Movie Time at Church

Now that church has started back up on Wednesdays, Nana picks up the kids for Brook and I and takes them to church for us so we can work a little later.  To help pass the time by until church starts, Nana brought in her laptop this week so Beau and Banx could watch a movie.  She sent us this adorable picture but then added..."it didn't last long".  Haha!  I guess they weren't interested in laying down for more than a couple of minutes, but it was cute while it lasted :)

Confused???

This week we made a quick trip to Des Moines to do a little last minute baby shopping and Joe needed some birthday ideas for me.  While at my absolute favorite store, Von Maur, Beau had a little incident with a manikin.  He tried shaking hands with it, and the hand fell off!  All Joe and I hear is "uh-oh mommy, daddy...the hand came off!".  It was priceless!  Beau had this complete look of confusion on his face and didn't know what to do.  Once we started laughing, Beau realized he didn't actually hurt the manikin and giggled with us too.  Oh the things kids do to make us laugh in life :)

Our Dapper Young Boy

It is no secret that I love to dress Beau up or all out in sport attire.  However, his suit for Alex and Gina's wedding just arrived this week so I tried it on Beau to make sure it fit proper.  Needless to say, Beau loved it and refused to take it off.  I hope he is this excited to wear it next Saturday for the actual wedding :)

Miss Anora Rae Stout

On Sunday, my cousin Grant and his wife Alexa welcomed their new baby girl, Anora Rae.  She was a few weeks early (Alexa was due only a couple of days before me!) but is perfectly healthy and so precious!  And she has more hair than I have EVER seen on a newborn baby before!  We are so happy for Grant and Alexa and hope they cherish every moment with their newborn---they grow up way too fast!

1st Day of 2 Year Old Preschool!

On Tuesday, Sept. 2, Beau had his first day of school---2 year old preschool!  I have to be honest, I was so nervous that he was going to hate it.  I am definitely a softy at heart whenever Beau gets upset and cries when I leave him, and the only thing I could think of was my "baby" crying for his mommy.  Joe made the decision for him to take Beau so that way IF Beau was to be upset, then it wouldn't be Beau and mommy crying at the same time :)...probably a wise choice on Joe's part.  Fortunately, Beau LOVED school!  He only got sad for a couple of minutes Miss Rachelle said, but then was fine once they started playing and doing crafts.  He looks forward to going to school and asks us everyday if he can go to school!  I hope he always has this attitude :)

Leaving Mary's to head to school for the first day!

Flashback!

The other night Joe and I were going through our old phones trying to save the pictures off of them that we wanted.  Joe found this picture of Beau and Banx from our old house.  It makes me so sad to see how fast the kids are growing up.  It honestly just seems like yesterday I was sleeping training Beau at 4 weeks old to get him to sleep through the night.  And now he is almost 3!  Where has time gone?!

Labor Day Weekend

This labor day weekend has been relaxing for the most part.  Friday, Beau stayed with Papa and She-She and ended up going to the farm to play with Aiden.  It is so precious how well those two get along!  And he definitely wasn't spoiled at all at Papa's house!

We then met my dad and Shari at the lake for the day on Saturday and celebrated Josh's birthday.  Beau just loves the water and going to the lake was definitely a highlight for him!

We topped off the weekend by going baby shopping to help prepare for Baby #2!  We are getting closer and closer to being ready for this baby.  I am beyond excited to meet Baby and just hold him/her in my arms.