Brian returned Tuesday night and wanted to go skiing again that weekend because Boone had just gotten some snow. So he and a friend went for the day and Jaxon and I had a playdate with is buddy Andrew with a trip to the children's museum.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Roadtrip
Brian decided to go visit his brother and his wife out in Arizona for 5 days so Jaxon and I decided to take a road trip to visit Mimmie and Pop Pop. Thought I could use the extra hands and time with my parents. We also got to visit with my dad's family who live in Maryland. They came to visit so we could celebrate my Grandad's 87th birthday. Jaxon got into everything and stayed busy around their house. But we had a great time. We decided to stay an extra day because it was supposed to snow back home so that left Brian without a ride home from the airport. He decided to volunteer and take a later flight to get a $500 voucher to fly another time. He ended up taking a taxi home. I was so nervous and couldn't sleep until I knew he had gotten home ok because the snow and ice started around dinner and he didn't get home until midnight.
Brian returned Tuesday night and wanted to go skiing again that weekend because Boone had just gotten some snow. So he and a friend went for the day and Jaxon and I had a playdate with is buddy Andrew with a trip to the children's museum.
Brian returned Tuesday night and wanted to go skiing again that weekend because Boone had just gotten some snow. So he and a friend went for the day and Jaxon and I had a playdate with is buddy Andrew with a trip to the children's museum.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Catching up and time for reflecting
Its been almost a month and I have alot to catch up on. Jaxon has been growing too fast for us and learning lots of things. He is so smart. He is constantly teaching us. Usually I can't get our dinner ready for us to all sit down at the same time because Jaxon is whiny and ready to eat. I will heat up his dinner and let him start eating while I get our dinner ready. We will pray with Jaxon before he starts eating. Then Brian and I will sit down and eat. Jaxon will move his plate from his tray to our dinner table and wants to pray with us for our food. He will reach for our hands and hold our hands to pray. He is quiet and will put his fingers on his eyes- to close his eyes and he will bow his head. It is the sweetest thing. Then at night we usually read him a story from his Bible and pray with him before he goes to bed. There are times that Brian or I will just pray with him and put him to bed because its late or we are just tired and don't take the time to read to him. Well he is quick to say "Bible" and then how can we say no to that.
At BSF (bible study fellowship) he has learned so much this year and I am so thankful that we decided to go. Jaxon has learned the B-I-B-L-E song, although all he says is B-I-B-I and his teachers tell me that he loves to sign and dance.
I think Jaxon has gone through a growth spurt lately and I'm getting spoiled. He will sleep in sometimes until 9am. He will play and then he will nap at 1pm and sometimes will nap 3-4 hours. Then Brian gets home and they will play and then he's ready for bed sometimes 2 hours later. Then he will still sleep for 12+ hours.
Here lately he wears me out and he can be so clingy and whiny and I feel like I can't get anything done. He is so busy and gets into everything. He throws tantrums when he doesn't get his way. I usually can't wait for naptime to come for him or even bedtime. I read an article that was circulating on Facebook. Are you wishing away what someone else is missing?? Sometimes I wish I was in a different season of life when Jaxon was a little older and wasn't so dependent. But I know once I get there I am going to wish he was little again. So just a reminder I need to enjoy where I am because it goes by so fast and before I know it he will b in college and be out of the house. Enjoy him wanting to hold my hand, saying MaMa, holding him and cuddle time while he is still little, etc...
We had some fun playdates with his buddy Andrew. Jaxon loves Andrew's fun ride on train set.
On Martin Luther King Monday we decided to take Jaxon to the doctor. He had been running a fever off and on and just not acting himself. Turns out he had a double ear infection and sinus infection. He started feeling so much better after he started the meds. We were supposed to go visit my parents the next weekend so I wanted to make sure he was feeling better.
Jaxon loves to repeat words we say so we practice and try to teach him new things. Sometimes he will say new words with out us prompting him. One day he held something for me while we were walking down the stairs and I said thank you Jaxon and he repeated thank you- only he pronounced it "tink you" So sweet.
More photos of Jaxon having fun outside.
At BSF (bible study fellowship) he has learned so much this year and I am so thankful that we decided to go. Jaxon has learned the B-I-B-L-E song, although all he says is B-I-B-I and his teachers tell me that he loves to sign and dance.
I think Jaxon has gone through a growth spurt lately and I'm getting spoiled. He will sleep in sometimes until 9am. He will play and then he will nap at 1pm and sometimes will nap 3-4 hours. Then Brian gets home and they will play and then he's ready for bed sometimes 2 hours later. Then he will still sleep for 12+ hours.
Here lately he wears me out and he can be so clingy and whiny and I feel like I can't get anything done. He is so busy and gets into everything. He throws tantrums when he doesn't get his way. I usually can't wait for naptime to come for him or even bedtime. I read an article that was circulating on Facebook. Are you wishing away what someone else is missing?? Sometimes I wish I was in a different season of life when Jaxon was a little older and wasn't so dependent. But I know once I get there I am going to wish he was little again. So just a reminder I need to enjoy where I am because it goes by so fast and before I know it he will b in college and be out of the house. Enjoy him wanting to hold my hand, saying MaMa, holding him and cuddle time while he is still little, etc...
We had some fun playdates with his buddy Andrew. Jaxon loves Andrew's fun ride on train set.
On Martin Luther King Monday we decided to take Jaxon to the doctor. He had been running a fever off and on and just not acting himself. Turns out he had a double ear infection and sinus infection. He started feeling so much better after he started the meds. We were supposed to go visit my parents the next weekend so I wanted to make sure he was feeling better.
Jaxon loves to repeat words we say so we practice and try to teach him new things. Sometimes he will say new words with out us prompting him. One day he held something for me while we were walking down the stairs and I said thank you Jaxon and he repeated thank you- only he pronounced it "tink you" So sweet.
More photos of Jaxon having fun outside.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
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
Playing with his toys
Saturday, January 4, 2014
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
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
Thursday, January 2, 2014
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.
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.
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