Life After the Holidays

January and February are by far my least favorite months of the year. The holidays are over and we are left with freezing temperatures and gloomy skies. This year the weather has been particularly cold and tends to change drastically overnight. At the beginning of January we had freezing temps that went down to 6 degrees and our pipes froze. Luckily they did not burst! The month has been back and fourth with extreme cold and a few really nice days in the 50’s & 60’s. I am not a fan of cold weather. I hate bundling up with layers, wearing boots and dreading going outside each morning.  I am a true southern girls who loves her flip flops and tank tops!

We have been trying to make the most out of these miserably cold days. Beau has been a pure joy. I hate to brag but I think he is worth bragging about. I am not kidding when I say he is the easiest and happiest baby I have ever been around. He is perfectly content with playing by himself in his room with his toys. He only cries when he is hungry or tired. His easy going attitude has made it easy to entertain him in the house when we cannot go outside. He enjoys wagon rides inside the house, playing with his toys, sitting in his ball pit, walking in his walker, interacting with us, watching me cook in the kitchen, playing with Lilly and of course eating.

 

We did get to sneak outside on Martin Luther King day. It was in the sixties so we went for a wagon ride around the neighborhood. We all enjoyed the fresh air and sunshine.

 

This past Friday we took Beau to his first hockey game. Jon and I had no idea how the night was going to go because Beau religiously going to bed between 6:30-7 every night. We met our friends for dinner around 5:30pm at Newks and then all headed to the game that started at 7:30pm. Beau was a champ! The arena was packed and we ended up finding seats at the very top level and we had no room to space out. We were all jammed in our seats which was kind of uncomfortable. Beau enjoyed looking at all the people and actually watched the hockey guys playing on the ice. He did have a meltdown when the first goal was made and everyone was cheering. He is not a fan of loud noises! After he calmed down he got use to all the noise and enjoyed the action from then on. We left after the second period which was around 9pm. Beau was extremely exhausted and we knew we could not push it too much longer. Once in the car he fell asleep and was in bed by 9:30pm. It was a very successful night and we are so proud to have a little boy who can be flexible with his bedtime and hang out with his parents on a Friday night.

 

We are praying for warmer days and cannot wait to be outside. Hopefully that time will come sooner than later!