Having fun

I love my little guy

Children's Museum

While Brian was off from work we needed to use up a Groupon I bought for the children's museum- to a location that we had never been to before.  Jaxon had so much fun.  The place was much smaller and not as crowded and more interactive things for him to do.  But his favorite thing to do was to get water from the water fountain.

Playing with his toys

New Years Eve

We decided to invite some friends over for New Years Eve.  We had dinner and roasted marshmellows over our bonfire.  We all had little ones and knew we couldn't stay up late and watch the ball drop together so we had an early party. So we enjoyed being together, watching the kids play, roasting marshmellows, eating some good food, and playing ping pong.

So we all didn't manage to stay well during Christmas break, but thankfully we could still have our New Years Eve Party and go see our friends out of town.  Brian got a cold, then Jaxon got it, and then I had it after New Years.  It was no fun. It was really hard to not go anywhere for a week.  Thankfully Brian was home for part of the time to help me out with Jaxon.


New Words.....
Jaxon is looking like a little man more and more each day.  His vocabulary is constantly growing.  I can't even keep up with the words he is saying.  He loves to copy what you say.  We are teaching him to say "I love Daddy, Mommy, Pop Pop, Mimmie, but he can't quite say love yet.  So Brian is teaching him the Spanish version.  He hasn't said it on his own yet, but will repeat the words after we say them.
We got him a special water bottle from REI.  He loves to carry it around with him.  One day he was pointing to it on the counter and I finally figured out what he wanted.  I said, "This, water" and held it in my hands, and he said, "Si" which means yes in Spanish.  He is picking up words quicker than we think.

Here are his latest words and developments
Shut
Wa Wa (for water)
Juice
Cheese
Yummy Yummy Yummy
Paw Paw
he knows where his fingers and neck are and can point to them
He loves to take his shoes and socks off in the car

Christmas 2013

So thankful that Brian had 2 weeks off from work because he's a teacher.  It was really nice to have him home so he could spend some extra time with us, especially Jaxon.  I loved having an extra set of hands.  We were supposed to get see my parents for Christmas but my dad was sick and so we decided to stay home.  It seems like we always are traveling for the holidays, even when I was growing up.  It was actually very relaxing to be at home and get some things done.
I was praying that we could stay well after being around my family that had been sick in South Carolina the weekend prior to Christmas.  Even though we didn't go to Virginia to see my parents I was thankful we were able to see them in South Carolina.

Christmas Eve we went to church for a special service.  We woke up at our house on Christmas morning and had Jaxon open some presents.  We didn't get Jaxon a whole lot because we didn't want to over do it and take away from the real meaning of Christmas.  Besides at this age he would much rather play with the wrapping paper and boxes.  But he got a tunnel and tent, Veggie Tale movies, a tractor, a construction worker hat, and some other little things. Then my inlaws came over that afternoon for lunch and we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus.

We enjoyed going to Charlotte for the day one Saturday.  My friend from college is a missionary with her family in South Africa.  I hadn't seen her in probably 10 years.  I got to finally meet her husband and 3 kids.  Then my other 2 friends and their family came to meet up with us too.  We met at a park and then off to Chick fil a for the kids to play.  The Chick Fil A in Charlotte was outdoors and they had tables for us to eat at outside.  So it was so nice to have the kids confined in one area while the adults tried to talk.  It was great to have the husbands come along to help us with the kids so us girls could catch up.  It was Jaxon's first time climbing in the play area.  My friend had to go get him because he kind of got scared and couldn't figure out how to get down.  I was a little claustrophobic so I didn't really want to climb up there to get him.

Then we went to Lynchburg for the day to see Lyle and Joy and their daughter, some friends of Brian's, that he hadn't seen in a while.  He went on a missions trip with them years ago.