growing up so fast

It's been a great month. Jaxon has grown so much.  He is so much more alert and he likes to grab things that are in his reach or he will roll across the room to get what he wants.  We are in trouble.

First time at daddy's cabin with our friends Ryan and Erica- Missionaries in Ecuador.  

He loves the outdoors.

Had a play date with his buddy Parker, while I went to get my hair done.  My friend was nice enough to watch him.  She was able to experience what its like to watch 2 little boys by herself.  Parker liked eating Jaxon's shoes and feet.

6 month doctor appt went great.  He is definitely growing. He is wearing 9 month clothes with his cloth diapers, even though the pants tend to be a bit long.

weight- 16lbs  12 oz.
height- 2 feet 4 inches
head- 45.5 inches

Took dinner to our friends David and Lisa and met their new baby, Jospeh

Denise, Michelle, and Kate came to visit us and we went out to lunch.  Jaxon's first date with Kate it was supervised of course.  It was the 2nd time in the high chair.  He doesn't last that long in the chair. 

 I think he would rather sit in my lap.

Thanksgiving and a NEW HOUSE

Thanksgiving was at Mom and Dad's in Virginia this year. Jaxon does pretty good in the car.  Its about a 5 hour trip.  He had so much fun with Mimmie, Pop Pop, Cousin Maddie Grace, Aunt Meredith, Uncle Michael, Great Grandaddy, Great Aunt Celeste, Great Aunt Wendy, Great Uncle Jim, Cousins Ally, Lauren, Montana, and Bill.  He started sitting up by himself at my parents.   He was so proud of himself.  He tried bananas for the first time mashed up in his cereal.

We had the car loaded down coming home.  We are so excited to be getting a new house soon.  Brian and I will be homeowners together for the first time. So we brought home free moving boxes that dad found on criags list and boxes full of stuff that we had been storing at their house.

 Maddie Grace and Jaxon riding a horse

 

 bath time

 sitting up all by himself, so proud

 matching outfits

 matching outfits again, its reversible

 the Kmiec family

 Grandaddy with his grandkids and great grandkids

 getting packed up

 Mimmie and Pop Pop

Aunt Meredith 

I posted probably back in the summer about our adventure house hunting and the wonderful real estate agent that God allowed to come across our path.  We we've been taking our time going to look at houses and finding some online.  Thought we found one, but it was't in a good area and there were some major things wrong with it.  I was bummed it didn't work out.  But I knew that God had other plans.  Brian was working out at the gym one day and was looking in the real estate magazines and found one that was worth looking at.  We loved the house- sits almost on a acre of land, has well water, screened in porch, 3 bedrooms plus a bonus/attic, garage, plenty of room between our neighbors, and in a great neighborhood.  Its not too far from where we live now.  But the only thing was it was out of our price range.  We still looked into it some more and put in a low offer and worked our way up to our final offer.  We negotiated for about a week and were within $2,000 of our final price.  We were so excited.  Our agent said they listed it too high to start with.  So inspections were done, repair request was sent to the owners and WE CLOSE ON DEC 7. Its so soon. We have lots of packing to do and not enough hours in the day.

6 months old already

At the end of October we enjoyed checking out the Lexington Barbecue Festival for the first time.  We ate some good barbecue, walked around town, and enjoyed people watching.  They had live music and lots of arts and crafts for sale too.

a sand sculpture

 flying with daddy

a cool sign Brian found at the festival

I couldn't resist I had to dress Jaxon up as a giraffe for Halloween.  We went to our church for their pumpkin bash and then came back home to hand our tracts and candy. We had around 40 kids that came by.

This past week we had our Fall Global Celebration at our church.  We celebrated with our missionaries that our church supports, what God has been doing all over the world.  We had a picnic at a local park
and Jaxon enjoyed his first time in the swing.  We really enjoyed hanging out and getting to know our missionaries better.  We are so thankful our church puts a high priority on missions and gives us opportunities to get involved.

Jaxon loves his veggies.  He's tried butternut squash, carrots, and sweet potatoes.  He's so funny to watch when we feed him.  He opens his mouth and reaches for the spoon.  We usually feed him around our meal time or when its time for him to nurse in the evening.  He seems to eat better.  I also have been feeding him cereal after his morning nap and he is eating that better now.

We can't believe our little man is 6 months old now.  He had his photo shoot this weekend and was really cute posing with his pumpkin and then in his santa outfit I found at Target.  We can't wait to get the pictures back from our photographer.

I had to dress him up like Pastor Chris (the pastor that married us)

Pastor Chris wears sweater vests all the time

Just chillin and sitting up like a big boy

He loves to talk.  Well all he says right now is "Da Da Da Da" I would love to know what he is talking about when he is lying in his crib.  He loves to laugh and still rolls all over the place.  No crawling yet.  He also loves to chew on his fingers and sometimes he will put his whole hand in his mouth.  His legs are getting stronger to where he can stand up and hold on to the couch.  Of course we have to have our hand close behind his back so he won't fall.  He is still a little unstable.  He's not quite ready to sit up by himself. But I'm sure it won't be long.

Happy 6 months little man!! You always make us smile.