My 1st Christmas - 13 weeks!!! ( December 25, 2008)

In my Christmas PJ's!!!

Getting ready for my "1st" Church service!!

SANTA CAME!!!!!!!!

My Aunt Laura!!

My cousins..Ashlyn and Austin...came to play!!

What a week I had preparing for Christmas at our house....now I know I can " DO IT ALL" even with a kiddo!!! He was so GOOD watching me run around getting everything perfect for his 1st Christmas!!! All the presents were wrapped, desserts were cooked, dinner was prepared ( everyone in the family brought something for the dinner....really helped out this year!!! ), toilets were cleaned and ALL THE CANDLES WERE LIT !!!! ( Ross went to Livingston and Tyler to visit his family since little man doesn't like to ride in his car seat for very long...hopefully that will change over time!!! )

On Christmas Eve he went to his 1st Church service in Tomball, Texas and stayed awake for the entire production and was in awe over the music and lights!!! The last song was Silent Night and everyone lit their candles and it almost put him to sleep!! Not one little cry the whole time...he must love being in GOD's presence!!! We went back to my sister's house where we changed him into his Christmas pj's ( see picture above ) and swaddled him up and he fell right to sleep in between all the pillows on my sister's bed until it was time to head home!! We quickly put him in the car and he fell back to sleep and we hurried home to put him into bed before Santa came and he slept until 3 am and then until 7:30 am!!! Yea!!!

He woke up to all of Santa's surprises!!! He must have been a GOOD boy for these past 3 months because it looked like Babies R Us in our living room!! We put him into his bouncer and he opened up everyone of his presents with such excitement ( lots of kicking and staring at the the presents ) until he passed out from all the excitement!!!

After Christmas dinner it was time for bed because having ALL the family over at once was too much excitement!!

On Friday his cousins ( Ashlyn & Austin ) came into town and he played with them until he was worn out again!!!

On Saturday Ross and I went to his Mom's 60th Birthday Dinner while my Mom, Aunt, Uncle and cousins came over to babysit and eat Chinese food!! He was worn out again from all the company!!

So much company BUT SO MUCH LOVE!!!

Helping Mom Stay in the Christmas Spirit!! - 12 weeks!!

Santa says " You've been a GOOD boy"
Ross's Birthday: The night of the STOMACH VIRUS

Happy "3" Months!! My new 3 friends!!

Shhhh... I'm hiding in my Santa sack !!

I now know what this rattle thing is all about....pretty COOL!!

What a week this was!!! .....Saturday ( Dec 13th) night my Mom and her friend babysat Jaxton for the first time while we went out with his parents for a relaxing "adult" dinner and drinks afterwards for Ross's Birthday. All was well until about midnight when my stomach began to turn.....AND TURN.....and TURN until this past Saturday ( Dec 20th )!! STOMACH VIRUS!!!! But thank goodness Ross and Jaxton did not get that from me. It really sucks and is SAD to be sick with a little one!!! I felt so bad I wasn't feeling good enough to play with him!!! BUT he kept smiling back at me so I would feel better and it did help!!

He is just growing up so fast...I know I keep saying this...BUT IT'S TRUE!!! He just smiles and smiles from ear to ear. He is even giggling every now and then too!! He is starting to sit up with assistance now...head still bobbles some...but he loves it!! He FOUND his hands this week and stares at them until he gets crossed-eyed!! He finally is holding his rattle in his hand and stares at it too!

Poor little man is losing his hair too... I wonder if he will be a BALDIE!!!

We changed his nipple size on his bottle this weekend and now he gulps down his milk in no time and is actually able to eat more since it doesn't wear him out to suck so long...yeah!! Maybe he will sleep even longer!!! But he has been doing good...still 5 - 7 hour stretch at first then 3 hours then 1 or 2 then wakey wakey!!!

On Thursday my sister and I surprised my mom with a crib and all the bedding to go with it so we don't have to tote around pack n plays and we all can get a good night sleep when we stay the night....he did really good for the first night away and slept his usual pattern!! We took him shopping the next day and he did great until the car ride home where he "Whahhhhhhhhhh" FOREVER because he hates to be tied down in his car seat!!! He just likes his freedom!!! I don't blame him!! So this week I bought him a mirror he can look into so he can see how sad he looks when he cries like that....maybe it will make him stop...I will let you know!!

We went to see Santa this week and he did SO GOOD!!! They don't give you much time up there BUT I turned Jaxton toward Santa so he could see him and tell him what he wanted for Christmas!! P.S. - Don't ever go on the Saturday BEFORE Christmas....everyone and their strollers are there!!!

Well we gotta go get the house ready for Christmas Day Dinner and make cookies for Santa!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Staying in the Christmas Spirit - 11 weeks!!

Outside Licking the Snow!!!
Taking my usual nap all swaddled up in my swing listening to Mozart!!

My very own stocking!!

I got another stocking from a family friend and I love it because its so soft!!

Hopefully I will gets more books from Santa!!

