Swimming

Our clubhouse has a pool... and it is literally a 30 second walk to it. We literally spent almost every evening at the pool this summer. Jaxon is a fish! He asked every single day when Dad was going to be home so we could go swimming. They closed the pool after Labor Day, and Jaxon is sooooo sad. He still asks every day to go. So today we went through some pictures of his fun this summer in the pool! They sure made him happy.

Trying to swim without floaties!

"Throw me REALLY high dad! The highest and biggest into the clouds!"

Finally conquered his fear of jumping off the side!

Carson's first swim! 2.5 months old!

He was NOT happy to be in that water!

But it only took a few minutes and Joel calmed him right down. He slept in our arms in the water for most of the time.

Finally enjoying the water a little!

Hopefully he will love swimming as much as his brother next summer!

These 2 hung out in the pool pretty much all summer. Such buddies!

If we went over later in the evening, this silly little guy and I would just hang out and watch the big boys swim. Carson didn't seem to mind.

A few times we were there till it was almost dark! This picture made it look WAY darker then it really was.

He loved swimming when it was almost dark!

We sure are going to miss summer! That pool was our sanity with a new baby! Can't wait for it to reopen next year! Guess we will need to find some new things to do! But with this beautiful fall weather, that shouldn't be too hard.

Our Firstborn

Jaxon Jaxon Jaxon..... he is without a doubt 3! He is so much fun, but so much work at the same time! I finally moved all of his toys into his room! I was so sick of my living room drowning in toys! I LOVE IT! He goes in there all the time and plays/makes a huge freakin mess! But at least it's all contained to his room. Why did I not do it sooner?

This kind of mess... much more bearable in his room!

His talking has improved sooooo much! He never stops talking! Joel and I laugh at him everyday. The things he comes up with are hilarious! I wish I could record him all day.. just to remember his silly 3 year old chatter. It's so sweet.
The boy LOVES to swim. I think he has spent more time in the pool this summer than out. We have a clubhouse that is a 1 minute walk away, so Joel took him almost every night this summer. Sometimes when it was almost dark! Here are a bunch of pictures of my Jaxon this summer! Really in no order.

Helping the guy fill up the pool with COLD water.

He loves taking silly pictures of himself!

Orem Owls baseball game. He was scared of that creepy owl!

Us at the baseball game

Ice cream cone in the car. He didn't even eat half before it was melted.

Smores in my moms back yard

Chilling in his undies and helping me get Carson dressed.

Begged dad to get a squeaky polar bear at the zoo. He is SPOILED!

Happy little Preschool boy. Love this face!

Obsessed with taking the camera and taking pictures of random things.

Sick day, watching a movie and playing on his bed.

He lives for suckers! "Mama, I get a sucker for going peepee!"

Silly boy at a luau

Cheeser!

 

 

He is such a handful right now. This stage of not listening, I can do it by myself, tantrums, and little to no patience is rough! But I would not change a thing about him! He is the BEST big brother. He is very gentle and sweet with Carson. He also still takes 2 hour naps! HEAVEN! We sure love this boy, he is growing up way too fast! He makes us smile every day! Love my Mister.

Blessing Day - 3 months

Carson was blessed this last Sunday by his dad. It was such a special blessing, Joel did a beautiful job. Little Carson was an angel during the whole thing. Apparently he was smiling THE WHOLE time. My happy boy.
We also hit his 3 month mark on Saturday. This guy smiles constantly now! You just look at him, or talk and he just starts grinning away. His coos and giggles are in full swing now! We have known he is super ticklish for a while. But lately, Joel has really got some full blown laughs out of him by tickling his hands. So random, but so dang cute! Here are a bunch of pictures from his blessing day!

Carson and my mom

Happy boy with my sister

Me and my baby

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Grandpa, Uncle Garrett and Carson

4 generation

Laughing

Most of you have probably seen this on my FB, but I am obsessed with it! LOVE HIM!

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

THE GOOD
My mom's family has been in town this last week! My moms sisters Nancy, and Lucy, and Lucy's 2 boys, Cesar and Vinny. We have stayed busy between taking them places and hanging out at home and in the pool! They left today and I am so sad! So is Jaxon, he looked for them all morning. He has loved having these 2 boys to play with! Some random pictures of our fun!

Brick Oven!!! My mom is in the pink, Nancy in the orange, Lucy in white, and Cesar in the back.

Crazy boys!! Cesar on the bottom, then Vinny, then Jaxon

Jaxon was determined to tackle Cesar into the pool!

Look at all these boys! 2 are mine, 2 are my cousins, and 2 are my cousin Dana's boys!

Dana and I!

Heading up to the Alpine Slide at Olympic Park

This happy little guy stayed at the bottom with my mom

Waiting in line for the slide! Cesar, Nancy, and Vinny

 

Grotto Falls

My cousin and I climbed to the top! I am so out of shape!

Brick Oven... again! Vinny is so cut1!

Stef and Cesar

Cesar and his first Hawaiian shaved ice!

THE BAD
We have literally stayed up late every day, taken short naps, and been going and going all day long! That makes for one grumpy 3 year old! I thought terrible 2's were rough... they got nothin' on this 3 business!
And our littlest man, is no longer nursing. Totally breaks my heart. Today has been rough. He just isnt getting enough. I feed him for a half hour, and within 20 minutes he screams until he gets a bottle, and will drink the whole thing. It's killing me, so bottles he will have. :(

THE UGLY

My poor phone... which I LOVED! After the park, I needed to take Carson out of the sling, I sat my phone on the back of the trunk. Yeah, I forgot it was there, we drove off. And didn't realize until we got home! Joel drove around in the dark and found it in the middle of the road. Smashed. At least Joel was able to get all my pictures off of it! This is the last picture I took on my phone... Jaxon "fishing" in a fountain. :)