Bowling!

We decided to take Jaxon bowling on Saturday. It is kind of pointless for Joel and I to pay for a game because Jaxon doesn't really let us play. So we just buy him a game, and let him have at it! He LOVES it! The light balls he can carry by himself, but he still makes me nervous lifting it up onto the ramp. So we help him still, he doesn't seem to mind. His favorite part is watching the ball "CRASH" into the pins. That and the ball return is pretty amazing I guess!

Putting on his cool bowling shoes. "Cheese"Waiting for the ball.

Fun little family date! He is soooo much fun, and a pretty good boy where ever we go. I can't help but wonder what it will be like when this baby comes..... Right now Jaxon goes everywhere with me. In fact, a lot of the time, I think up errands to run just so we can get out for a bit. But I will soon be outnumbered when Joel isn't with me... will I be more content to be at home? I am excited/anxious and a little naive about the whole 2 kids thing. Guess we will find out soon enough! :)
I am into the 3rd trimester now! AH! How has this pregnancy gone by sooooo fast? I have 78 days left... WHAT?!?! I am feeling pretty good most of the time. The dang ligament pain is a nightmare still, especially at night, but that is really my only major complaint. Don't get me wrong, I am a moody, tired by 8:30pm, getting bigger by the minute preggo mama. But it could be a lot worse!

Preschool!

Jaxon started preschool last week!! It is such a bittersweet thing for me! I love that he is growing up to be a big boy. But leaving my baby twice a week for 3 hours is soooo hard! Yeah, yeah, I am a baby I know.... but I can't help. Let's blame the preggo hormones! Wednesday was his first day, and I sat in the car and cried for 15 min. haha! I really am a baby about my little man! But he is doing so well! Day 1 went awesome. His teacher, Miss Lindzie, said he did fabulous! When I went to pick him up he was just grinning ear to ear and telling me all about his day. He was also very proud of his backpack.
Day 2 was a little rough.... he didn't really want me to leave and was clinging to my leg. But the teacher came and took him to hang up his backpack and wash his hands. I snuck out, and sat in the car trying not to cry again! geez!!! Ok, I did cry again, and those 3 hours CRAWLED by. When I finally got to go get him he was happy as can be again. His teacher said he was a little more emotional... and kind of mellow/sad, but they did not have any problems. He was SOOOOO excited to show me his "paper". He told me over and over again there was a paper in his backpack he made! So here it is... the official, first piece of school memorabilia from my little Jaxon!This is hanging proudly on our fridge... and Jaxon reminds us everyday to look at his paper. He goes back tomorrow. Hopefully he keeps doing good! :)

Dino Party!

Jaxon and I have been working on getting his party ready for weeks... ! Everytime we talked about it, he would say "A Surprise Dinosaur Party". I explained a million times it wasn't going to be a surprise if he knew about it.... but he wouldn't give it up! So we pretended it was a surprise party and had Joel and his parents bring Jaxon in after everyone was there! He was sooooooo excited!!

I was taking a few pictures when he got there... but thankfully my dad barely caught this sweet little moment! He ran in grinning ear to ear, looked around at everyone there, and finally spotted me taking pictures. He came running over to me, gave me a huge kiss, and said "birthday... surprise!" He was so happy... it melted my heart! We had a simple lunch of sandwiches, chips, frog-eye salad, and drinks. I had a few little activities planned for the kids, we really only got to the egg hunt.My friend and I (ok mostly her), made these cute dinosaur tails I saw a while ago! They turned out sooooo cute!! Jaxon was not a huge fan... ugh. Oh well, maybe he will like them another day that isn't so crazy! :)Jaxon did a whole lot of running around and playing with everyone! He did sit down and eat for a few minutes, but it was short lived! Playing with everyone was much more exciting.

Rough housing with Uncle Tyler.

The birthday boy and his dad!

Then it was time to sing! He loved the singing, and grinned the whole time! (I still can't believe there are 3 candles on that cupcake! What happened to my baby?)
This is my favorite picture of the day I think!

Blow out your candles!He doesn't really love cupcakes, or even cake for that matter. But he did eat a few bites!
My "baby" and I! The ONLY family pic of the day.... haha It's a keeper huh? Geez.
Lets just say.... he got SPOILED in the present department! He got sooooo many fun new toys and movies! He loves them all!
That was pretty much it! While we started cleaning up, uncle Tyler took him out for a little balloon release for his birthday. Cute idea.... and cute pictures!!I have sooooo many more pictures I would love to put up from that fun day! Here are a couple more of my favorite pictures of the birthday boy from through out the party.
Glad you had fun at your Dinosaur Party my little Mister!! And THANK YOU to all my amazing family and friends for all your help, presents, and for coming!

Spoiled Birthday Boy!

Jaxons birthday started out with presents from us! His party was planned for later, but we figured he would have enough presents to open then. So as soon as he woke up we had them all set up and ready to go!(Notice the dino jammies! haha)Obviously we did a dinosaur party this year. So some of his toys were new, big, cool dinosaurs! He loved them!!! And played with them for ever! We had to drag him away from them to finish opening the rest of his presents!
Then we opened the new car track.... oh my! He is obsessed with this thing! He barely let Joel assemble it, he was too excited to wait!

He got a few other things from us, puzzles, bath toys, clothes, and some more trains. He loves them too! But the track is so far the winner! :)
Up next.... his Dinosaur Party!!

