H1N1 shot–check

This week we got the call from our pediatrician saying that Jaxson could come in for his first round of H1N1 shots.  Well since we had already gotten the H1N1 shot from a clinic, I was hoping that we could get the booster shot from our doctor instead.  Well I was wrong.  Boo.  They said [...]

Library

Jeremy took Jaxson to the library for the first time today to get out of the house so that I could have some peace and quiet around here while I am laying in my bed trying to work (lol).  They have been gone for about an hour and i am pretty sure that they will [...]

Back to work!

YAY!!!!!
Jeremy got a job!  It is basically what he was doing before but for a different company so the transition to the new company should be pretty easy.  He starts next week part time until the new year.  We had previously (before the lay-off) planned on taking a long x-mas vacation, so working part time will allow him to still [...]

Trip Accomplished

The trip to Michigan could not have been any more perfect.  Everything went as planned and probably even better than planned.  We made awesome time and Jaxson had absolutely no melt downs.   Thank goodness.  Traveling with Jaxson long distances is much easier now than when he was a baby.   I think driving overnight is a thing [...]

Finger Painting

We let Jaxson finger paint yesterday (after we made sure that everything was covered in paper and he was naked). 
At first he was really good at just dipping the paint brush in the paint and dabbing it on to the paper (no mess!!!).

And then he got some on his hands accidently and wiped it on his [...]

Traumatic shower

This story is too funny that I just had to share. 
Yesterday Jaxson was taking a shower with Jeremy while I was in the office working.  Well, I hear Jeremy yell “Shay!!!!”.  So as I am running to the bathroom I start to hear Jaxson crying.  I am thinking the worst things–like Jaxson slipped and hit his [...]

A letter to my son from a tired mommy

Dear Jaxson-
I have given you 3 days to get your sleep routine back to normal after the time change.  That should be plenty of time to readjust your schedule.   Why are you waking up so early????  Seriously, you used to sleep till after 7am but now you have been waking up at 5am!  This is just [...]

18 month stats

Today Jaxson had his 18 month appointment. 
He is 26 lbs (50th percentile), 33.5 inches (80th percentile) and had a head circumference of 18.75 inches (50th percentile).  We have started to notice how tall Jaxson has gotten recently because 1) his pants actually fit lengthwise 2) he can reach things on the counters that he never could [...]

Cheesy smile

He was randomly smiling like this one day and I said that is such a cheesy smile and he giggled.  And from then on, every time we say “can we see your cheesy smile?” we get this in response.  He is such a ham!

Just not as flexible as we used to be

Today Jeremy decided to steam clean the carpet in the living room.  So after we moved all the furniture out, we stood in the middle of our empty living room and thought it would be cool to do somersaults and cartwheels since there was so much open room.  Seemed like such a great idea…  
Jeremy did 3 somersault in a [...]