What another week of growing for this little man!! We are now in Size 2 diapers since we can see his butt crack in the Size 1 now....too small!!! I swear he has grown taller and gained more weight but we won't know until we see the Dr. at 4 months ( end of January )...hopefully we won't see her before then!! BUT we will be able to give him cereal then!!! Yea!!!

This week he has learned to blow tiny bubbles with his mouth and LOTS more talking...even some squealing has emerged!!! LOTS of smiles too so I hope that means he is HAPPY!!!!! He is on the verge of giggling...I think he may have a little this week but I want to hear it LOUD!!! He is still trying to swallow his hands...geez!!! He is doing extremely well on focusing on something for a long period of time....he likes his "Hello Bee" book alot!! The animals have big eyes ( they are supposed to like that ) and there is a mirror on every other page that says " Hello Me" so he can stare and smile at himself!! He can follow an object from left to right and even looks at me upside down!! I put a rattle in his hand and he kept a good grip and was able to shake it several times and pull it to his mouth before he let go...will have to keep working on this...but he does grab for other objects....especially his Santa blankie still....he LOVES him!!

I don't know if this is good or not BUT Jaxton loves to watch the t.v.!!!!!! Seriously!!! I am going to start putting in his Baby Einstein videos next week and my mom bought him one where we can practice "Baby's First Moves" ( he needs to be 3 months so that is next week )

I have been sitting him up alot more since he is holding his head up pretty good all by himself and he can stand straight for awhile too now...he likes to see the different view I am sure than just lying down always and looking up.

Sleeping has been going really well for him ( maybe one day since Thanksgiving has he woke up alot )!! Last night he slept 7 hours straight and lucky for me I went to sleep about 1 1/2 hours after him so I was able to get more too!! Hopefully it will keep getting better. I just need to try to keep him up longer at night so he won't be bright-eyed at 5:15!! But he is SO TIRED in the evening...probably from playing all day!!

And guess what he got to see this week....SNOW!!! Yes he did and he even sat out in it long enough to try and lick it when it was falling on his mouth!!! I took some great video and captured a few pictures...who would have thought!!! I was so glad I was home to get it on video!!

Well my days are drawing near where I am going to have to leave my "little man" and I get an upset stomach when I think about it BUT we are meeting a lady next week who might tale care of him in her home...so please say a PRAYER that it happens!!!!

Getting into the Christmas Spirit - 10 weeks!!

I just love my "RUDOLPH"
I want Santa to be with me all the time!!!

Here we go again with "Dress Up" time!!!

My "1st" trip to Starbucks!! Love all the people and music!!

"MOM...I hate this hat...it itches!!!"

Well I NEVER thought we were going to get ALL the Christmas decorations up this year with "little man" it our lives BUT.....we succeeded!!!!!!!!!

Ross put up all the lights on the house while we strolled in the stroller and then it was time for me to do the "detail" Christmas lights....SO...the plan was to run out there when Jaxton takes his 2 hour nap around lunch time as he always does in his swing listening Mozart!! And what do you know...Mother Nature decides to send us strong enough winds that day to keep making the power go "OFF" and "ON" about a 100 times...now remember that Jaxton LOVES listening to his Mozart CD...so what happened??? He woke up EVERY TIME the power went off because he was missing his Mozart!! Geez!!! Needless to say we finally got it done!!!

So Ross left for New Jersey this whole last week for training and I was determined that Jaxton and I would get the house feeling like Christmas so when he returned it would be all done and put us all in the spirit!! LONG story short ( with more wind and power outages over the next few days)....we got the WHOLE house decorated, the tree decorated and we even went SHOPPING for a few new things!!! Jaxton I must say was a real TROOPER!! He is just mesmerized by all the lights and decorations that he doesn't even need toys!!!!

I ordered him a Santa blankie for him and I thought he might be scared of it...BUT he actually just stares at his face FOREVER and smiles when I say ( in a Santa voice!) " HoHoHo...Merry Christmas!!!" Then I was at HEB and they had a reindeer that says HOHOHO too and sings Jingle Bells and he loves that too!!! Hopefully when he meets the REAL Santa he will smile and love him too....to be continued !!!

This week Jaxton has been holding his head up more by himself....even though he hates tummy time!!! He even can stand for about 5-10 seconds with help of course...those strong legs from kicking them ALL THE TIME will hopefully get him going soon!!!

He sucks on his hand to the point where he tries to fit the entire thing in his mouth!!! But it does keep him occupied when we are shopping and he can't keep his pacifier in!!

This week he has finally figured out how to bite the nipple on his bottle...GLAD I AM NOT BREASTFEEDING ANYMORE!!!! He helps hold the bottle tightly now and pulls it out when he needs a break and pushes it back in when he is ready to eat again....amazing how fast they learn these things!!!

I bought him some books and have started to read to him thinking there is no way he would sit still long enough for me to even read him the title BUT WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW...he actually pays attention and looks intently at the pictures!!!

Last BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, he has been sleeping pretty good lately and last night I couldn't believe it when he started to make loud noises after 5 hours of sleeping straight AND THEN HE WENT BACK TO SLEEP FOR ANOTHER HOUR!!!! Maybe we will make it to that light at the end of the tunnel!!!!