My Eight to Five

Have you ever seen somebody so excited to
find their belly button?

Last August I took a position as a nanny for a sweet 3 month old. His name was Lawson and he had my heart immediately. We have had an amazing 11 months together. I have enjoyed every moment of it, even the crying during naps, the stinky diapers, the spit out food - all of it! As my time with him is coming to an end, I had the chance to make some more special moments with him.

Last Friday Taylor came to work with me. We spent the morning as usual, just playing and hanging
out. Lawson was a little shy at first but very quickly fell in love with Taylor (can you blame him?) They hung out together until nap time. After Lawson's nap, I got him dressed and we headed out! We took Lawson to lunch at Cracker Barrel. This is one of his favorite places. Nothing like grilled chicken and carrots smothered in butter. Yummy! After lunch we went to Build a Bear. Lawson built a puppy dog, who we named Brave, as you can probably guess why. Once we had Brave in tow we headed to Barnes & Noble to pick out a book...or two! We of course couldn't go back home until we stopped at the cupcake shop, Twist, and had a bite!

Lawon's new best friend!

He wouldn't hold still for a picture, he didn't want anybody taking that puppy dog away!

With sweet Lawson after Build a Bear

Once we got back to the house it was almost nap time, so we played some more and then laid down. That afternoon we headed to Orange Beach with Lawson and his parents. They invited Taylor & I down to their condo for the weekend as a thank you for my time with Lawson. We all went to dinner that night. It was so funny seeing Lawson's face as he tried to figure out why we were all there together. He is used to seeing his dad and I at the same time and sometimes even his mom and I, butnever all three of us together, especially for a long period of time. Saturday we all had breakfast and headed to the beach. Lawson & I hung out under the umbrella like smart cookies. We went and put our toes in the water for a little while as well. The rain was coming our way so we headed to have lunch at the original Tacky Jacks. We had great timing because as we were seated the rain just started pouring and did not stop for a while. After the rain passed we went back to the condo and then headed back to Mobile.

Like I said - Best friends

Keeping cool and in the shade

It was so wonderful spending that extra time with Lawson. I have eight days left with him. I cannot believe after all this time of seeing him five days a week, I won't be seeing him at all. It is heartbreaking, but very bittersweet. He will be enrolled in a school so he will be learning so much, and I'm headed back to Texas so there are good sides to this. I have been very blessed to be his nanny and I cannot wait to watch him grow up, even from 3 states over.