Music to My Ears

This afternoon the kids and I packed up and headed to Target. Which to Jaxon & I makes for a perfect outing. Lately, Reese has been so good during outings, which makes we are thrilled about. On the way there Reese got a rocky start. She was cranky and crying. Jaxon so sweetly gave her one of his Cheese Itz and he won her heart. I then hear hysterical giggling from the backseat. 

Then came our venture into the store. And we spent most of the trip keeping Reesey down.

Some Randomness

Has it really been almost a month since I updated this blog? Oh dear. 

This week I have been in a fog. Seriously, I'm not sure if it's the pregnancy or everything else that has not gone the way it should have this week. Literally... nothing went as planned. We did have a some much-awaited, long-time coming WONDERFUL news about Brian's job, but that's it (and it's really all we need).

 I digress....

Just to update, I thought I would post some random pictures from our 3 week Fall break 

Sometime over break we ended up with THREE Papis. Oh my. From Left to Right... Papi (the original most loved), Brother, and introducing Bobby. It all started at Home Goods when Jaxon decided that Reese needed her own pink Papi. Which we (my mom & I) bought 2 so we would have a back up (learn from your mistakes right?). Then Jax decided he needed ANOTHER Papi. 

Ready for bed.

 Jaxon visited the dentist for the first time. He was exceptionally behaved! I was so proud of him! 

Such a big boy, ready for his teeth cleaning!

Vickie, showing him the tools. Of course, Papi is there to comfort him.

We celebrated Brian's 35th birthday! Holy cow he's closer to 40 each and every day! 

Yes, Jaxon is in his pajamas. 

Yes, I let him have ice cream cake for breakfast. 

If you have never had ice cream cake from Cold Stone Creamery, I HIGHLY advise you to run out RIGHT NOW to get one! They are so unbelievably delicious. And that's not even the pregnancy talking.

Oregano's for his birthday dinner.

We had a nice evening out with Grammy Sue

We enjoyed an evening of Toy Story on Ice with the Bunchkins.

Jaxon enjoyed Mickey the best

Ok, Buzz?  A little (or a lot) creepy. First it really bothered me that he was so little. 

Barbie was my favorite. Or maybe it was when she danced to Aqua's "Barbie Girl" and Jaxon knew the words. Oops.

Sleepy tired boy, up past his bedtime. He was OUT within 3 minutes. 

 I had to take the oh-so-fun and tasty Glucose test. Gotta love that orange sugary drink. Thankfully I passed and didn't have to be tortured with the 3 hour test. 

And on the last day of break  I registered. Jaxon & my mom came to help. Jaxon had a blast "choosing" things for Reese. Conveniently it was all things he liked. 

But how adorable are these shoes he wanted to buy her? Such a  good big brother.

Reese is growing! She'll be 30 weeks in 2 days. Makes me nervous since Jaxon was born at 34. Gulp. I am not ready for her to come in 4 weeks! 

 She is now a moving machine! I can feel little feet or hands or elbows or knees all the time. I absolutely love it. She does get shy when she has an audience though. Right now music excites her and any mention of Target. She is my daughter after all :)

Cute Jaxon Stories

Tonight I have a few assorted Jaxon stories.

Story Number One: Monday afternoon. Brian went to get Jaxon from the babysitter's house and she was telling him about naptime. She put all of the kids down and after awhile she hears laughing and giggling coming from Jaxon's room. She walks in and finds Jaxon in Jacob's playpen. The 2 of them were laughing hysterically at each other. She says, "Jaxon! What are you doing?" Jaxon stops, climbs out of the playpen, walks to his, climbs in and lies down as if nothing happened. Thankfully, he hasn't climbed out of his crib at home yet, but every night I feel as if he's going to come waltzing into our room in the middle of the night!

Story Number Two: Tueday morning. I realized on Monday that I had not been to Target in over TWO WEEKS! Yes, a record. How in the world did I survive without Target for that long I will never know. Anyway, Tuesday was my day off so I decided that after Gymboree Jax and I would head to the "good" Target. It has a Starbucks and is bigger than our "normal" Target. Jax was having so much fun at Gymboree that he did not want to leave, even though he'd already sang the Goodbye Song and gotten his million stamps. I said, "Jaxon, let's put your shoes on so we can go to Target." Jaxon raises one arm in the air and says, "Hooway! Tardet! Ets doh!" (Hooray! Target! Let's go!) He obviously missed Target too :) He is my child! When we got to Target he was the friendliest little boy! He said hello to everyone, showed them his animals, told them about his Gymbo stamps. It was hilarious. All kinds off ladies commented on what a well-behaved friendly little boy I had. If only they knew the truth!

Story Number Three: Thursday afternoon.Every kid that goes to Jaxon's babysitter's has a nickname. There's Squish, Crumbs, Peanut Butter, Lala, Bubba. So, one of Jaxon's favorite little friends is Peanut Butter. She is a cute blonde girl whose name is really Allyn, but no one calls her by her given name. Anyway, Jax is always talking about "Pea-ut Butter". Today when I picked him up and am driving him home he says, "Mama, Pea-ut Butter pushed me, Jaxon." It was so cute! He was so serious. I have to say, that this is the first time that Jaxon has said a full, complete sentence and it melted my heart. I was so proud and also so sad because he is just growing up so fast and learning so much each day. It brought a tiny tear to my eye. I was also struck by how he had to say his name at the end, just in case I didn't understand the severity of the situation! But I digress. I said to him, "Oh no Jaxon. I'm sorry. what did you do?" "Nice, Pea-ut Butter. Be nice" I guess he told her to be nice. How sweet! He came home and had to tell Lola. So I called my mom and he told her what Peanut Butter did. Then Brian came home and told him what Butter did. Of course what does Brian ask, "Did you push back?" "No. Nice Pea-ut Butter." "Is Peanut Butter still your friend?" "Yesh. Nice."

OH! I almost forgot! At the beginning of this month, I posted about Jaxon carrying his animals in a plastic bag. I am happy to say that he (well, I really) carries ALL of his animals in the backpack! He puts them in and makes me carry it. The bag cannot be zipped up though! He freaks out if you even zip it half way.

I think he carries a total of 12, plus Papi & Brother! And I bought him about 6 dinosaurs for his birthday!

ONE MORE DAY TO GO!!!