My Favorite Time of Year

This is my favorite time of year. We get to have 6 different Christmas celebrations with all our family, then my birthday comes around a few days later, we always have a basketball tournament from the 27th through the 29th, and then we get to spend time with our friends on New Years. It's busy but I love being with everyone.
Cohen has been doing new things. This past weeks he has started sitting up a lot better and more consistently. He can sit on his own for a minute or so and then he gradually starts to lean and then topples to the side. He turns 4 months tomorrow so I decided to try cereal for the first time yesterday. It was supposed to be just an "experiment" because I didn't really think he would do that well the first time, but to my surprise he did great. He ate with the spoon just fine, the problem was keeping his hands out of his mouth. He would put his hands in his mouth right after each bite and then pull them out and rub the cereal all over his face. I'll have to get a picture of it soon and post it on my blog... it looked like a bomb of cereal went off on his face when we were done.

This is on my birthday night. My cousin Paige and uncle Neal kept Cohen while Chad and I went out with friends. Jaime and Julie made these cute cupcakes.
This is on Christmas morning. Santa left all these fun toys and clothes for Cohen. Pretty sure that didn't quite register with him...maybe next year!

This was on Christmas Eve. We read The Night Before Christmas before we put him to bed. He looked so cute in his Christmas Jammies. I could just eat him up!

We went to Edmond on Saturday and Sunday. It snowed. This was Cohen's first snow so we had to get a picture.

He just started wearing shoes for the first time a couple of weeks ago. We have had shoes, but none of them fit him. Up until now we were just sporting the fun and trendy socks.

If you guys read Mindi's blog you know that Chris and Mindi came to visit us a couple of weeks ago. It was so fun to see Cohen and Addison together for the first time. They were born exactly a week apart. Here they are playing on the Cowboys blanket.

Here they are cuddling up together on the couch. Chris was making sure Cohen kept his hands off.

So, maybe they are already a little competetive.

3 months... where has the time gone?

Can you believe my baby is 3 months!?! Well, maybe you can but to me it has flown by, but at the same time I can't really remember what our lives were like before he arrived. Kind of funny how that works! The pictures below are a couple from his 3 month "photo session." I didn't have a lot of time so I just put on his Christmas sweater and took him to a cheapo place, but I think they turned out pretty good considering. I'll try to get some good blog photos over the holidays.

We are Thankful!!

I am dedicating this blog to all the family we are SO thankful for! The last few days were quite a ride toting Cohen around to all our family's houses. It's amazing how after having a baby everyone suddenly wants to see you more... or maybe they just want to see Cohen! Which is totally understandable b/c he is so darn cute! Here is the story of our treck in pictures.

First we headed off to Gainesville to stay at Nana and Big T's house. Even though Cohen spent a lot of time in Nana's arms I somehow got away without a picture of the two of them together. Here is Cohen just chilling out with his Uncle Kevin and Aunt Kellie....
Then he spent some play time with his Aunt Kellie....

Then Aunt Zetta came over to visit and they had some cuddle time...

Then the cousins came from San Antonio and they got to see Cohen for the first time! They also gave him his first Piggy Bank... and even made some deposits!

Cohen loves sleeping on Big T's chest. He always seems to cuddle up and find just the right spot!

The next day we made a quick stop by Mom Barr and Wanna's house. Cohen loves to play and smile with his Mom Barr!

This is Gavin, Chad's cousin's son. He's 2 1/2, but it seems like he was just Cohen's size.

From there we headed off to Southeast Oklahoma to see my family at my grandparent's house. I didn't get a picture with my grandparents. Cohen didn't get the memo that he was supposed to smile in this picture, but I thought it was still cute of him and his Aunt Chandy.

To be in this family you have to learn to play dominoes. Here he is with his Grammy taking his first lesson.

