I WON!!!

So Crystal in my ward introduced me to this cool blog site that does different giveaways from various companies. Well I have been SUPER addicted to it and check it daily and have been entering my self into the drawings for the giveaways (by the way... the stuff she finds in AWESOME!) and I finally WON! I was so excited when I saw my name! This is a fun site that has so many cute things that aren't your typical items that you would buy at the mall! Check it out!
Thank you Fabulous Fun Finds! :)
I ended up winning a personalized book from www.frecklebox.com The book I chose was the
...... Goes to the Zoo. They have you spell out your childs name, and they personalize the book with their name on it throughout.! So cute! Jaxon will have his own special book that even has his name on it!
I can't wait to receive it!

My Birthday Girly!!! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEF..... THE BEST SISTER IN THE WORLD!!!!!
Today, June 8th, 2009 my little sis turns 19! She is the cutest girl I know!!! She always has a smile on her face and always makes me laugh.... mostly because she should probably be blonde! :) JK I freakin love you so much Stef! Yor an amazing person and have grown so much! Your an amazing example to me and hope you know how much I love you! I am so sorry that your present will be late, but I hope you had a great day! I hope you got spoiled and enjoyed shopping! Wish I could give you a big hug!!!! Thank you for being who you are!
Here is another picture over-loaded.... but I had so many to chose from it was hard to pick my favs!

On the ferry at The Statue of Liberty......

Posing right before my wedding! So skinny and gorgeous!

Ooooh!!!! - Atlantic City Beach. Colbie Calliet/John Mayer concert!!!! Way fun!
Helping give Jaxon a bath!
Ahhhh!!! I miss her!

Your my best friend and I love you so much! I am thankful we are sisters and hope you know I will always be there for you! Happy Birthday Hun!!!!

New Hair Cut and Piggys BBQ

I got a new hair this morning! I was so nervous but really excited to have a change! My hair was getting way too long and taking too long to style. So I decided to chop it! :) It feels so different but refreshing! What do you think???After along afternoon of house hunting we decided to eat at Piggys BBQ (Joel calls it Piggy Butts because of the billboard we saw!) HAHA Joel LOVED the food there and I even thought it smelled good and I'm not big on bbq.

Hot Tasty Butts???? Mmm sounds appetizing!
My cute hubby enjoying his ribs! He barely ate half of them! But will have yummy left-overs!
And this is how excited Jaxon was about the BBQ place! HAHA JK He was ready for a nap and finally fell asleep!

PJs

My sister Stef sent us a surprise a couple weeks ago! These REALLY cute pajamas... they have cars and monkeys on them! So cute! Thanks sis your such a sweet heart! I tried to take pictures of him... but he is so wiggly and active now almost all of the pictures are blurry, or at least his hands are blurry! He is so fun and looked really cute in these!

He has so much personality and makes so many facial expressions that make us laugh!

Here are a few more pics of another pair of cute "jammies"! Joel put these on him today and we were sad he hasn't worn them before.

Such a fun boy!

Goals

Today I have decided to make a few goals for myself. Now I am not calling them the oh-so-typical New Years Resolutions... because I am WAY behind (It's June... Wow). But sitting here today I have decided to not only set these goals, but to post them on my blog to help my commitment to them.

1. Will put my scriptures on the couch and read them EVERY morning while I feed Jaxon.
2. Will go to the gym 2-3 times a week for an hour (ugh.. getting into the habit is hard!) This includes letting my hubby go the days I don't.
3. Will breastfeed until Jaxon is 6 months old! (He is really struggling with this still and loses patience with me most days... I don't want to give up yet, so we will keep working on it.)
4. Stop stressing the little things so much!! Sorry hun! ( Not every house is spotless every single day right?)
5. Stop biting my nails! (This has been an issue since I got teeth... annoying habit that I have tried to kick a million times!)
6. Go to the temple once a month. (Gotta start somewhere right? Any takers on babysitting?)

This is enough for now... I hope I can stick to them and start improving. For myself.

More pictures of Jaxon to come for those grandparents in Utah... Sorry I have been slacking! Oh and I have some videos of him "talking" but I don't know how to post them. If anyone is willing to help me learn how please let me know! Why is technology so hard for me? :)

Update on my baby!

Little Jaxon.... you turn 3 month old tomorrow!!! Crazy! He is a pretty good baby. He sleeps well at night most of the time. He eats and goes to bed around 7:30-8:30pm and then only wakes up once at about 3-4. Then he is awake and alert and ready to go around 6:30. I can't complain too much! I know that if I were able to stay up till 10:30 or so he would sleep through the night, but by 8:30 or 9 I am ready for bed! haha So for now this schedule is working! He looks so cute and peaceful when he sleeps! I just wanna kiss those little lips!

Jaxon LOVES his binki when he is getting ready to go to sleep! But for some strange reason.. he really has a hard time keeping it in his mouth! He really wants it... but sucks on it funny and it flies out of his mouth! So we have resorted to this.... :)
We pin the binki in his mouth and oooh it works wonders!!!!
This was today when I got home... he was making the funniest faces, but I could only grab the camera and get these shots! The first one is with his onesie on his head! lol Such a dork!

He has also just recently found his hands!!! He keeps himself very entertained with that now! He has also started swatting at his toys on his bouncy chair! It really is crazy how quickly they learn! He is very alert and interested in the world around him! We love how interactive he is right now!

Cafe Rio Recipe

So after posting/bragging about our amazing dinner... I decided I would post the recipes just in case anyone is interested!
Follow this link to see the recipe for the pork, dressing, and cilantro rice. I have found that using this recipe makes this pork kind of spicy... but its really yummy!!! I think it's the chilies in adobo sauce that give it more of a kick then the "original" version. But I like it! I know there are other recipes that don't include it, but we haven't tried them. Oh and we don't even use the dried mustard.
And I know the 18 hours of cook time is a LONG time! But it is so worth it! And its super easy...
The dressing calls for a lot of cilantro... but we use a little less so it's not so strong! But it turns out PERFECT!!!
Good luck!!! I hope you like it if you try it!

Mmmm

We just ate a very delicious dinner!!! We made CAFE RIO PORK and the amazing dressing... combined them together and made the infamous CAFE RIO PORK SALAD!! I love that my husband is a great cook! What would I do with out him? Anyway the food turned out great, and our whole house smelled so good all day long! The pork took 18 hours to cook... but oh was it worth the wait! I LOVE cafe rio and miss it so much, but this is almost as good! And probably cheaper because we have TONS of left overs! :) bu

I can't wait to have more... but right now I am so full! Who ever came up with the Cafe Rio recipe and opened the restaurant... my hat comes off to you! You are my hero! :)