Right now they're a really pretty green color... but who knows if they'll go to brown. We'll keep watch...

So not only does he like to grab at his toes... today he started putting them in his mouth! Silly little man! Everything goes straight to his mouth these days!!!

Bob and dada

So Pierson is quite the little "chatter" these days. He loves to hear himself "talk" and, of course, makes Drew and I laugh all the time! About a week or two ago Drew came downstairs and told me Pierson had said his first word. When I asked what he said Drew told me he had said "Bob!" What??? Well Pierson was making the 'B' sound and probably was saying ba ba ba... but it definitely sounded more like "Bob Bob Bob" And he did it again and Drew was like "See!??" It was hilarious! Then this weekend he was saying da da da da a TON! And at one point Drew walked in the room and he said Dada... and I got super excited! I asked Drew if that could count as his First Word... but Drew said it couldn't... he was just practicing his D sounds and happened to say it at the same time he saw Drew. It was really cute though.... so hopefully in the next few months we'll get that First Word and eventually have ourselves a little talker :-)

Week 27

(7/14 - 7/20)

Some pictures from the week...

Sitting on the floor playing with his toys

Laying in some of daddy's shirts :-)

He's always such a happy little guy!!

I tell you he just loves spinning that purple dolphin!

On Sunday we took Pierson swimming for the first time. He didn't seem too overly excited, but also didn't hate it... he was just taking it all in :-) We went to GoGo and Grandpa's house to swim in their pool while they were out of town. Afterwards Drew and P went inside to watch golf (and P took a little nap) while I got to lay out and get some sun for about 45 minutes... it was great!

I bought this little boat/floatie for Pierson to ride in... he seemed to enjoy it... and it even plays music!

Getting pushed around the pool by dad!

He wasn't too sure what to think being out there without the boat... but he eventually got used to it :-)

Mommy and Pierson!

And it just wore him out... he was exhausted!

Happy 6 Month Birthday Little P!

July 16th, 2008

To my little man:
It is just so crazy how fast these past 6 months have gone by. You are developing such a fun personality and growing up so fast. You have the most precious smile that melts my heart every time I see it. You also have a laugh that brings me COMPLETE joy! Your dad and I are so blessed!! You are such a happy, laid back little fella and we are constantly getting comments on what a good little guy you are when other people are around (we don’t know what we did to deserve such a sweet little guy… but no complaints here). Some of my favorite things about being your mommy are:
- Seeing you when you first wake up in the morning… you stretch for a long time and you look up with your sweet eyes and smile so big!
- My favorite part of the day, though, is when your daddy gets home… the second you see him you have the biggest grin on your face and I think it makes my heart skip a beat every time. I love see how much you love seeing him!
- When I pick you up after work every day when you first see me you get really excited… I miss you more than you could ever know during the day so it makes me happy to see that you missed me too… even though I know you have a great time during the day!
- You are such a snuggle-bug! You have recently started falling asleep on my shoulder sometimes and I love it! I just don’t want to put you down when you lay your little head on my shoulder!
- It is so fun to watch you discover new things… first it was your hands… then toys… and recently your toes! And you are really starting to grab at everything… nothing is safe on the table in front of your little curious hands. It’s so neat to see your little mind at work!
I could go on and on about everything you’ve been up to these past 6 months… and all the many, many, many things that I love about being your mom... but we’ll save that for your scrapbook :-)
Thank you for being such an amazing little boy! The pure joy of being your mom is indescribable! I love you, Pierson, always and forever!!

A BIG THANK YOU to my friend April!

My good friend April had a little girl almost a month after Pierson was born. It was really fun during our pregnancies to talk and compare what we were going through and it has been so neat to share the experience of motherhood with one another! Well I was telling her that I was a tad bit frustrated with our pediatritian... don't get me wrong I think he's a great doctor... but sometimes I think I need a little more than the average patient/mom :-) In talking with other friends that live in bigger cities I hear things that their doctor's say or do and think... hmmmm I'm not sure if doctors in this town provide that much info/help/guidance/etc... Some people like it that way... while I think I would like a pediatrician to give me a little more guidance in certain areas. I'm new at this mom thing and I don't always know the best way to do things. Anyway~ so I e-mailed April about a month ago with a HUGE list of questions... just asking how she did certain things and what things worked better and what things her doctor had suggested, etc... Well she called me back and we ended up talking for about an hour and she gave me all sorts of tips and things that worked for them. I've been taking what she said and implementing things into our routine with Pierson and it has made a WORLD of difference. Beforehand I had Pierson on a semi-routine... if you can call it that... and since then I have him on a pretty strict routine that seems to be working great for him. He's sleeping better/longer and eating his big boy food (rice cereal and veggies) so much better. There are just so many things that I took away from the conversation that have been so helpful... I feel like I owe sweet little April a GREAT BIG THANK YOU!!!!

Thanks a bunch little momma! It's been so fun going through this experience together! I'm so blessed by your friendship! I can't wait to share all the fun things that are to come! And maybe one day my sweet little man can take your sweet little Ella on a date :-) Love ya girl!

