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A Few of Jax's Favorite Things

Our baby is getting so big! I love watching Jax explore the world and he makes me smile every day. He is great at tormenting loving on Baxter. His favorite place to be is on his daddy's shoulders.

 He enjoys splashing around during bath time and trying to drink the water. He loves to watch out the window and be outside.

He loves to squeal, make loud noises, run around, give kisses, and to be the center of attention. He loves the credits of movies. We aren't sure if its the scrolling black and white words, the music or both but he gets mesmerized by the screen and dances (his dancing involves waving his right arm). His favorite books are "That's Not My Dinosaur..." and "Are You a Cow?" We read them over and over. He walks around all day saying "Da-da", "Daddy", and "doggy". When you try to get him to say Momma he just smiles at you like "thats a funny word". Such a fun cute little guy!



Happy New Year's 2014!

2013 was an awesome year for our family and we look forward to all that 2014 has to offer. We ended the year with friends, food, and games. It was supposed to be an ugly sweater party but we were the only ones in ugly sweaters. We didn't quite make it until midnight. Having a baby definitely limits how late you can party but we wouldn't have it any other way.

New Year's Day we went out ice fishing with some of Luke's co-workers. Luke enjoyed pulling kids in a sled behind the 4-wheeler and the kids never wanted him to stop. It was super cold and windy so we didn't last very long. Jax didn't like that he couldn't use his hands in the gloves and couldn't walk in his snow boots. On the way home Luke decided to ride on the sled behind the truck. He even survived going over a cattle guard. I thought he would let go but he didn't; he thought I would stop but I didn't. Fortunately he survived.

 Friday night we got about 8 inches of snow and decided we had to play in it. We went sledding with some friends. The weather was perfect! No wind and lots of fun. We weren't really sure how Jax felt about it. He made a passive face every time we went down but then was always grabbing for the sled when we were standing around so we think he liked it. Later we went swimming and saw some of the people we were sledding with. One big party all day. This was the second time Jax had been swimming. He got cold and his little chin was quivering most of the time but he liked splashing around.

Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas time! Luke had to work Christmas Eve so we stayed in Wyoming. When he got home we had our traditional (on my side of the family) Chinese dinner. I don't know why it got started but its delicious with little clean up. Jaxon only got squash but was still a happy guy.

I tried to take some nice pictures of Jax in his Christmas pjs but he kept trying to come and eat the camera. He was very excited about it!

The stockings were hung on the bookcase with care. I love that we have four now (Baxter gets one too)! After we put little man to bed Luke and I finished our puzzle. Another Christmas tradition. This year it was Yellowstone that I won in the family Christmas exchange :)

Christmas morning! One family picture by the tree before the festivities started. Jax enjoyed eating the peel of his orange more than anything.

Jax wasn't really sure what to make of all this present opening. He kept trying to open everything with his teeth and to eat the wrapping paper.





Baxter had his chew toy ripped apart in ten minutes. Maybe that is how Jax learned to open things with his teeth!

After we put Jax down for his nap we had some Christmas crepes and strawberries. Yum! 

Jax disappeared for a minute and we caught him sneaking out the doggy door. Smart little guy is figuring everything out. Good thing Luke built us that deck railing.

After lots of phone calls and video chats with family we had a nice finish to the day by building a gingerbread house (another tradition). We had one crash and burn before we got the finished product. Luke was the architect and I was the designer except for the snow on the roof. We had a very merry Christmas.

 



Jax and his Cuteness

These are just some videos of Jax and his cuteness that I love! Here he is playing with my parents dog Izzy. He thought she was a great big pillow and she was a very patient doggy.

My little boy is too big! Walking at nine months. He is cruising around.

Playing with Daddy. We love when he comes home from work!

Christmas Fun

I love Christmas time! We get to spend time with family and celebrate the birth of Christ. I got to have a ladies night and went to see the Nutcracker. Its one of my favorite traditions.

 I am loving hanging out with these two guys. We have been having a great time putting up decorations, making treats and dancing around the living room to Christmas music. We got all dressed up the other day to go see Santa only to find out there was no Santa! Instead we have been taking lots of pictures in front of the Christmas tree.

 This little guy is just too dang cute. His smile just makes me melt!