Green Acres-Country Meets City: Our little man is 2 months old

I'm a little behind and there is so much to share about the last 2 weeks. We are having so much fun with our little man. He is growing so fast and has been so talkative. We love listening to him talk in his own little language and love all his facial expressions. He is still trying to figure out his hands and feet. He moves his arms and kicks his feet like he is going somewhere. Its so cute when he sneezes, most of the time he sneezes 3-4 times in a row. I think he gets that from me. We are so thankful that he is sleeping through the night. He seems very content and does not cry a whole lot unless he is hungry or needs to be changed. Its been such a blessing to have Brian home for the summer. We've enjoyed our flexible schedule to travel and visit with friends and family. Brian is such a great dad to our little guy. I love watching them interact. Brian is looking forward to hanging out with his little buddy when he is old enough to go places and do things with him.

We had a nice visit with Brian's brother's inlaws. They couldn't wait to meet him.

sporting his new John Deere outfit, his daddy picked it out

We couldn't help out with camp this year, but decided to go see the kids off. They enjoyed meeting Jaxon.

church staff

Andrea

Claudio

Jose

Pastor Do

more friends to meet Jaxon

Tim can't wait to have Jaxon in nursery

Alicia came by to visit too

Our friends, Jessica and Brett just adopted a little boy and we took dinner to them so we could meet their little boy and they could meet Jaxon

Brian holding little Isaac

Brett and Jessica with Jaxon

So thankful to have an afternoon with my hubby. My mother in law came over to watch Jaxon. It was a little hard to leave my little man for the first time. I think I did better than I thought. We had a wonderful afternoon. We took a 10 miles bike ride and then went to the pool. It was nice to have a break and I don't think Jaxon knew we were gone.

look at the view behind us

I wish I did a better job of keeping up with old friends. Its hard when life happens and there are miles between us. So thankful for great roommates in college. It was great to be able to catch up with them and for them to come by to meet Jaxon.

Jaime (roommate freshmen year)

Sue (roommate sophomore, junior, and senior year)

Celebrating Great-Grandma's birthday at the Kane and Walker (aka K&W)

Jaxon trying out the bumbo. I don't think he's quite ready for it, but his neck is getting stronger.

We went to visit my parents for about a week and had a great time. We went to celebrate July 4th and my mom's birthday. They really haven't spent a whole lot of time with him except right after he was born. To get him ready for his new bed at my parents, we decided to try putting him in his crib a couple days before we left. At my parents' house Jaxon slept in their pack and play. He did just fine. I think he likes having room to spread out and kick his legs. We didn't bring alot of his things to my parents, mainly because we didn't have the room. You will understand why later. We bathed him in the bathtub instead of his baby bath tub. Mimmie had a colorful quilt that he enjoyed lying on. It seems that he's been enjoying lying on his blanket more than anything on his back or tummy.
On our way to my parents we decided to buy 2 kayaks from 2 people on Craigs list. Brian loves to kayak and wanted to get one for me so we could go together. I'll enjoy it as long as I don't roll the kayak or fall out. If you asked my parents or watched me growing up I wasn't too big on doing things outside (camping, hiking, kayaking, getting sweaty, and being around bugs). Brian has helped me to try new things. I think in a marriage you need to have fun and do things together even if it means doing things that your spouse enjoys and you may not. I've had fun trying new things. I went para sailing in Key West-where we got engaged, hiking, kayaking, vacationing in new places, cooking and trying new foods.

my very own kayak

Brian's new kayak

Donna got to watch Jaxon in the nursery- that was the first time I had left him in the nursery

Mrs. Ginnie was excited to meet Jaxon for the first time

snoozing is what he does best

Happy July 4th

Mimmie with her favorite grandson

Visiting with my high school friends

Ciara and Jaxon

Jaxon and Colin

My friend Rachel and her new baby Colin (one month younger than Jaxon)

My friend Charlotte getting to meet Jaxon for the first time

Visiting at Mimmie and Pop Pop's house- friends in the neighborhood, my mom's coworkers, and friends from church were able to meet Jaxon

Mimmie and Pop Pop

Mrs. Hymel

We went to visit my dad's family after church on Sunday. We spent time with Great Aunt Celeste and Great Uncle Jim, Great Aunt Wendy, Cousins Ally and Lauren, and Great Grandaddy.