Skipped!

I realized today I TOTALLY skipped a post about Carson at 5 months! We are now about 3 days away from his 6 month mark! Crazy! I will save the novel and picture overload for that post. But I can't help but post this! My little non-sleeper at night gets so tired during the day he can't even play.

 But don't let him fool you, those cat naps don't last long! Little Stinker! Good think he is sooooo dang cute! Cuz he drives me crazy lately! We gotta get this sleeping down!

Not my Brudder.....

Jaxon refuses to call Carson his brother. He is Carson. Period. Not baby brother or anything other then Carson. So funny!
They are definitely brothers though... so similar is so many ways! 

Early morning games on my phone! Taking over my pillow!

Little buddies

 We carved pumpkins tonight. Ok, Joel and Jaxon did.... Ok, mostly Joel! But it was the tradition that counts right?

He HATED cleaning them out, so we took a break and painted one.

So much for fun for my little guy! He is obsessed with painting everything right now.

Then back to the Jack-O-Lantern!

Then it was time for a tiger break. Newest obession... Tigers.

Time to light it and take it out!

Best picture we got of him with his pumpkin. We need to work on the actual act of smiling into the camera!

Turned out good for free hand! Jaxon loves his spooky Jack-O-Lantern. Amazing picture right? Not only does Joel carve well, his pic-skills are awesome!

His version of decorating... slobber!

Littlest man with the littlest pumpkin!

 Our weekend was very full of fun, fall-ish, Halloween-ish activities. More to come! ;)

4 Months

Well technically last week! I can't believe it's been 4 months! Carson grows and changes so much every day. He smiles and babbles constantly and loves to laugh at everything.... even the lights!

At the Luau! Something was pretty funny!

He has also quit sleeping through the night! WHAT?!? Such a little stinker! He sometimes does better then others, but for the most part, he is waking up 1-2 times a night! I am sooooo ready for this stage to be over. Sometimes he is a little hungry, other times he is just awake and fussy. Even his naps during the day have changed. He is restless and can't get himself to sleep very good. And then it doesn't last long if he does. I really shouldn't complain.... cuz he is not THAT bad.... but different then I am used to I guess.

He loves to sit up! Literally spends most of the day in the bumbo, or being held in the sit up position. He loves watching everyone and everything that is going on around here. He is also really into toys! He sits there and holds them, eats them, or hits them on something!

No rolling yet.... well once or twice, but I think they were kind of flukes. He HATES tummy time, he lasts about 1-2 minutes (if that) before a full on melt down starts! Silly boy! Jaxon tries to help entertain him while he is on his tummy and it sometimes helps. It's so cute to watch them interact!
We finally gave him his first hair cut!! He had some crazy, hair going on! And 90% of it was falling out anyway... so the long stuff that was left looked nasty!! I was so sad! But I gotta admit it looks wayyyy better now!!

Before!

After

After. So much better!

Here are a few more random pictures of my little 4 month old Bud!

Getting so big!

Seriously a goof ball! He will laugh at anything!

Waiting at the Dr.

Waiting for the Dr. It was a navy striped kinda day! Twinners!

CHUBBBBBS!

 Official Stats at 4 months old

14.8 lbs - 41th percentile

24" long - 15th percentile

Head - 78th percentile

Short, chunky, and with a big head! I think he is just perfect! ;)

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.