Drama King

 

Beau is starting to smile more and more every day now, but he frequently give us this look as if he is thinking so hard.  He will go from smiling, to cooing, to this serious look as he has above.  He is pretty dramatic :)

Such a Ham

 

Beau is already loving the attention from the camera and loves to "pose" with his hand on his face every time he gets his picture taken.  Completely priceless :)

Lake Memories

Part of the gang for the Rathbun Lake Anniversary

My favorite boys (minus Beau now)

Oh my...they make me so proud

Even though it's not in focus, it captures what a typical evening on the boat is like :)

 

We were going through Michelle's camera today and found these pictures that were from the lake this summer.   As you can tell, we have a fun group of people at the lake every weekend. 

Such a Snoozer!

 

For those of you who don't quite know or believe us, Beau truly is a heavy sleeper!  He loves to be cuddled and will sleep through anything...hence the pictures above.  He falls asleep with whoever is holding him :)

Happy Birthday, Grandma Michelle!

 

Today is Grandma Michelle's (and cousin Banx's) birthday!  Last night we went to one of Grandma Michelle's favorite restaurants, Kaldera, to celebrate.  

Mr. Fashion Himself

 

Now that I am fully recovered and getting a little bit of cabin fever, I have had a lot of fun shopping already for Beau.  Whoever says that you can't find cute clothes for boys, they are completely wrong!  Beau has already become my little fashion boy and I've been "dressing him up" in all of the cute outfits that have been given to us.  He had better get used to this :)

Daddy's Little Side-Kick

 

Joe and Beau dressed to match for dinner Friday night.  If you can't tell, Joe is one proud daddy and is already teaching Beau to love clothes as much as he does!  

Our Little Cuddle Bug

 

Grandpa Gene came over the other night for a surprise visit to see Beau.  I never grew up with any grandpas, so I'm really excited for Beau that he is so loved by two grandpas that are already spoiling him.  Grandpa Scott and Grandpa Gene seem to be pretty excited to have a little boy in the family now :)

He's a Shopper :)

Nana feeding Beau while Brook and I did some quick shopping at Gordman's.  No...she is not holding him WHILE we are driving for those of you who were going to give me a lecture :) 

Thursday, Beau and I rode with Brook, Banx and my mom to Des Moines to do some quick shopping.  Beau was the perfect baby all day and loved shopping...well I'm assuming he did for now :).  While Brook and I sat up front, mom sat in the very back to "babysit' the babies while we did a few quick errands.  It was quite the entertaining road trip.

Photo Fun with Daddy :)

 

After Beau had his bath, Joe decided he would have fun taking pictures of Beau!  I have to admit, Joe is quite the photographer and edited quite the amazing pictures tonight on an editing website.  Once he is done with the pictures, I'll be sure to post them to share with you all!  

Playtime with Banx

 

This afternoon, Beau and I went to Aunt Brookie's house to see Banx walk for the first time.  She did such a great job!! :)  

Beau wanted to dress up with his "bow tie' onsie so he was dressed to impress today :).  Miss Banx was a hoot to play with, as always, and even tried to hold Beau for some fun photo shots that Brook and I wanted.  She did good for about 2 pictures, then decided she didn't want Beau to be in her photo shot anymore.  So, I made sure she got her OWN photos :). 

Beau's Baby Shower at School!

 

Today, Beau had another shower...this one was held at mommy's school!  One of the teachers I work with, Stacey (above holding Beau), hosted a sweet shower for Abby and myself (Abby is another teacher at Osky Middle School who is expecting her first in January).  It was so fun to see several of the teachers again and to "show off" our little guy :).  They showered us with wonderful gifts that Beau is going to absolutely love once he starts playing with toys.  Thank you so much Stacey for the lovely shower and for all the hard work you put forth into it!!!

Spoiled by Grandma Michelle and Aunt Brookie

 

Starting from Day 1, I have not been a fan of using a pacifier and definitely not letting Beau put his hands/thumbs in his mouth.  Grandma Michelle and Aunt Brookie always seem to "sneak" his pacifier into his mouth when I'm not looking because they SPOIL him :).  As you can tell from the picture, he is getting used to sleeping with his taggie blankie and George the giraffe pacifier.  Thanks a lot ladies! :)

If you look close enough, you can see that Beau sleeps with one eye open.  He doesn't like to miss a thing!

Beau's First Photoshoot

Last week, we took Beau to Miss Amy in Newton to have his newborn pictures taken.  Amy just finished edited them and they are ready for viewing/ordering!  She did such an amazing job with Beau, capturing the most precious images I have ever seen.  It is going to be very hard to pick which photos to order!

To see Beau's pictures go to.......

amydoerring.com, then click on client proofing, and the password is beau.

Family Fun Day

 

Today was a family filled day for Beau!  He saw all of his grandparents today and had their full attention :)  This morning at church, he was spoiled by his Aunt Brookie and Nana.  Then after eating lunch with Nana, we went to Grandpa Scott and Grandma Michelle's for the rest of the day.  

As soon as we got to Scott and Michelle's, Beau and I took a nice nap while Joe started the family "feast" of smoking ribs on the grill.  Once Beau and I woke up from our nap, it was family time!  Grandpa Gene and Shari ended up coming over to see Beau tonight too.  

As you can see from the pictures on top, Beau FINALLY woke up towards the end of the night.  Grandma Michelle made Beau his "camp-out" seat on the pool table right in front of their big screen.  She thought the lights and sound would wake Beau up, but it did not until later in the evening.  Once he did wake up, he LOVED looking at the lights from the big screen and just stared at it...yes, Joe did have the Simpsons on TV, good thing Beau is too young to understand it yet :).  

For those of you who don't know this yet, Butters (Joe's dog) is VERY protective of Beau.  Butters used to sleep in our bedroom every night, but now, Butters sleeps right next to Beau's bedroom door on the couch.  The last picture up top shows how close Butters likes to be to Beau...you can even see the little smile on Beau's face :) 

Best Uncle Around!

 

Uncle Josh came home this weekend to spend time with Baby Beau.  Josh had been out of state for the past week for work, and seemed pretty anxious to get back to Osky to see his nephew!  Beau is already one spoiled and loved little boy :)  And Beau will be even more spoiled the week of Thanksgiving...Uncle Josh is taking the whole week off to come home and spend time with him! :)  

Just a Typical Thursday Night

 

Thursday, Clint came over to have dinner with us.  It's pretty typical to have family meals with Clint throughout the week/weekend, so we were really excited to keep this "family tradition" going with our new addition to the family...Beau :).  Clint is going to be more like "Uncle Clint" rather than Cousin Clint to Beau!  As you can see, Macee and Butters are pretty fond of Clint and maybe a little protective of the new baby too! :)