This and That

I've been meaning to update for at least a week, but Jax hasn't been feeling so amazing and so I just didn't get around to it. The following pictures are from the last week or 2. I was excited for posting Easter pictures, but as some of you know, on Easter morning Jax was throwing up and so no cute pictures from that day. :( He's still got a cough and a runny nose, but at least we're beyond the puking. Last week, we had his 1 year photos taken, but I haven't had the chance to upload those, so those will be posted tomorrow. I am SO excited to share those, they are SO cute.

Jax's favorite place to play these days, it seems like, is the foyer. We spent an afternoon at my grandparents visiting with aunts and uncles and he had spent the whole day going up and down their one step into (and out of ...and into) the living room and when we came home he'd race me up the steps. Now that he's gotten the hang of them, he can fly up both flights almost as fast as I can walk up them.

The Easter Bunny left him some ears at Grandma Joy and Grandpa Scott's house.... I think they're adorable, Josh says putting things like this on a baby is like dressing up a dog. (I dress up the dog on occasion too, just for a laugh). The Easter Bunny left swimming gear at uncle Dannie and aunt Sharon's, and I'll have to post that picture too. He got some goggles that are made for bigger kids, but I made him try them on anyways. It was a good thing he wasn't feeling so great that day or I might have had to wrestle them on.

What the heck is up there?!??!?

We have a mini Slinky that Jax loves to play with. Usually, he's got one end in his mouth and the other in his hand and looks kind of like an elephant.

I needed him to stay in one place for a minute and so I put him in a clothes hamper. He actually played in there for about a half hour with some monster trucks. No, I did not abandon him in the hamper, I sat on the floor and we played peek a boo through the holes.

My cousin has twins that Jax got to meet for the first time a couple weeks ago when we all got together to see my aunt, uncle, and cousins that live in California. These 2 were great entertainment for Jaxon! :)

Our Week

It's sort of backwards, but oh well. Tonight, we babysat LaNora for a couple hours. Jax was pretty ok with it as long as she wasn't crying. If she was crying, he was unhappy too. Mostly because mom or dad was busy with her and not him. When she was happy, he was happy. He was very helpful too, as you'll see in the photos below. He did a great job at making sure that she was using the bouncer properly and pointed out all the hanging toys to her, in case she hadn't noticed them.

This afternoon, we went to the circus. We weren't sure how long we'd last there, but Jax, being the people watcher that he is was pretty content while we were there. No circus is complete without a light up sword and some cotton candy and so we ended up with both. We didn't stay for the whole circus, we left shortly after intermission so we'd be home in time to babysit LaNora.

We were supposed to be watching the guy that was walking the tight rope right over our heads, but Jaxon was busy making funny faces and singing.

Just some at home-ness.

This week the weather was beautiful and so we took advantage of it and took a walk. Tuesday was just a quick walk around the block. Wednesday was a bit longer, since we walked to get Mary for tutoring and that's a good mile or so away.

So...it was a busy week, not super exciting, but that's ok.

Weekend Adventure!

This first picture isn't from our weekend adventure, I just thought it was really cute. Also, since Jaxon can escape from his bouncer, if you need to contain him for any amount of time you have to put him in random things (hence, the laundry basket). Put him in a box or a laundry basket and he'll stay there for at least 5 minutes. Put him in the bouncer and he escapes in about 1 minute. We had been talking about how we wanted to go swimming for awhile, and how curious we were about how Jax would react to a body of water that was bigger than the bathtub, so this weekend we took a mini-vacation (to Moorhead! Woo!) to go swimming. Jax was thrilled, to put it mildly. We had something for him to float in, but he didn't like that he couldn't reach far enough outside of it to make any good splashes, so our first adventure to the pool he just swam with Josh and I and without the tube thing. Besides loving the pool, he loved the room the pool was in ~ big and empty except for the 3 of us and so everything REALLY echoed.

He loved floating around and splashing with his daddy :)Just floating! He kind of treated it like his bouncer and would try to climb out of it and escape, trying to get to the water (apparently the puddle between the rings wasn't enough for him).Taking a break in the room after swimming. We played in the water for over an hour before taking a break. I thought he would be exhausted, but he crawled laps in the room and refused to stop moving!

A cheerio snack ~ this was probably the only time he stopped moving all day!

More swimming! This time we decide the floaty thing was ok, but not our favorite.

I wish there was a clock nearby. This is Jax. He was supposed to be sleeping. Or at least tired. It was pretty close to 11 p.m. when I took this picture.

This is how Jax entertained himself this morning ~ just like his daddy, always messing with stuff. He'd push the buttons until the safe beeped and then if the buttons quit glowing, he would lick them. We had quite a laugh watching him.

All this swimming made us excited for visiting the lake and Grandpa and Grandma's pool this summer. I can about imagine how excited Jax will be!

The Great Escape

Helping Daddy

Jax "helped" Josh put the locks on the cabinets and drawers....I guess they're related, cuz Jaxon was fascinated by the drill!

Sneaky like a ninja

We're nearing the 11 month mark! Jax has been learning all sorts of new things (some good, some not so much my favorite). He crawls up steps, and back down. Going down, he's pretty cautious until he gets to the bottom and then he sort of flops off them like he's relieved to be on flat ground again. His crawling is getting speedier and he is getting into everything!

This morning, I was working on a project in the foyer and had put Jax in the jumper so he could bounce for a bit and I noticed that I hadn't heard him talking for a couple minutes. When I turned to go downstairs, he was at the bottom of the stairs! One of the new things he learned this week was how to retrieve toys after he throws them on the floor, while he's still in his jumper. He bends over and hooks his legs so he doesn't fall face first on the floor, grabs the toy and then sits up long enough to throw it someplace else on the floor and do the same thing all over again. He has adapted this skill enough to lean far enough to crawl his way out of the jumper once he's upside down, I guess. He escaped from the jumper 4+ times today. We are in BIG trouble once he's walking, too! It's so much fun to watch Jax and his daddy play :)

Our first family picture since....June?