Fun with Meme

Today Beau and I got up and ate a little breakfast together, just the two of us! Saturdays are our day together, and I SO look forward to them!We had some animal crackers, pancakes, and fruit for breakfast and Beau ate so well! Afterward, we got dressed and headed to Walmart to grab some milk and then it was off to visit Meme! We had so much fun with Meme. We played, went outside, went for a walk, and went out for pizza! Beau was SO excited about this! We just love our time with Meme and I just love my time with Beau!

Breakfast with Mom

Wind chimes with Meme

Walking around the block with Meme

 Pizza, yum!

Dad got to take a lunch break and join us and even obliged to wear the safari hat from the zoo at Beau's request. What a dad!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

 Today is St. Patty's Day and since I'm Irish (and come from a childhood that this was literally as big as Christmas to my mother), I decided to have some fun and wear green! Even Brandon wore green to work! My childhood school in Ohio had the mascot of the Fighting Irish and so green and gold were our school colors. So, lo and behold I wore a green dress and gold shoes to work today. I figure with a maiden name like Darby (which in fact DID have an "O" tagged on the front before the firsts of my ancestors over here dropped it), I pretty much have to support the day. Either way, it was fun. For dinner, I decided to make peanut butter and banana pancakes...with green food coloring! They were so yummy! For dessert we made cupcakes and put different drops of color in each to make them different. Beau was so excited to help and was doing great until...he had food coloring all over him. Oh well, he's almost 2, what more could I expect? I was proud of him for helping and then Dad whisked him away to take a bath while I cleaned up the kitchen and his new shirt he had gotten at the zoo that day. I'll let the pictures tell the rest, but let's just say the boy had such fun when he finally got to take a bite of "cake"!

Helping Mom

Oh no!

 That's one blue boy!

Cupcakes before....

Leftover pancakes

See? They're green! (and yummy!)

And cupcakes after!

Nothing like sharing a cupcake wit your dad

Yum!

Love this!

Tummy Pains are No Fun!

Our poor buddy had some horrible gas pains today. He kept trying and trying to go and his tummy was gurgling and well...he was beside himself with frustration. Poor baby cried and cried for about 30 minutes solid and no matter what Brandon or I did, we just couldn't get him to stop. After the pains finally settled, we put him in a bath to cool down and he was just exhausted! Crying and being in pain at the same time wear you out! He fell asleep in the bath and you can just see in his face that he was not happy. I sure hope we get these bowel issues totally resolved someday!

Yee Haw!

One of Beau's favorite activities is to ride on Brandon's back when he gets home from work. They even have this routine that Beau shuts the door partially to our room so Brandon can knock it in when they're riding. It's really funny!

We took a bath after all his rough riding and he was deciding which VeggieTale show he wanted to see. We ended up watching "The Night Before Easter" which tells the story of the important of Christ and his resurrection. Beau just loves it!!

On the Mend

Well we took the boy to the doctor today and found out he has an upper respiratory infection. So, now we have meds and are going to be fighting it! This is just a sweet snapshot of the boy watching his beloved VeggieTales. (with Fruit Loops in hand!)

Week-long Sickness

Beau had gotten sick Tuesday evening with a 101 fever and since, has been anywhere from 101-103 temperature. He's just NOT been himself and it's no fun to see him feel so icky. These pictures are after he took a very late nap and just wanted some animal crackers. He had a great time arranging them on the table, naming each one, and then feeding most of them to Huck and Annie. He did eat a few, but not many. He also didn't stay up too long before heading back to bed. Poor buddy, I think we've decided to take him to the doctor in the morning. Hopefully they'll get him fixed up, and soon!

Telling me all about the different animals

Sweet buddy giving Annie huggins!

And Huck too! 

Think He's Comfy?

Ha!

Bath Fun

Beau is a fan of bath time, especially with Dad! He is so much fun to watch and we spend lots of time splashing!

Funny Sight

Today was fam day and we took it easy! We ran some errands and just spent lots of time together. I had opened the door from coming in and was just enjoying the breeze while talking with Brandon when we looked over and saw Beau doing THIS with his toys...

Apparently all of Toy Story was knocking on our door. It was the cutest thing and he was SO proud of himself!

A Dad and his favorite boy!

Daddy's Day and Baking Cookies!

Brandon had Beau today and caught some sweet pictures of the buddy this morning. I know how much Beau loves getting some one on one time with his Daddy, and I know how forward Brandon looks to these days! What sweet guys I have!

What a sweet smile!

When I got home from work, I made some dinner and then decided Beau and I would make some M&M and chocolate chip cookies together. It was fun to have some time with just him, since Brandon had a team meeting at church tonight, but we had plenty of special treats to share with him when he got home. Beau is so good at helping, he pours flour in, he'll put vanilla in, he'll even lick the spoon! ha. He's so wonderful and I just love time with him!

After cleaning up our cookie mess, the boy and I got showered up and bunkered down for the evening. A little gas meds, a snack and some juice and we were ready for our Bible story in bed!

Tonight we learned about Moses!