The last five weeks...mostly in pictures

These last five weeks have gone by fairly quickly, but I have really tried to savor every moment and not let the little things pass me by.  I have loved snuggling my little boy and just enjoyed having a newborn in the house.  Sure I don't get as much sleep as I did just a month or two ago, but I know these sweet moments will be gone too soon, so I try not to dwell on being tired.

Lawson is such a good baby!  Lillia loves him dearly and often asks to hold him and kiss him.  She loves it when his eyes are open and always asks "Where'd his eyes go?" when he closes them!  She sits beside me to read books when Lawson is nursing, so we've memorized quite a few books in the past few weeks!  :)

About a week old. 

Uncle Brian came to visit

 Rachel and Amanda came to visit!  Bummer, no pics with Amanda!  :(

 Grampa and Gramma Packer with their TWO grandkids!

 One afternoon right after naps....we may have stayed in our jammies all day!  :)  

That happens occasionally...

 Made a trip to Omaha to visit the Fischers

 

One of my favorite things.....the first smiles from a sweet baby!

Lawson Conry

Brandon and I rang in the New Year with quite the party!  

Somehow we even missed watching the ball drop!  

And our celebration came about two hours after the ball dropped with the birth of Lawson Conry.

Lawson Conry Fischer

Born at 2:26am on January 1, 2012

7lbs 2oz and 19 1/4 inches 

We are in LOVE!

*And a little tidbit about his name.....

We liked Lawson before we found out Lillia was a girl.  It's a name I heard when I was student teaching.  A little boy in my class had a brand new baby brother, Lawson.  So I tucked that name away in my head and forgot all about it until one day when Brandon was watching ESPN and there was a basketball player whose last name was Lawson.  Then it clicked....that was the name I really liked, but couldn't remember no matter how hard I tried!

So, when we found out this time we were having a boy....we almost didn't even need to discuss names!  We both still loved the name Lawson...now the question was what to put as a middle name.

Conrey is a family name on the Fischer side.  Brandon really liked it as a middle name, but wanted to put our own little twist on it, so we changed the spelling to Conry.

And there you have it....Lawson Conry.

Giving Thanks

We did a little traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday!  We started off in Ames where we enjoyed spending time with the family and even did a little shopping on Thanksgiving Day in the good ol' town of Huxley!

Lillia got her hair done by Aunt Carrie!  Too cute!

Then it was off to Omaha.  Brandon and his brother went to the Iowa/Nebraska game on Friday while the rest of us enjoyed spending time relaxing and doing a little shopping as well!

 

 Lillia loved going outside to look at Papa's Christmas lights on the fence!

 

We celebrated Thanksgiving with Fischer/Miller side of the family on Saturday in Grand Island.  It was fun to see family we don't get to see very often!  Lillia was tuckered out from traveling and playing, but for some reason, nap time was not successful that afternoon.....

It was a great holiday spent with friends and family!  Thankful we go to travel as we did with no complications!  Now it's one last trip back home to Ames to celebrate an early Christmas with my family before staying home until this baby comes!

Lillia Paige

 Just a normal day at home!

Playing with playdough for the first time!  She LOVED it!

Coming soon....a tidbit about Thanksgiving and a few pictures from our travels.

Birthday Flowers

Aren't these beautiful?!

A knock at the door brought this delightful birthday wish from friends back home!  I absolutely loved it and felt very loved by those that sent it!  Thanks girls!