Lawson at 18 months, Half Baked 5 year anniversary and new house updates!

Well this past month has truly flown by!  It has been yet another busy time for us with the combination of the bakery turning FIVE, Lawson turning a YEAR AND A HALF, Prescott turning another year older and the new house being born.  Whew, I'm exhausted just writing that!  

We were so busy that I feel like I could only half way plan/celebrate all of these events :/ All I could muster up for Half Baked's five year anniversary was a special deal that actually got us a good amount of traffic but of course it was on a day that we had a ton of weddings and other events that it was probably more stressful than anything else. But, Prescott and Lawson helped celebrate by bringing us some awesome balloons :)  Then I barely remembered Lawson's 18 month milestone and for Prescott's birthday, we just had some friends join us for a fun birthday dinner.  So nothing over the top or spectacular but still nonetheless special and meaningful. 

Lawson's new favorite things to do are cuddle, read books, try on shoes (be it his own or mommy or daddy's), play at the park, kick the soccer ball, hit the baseball and play golf with his little toy golf clubs.  He is really starting to talk a lot, some actual words but definitely lots of baby words.  He likes to speak spanish, his favorite word in spanish is dos and his favorite word in english right now is juice. Lawson has learned how to nod yes and no and really understands most everything we say, especially if it is words he likes, like park, icecream or outside.  

His favorite place to go is to the new house and he starts screaming as soon as we turn into the neighborhood.  I can't blame him, I get excited to.  Sometimes, when there are so many stresses at the bakery and at home, it is easy to get bogged down, but then when we go to the new house it is a sign of why we work so hard and the one good thing/reward we have for just our little family of three to enjoy (and all of our family and friends too!).

I am looking forward to getting this move over with next week and starting our life at the new house.  Hopefully filled with less stress and more fun :)  We are going to make lots of great memories in this house and I can't wait for it to all begin!

Lawson got into mama's chocolate!

Hugging my new range OMG

True chef kitchen!!!

Countertops and cabinet color will be changing as soon as we get keys!!!

Pre wood floor installation

This master closet could seriously pass as a bedroom

Family Vacation and New House News!

Well our family vacation was a hit!  Lawson did fantastic and had an absolute blast in Mexico and mommy and daddy finally got to catch up on some much needed rest from our crazy busy everyday schedule while the grandparents looked after the wild Lawdog.  

I honestly don't know where my mom found all the energy to go to the pool with that little toddler everyday.  I think she must have gone done that water slide 1,000 times with him!  He didn't stop the whole time we were there, unless he was napping on the lazy river, which was hilarious.  

I think we have decided the only way we can go on vacation is if one of our sets of grandparents goes with, that is key!  Cause let's be honest, vacation with a toddler without some type of reliable babysitters, ain't a vacation, that's just more of what we do on a daily basis.  Seriously, my vacation consisted of laying in bed in our air-conditioned hotel room and then going out to dinner. 

It. Was. Amazing.

Now onto reality back in LA.  We bought a house.  Yes, I know we were supposed to slow down and not have another project, but it just kind of happened.  Lawson needed a backyard, the houses in our current neighborhood were selling for ridiculously more than we bought them for and we found the perfect lot of only like 5 lots left in the neighborhood that we (okay, that I) had been eyeing for over the past 2 years :/  So, we bought a house... and we are sooo excited!

Take a look at some of the photos during construction, its crazy to see how far it has come in the past couple of months.  I can't believe in just ONE month, we are going to be living in that beautiful thing.  I will keep you posted on the progress as we start to get closer to moving day :)

Lawson with "Grandmother" (so formal, mom!)

Lawson with Grandaddy Craig

Lawson moving boulders in our backyard

view from the backyard

and so it begins

stucco going up

cool rock wall and roof going on

getting the yard prepped

driveway going in

our living room

our kitchen (but we are changing the cabinets to white!)

Lawson checking out the place

hallway for days

Lawson checking out our enclosed patio

Lawson getting ready to get into trouble

Lawson getting into trouble

daddy testing out the soaker tub that he can actually fit into, hooray!