Hangin' Out

We have so much fun with Deacon this week. His sweet little personality is emerging and he is smiling at us all the time now. He is most happy in the mornings and will just coo and talk to us. He loves when his daddy gets up in the mornings. Derek will come into the living room and say "Hi Buddy" and he scans the room until he can focus on him-simply adorable. I sure will miss him the mornings that I work as that is my favorite part of the day with him. However, I love being a Speech Therapist and I know that my patients will put a smile on my face in no time. These pictures are some of the highlights of the past week. They are in no particular order as blogger uploads them starting from the last picture first.

Derek and I found a baby pool on clearance for Deacon and we bought it for him. He loves the bath so we knew he would enjoy it! Here he is just chilling.


I never imagined that I would be sitting in a baby pool in my backyard under the shade tree. I've come a long way from the days of laying by the pool all day with my magazines. I wouldn't have it any other way. Daddy was the photographer-he gets to get in next time!


Friday night we went with some friends to Barkley Lodge for there seafood buffet. It was a nice boat ride and very relaxing for Deacon.


I know how important early exposure to language skills are for children. I am trying to have meaningful play with Deacon each day rather than just holding him. I have been introducing him to new toys and going over his colors and body parts with him-you may think I'm crazy but there are children with certain disorders that will make them delayed in language who receive speech therapy at this age so I know it can work. You can't over expose a child where learning is concerned. I am going to do theme activities on my days off when he is a little older to introduce new concepts. As you can tell by this picture he is not impressed yet!


Me and Aunt Tay put him in his Bumbo seat and he loved it. He can hold his head up so well and people comment on it all the time when they find out how young he is.


I think his favorite friend will always be his sissy. They love each other so much.