Blog Game!

Saw this on another blog! I will play! Will you?? :)

The rules for this game are:

1. Post these rules.

2. Post a photo of yourself and 11 random things.

3. Answer the questions set for you in the original post.

4. Create 11 new questions and tag people to answer them.
1. I will only be pregnant for 6 more weeks! I can't wait!
2. I am obsessed with ICE CREAM! Any kind! Cookie dough, butter pecan, strawberry, cookies n cream, rocky road, almond fudge, literally any kind I love!
3. I wish I had more $$ to spend on clothes for me. I spend it all on toddler/baby clothes! But I love being dressed cute, and I rarely feel like I am.
4. I bite my nails. I hate it. I stop for a while, and always start back up again.... Ugh.
5. I love being a stay at home mom...it's such a huge blessing and I wouldn't trade it for anything!
6. I have never colored my hair. I tried highlights (caramel colored) once, and they faded too fast.
7. I love sleep.... like really love it! It's my favorite thing to climb in bed at night, especially with freshly washed sheets!
8. I wash my hair every other day. Don't judge... 2nd day hair is fine!
9. I hate sitting in the dark. Even for movies! At home, I drive Joel crazy.... I always have lights on!
10. I like organizing things. I am usually too lazy, but when I get in the mood... watch out! I go organizing crazy!
11. I am really not a good driver. Joel laughs at my backing skills, or lack thereof! Maybe I should take drivers ed again! :)

11 Questions I Answered

1. What is your favorite food?
Cafe Rio Pork Salad. Hands down.

2. What/Who inspires you?
This is a tough one... my little family inspires and motivates me to be the best mom/wife I can be.

3. What is your favorite date night?
Dinner and Shopping! :) Love when Joel will walk around the mall with me and talk about randomness!

4.Surfing or Snowboarding?
I love snowboarding! But I am a beach girl.... I have never surfed though.

5.What is your favorite TV show?
GLEE!!!!!

6. What do you wish you knew in high school?
Haha ALOT! high school was pretty rough for me. I made a lot of bad mistakes all through out jr high/high school. I wish I would have known who my real friends were....

7.Who is your celebrity crush?
Ryan Reynolds

8. Who do you look up to the most?
My mom.... she is so genuine!

9.What is your favorite past time?
Reading.

10. If you went to the gas station right now... what would you get?
Dr Pepper for sure! And maybe ice cream. :)

11 Questions I have for YOU!
1. What is your favorite movie?
2. Where would your dream vacation be?
3. What is you favorite thing to do on the weekends?
4. Read or watch a movie?
5. What would you do with 10 million dollars?
6. Who is your favorite Actor/Actress?
7. How many kids do you want to have?
8. Eat out, or homemade meal?
9. LEAST favorite "chore" around the house?
10. What is your favorite snack?
11. What is the first thing you do after kid(s) are in bed?

Ok blog friends.... your turn! That means you Mary, Kara, Emily, Erica, Lindsay, Melanie, Danielle, Ashley, Amanda, Marianne, and everyone who blogs and wants to play! :)

Easter Weekend

Saturday I took Jaxon to Thanksgiving Point for their big Eggstravaganza! It was soooo crazy! But he loved it! He was in the 0-3 age group for the egg hunt, and he was so into it! I was surprised how little "coaching" he needed from me. He knew exactly what to do and was in a huge rush trying to make sure no one else got his eggs!They had a lot of fun things for kids to do, even though we had to wait in line for most of it! Cow Train, Pony rides, animals, jump houses, and of course the Easter Bunny. Jaxon would not go NEAR the Easter Bunny. He was freaked out! By the time we were done there we were both ready for a good nap! After naps we went to a fun park near our house that has playground, duck pond, and a huge field to run around in. It was perfect weather too!After dinner we decided to let Jaxon color eggs. Last year.... he was not impressed with this tradition. Joel and I ended up doing most of them. We figured we might as well try again this year and see if he likes it better.
Oh he did! In fact he loved it!! He colored 2 dozen eggs, and wanted to keep going! Joel helped him dye them, and his favorite part was naming all the colors as they came out! Once they dried I helped him add the stickers!Sunday morning we had his Easter Basket all ready! He got a few random little toys, and he loves them...especially the cars! Of course. He spent all day walking over by his basket saying "Oooh presents!"Yes we let him eat candy at 9am. Yes we regretted it! Within an hour he was sooooo hyper!
Of course the true meaning of Easter has nothing to do with Eggs, candy, presents, or easter bunnies. It is about the sacrifice our Savior made for us, and that He was Resurrected so that we may be also. I love going to church on Easter Sunday! It's always one of my favorites. Church is at 1, and we spent all morning hanging out/getting ready slowly. Only to get to the chapel and find it empty. Stake Conference, and we totally forgot. UGH. So we drove over by the Provo river and walked along the trail for a bit.Easter dinner was spent at the Browns house. After we ate, Grandma and Grandpa had a little egg hunt for him! He loved it!Hope everyone had a Happy Easter! We sure did!

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!