Playing in the fall leaves!

I couldn't pick just one! Isn't he SO sweet!

Monkey Halloween!!

Jaxson had his 2nd halloween! This one was a little more fun than when he was 3 weeks old last year! Grandma and Grandpa was our first stop where he got some great goldfish and teddy grahams! All he wanted to do was pull everything out of his bucket!



We tried to walk down the street and he just wanted to stop and peek in his bucket! After we stopped at my "Momma Durbin's" where she took this picture...

he chewed on a chocolate bar that he got open while we stopped to talk. I gave him a bite of it and after that...he knew what to do!
I would carry him between the houses and then put him down on the side walk...he'd grab his bucket with two hands and toddle on up to the door for his candy! and HOW DARE you take that bucket away from him! haha

Getting Candy from Mrs. Helzer!


Monkey Close up!

Done for the night after trying to visit Miss Mary!

Mom and Dad sure are enjoying all his candy!

GAME DAY! Jaxson's first birthday!

On Saturday (the 10th) my little baby boy turned ONE!! I can't believe how fast the year has flown by. Jaxson has already grown in to such a sweet little guy!



He says so many words for his age and he understands many more than he can say...new this week have been spoon, down, and help, which adds to his list from my previous post! And ever since his birthday he says "Scout" although it is hard to understand as an outsider. Scout is a leapfrog toy that sings songs and learns your childs name and will even spell it for you. After his daycare buddy, Rory got the girl version, Violet, he fell in love! He lays on him and sings to it and it plays bedtime music for him to fall asleep to!



Here are some of his one year cake pictures!!

The chocolate cake

The white cake

Jaxson's baseball cake

Singing Happy Birthday!

First taste after he stuck his face in the coconut!!

Wondering if anyone is going to tell him no

Really eating it now!

Shovel, shovel, shovel

Sharing with Grandma

What was left!

Jaxson's First Haircut

Jaxson got his first haircut right before his birthday. It was really more like a trim. The hair in the front was getting in his eyes and it was starting to fan out over his ears. We wanted him looking prim and proper for his big day!


Grandma getting ready to start. He has Grandpa's cell phone case to keep him busy


Lost the cape and moved on to Mommy's camera case


Finished product...SO handsome!

1 Week until 1 !!!!

I can't believe that in one week my little boy will be ONE!! He has grown into such a sweet little boy and time has just gone by way to fast!!

I haven't posted about him for awhile so here are some of the things that we have been up to!


We bought this little bike trailer for Jaxson to ride in and he loves it! Momma needs the exercise and it is great to be able to bring Jaxson along! It is starting to get colder now so we'll have to put it up until next year soon!

Jaxson has been walking for almost 2 months now and he is everywhere!!



Carrying the dog bone around!


Giving it to the dog!

He also is learning to talk and he LOVES music!!!

Here are his actions to "Eenstsy Weentsy Spider" He tries to sing along with that. He also sings "E-I-E-I-O" on command of Old McDonald! Anytime there is music on TV he stops and stares! Wonder where he gets that from?
Here are some of the words that he can say and MOST are understandable! Dog, Kitty, Mom, Dad and daddy, Please (along with the sign for it), Nigh-Night, Go, Done, Ear, Juice, Drink, Lillie. He also knows where everyone else's nose is and his mouth and your ears. He can pick up his milk and put it on the table when asked, most of the time. He waves at the words "hi" and "bye" and best of all...He gives the sweetest kisses right on your cheek! Sometimes over and over and over again!!
I am so excited for his little birthday although it will be very bittersweet for momma! Stay tuned for pictures of that next week!

Jaxson baby...or big boy?

Our little Jaxson is getting so big now! He is almost 11 months old now.
He is such a grown up little boy, eating table food and starting to walk. He loves baths and playing with the dog! Here are some fun pictures of him lately...


Eating his cantaloupe and tomato! He LOVES cantaloupe, but he gets so messy and goes straight to another favorite activity...BATH


Playing in the running water, his favorite part...

A Cup! His favorite bath toy


He already knows where the door handles are...in this picture I had gone in that room to talk on the phone and he wanted me!!


Playing by the front door, one of his favorite places to play!


His first black eye! Wasn't quite balanced and he hit the table! This picture is blurry, but you can see how big the bump was on his right eye!

Here he is about an hour later in the tub...the swelling has gone down a lot!

Jaxson goes to Branson...

Jaxson spent a weekend in Branson with my mom and her side of the family for the annual DJSKK reunion (pronounced DeJeskee, it stands for all the daughters in the group Debbie, Jana, Sandi, Kathy and Kim)

My Dad had to stay behind due to an unexpected death at his work so he had to fill in, but my mom and my brother took Jaxson along...here are some photos that she brought me.

Mom, Jaxson and Roth during family pictures

Grandfather Chuck and Jaxson

Playing with Aunt Debe in the "Baby Jail"

Walking baby, checking out the camera set-up

Jaxson and Uncle Roth

Of course, Mommy and Daddy enjoyed some nice quiet time while Jaxson was gone. I spent some time with my Dad and got to sleep in on Sunday. I missed Jaxson a lot, but got to get some housework done and really relax!