Three!

Today was Jaxons Birthday! In fact... at 9:42 tonight (in about 2 minutes), he will be officially a 3 year old! My baby is so grown up! He is getting taller, skinnier, and just looking like a big kid! We had a FUN party today, and stayed busy all day spoiling our little guy! I will blog about the party later! He loved it!

Happy Birthday Jaxon! Your dad and I sure love you! We love your silly way of saying things, your obsession with Cars, dinosaurs, trains, and really any toy! You make us both smile and laugh at the funny things you do and say. There are very few nights we don't go to bed taking about you with huge, cheesy grins on our face. You are our world, little mister! We can't wait for you to experience the "big brother" thing, preschool, and all the other fun things being 3 will bring! Thanks for choosing us to be your parents!
We are kinda obsessed with you! ;) Love you little bubs! Can't believe you are 3!

** To Remember **

Nothing super exciting has been happening lately. Just normal married, student, family, preggo life. But this is the stuff I want to remember.

We stay busy with random things, and try to take it easy when we do have some free time. I am feeling pretty good, expect for EXTREME ligament pain (I think). It gets so bad I can't freakin walk, sit, or do anything! But other then that I'm doing good! I am CRAVING ZINGERS.. the vanilla ones, like NONSTOP! All this baby weight will be thanks to those! I honestly can not get enough of them! Don't ask how many I have eaten.....

This little guy moves a lot! And I love it! Even though I have done this before, you really forget, and miss what it actually feels like to have a little munchkin moving around, kicking, and punching your insides. It makes me happy! The other day, Jaxon was sitting on my lap playing games on my phone. He had his hand on my big ol' belly (it's hard to miss now days). Anyway, he just happened to be in the right spot at the right time. Little baby started full on kicking Jaxons hand! Jaxon was too busy with a matching game to really notice, but I was dying... it was so cute!!

Because of my extreme pain, my DR wanted me to have an ultrasound just to make sure nothing was seriously wrong! I was NOT complaining... any excuse to see that baby sounds good to me! :)

I usually don't take Jaxon to the dr with me. He is almost 3... enough said. But this time I had to take him with me. I was a little worried... but figured between my phone, bribery aka suckers, and the actual ultrasound.. he would behave. I wish I would have known how well it was going to go. I would have videoed the appointment. Let me back up by explaining this... My last ultrasound Jaxon was invited to, did not go well. He freaked that I was on some weird table, in the dark, with some girl pushing something on my stomach. Poor Joel had his hands full, while trying to enjoy the gender reveal at the same time. This time I went all by my self, with my little man in tow.
I laid on the table, and he climbed up and sat with me. He had just got a hair cut, so he was busy working on a sucker. I think he asked me about a million times "What are you doing?" As soon as she started, I pointed out the tv, and told him to watch the tv so he could see the baby in my belly. He was not convinced until she did a profile view. He instantly perked up and said "BABY! In there!" Because of my pain, the ultrasound was kinda painful, so Jaxon kept asking "It hurts? Owie?" I told him no, mom is fine. He was really curious about the actual stick thing she was using on my belly, so I told him it was a camera, taking pictures of the baby. His response was so cute! "Baby.... say cheese!! It's a camera.... Baby... say cheese!" I never want to forget that. I think it was really the first time he started understanding there is a baby in my belly. Even after he woke up from his nap later that day, he was still talking about it. When Joel got home, he told him all about the "Baby in there.... the camera... say cheese!"
So there he is... the little baby posing for the camera at 25 weeks! :) I sure love my Jaxon, and I sure am in love with this little boy too!

♥ Love ♥

This weekend Joel and I went on a mini getaway. To 1. Celebrate our 5 year anniversary, 2. Celebrate Valentines Day, and 3. Just to be together for the weekend.

We kept things very simple... and did some things we had never done before! A BIG HUGE thank you goes to my family for staying with Jaxon. They all have crazy/busy lives, and I am so thankful to them for working out everything out for us.

So after we dropped of Jaxon at my dads on Friday, I had a little date idea planned. SUPER random, but something totally new! We ended up loving it!

We went to Holdman Studios at Thanksgiving point, and took a glass blowing/pulling mini class. We each got to make a flower, we picked the colors, and then helped make it!

~Waiting for our glass. The guy pulled it out of a huge, hot oven and added the colored glass we chose. ~

~Then it was time to pull and shape the glass!~

We went a few days later to pick up them up! I chose purple/gray for mine, and Joel did orange/red. I love how they both turned out! **Cheesy story alert!!** These pretty flowers have been sitting on the table for a few days now. I told Joel I didn't need any flowers for V-Day, cuz these were cooler... then his romantic side came out.

"I will love you until these flowers die." - Joel.

I love him!! :) We did a bunch of other fun things, shopping at the outlets, swimming in the crater, eating out, and just hanging out together. Happy 5 Years To Us, and Happy Valentines Day!

22 Weeks!

Since I found out I was pregnant again, I felt like I was showing! Like from 10 weeks! I didn't start showing with Jaxon till I was closer to 18 weeks... so I have been dying to see if I am bigger this time around. I sure feel like it! :)

What do you think?? Bigger? Smaller? The same?

Jaxon wanted to participate in my horrible lighting, photo shoot this morning!

LOVE this one!!! Packed boxes as the background and all! Such a sweetie!

More then halfway there..... AH!