Mommy's Little Helper

Lawson loves to help mommy. I have to admit that I have put her young little legs to help me get things from upstairs. Put her to work and she truly is happy and stays out of trouble-for the most part! I did catch her cleaning the toilet this morning, and I draw the line there!! Anyway, this weekend we made one of my dad's favorite breakfasts called "Daddy's Deal" and here she is stirring the bowl. She is going to be such a good helper when the baby gets here.

I have to tell you a funny story from last night. I was upstairs doing laundry and Lawson was downstairs having a snack and the phone rang. I decided I was not going to answer it so I didn't even go look for the phone to see who it might of been. Just as that thought passed through my mind Lawson yells, "don't worry its nobody!" Sure enough when I looked at the phone- it was nobody but a telemarketer!

Meet Denny- The Elf on the Shelf

This is Denny the Elf on the Shelf. Grammy bought him for Lawson and he has been a wonderful addition to our home this Christmas season. See Denny (Lawson named him) watches over Lawson during the day and then goes to the North Pole at night to report if Lawson was a good girl. When Lawson wakes up in the morning Denny is in a new place, because he has just gotten back from a big trip. You can't touch Denny you can only look at him. He has been so special in our home. Lawson loves him and tells him "I have been a good girl!!" On Christmas Eve we will say good-bye to Denny and then next year after Thanksgiving he will come back! I told you the magic of Christmas is alive in our home!

Preparing for Christmas

Lawson watching the Parade!!

Which tree shall we choose???

Decorating the tree!! Santa Clause is coming to town!!

Whew! We had a busy weekend getting prepared for Christmas. We went to the Garner Christmas Parade and got in the Christmas spirit. Then we picked out our Christmas tree from the Pop 'n Son Tree Farm. Then decorated the house! We had such a good time. Lawson gets the concept of Santa Clause this year so the Magic of Christmas is alive in our home. It is so much fun!! It reminds me so much of all of my wonderful Christmas's as a child.

We decided to let Lawson help us hang up ornaments and I really didn't stop her from handling any of the ornaments. To our surprise -no ornaments were broken!! There were a couple of times she would get so excited to hang up an ornament I was sure she was going to do a face plant in the tree but everything survived! She would say "oh this one is special" or "mommy this one is from your year" To see the glow and the excitement in her eye almost made me cry. I am not sure if it is all of the hormones or the fact I am so excited for her! This time truly feels so magical.

Baby update: I am now 35 weeks along and doing good. I am right on schedule so we are praying Baby Fitts waits until after Christmas to make his entrance. It is a little harder to get around, I have gained 31lbs to date but the doctors are fine with it. I gained 41 with Lawson so I feel like I am doing good so far. Lawson is still very excited about Baby Brother!! She knows his name but refuses to say it. She will say his name is Tiny Baby Brother! I hope that doesn't stick. For some odd reason when he is 6'5" and she is 6' I don't think that will be acceptable!

Daddy Looks Like a Tree!

For those of you who don't know Lawson's Daddy loves to hunt. If you don't agree with hunting please do not read any further. Collins has had a good year so far and has gotten a 4-pointer (deer) and several ducks. Lawson thinks her daddy looks extra silly in all of his camo gear. She tells him "Daddy you are a silly goose, you look like a tree."

Donna's Baby Shower

On Saturday, Heather, Chaity, Melinda and I hosted a Baby Shower for Donna. We had a great time. Here are some pictures from the shower. Donna & Baker are going to be great parents and we wish them all of the best!

The Three Pregnant girls - all boys!!

Thanksgiving at the Bowen's House

We went to Wateree, SC to have Thanksgiving at the Bowen's Lake House (my sisters husbands family). We had such a good time. Lawson loves going to the Bowen's home especially visiting the "toy closet." Thank you to Paula and Jim for inviting us!

The Fitts Family

Lawson on a 4-wheeler!! No she never went on a ride. Mommy said no!

Dah and Lawson checking out the view! Gorgeous!
Happy 1 year anniversary to Lauren and Will!!

The Little Princess

Here are some photos from the week before Thanksgiving.

This is a photo of Lawson testing out "baby brother's" rocker. I think it passed the durability test.

Lawson in her new PJs! She loves silky Pajamas and check out her shoes!!

Lawson's Week!

I wanted to share some of Lawson's moments from the week! Lawson love to shave with her daddy. Lawson gets all lathered up like her daddy! She loves this "Daddy Time." When Collins tells her it is time to shave she runs to bathroom!! And the answer is no- no razors ever touch her!!

I can explain.... in the mornings (scratch that) all of the time Lawson's favorite phrase is "I do it myself" So this particular morning she was starting to get dressed (by herself), then changed direction. She put her underwear on her head and starting singing "wheres my underwear, wheres my underwear, I don know" Priceless. Kids are so funny!

Happy Halloween

Carving out our pumkinsFirst time Trick-o-Treating
Go NCSU!!

Miss Lawson had a full day as an NCSU Cheerleader on Halloween. On Tuesday we carved out our pumpkins and loved getting all the seeds and slimmy stuff out. Then on Wednesday she had a parade and a party at daycare. I ended up going to the party at daycare and let me just tell you there are some very creative parents out there. The food was so pretty and cute. Between the candy apples and spider cupcakes my bags of M&Ms didn't seem to very appealing! Next year I will step it up a notch! Halloween night we went to Quinn (a lizard) and Owen's (a doggie) house to see them. They looked so cute. Lawson loved "Trick-or-Treating"

Congratulations Taylor and Megan!!

This weekend Taylor (Collins' brother) asked Megan to marry him!! As you can see from the big rock on her finger she said 'yes!' Cheers to the happy couple!