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!

Meeting Zoey and 4th of July!

I had the day off on Friday so we drove up to Wichita to meet Ryan's cousin's new baby! Little Miss Zoey Catherine!!

This is Jordan (Ryan's cousin) his wife Christy and little Zoey!

This is how tiny little Zoey was!

Here is Jaxson meeting Zoey! He barely knew she was there until she cried. I had to keep his hands back because he loves to play with peoples faces and I didn't want him to hurt her!

Mommy and Jaxson at the hospital!

On Friday night we headed out to Ryan's boss' place to have a 4th of July celebration! They always put on such a great show! They have about as many fireworks if not more than the City of Winfield and their place is so nice! Jaxson was pretty tired and restless by the time they started, but he loved them...He wasn't scared of the noise or anything, in face he fell asleep about 1/2 way through!


A shot of the crowd

The bounce yard and the food tent

Jaxson and Grandma playing in the pond

Jaxson laying on the dock

Jaxson in his red, white, and blue!


Grandpa trying to keep Jaxson entertained before the fireworks. This is his favorite way to sit when Grandpa holds him!

Tired Baby!

Last week we decided to head down to the new Island Park playground just to see it. Jaxson is still a little to small to play there, but we had a picket there that had burned in the fire and they replaced it so we wanted to find it! After walking all they way around the big kids area we decided to head in different directions in the "Tots" area. Turns out we met right in the middle and found it! (Ryan has the pic on his cell phone so I don' t have it to post)

It was SO hot that day and by the time we got Jaxson home he was sweaty! I stripped him down to his diaper and let him have his bottle on the floor...so cute!


And here is baby Jaxson taking his nap on the couch!



Hopefully he'll be able to stay awake for fireworks this weekend! Have a happy 4th of July everybody!