Sledding and 9 month update

Santa brought Jax a sled and we decided today would be a pretty good day to take it for a test drive. Final verdict = smooth ride, but we're not so sure about if it's fun or sorta scary :) The picture below of Josh and Jax is from after sledding and after I'd plopped him in the snow and he decided he didn't like that at all. Good thing daddy was there to rescue him! Before we started the test drive, Crunch made sure Jax was securely strapped in and afterwards, he kissed and sniffed at him to make sure he was ok.

This is pretty much the same look he had on his face the whole time that Josh pulled him around the yard. Sometimes he would crack a smile, but for the most part he looked pretty unsure.

Daddy got his exercise pulling Jax in circles in the yard, making a snowy racetrack. Next time, Crunch gets to pull him! ;)

Last Tuesday was Jaxon's 9 month check up ~ he is 18 pounds, 7 ounces and 27.5 inches long. Now we don't go back until after his first birthday! I can't believe that he'll be a year old in a few months. I don't like how fast things go!

Tuesday, Jax decided was a good day to show me that he can pull himself to standing in his crib and peek out at me when I'm in the family room. The rest of the week, anytime he was in his crib he would try to pull himself up and check out the rest of the world. Daddy had to lower the mattress in his crib so we don't have to worry about him jumping ship!

He Crawled!!!

At daycare. Of course.

He's been practicing the last couple days and finally crawled a little ways at daycare today. Hopefully he doesn't wait forever to show us at home!

It was an exciting day in the life of both boys today ~ Josh got the email that he gets to go backstage on Saturday at the Brad Paisley concert for a tour before the concert starts!

My day was pretty boring in comparison to first crawling and backstage tours, but that's ok.

A Christmas Recap

Christmas was a little different from our normal "tradition" for different reasons. The biggest reason being that gigantic storm that came through and dumped 17 inches of snow on us! We spent Christmas Eve with my parents and brothers, Christmas day and Saturday and Sunday morning at Dannie and Sharon's with Josh's family. By the time we got home on Sunday, there was a drift in front of our garage door that was about thigh high!

Jax and his new hat that Janna knitted for him. I love his toothy smile :) It's getting even toothier, too, he cut another tooth while we were away from home and is working on one up top!
Cin'Que and Jax sharing bows.

Tina and Mini Mandi....or...LaNora.

Jax and Great Grandpa Jim

With Great Grandma Dorothy and Grandpa Dale ~ Dale got to leave the hospital for a few hours to come celebrate Christmas with us.

Keegan :) She is just over 6 months old now!

Great Grandma Dorothy, Grandma Linda, Uncle Dannie, and Great Grandpa Dale

Another new hat ~ at least his head won't get cold!

Christmas is exhausting!

My favorite gift and Uncle Jameson :)

Bows are so much more fun than the actual gifts!

Daddy helping him unwrap gifts.

Christmas Eve, hanging out before dinner

Video from Christmas Eve

LaNora Kendra-Dael

New niece! She was born on December 23rd, just in time for Christmas! :) You can tell from the picture that Mary is pretty excited to finally have a sister.

Cin'Que would hold her, kiss her, and then tell me to take another picture. He also did not like much when I was holding her and he wanted another turn. It was pretty cute.

Congrats to Tina, Keith and family! (For the record though, I will be calling her Mini Mandi, seeings how Mandi was supposed to be her name...)

Christmas!

I have no clue where the last 2 months have gone. They have flown by and Jaxon is growing like crazy. I have Christmas cards that will (hopefully) get mailed out soon. Today or tomorrow, perhaps? Either way, they're coming, I promise!

We are expanding Jax's food horizons and he is happy eating anything that comes at him on a spoon (with the exception of carrots, those make him gag). We go through cereal puffs like nobodys business.

I discovered yesterday that tooth #5 mysteriously popped up sometime between Sunday and Monday and he is working on tooth #6! 5 and 6 are both on the left side of his mouth and so once they've come in, his smile will be a little lopsided, but most likely adorable.

This year's service project at school was to make blankets for Project Linus and donate them to the pediatric and NICU units at Innovis (Josh, Jax and I will be delivering them tomorrow). Project Linus donates blankets to children through various places to provide warmth and comfort in tough times. We received one of these blankets while Jax was in the NICU and it seemed like the perfect organization to donate to through the preschool. I went into the whole thing hoping we would come out of the 2 days of blanket making with moms, grandmas, and aunts with at least 4 blankets. I am SOOOOO unbelievably proud to tell you that we will be delivering nearly 20 blankets to the pediatric and NICU units tomorrow!

Last night was the holiday program at school and Jax sat on the lap of a very special Santa. Recognize those eyes?

I can't believe 2009 is nearly over, it has been a busy and eventful year. Regardless of how the next couple days go, I gotta say, that Jax is the best Christmas present ever!
Happy Holidays, all! And keep an eye out for those Christmas cards! :)

Santa Village

Friday night, we took Jaxon to see Santa at Rheault Farms. It went better than expected ~ there were no tears or screaming. As you can tell from the photo below, he wasn't sure what to think really and so grabbed a good handful of Santa's beard (good thing it was attached!) and held onto that until Josh picked him up again. After sitting with Santa, he decorated a cookie with Mrs. Claus. He wasn't so sure about that whole situation either, but was ok with things as long as he didn't make eye contact. :)