It was time to eat, so Uncle Chaney came to the rescue! When family is around it's nice to have a little break from breastfeeding.
Cohen wants all his family to know how thankful he is for them and he says, "I love you very much.... gobble, gobble!"

Mommy/Son Roadtrips!!

The last two weekends Cohen and I have had mommy/son roadtrips! We went to Edmond two weekends in a row. Last weekend we went so that I could sing in my friend Jennifer's wedding and this past weekend my high school friends and their moms had a toy shower for Cohen. It was so fun to see old friends and Cohen got SO many toys. I don't know where I'm going to put all these things... I think we need a playroom. Cohen is starting to engage and smile so much! This morning he watched an entire Praise Baby DVD while I did my hair and make-up...he's such a big boy!



Jaime took this picture of him. I love this onesie!


This is Candiss and Laura, my two best friends from high school. Them and their sweet moms hosted Cohen's shower.

This is at Chad's first scrimmage. He took a break between games and came and sat with us in the stands. Since Cohen is already in bed by the time he gets home from work, he has to sneak in a visit every chance he gets.

Bad Blogger

So sorry for the neglection of my blog, but for all of you who have been heckling me about not blogging lately... you would feel really guilty if you knew what my last 3 weeks have been like. I haven't had a day off work in a little over 2 weeks and I've had to pawn my poor child off to different people every day of the week so that I could get my work done. i was in charge of our 2 Fall Festivals at The Branch, so in addition to doing my regular job description (which is difficult enough with a newborn) I had to get these events ready. It's amazing that I even have pictures of Cohen from the past 3 weeks since I hardly got to see him!! Ok, enough of my sob story. All that said, I am back in action now. I took a light work day today and have been doing lots of mommy things like taking him to his dr appt and blogging! We had our 2 month appt today and he is pretty much an average child. He's in about the 50% in everything.

Here's a picture of his adorable smile (if I do say so myself.) He's been doing this a lot more lately.

This was at the Fall Festival on Halloween night.

On Friday night before Halloween we went to a costume party for Natatie's 3rd birthday! We went as the SuperLawson family....Superman, Superwoman, and SUPERBABY!! (that's what it says on his outfit, in case you can't see it.)

I had to throw this one in there. He fell asleep on Chad's arm sitting up in his bumbo chair. Don't move Chad!!

A close up pic of my little sweet pea!

I love bath time! I could cuddle with him in his cute little towels after baths all night, but going too long without a diaper is a recipe for disaster!

Big Boy Pictures

So, they say you're not supposed to put your baby in the bumbo chair until they can hold their head up on their own. Well, Cohen was super fussy the other night and in desperation Chad tried the bumbo chair even though he's still too small. As you can see from the pictures below he loved it! Chad yelled at me in the other room and said, "Cassy you have to see this!" As soon as I saw it I just started crying.... he's growing up too fast! So, the bumbo chair got Cohen to quit crying and made me start crying.

Cohen wore his horns and boots on Saturday for the Texas/OU game and I wore my OSU shirt for OSU/A&M game. His boots totally swallow his skinny legs!

Has it been 1 month already!?!?

Where has the time gone? Is it possible that my baby is already one month old? Our lives were changed forever on September 1st. But even now I can say that every sleepless night, poopy diaper, spit up on my clothes, and cries where I can't figure out what's wrong with him are worth it. Here are a few pictures from how we have spent the past month.

We play with our animals....


We sit in our bouncy chair.....

We sleep alot... this is one of our favorite positions....

We change diapers......

We went to our family reunion.... my great-aunt had a cake made for him.


My family was SO excited to meet him! Cohen and I made the 2 1/2 hour day trip alone because Chad had a Cross Country meet. This is us with my mom, cousin, and aunts.

We wished my Grammy a happy 50th birthday!

Last weekend we went to Daddy's Cross Country meet. The Cross Country parents had this onesie made for him. Go Mustangs!

He loves his carrier. This is us cheering on daddy's team!

Chad was showing off his son!