Week 26

(7/7 - 7/13)

We finally moved Pierson to his own room this week... Yes I know what you're thinking... 'you JUST moved him to his room???' At least he hasn't been sleeping in our bed this whole time... he's been in a bassinet. But with both of us working and the little man not sleeping through the night consistently it was just so much easier to keep him in his room... and after a point it was just too hard to move him... I loved having him so close! But we finally did it and he's doing great! And we're finally getting some use out of all his bedding/furniture/nursery :-)

Snoozing in his crib

Hollye and Pierson

Hollye and John were in town all weekend because John was playing in the Member Guest golf tournament with Drew. Hollye and I got to hang out a lot and Pierson had so much fun seeing "aunt" Hollye!

Hollye, Me, and Sara

Saturday night there was a dinner for Member Guest and the 3 of us got to hang out all evening. We had tons of fun hanging out and dancing... and we even convinced Sara to do her famous Foot Loose dance!

Pierson's chair came with some toy attachments and we just added them this week... he loves it when we get out new toys!

My little man!

Drew put his hat on Pierson and it just cracked me up... it makes him look like a little boy rather than an infant.... he's growing up too fast!!!

Playing with Bruiser

Too cute!

Week 25

(6/30 - 7/6)

So I got 2 days off work for the 4th of July so I had another short work week and another long weekend with my little man! So fun! Pierson is getting more and more of a personality each week and he's just so much fun!

Here are a few pictures of some new things he's doing:

Last Friday Pierson discovered his toes for the first time... and this week he just can't keep his hands off of them. He LOVEs them! Thinks they're the coolest things since.... well since he discovered his hands :-)

Pierson is also starting to sit up on his own... he's had pretty good balance when we sit him up on the couch and also when he sits in his little chair... so we decided to sit him on the floor and see how he did... he did great! Of course he still tumbles to the side some... but he's getting really good at it.

My Aunt Edna gave him this toy when we went down to her house this weekend and he is facinated by it... it moves and makes noises and he just loves it!

Pierson is also finally really enjoying eating his rice cereal and veggies... Of course he makes quite a mess sometimes.... but it's so fun! (I love this pic by the way)

And of course it's so funny to see his mess when he's all done eating carrots!

Chillin in the chair in his room!

So occasionally Pierson falls asleep during his last bottle and we can't wake him up to burp him afterwards for anything. He's a total ragdoll and it's so funny. Here he is in Drew's lap limp as a noodle.

And he fell asleep with his little teddy bear in his arms the other day and it was just too precious!

Playing with the dolphin on his activity table... he loves to spin it.

Pierson made his first trip to the golf course... with as much as his daddy just loves golf he's sure to see this place many, many, many more times. Drew and Homer played 18 holes while Pierson and I just came out and rode around on the golf cart for the first 9 holes. Pierson liked riding on the cart and he even brought Drew and Homer good luck :-)

Me and Pierson on the golf course

Thanks Homer and Drew for letting us tag along :-)

On Saturday we had some friends over for a cookout. Pierson's friend, Cole, came with his parent's Jennifer and Chris. These two get to see eachother almost every day and I have a feeling they're going to grow up to be GREAT friends!

Pierson Laughing

So I was singing the Lollipop song to Pierson and when I got to the end and sand "Ba-dum Bum Bum" he just started cracking up. He's been laughing a lot lately... but I just don't know that I've seen him laugh this hard... He was just shaking! It was so funny! (please excuse my voice... I hate my voice on video)

Week 24

(6/23 - 6/29)

We started Pierson on Veggies this week for the first time... we started with green beans. He didn't know what to think at first!

Another 1st this week was Pierson petting the dogs. He's noticed them, but had never interacted with them really. He was playing on the floor with Drew and Bruiser came up and he just sarted petting him (or more like grabbing and feeling his hair... but hey, he's only 5 1/2 months old) :-)

Pierson loves his activity table. He loves to make that purple dolphin spin!

I LOVE it when Drew reads to Pierson. Drew thinks some of the nursery rhymes are crazy so he usually makes up his own words. I end up cracking up the entire time... but Pierson is so young he just thinks his daddy is reading to him :-) As he gets older daddy is going to have to think of better stories to tell because I don't think the "gangster Peter Cotton tail" is probably very appropriate :-) But it sure does make mommy laugh!

AND it puts Pierson right to sleep :-)

First Night Away From Pierson

So I spent my first night away from Pierson on Saturday. My friend Jill is marrying Drew's friend Nick and Jill's bachelorette party was in Dallas and Nick's bachelor party was in OKC so we were both out of town so Pierson stayed with my parents. I was a little nervous about being away from Pierson so I did 2 things.... 1) I took Thursday afternoon and Friday off work to soak in extra Pierson time before being gone and then 2) I scheduled my flight for Saturday afternoon and then came back around noon on Sunday. I didn't call too many times to check in :-) And my dad text messaged me with updates so that was nice! I did pretty well that night because I was just having so much fun with the girls... but the morning was kind of tough because I'd never woken up with out my little man... I just wanted to see him right then!!! But it was a good trip! And Pierson did wonderful at my parents' house!!

Some of the girls at Jill's bachelorette party

Laura, Jill, Kasey, and Me

Hollye and I

Me and Jill (the bride-to-be)

Pierson hanging out on my parents' couch

My dad was holding Pierson upside down by his feet and hands and Pierson just loved it!! He thought it was so fun!