The last few days... with help, our little man would pull himself up onto our laps. We would hold his hands and he would grunt and grunt till he stood up! Well about 20 minutes ago, while I was doing laundry, Jaxon decided to use the basket and stand up on his own!! All I did was hold the basket from flipping over! He stood there for a while too with only 1 hand balancing him!

I got all excited and was telling him good job and everything.. He smiled but looked at me like piece of cake mom! Whats the big deal?! So I was probably more excited then he was! Oh well!

Good Job Buddy!!!

Growing Boy

Jaxon turned 9 months old yesterday! He went from this.....

.......to this in 9 short months!

He used to LIVE in this bouncy/vibrating chair! Now he likes to climb on it! He does not like being strapped into anything... so this was a quick picture before the bucking started! :)

Love ya buddy!!!

Laundry Monster!

Now that my little maniac is mobile my daily adventures have changed! I spend 80 % of the day chasing him around... and he is only scooting/crawling! I don't know if I am ready for a walker yet! :) He is SOOOO observant and wants to explore everything! I was trying to fold laundry and it took me 30 minutes to fold 1 load! That is sad! He dumped out the basket at least 3 times before I finally got done! Haha

Here he is sabotaging my attempts at folding laundry!

I finally finished and put him inside the basket... it was funny for a minute and then he realized it was not as fun as he had hoped! He just sat there and stared at me! :)

Can I get out now mom??? I am bored!

Thanksgiving!

This year for Thanksgiving we stayed home with my mom! Everyone else was out of town so no running around for us this year! :) It was a nice change! We had a very different Thanksgiving meal.... my mom does not really like turkey, so we decided to have....

Yep we had steak for Thanksgiving!!! My mom and Joel made them and they turned out great!!! We had a very non-traditional meal which included.....Homemade garlic mashed potatoes and.. Platanos!!! (Fried plantains for those of you who don't know what they are!) Everything was amazing! My favorite part was the rolls! :) And the homemade peach pie from Michelle!

Jaxon takes after his mom and LOVES rolls!!! He chewed this roll to death!!! Haha it was nasty when he was finished, but he loved when we gave him bites!

Of course we had to take pictures of our little man on his first Thanksgiving! Can I just say how much I love his outfit? He looked so grown up!

I have so much to be thankful for this year! Both sides of our family have been AMAZING in helping us through a rough year! They have all done everything they can to be there for us and help in any little way they can! I am also soooo thankful for a wonderful loving husband who is always there to listen and support me when I am having a bad day! He is a great dad and adores his son and Jaxon loves him to death! Jaxon is the most amazing little boy and is such a special part of our lives! I am so thankful I get to be his mom and raise him in the church! I love waking up every morning (even if it is a little too early) to his smiling face and a kiss from my hubby! I am so lucky!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving like I did!!!

The Joys of Mobility!

Jaxon LOVES his newly found mobility! He scoots everywhere and is already into everything! Especially power cords and heat vents for some strange reason! He keeps me much busier now chasing him around and clearing his way of dangerous hazards! I have no idea why he is grunting so much in this video! Haha but he is getting pretty fast and has so much fun playing now!

Here is video of a fun game he likes! Hitting the bottle cap around and chasing it! Keeps him entertained forever! Remind me why I buy so many toys????

Recent Discovery!

Jaxon decided he really likes......

It might look like more is on his face then in his mouth... but I promise he really does like it! :)

He won't eat a whole can yet... only a little at a time! But its better then nothing right???

No WAY!!! Really???

Jaxon is 8 months old today! He is growing up so fast! It seems like this last week he has gone from a baby to a little boy! Here are some things he just started doing the last couple weeks....

• Scooting ALL OVER the place!


• Saying Dada Dada Dada (only says Mama when he is crying lol)


• Getting his first tooth for real now.. 1 corner has broken through!


• And last but not least... IS WILLING TO EAT RICE CEREAL a couple times a days!

I will try and upload a video of my little buddy scooting around! Its crazy to me that he is old enough to do that! I love this kid so much! He makes our lives so much happier!

Trick Or Treat!

We were so excited to have Jaxon to dress up this year! I remember being pregnant on Halloween last year and all I could think about was when I could dress up our little guy! This year I was Cruella Deville, Jaxon was my lil Dalmation and Joel was an old man! Haha! We took him Trick Or Treating to mostly friends and family just to show him off! Here are a few pictures!Yep Joel had a cane and everything! Haha He even had the slow weird walk down! Is he not the CUTEST dalmation ever! Oh I was in love with him!

Our makeup and my hair took FOREVER! But we had fun getting ready! I had to shampoo my hair 3 times, condition twice and it still felt like horse hair after I brushed it out!