Busy Weekend for the Wheeler's

We had such a fun weekend!

Friday night Ryan and I got to go out with 2 other couples for dinner and a Sinbad Comedy show! We had such a great time with our friends, The McClung's and The Potts'! We actually were late to the show because we were having so much fun at dinner! It always great to spend time with them and great to get away from time to time, especially thanks to my wonderful parents who are willing to keep Jaxson so late!!

Saturday we had a baby shower to go to in Sedan. I took Jaxson and he got to see his Grammy! It was Ryan's cousin's (well his wife) baby shower. Jaxson also got to see his 2 Great Aunts, his Great-Grandma and some of Ryan's cousins! It was a nice shower and great to see so many people! Good luck to Jordan, Christy and Baby-to-be Zoey!


Here is Jaxson with Ryan's cousin Melissa and her two boys Aiden (7) and Peyton (2)

We came home from the shower to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner. My mom found some fantastic deals out at the garage sales on Saturday including a bunch of near brand new toys! She also bought this swing for him...you can see his Brand New $2 Nike shoes that he is wearing! SO CUTE! He loved the swing too!


It was so hot on Saturday and Jaxson is just like his Father...hot all the time so he played with some of his new toys and Grandma and Grandpa's with only his diaper on!! HA

Jaxson is so mobile now! He is getting really good at crawling and loves to sit himself up like in the last picture from just about any position on the floor, but now he is beginning to really get the hang of getting up on his knees, not always brave enough to stand or experienced enough to remember to HANG ON to something!

He is going to be a little monkey! He'll be one of those kids who you find coloring on top of the refrigerator (like my daddy!) or climbing out of his bed with no fear of falling down!
Baby-proofing time!!

6 month check-up

I took Jaxson in for his 6 month check-up and shots yesterday. He is doing just fine!

He only grew an inch this time (he is up to 28") and he gained almost 2 pounds (up to 17.3lbs)!!

He is already crawling and sitting up and just BARELY beginning to pull up to things. (ok, just mommy! He can grab my shirt, get to his knees and stand up) The Dr. said that crawling and sitting are skills for 9 month olds so he is ahead of schedule, but I think that I have seen many kiddos crawling around this age so I'm sure it isn't anyting spectacular, but it is nice to know that he is developing well at this point!

His shots went pretty well and he was really in a good mood last night and was even able to catch part of a baseball game with some of the Fort Scott crew. I guess we'll see how good he is for Grandma today at daycare!

Meeting friends!

Jaxson finally got to meet our good friends Justin and Brittany! They were here mere days before he was born and Brittany (an OB nurse) was begging for him to arrive early so she could be there. They live in Liberal and haven't been able to visit since so they finally got a change to come and meet Jax!

Brittany and Jaxson


Justin and Jaxson (these two actually share a birthday!!)


Here are some more fun new things:

Playing with our new Easter gift!


Sneaking between the TV and the jumpy to get to the dog's bed and attack her!


We are going to the Dr. today for our 6 month checkup and shots :( I'll let you know how BIG he is getting!

Probably my favorite Easter picture!!

It was so hard to choose from all of them...but this one is just so cute and funny! It's like we just caught him with the candy and he said "who me?"

Easter Day 2

In Fort Scott with the Wheelers....

We got new toys! A ball, a bunny, a lamb and some books!



We got to see all the family...
Here's Grammy...

Uncle Dustin and Aunt Meg

He was so tired Saturday night...so cute!

Easter morning...
BATH in the sink

Wearing Uncle Dustin's suit to church

Playing with Anna and McKenzie during church! They were so facinated with him! (Anna is the daughter of Eric Baldanado that I mentioned in a previous post who had a stroke...he is still facing complications, but is recovering and attended church on Sunday!)

After church we played with a piece of red licorice and got it EVERYWHERE!! It was so sticky and messy, but so cute! Needless to say we changed our clothes before we left for home!

Easter weekend Day 1

Saturday we had Easter with my parents in Winfield. Ryan had to work, but we had Jaxson open his Easter basket (filled with candy for mom and dad ;) without him. We had a good time and got some great photos! Jaxson wore his outfit that Grandfather and Gran got him and he looked so adorable!!!

Jaxson and "hop bunny"


Jaxson trying to eat the candy


Jaxson playing with his basket and eggs


Jaxson and Grandma

"Shut up Grandma! It's my turn"


We drove to Fort Scott Saturday afternoon to visit Ryan's parents, but I think I'll just throw all of that on to Day 2 because there is a lot to see! I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend!

Fun things before Easter!

I am so excited for Jaxson's first Easter coming up! He still isn't quite crawling, but he can get where he needs to go so it will be fun to find eggs with him! I hope to get some good weather for some great outdoor pictures!
I hope everyone has a great Easter with their families too!

Here are some fun things we did last night:


Hanging out in the laundry basket...you can see his two bottom teeth in the top photo!


Jaxson has always taken showers with his momma, but now he is a little too big and squirmy and he can almost flip out of his bathtub so we took a bath in the kitchen sink!


He really had a good time, but he did slip once (not so perfect at staying seated on his own yet, plus it was slippery;) and bump his little cheek on the sink divider, but just a little mark. I guess he is getting to that age where we are going to see more bumps, bruises and scratches!

New foods, new clothes and floor fun!

Jaxson is starting to enjoy some new foods! He seems to be a lot like his parents who love sour things...you saw in a previous post where he sucked down a lemon, but stand back if a pickle is around...he'll take it right out of your mouth!!


MMMM...big kosher dill pickle!


Give it back!


Down to the very end!

And then on to Pizza Crusts!! Yummy!



We went to my co-workers garage sale this weekend and got Jaxson some 0-3 month shorts and some more jammies! He also got this ADORABLE hat that I just love how it looks on him!! I think we'll wear it while we hunt Easter Eggs this weekend! Plus, it is reversible and is just a solid blue on the other side.



Jaxson LOVES tummy time! He still isn't crawling, but he rolls and scoots really well. He picks up his hand like he is pawing or digging at the floor and I keep thinking he'll just take off at any second, but not yet!

Can I have that camera??

Look at those eyes!!

Happy Baby!!

Bear "crawling"

Happy Birthday Uncle Roth!

Sunday was my brother's 24th birthday so we went to visit him for a dinner date at his work. He hasn't seen Jaxson in quite a while so it was fun to see them play together!


Jaxson watching Roth open his cards! He really wanted to eat the paper!


Jaxson and his Uncle Roth

Happy Birthday Bubba! I am so proud of you for they way you are working so hard and I pray you continue to do well and get where you want to go in life! I love you.

Chewing...drooling...chewing...drooling!

Even while watching TV nearly upside down...

Whole hand?

Slobbery smiles!! The best!

And then he fell asleep...in the strangest position...not sure how this was comfortable??

I just love watching him every day...he is such a sweet, sweet baby!!