Picture Blog

Just wanted to share some new pictures of Jaxson...


Wonder if he'll be musical like his momma?

Look at that adorable look in his eyes!

Isn't he just perfect?!! And kinda photogenic too! Thanks Grandma for the pictures!

Prayers please!

02-25-09: Apparently doctors can be wrong! (*NOOO!!* Sarcasm!) Yesterday they thought Eric had a blood clot on his optic nerve. Today, it appears, it really WAS a stroke and they have operated to relieve the pressure. He will have a recovery ahead. If we only knew a good physical therapist?? (If you didn't know...that is Eric's profession!)

UPDATE: We know that Eric did not have a stroke! He passed all the tests to rule it out and his vision seems to be returning slowly. That is all the info I have right now, but I will let you know as soon as we hear anything today!


I have seen how fast these blogs can get news to people and the power of prayer is amazing so I am asking for your help!

My husband's close friends are needing some prayers. Darcy and Eric Baldonado....Ryan has always called Darcy his "sister" because they were close growing up although Eric and Darcy are older than we are, but great close church friends! They are in Branson this weekend and Eric collapsed. Ryan's mom was the first call after the ambulance so we have very little information at this point, but he was throwing up, collapsed and at this point cannot see. I hope to have some information soon, but the ambulance hadn't even picked him up yet.

They are away from home and have a very young daughter...I am unsure if she was with them or not. Please keep them in your thoughts or prayers as we await the news!

Thank you will all my heart!

Rolling, rolling, rolling...

Jaxson rolled over from his back to his tummy yesterday! He's been trying to hard to do it for months now by arching his back if you saw some of my previous posts, but since he has found his feet...he found a new way! He starts like this...



Then he flops to the side and straightens his legs to roll himself the rest of the way over! It is so fun to see him learning! Now, he really wants to be mobile. He pulls his knees up underneath him, but instead of propelling himself forward he just straightens them back out again! haha It won't be long!!!

Here he is playing with Grandpa on Sunday night!



"Super baby!!"


Attack the face! (His new favorite game!)


Tickle the feet!

Good Morning...

We had a bit of a rough night for us. Jaxson was up with a tummy ache from 12:30 am to 2 am, but after his bottle at 4:30am he slept in! Daddy had to leave early this morning to deliver a car across state so mommy was able to get ready before Jaxson got up, in fact I had to wake him up...
This is how I found him in his cradle this morning!! Jaxson is usually a tummy sleeper and is able to roll from his tummy to back, but that is hard to do in his cradle so I was surprised to see him sleeping on his side...SO CUTE!

A visit with Grammy

We spent this weekend in Fort Scott with Ryan's parents. We went for his church camp reunion with the old pastor from his church! Jaxson got passed around and loved on so much! Plus, Ryan's parents hadn't seen him since Christmas and he has grown so much! (27 inches and 15 5 1/2 pounds at his 4 month appointment on Monday! His height is nearly off the charts....EEK! He'll be taller than me by the time he is 5!)


A visit with the neighborman, Delbert!


Ryan's "sister" Darcy with Jaxson at church dinner!


Grammy and Jaxson


Grandpa feeding Jaxson chocolate cake!


A pretty sleepy baby!

My little Valentine Baby

Learning to find his feet in his V-day outfit that Grammy got him!



I didn't get a very good picture of Jaxson in the rest of Grammy's outfit so I'll just show you his cute little shirt for his first Valentines' day!


I am so lucky to have such a special little Valentines' baby boy!

A visit with friends...

We spent Wednesday night with our friends Tallon and Jenny. I don't think Jenny had seen Jaxson since he was a few weeks old. We had a great dinner and some fun playing Wii.



Jenny and Jaxson



Tallon and Jaxson in his jammies before dinner!

Can't wait until these guys and some of our other friends have some kiddos of their own for Jaxson to play with! ;)

Praise God!

I am thanking God over and over the last few days for my little guy! Not that I wasn't thankful for him before, but it is amazing how things come into perspective when something tragic happens....
I heard about Cora's story through a friend's blog. She was a beautiful 11 month old baby who was having some ear infections. Her parents took her to the doctor who found stage 4 cancer on her liver. Within just a few weeks, Cora went home to be with Jesus on Sunday. Here is a picture of her sweet family who has been weighing heavy on my heart for a while now.



This family's faith was so strong through the whole thing and now I thank God to have my little Jax in my life no matter how long we have him. It really makes you treasure every day with them! You can read Cora's story here and find out how to donate to making Cora's playground a reality.

Aren't children really a blessing from God??

Playing outside

The weather here on Saturday was fantastic!! Jaxson really hasn't been outside a whole lot since he's been born because it has been so cold or windy. I was really excited to get him outside to play. He loved to watch the cars go by on our street and we sat outside and counted motorcycles and talked about the color of the cars also.





Even Lillie joined us outside!

After all our fun outside in "the jumpy" as we call it, Daddy came home and we went for a long walk!



On Sunday, it was nice, but kinda breezy! Daddy wanted to go outside for a little bit so we put Jaxson's Ohio State hat on to keep the wind off of his ears.



We also spent some time on Saturday posing for the camera in our S.B.G. (Spoiled by Grandpa) outfit! I got some great facial expressions out of Jax.




Jaxson also finally got to wear his Dallas Cowboy's socks that Malisa bought him! Thanks!

Trying to roll over....

I wanted to post these pictures for two reasons. Jaxson is already wearing his 6 month outfit that his Great Grandma Neet bought him! I can't believe that (I'm hoping someone will show these to her) and also that Jaxson is trying SO HARD to roll from his back to his stomach. He has mastered the stomach to back already, but this one is frustrating him right now.


"Daddy's team" outfit...



This is about as far as he can get right now. If he could just get that left leg over that he'd be there! Watch for updates as he learns...

Poor sick baby...

Our little Jaxson just hasn't quite been himself for a little while now. He has had a stuffy nose and been on the grouchy side. His sleeping and eating habits have changed too. I kept thinking he was having a growth spurt and maybe it is, but this weekend it got worse.


He has been so cuddly lately. When you finally get him to calm down he will just lay on you and stare. Here he is cuddling with his Daddy before bed one night.


He's also learning that he likes to chew during this phase...the binky just won't cut it when it comes to that so here is his new favorite chew toy...

His little stuffed piglet...it's about the only thing that he can get into his mouth by himself.



Saturday morning, Jaxson felt warm to me. He was running a fever of about 101. When I got him up from his nap around 10:30 or so, his fever had spiked to 103. I gave him some tylenol, gave him a bath and took his temperature every 15 mintues or so. By 12:30, it had only come down to about 102. I even had my mom come by with her thermometer to make sure mine was right. We took Jaxson to the emergency room.
They tested him for strep throat and RSV, both he was negative for, thank goodness. The ER doctor was concerned that his temperature had gone up right before he dismissed us, but wasn't sure he knew what was wrong. Jaxson's fever finally broke around 8 pm that night and has been at 100 or below ever since. His nose is still really runny and it makes him cough, but Mommy is much more relieved!! Here are some pics of Jax's first ER visit.





And here is how he spent some of his time at home after the ER...binky and piglet wrapped in Momma's arms....



I sure hope he feels better soon...I miss my happy boy!