Happy Halloween

We started Halloween off this year with the Baker's annual party. Jaya wore an adorable tu-tu and onsie that was made by my neighbor Kim. Jaxon was suppose to be a future fisherman this year. He was that at the Baker's party but when it came to the real Halloween he wasn't having it. He wanted to wear his knight costume from last year. I didn't feel like fighting him so he was both a fisherman and a knight. What do you do?

Pumpkin Carving

So we decided to finally carve our pumpkin we got at the pumpkin patch. Joe and Jaxon set out to do it but it turned out to be a job for Joe. Jaxon wasn't that impressed. He didn't like sticking his hand in the pumpkin to remove all of the seeds. According to him it felt icky and he lost interest fairly quickly. Maybe next year...

Joe's finished product

Pumpkin Patch 2008

We made our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch with Janice, Brandon, and the kids. Jaxon picked out one for him and daddy to carve and a small one that he could carry. Jaxon had a great time running around and playing. We look forward to it again next year.

Potty Training

We had a potty training party this weekend. Jaxon and I went to Target on Thursday and loaded up on big boy underwear, salty snacks, and juice boxes for the big event. We started out that weekend by throwing out the diapers and going solely with big boy underwear. I thought this was going to be a lot easier than it was. It took over 36 hours to have one successful attempt to pee in the potty. Needless to say the quick potty training that I had envisioned was not a reality. My son is not one of the Baker boys. We will just keep plugging at it.

**Since we all know I back date I thought I would go ahead and put an update as of January 2nd. Jaxon is doing pretty well when it comes to using the potty. He finally is going both pee-pee and poop in the toilet. It took him a while to master the pooping. I finally had just given up and resorted to wearing pull ups, there was no way I could clean another pair of big boy underwear. Then one day he just got it. Now our biggest potty training issue is figuring out how to get him broken of the belief that everytime he poops in the potty means candy....

Future Rock Star

Jaxon is obsessed with rocking out. He use the pool sticks, his baseball bat, or whatever he can find to be his guitar. He loves to make up his own songs and sing them. As you will see, his lyrics are limited and he likes to "sing loud." Maybe we have a future musician on our hands. Here is a small clip of his latest work.

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Great Kern County Fair 2008

Jaxon was joined by a large group of people including Papa, Nana, Marshall, Melanie, Richard, Carter, Aunt Janice and Payton when we made a trip to the fair this year. He had a great time. He got to ride in a helicopter, ride a pony, see tons of animals, and thanks to Mel he got introduced to cotton candy. All in all it was a great time and he is looking forward to next year.

Riding around in the Bob with Payton.

Nana had connections so Jax got to even get inside the pen with the pigs.

Giddy up cowboy! Jaxon loved riding the pony.
Papa giving Jaxon a lift.
Riding the helicopter with Payton and Aunt Janice.

Hanging with the Cousins

Jaxon and Jaya were so excited that Payton and Ethan came from San Diego to hang out for the week. Jaya and Ethan had there first meeting. It is hard to decide which one is bigger. They both are living large. Jax and Payton just love hanging out together. They play so well. They love to play with the train table, Jax's cars, and of course Joe. He chases them around everywhere. The visit was great but we are a little concerned. Now when you ask Jax if he has a girlfriend, his response is that Payton is his girlfriend. Guess we will have to teach him to say no to cousin loving.

Future Bike Rider

For a while Jaxon has not been able to pedal his tricycle. His feet will reach but for some reason he refuses. This drives Joe nuts. For those of you that know Joe, riding is his life. He has this dream that Jaxon will be riding a bike when he is 3. He was starting to lose hope of that dream since Jax only wanted to be pushed. Well, today that all changed. The boy can pedal now. Maybe that bike we are thinking about getting him for his birthday won't be a waste after all.

Cross Dressing Jax

Jaxon was so excited when Aunt Janice gave birth to Ethan. He really felt that there needed to be more boy cousins. The girls greatly out number the boys. It seems that when he gets together with the girls they just want to dress him up and carry him around. What do ya do?

Possible Future For Jaxon?

We were over at the Acosta's house and Jaxon could not get enough of Rock Band. His only disappointment was that it didn't have Wiggles songs. He loved playing with Ensley and Brendon but not so much with his daddy. He went up and told Papa Al that daddy wasn't sharing.