Date Night

Kyle and I had our first date since Crawford was born!!  Yay!!  As everyone knows I am super anal and a huge nervous nelly, so leaving him is not something I am real comfortable doing!  Although I do it during the day, every day, all day, try to make sense of that.  I don’t know what it is about the night, but for some reason it just makes me extra nervous leaving him!  We have left him a couple of times at night, but two were for work events and one was a Christmas party, so this was the first time just me and Kyle!  And I definitely think it was much needed – although it was just two hours, there were no distractions.  No laundry, no bottles, no dishes or TV - just us!!

Next step is letting him spend the night out – not sure if I will ever get there!!

Here are some pictures of his Aunt Tinsley feeding him right before we left and one of us, just for grins!  She, of course, did a great job and even texted me at 7:10 PM, about 45 minutes after we left, “full belly, squeaky clean and sound asleep”.  That text made the evening even more enjoyable – no worries!!



He loves his cereal




I think he is telling me, "I love you"




I think he is telling his daddy to behave!  No drinking and driving!




Hair done, make-up on, and I even accesorized!!



Stinky Is A Funny Word

What's New?

Since I have been so terrible about updating this blog in the last couple of weeks.  I thought I would just put a list of what Crawford has been up to.

·         He has found his tongue, and I think he has mine – it is super long!  And it is so cute how he sticks it out and smacks his lips.

·         He has finally started rolling over both ways.  He’s been rolling over from his tummy to his back since around Thanksgiving, but has just started going from the back to the belly.

·         The last post was his first bites of cereal and he is now up to 3 TBSP of rice cereal, two times a day.  I think we will be starting on the yellow and orange veggies in a week or so.  I hear they turn the babies’ nose orange – not sure how he is going to look in orange!

·         He is such a sweet, happy baby – he is now giving kisses.  If you make a kissy face, he will grab your face, open his mouth and dive in – melts my heart!

·         He is also laughing like crazy; I have a video that I will post soon. 

·         Something pretty new, is him playing in his crib – he has learned that just because we put him there doesn’t mean he has to go to sleep.  He is kicking his feet, rolling around, laughing and talking, just having a grand ole time.  I just don’t think he is going to be the best napper!

·         He likes to sleep at the head of the bed lying horizontally.  He scoots himself from where we put him down, until he is in special spot and out of the monitor!!

Nothing too exciting, but just wanted to get some of his milestones down on paper!

Crawford Enjoying Breakfast

First Solids

Crawford had his first bite of cereal this morning.  He seemed to enjoy it!!

Moving On Up!

Crawford went to the doctor yesterday for his 4-month check-up.  Technically he is about 4 months and 1 week, but whatever.  I absolutely cannot believe he is already 4 months old.  He was 14 pounds 3 ounces and 24 7/8 inches long.  He is moving up and is in the 50^th percentile for both!!   My growing boy!  His head measurement still puts him in the 30^th, but I am totally okay with that – no need for a big head!!  He also got his second round of shots and was such a trooper.  He, of course, screamed and turned purple when he got them and cried for a minute or two after, but that was it.  No fussing, no fever, no irritation, nothing!  So thankful for our wonderful little boy!!

We are starting rice cereal this weekend, so I’m sure I will have some funny pictures to post later.

Geaux Tigers!!

Jackson Hole Pictures



Pilot Crawford



On our sleigh ride through the Elk Refuge.  It was absolutely freezing!

Some Elk on our sleigh ride



Crawford enjoying his first beer - Fat Tire



Elk Antlers at each corner of Jackson Square - worth over $50,000.



So close to holding his own bottle




Cool dudes!




Mountain view from the plane on the way home



Pilot Crawford getting us home safely

Crawford's First Christmas

With all of the craziness of the Christmas holidays and our recent trip to Jackson Hole, I am way behind.   I guess I will start with all of the Christmas festivities.  Crawford was carted around, kept awake during nap time, held for three days straight and exposed to so many new faces.  And after all of that he was still such a great baby – I don’t know how Kyle and I got so lucky.

We spent Christmas Eve going to church at First Methodist – he was pretty good, but started talking about half-way through so we had to roam the halls for the rest.  It wouldn’t have been a big deal anywhere else; it is just so quite in church.  Then we went to Kyle’s Aunt and Uncle’s to open some presents there.  He got so many TOYS!!  He got an exersaucer, spin & spill cement truck, spin and learn top, musical croc block wagon, story reader, rhyme and discover book, a piggy bank, an FAO Schwartz teddy bear and many more toys.  Then finally it was bed time.

We woke up Christmas morning and Santa made a short stop at our house and brought him a radio flyer walking wagon and some more toys.  Nonni and Poppie came over to play and eat coffee cake with us.  Then we headed to Luke and Lisa’s for lunch and there were more presents.  He got the cutest bag with his name monogrammed on it that we ended up taking to Jackson Hole with all of his toys. After lunch we headed to Nonni and Poppie’s for Christmas dinner.  This Christmas was a little different than all the rest – Tins was in Jacksonville with Uncle Dave and his family.  So even though we had dinner Santa hadn’t come there yet, he promised he would come a day later to the Boé house.  And sure enough he did.

Sunday was spent rearranging all of his toys – they took up our entire guest bedroom.  I think we are going to need a bigger house very SOON!  Then we went to open more presents that afternoon.  And now I know we need a bigger house.

I know he won’t remember his 1^st Christmas, but I think if he could, he would say it was a great one!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!