The Faux Hawk

Jaxon and Joe love playing around when he gives him a bath. After seeing this I realized that daddy was wrong, Jaxon needed a haircut. He couldn't pull off the sloppy long bed head hair and the faux hawk was a little bit crazy.

Hot! Hot! Hot!

103 degrees on May 17th. What the hell???? The pool is still pretty cold but we decided to give it a go in order to get over the heat. Jaxon loves the pool. He doesn't seem bothered at all by the cold water. I think he is really going to love swim lessons this year.

Jaxon Loves to Clean

For anyone who knows us, Joe and I are not the neatest people. Cleaning is not high on our priority list. I don't what happened but Jaxon is obsessed with cleaning. We kid around and say he spent to much time with Grammie Janice when he was little and picked up her obsessive compulsive disorder. To give you some examples of his OCD in full force he always wants to pick up the dog poop. Half the time Athena hasn't even finished going yet. He loves to have the duster and dust. He even has to have a ladder to reach the high spots just like his Grammie. When you vacuum he has to have his little dirt devil right there with you vacuuming along. I just hope this behavior continues on when he is older. Maybe I will get that live in cleaning service I always dreamed about.

Jaxon's Words of Wisdom

So I am following the example of my friend Julie and am going to start posting some of the funny things Jaxon says. Well, at least they seem funny to us. This way I can use it as a way for me to remember some of them in the future.

5/3/08 - Jaxon and Joe are camping. Joe is peeing on a tree. Jaxon has to be just like Joe so he wants to pee also or as he would probably say "Jax pee too." Joe takes off his shorts and diapers and gives him his first experience of outdoor peeing. When he fails to go, Jaxon's response is "pee-pee broken". Now whenever he tries and can't go (which is often since he isn't potty trained yet) he informs us that his pee-pee is broken.

Camping with Dad

Jaxon went on his first overnight tent camping trip with Joe. They joined Roger and Jaxon's buddy Carter for a trip to Alder Creek. They enjoyed roasting marshmallows, pretend fishing (no hook so it was just practice casting), chasing grasshoppers and skipping rocks in the creek. I was a little worried about Jaxon sleeping since he has never slept in anything other than his crib, but Joe said that he did great. I think he liked the fact that Joe was so close to him. Especially since he kept saying "Hi Joe!" All in all it was a fun time which Joe looks forward to repeating this summer.

Hanging out with daddy and Carter while they played cars.

Playing in the creeks is always one of Jaxon's favorite things to do.

Jaxon and Carter are buddies! They had a great time camping with the dads.


Rummaging through the bag to see what all mom stuffed in this thing for me. Did she really think I needed that many clothes for one night?

Jax and Hot Wheels

Jaxon got a Hot Wheels themed Easter basket this year. He is obsessed with cars which he learned to play with at his Papa David's house. Joe and him love to play with the cars. I am not sure who gets more more excited about the Hot Wheels. Joe gets frustrated though because Jaxon likes to hit the "GO" before Joe has all the cars set up for the chain reaction. I have to remind Joe that technically they are Jaxon's toys. I am attaching a video of them playing. Take notice in the video, Jaxon continuously refers to himself in the third person. It is always, "Jax do it" or "Jax hungry" or "Jax help". He hasn't quite got the hang of pronouns yet. You also see that he is still calling Joe by his first name. We are making some progress though. After calling him Joe if you ask Jaxon what is his name he will say Dada. However though, he then turns around and says Joe again. Maybe someday.

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Happy Easter

Easter was spent hunting for eggs with family and playing with all of Jaxon's cousins. Jaxon managed to bring home about $15 in all the Easter egg hunts. He also scored a bunch of jelly beans which he used to demonstrate his large mouth (he gets it from his mom's family) when he stuck about 8 in it at one time.

Jaxon with Meagan, Nana, Carter, Taylor, Abbie, Payton and Papa Sweet.
Hunting eggs with Daddy. He seemed to do much better than he had at the Bakers.

Jaxon had tons of fun playing with his cousin Payton. They played play dough and had races with their lawn mower and vacuum.

The Baker's Easter Egg Hunt

Today we went to the Baker's house for their annual Easter egg hunt. Jaxon had a great time hanging out with Maddie, baby Gracie, Michael, Brandon, Max, Aden, Ty, Marcus, and Maddox who had ran off before the picture was taken. While we were there the kids hunted for tons of eggs. Most of the kids made off with a whole bucket full but not Jaxon. Jaxon managed to snag a sad six eggs. After picking up his first egg he headed for the rackets on the ground and just wanted to use the rackets to hit the egg.

By the time he actually caught on and started hunting, the pickings were slim and not many were left. Afterwards we talked about Jaxon's lack of focus and I am happy to say that by the time that actual Easter rolled around Jaxon's ability had improved. Everyone better watch out next year, Jax is going to make up for his poor performance then.

After the hunt everyone enjoyed some great sandwiches and Jaxon's favorite treat, Capri Sun.

The day was wrapped up with some playing. Jaxon loved the train table and spent most of his time. All in all it was another great year. We look forward to next Easter.

Girl's Weekend Getaway

The girls and I headed down south this weekend to get some girls time away. We went and saw the play "Wicked", had some great food and drinks (unfortuantly non-alcholic for Jenny and I), and did tons of shopping the next day. It was great to get away. Joe and Jax bonded. I really don't even think that they missed me that much. Jax and Joe partied it up at Ben's to celebrate the time change. One may be asking why would you want to celebrate the time change, it's a mountain biking thing. Then on Sunday they played at the park which is Jaxon's ultimate favorite. All in all they had a great weekend and survived. I never doubted it though. Joe is the best dad.

It's a girl!!

We had our ultrasound today. We were very excited to hear that it was a girl. The ultrasound tech had a pretty good view but I still worry. I know people who have been told it was a girl and then got a boy. Jaxon doesn't quite get that he is having a little sister yet. He can say Jaya and when you ask him where Jaya is he will point at my stomach. I sure as we get closer he will start to understand better.