Weekend #2

This was our 2nd weekend away from Jaxson! My office is celebrating 25 years since the current owners took over and so we headed on a company trip to Vegas!! We were only home for 3 days from our last weekend before we headed out on a plane on Thursday. This time we left Jaxson with my mom, who is also his daycare provider so he is really at home there.
This was Ryan and I's first trip to Vegas so we did a lot of the tourist attractions, but we had a good time. It was really pretty busy and so it was hard to think about Jaxson all the time, but by the flight home, I was really ready to see him!

My parents met us at the airport so I could see Jaxson and have lunch with them because I didn't even get to go home. I sent Ryan back with Jaxson and my parents and I stayed in Wichita for a 3 day insurance class and test. After seeing Jaxson for about two hours and then having to be in this hotel room by myself...I AM REALLY MISSING HIM!!! I take my test at 8 am on Wednesday morning and as soon as I am done I get to go home and I don' t have to go back to the office so I will go pick him up for some Mommy time for a few hours. YAY!!
Jaxson did get to dance with the waitress at Texas Roadhouse! He is such a flirt, but he really had fun!




Next weekend we get to be at home with him for a "hopefully" normal weekend before my parents take him the following weekend to our annual family reunion. It's in Branson this year and of course, most of the family has never even seen Jaxson and some of them only once so he needs to go, but Ryan and I have taken off so much time lately and I am training 2 new people at work, plus preparing for a new position myself so it isn't possible for us to go too! I am just glad they are willing to take him so that no one misses out.

Here are some of our Vegas pics!

Downtown Vegas at the Fremont Experience. We stayed downtown at the Golden Nugget and what you are looking at is the largest screen in the world. It spans several blocks of downtown and has nightly light shows above the blocked of street just for partying, gambling and all the street vendors.

This is the pool at our hotel that has a shark and fish aquarium right in the middle of it. You can see the 3 story slide that goes right though the middle, although you can't see the sharks while you are on the slide because it goes way too fast!!

The fountains at the Bellagio! Those things shoot up as high as the buildings!

This is the lion at MGM Grand, but if you look in the background you can see the rollercoaster we rode at New York, New York. I wanted to ride the rides on top of the Stratosphere but we got tired and ran out of time!

Ready to get home and enjoy weekend #3 and Jaxson's 10 month old birthday on Monday...Gosh, I've got to get started planning his birthday party!! AHHH!

Wedding weekend!

(I am backdating this post a bit)

This weekend our amazing friends Brian and Heather got married! They both live in Arkansas so it was a great opportunity for us to leave Jaxson with Ryan's parents. They don't get to see him very often and I knew I wouldn't really want to miss all of the reception at the wedding by having to put Jaxson to bed. Ryan's parents house is sort of on the way to Arkansas so we headed there Thursday after work, spent the night and headed out without Jaxson on Friday morning!


The Newlyweds! Brian and Heather Nickerson!

Of course, he was fantastic for his Grammy! She even had his pictures taken while he was with them. I haven't seen them yet, but I heard he was a "ham" for the camera! I hope to get a sample of those up soon. They spent time at the ballpark watching games and he had a really great time, although we had a rough drive home. We met Ryan's parents in Monet, MO where his Great-Grandmother lives so that we could get our 5 generation picture from his side of the family since we have one for my side.


My maternal 5 generations! My great-grandfather is 101 in this picture and will be 102 this month! Jaxson was only a few weeks old.


Ryan's maternal 5 generations! Jaxson was almost 10 months old in this photo, but he is a lucky kid to have so many Grandparents who love him!

Well, including this weekend we will be Jaxson free the next 3 of 4 weekends. I had a great time this weekend and I did pretty good without him. Really, beter than I thought I would do, but we'll see how long that lasts with a 3 day insurance class mixed in.

Jaxson's First Swim Lesson and 9 months!

Jaxson is signed up for Aqua Babies summer class. He has swim lessons twice a week for a month. My mom came along to take pictures of his first time in the pool!

He LOVES the water. I can't let him float on his tummy because he sticks his face in in trying to drink it, but he does pretty well floating on his back! It is so fun to be able to spend time with him in the pool. He is really going to be a little water bug. When we get home after lessons I put him in the bath to wash off the chlorine and he loves to play under the running faucet. He also tries to drink it and his favorite toy is a cup that he pours the water into his mouth with, usually too fast and it makes him cough, but he loves to drink from the cup and cries when you take it away!



Hanging out with Rory over the alligator!

Splashing with mommy!

Just went UNDER WATER!!

Cold and sleepy baby!

Jaxson is getting to be so much fun at 9 months old! He just cut his 3rd tooth today, the first one on the top! He has been a little needy, but really pretty good! He is still cruising around the table, but won't let go yet. I'm just sure he is going to start walking while Ryan and I are gone at the end of the month! He says "uh-oh" and can wave when you say hello. He understand drink, eat, please, and mommy in sign language, but he can't do the signs yet. He bables to no end sometimes and it is SO funny! He is eating mostly table foods he loves pickles, mashed potatoes, oatmeal, any kind of fruit, puffcorn, applesauce, yogurt, and just about anything else that I will let him taste! He LOVES to give open mouth kisses and mommy gets most of them. Daddy has to beg and tickle to get one. He plays with Lillie, although he mostly pulls her ears and feet, but pretty nicely! He just has such a great personality and loves to smile. I just love him more and more everyday!