Week 23

My Pager at church waiting to go off if Jaxton needed us !!
Awesome Baby Food Maker...Yea!!

Mom...these sweet potatoes are soooooooo. Good..more..more..more!!

Look...a Frabbit!!! I love it when he "Ribbit's"

Eating lunch with Grammy at LaMadeline...love their classical music they pley here!!

We had a crazy week...felt like we were going backwards instead of forward this week!! Last Sunday was Jaxton's first time to stay in the nursey at church. They have plenty of swings and toys to play with and they dim the lights in there so it's more relaxing so I thought Jaxton would be just fine since he was ready for a nap anyways. They give you a vibrating pager to take with you in case your little one needs you ASAP. Ross and I went to service and I sat there waiting for the pager to vibrate BUT it did not so I figured he probably fell right to sleep...WRONG...they said they almost paged me because he was crying so hard but they gave him a bottle and changed swings and he finally fell asleep :( Poor little gut probably thought I we were leaving him for good!!! Hopefully he will get used to it the more he goes :) Unfortunately by Tuesday though he had picked up his second cold of his life and I was back again getting up several times at night with him because he was coughing on his mucus....I was very tired all week!! I even had to try to put him in a sleep sack because he is being Houdini AGAIN and getting his little arm out of the swaddle and waking himself up BUT he wanted NOTHING to do with the sleep sack and just wanted to be swaddled up again...Geez!! If he only new how he could sprawl out and chew on his hands whenever he wanted he would LOVE IT...I guess we are just going to have to wait this one out!!

Since he has had so much drainage AND on top of that chewing on his fingers so much and sticking them down his throat I have had formula ALL OVER me and him about 5 times this week!!! Yuck!!! We are having to pull his hands out of his mouth quite a bit after he eats so he won't do that!!

Well I finally gave him his first Veggie...sweet potatoes and he liked them!! I have figured out though I still need to make his cereal and veggies thinner with his formula so he doesn't gag and it all come back up!! The baby food maker was AWESOME!!! Very EASY and makes a great puree!! I highly recommend it!! I tasted the Gerber Organic Sweet Potatoes and they were NOT sweet AT ALL...YUCK YUCK YUCK...tasted like vinegar...so wonder babies prefer the fruits!! But the homemade sweet potatoes I made were truly sweet and FRESH!!! We are going to try peas this week!!!

On Tuesday Ross took care of Jaxton while I went to the Spring Market at church with my Mom and her friend Becky and I found so many cute things for Jaxton there. A lot of the women have neat businesses and most live out by me... so I can have them make stuff I need whenever!! :) I found a Frabbit for Jaxton and he loves it when it " Ribbit's"!!

On Friday I escaped and ran a few errands and got me hair highlighted and a few bangs cut back again...it has been awhile but I needed a change!! Grandma and Grandad came over to visit while Ross watched Jaxton and they played all afternoon. I heard Jaxton liked Grandad's watch alot...hopefully he won't be into too much jewelry!!

On Saturday we went and picked up his Christening outfit with my Mom and then went to eat at LaMadeline where he fell right to sleep because of the music they play in there that sounds like his Mozart cd's!!

This week Jaxton has learned how to reach for his toys and is really trying to flip over by himself...I think that will happen for sure this week!! He is still GRABBING for everything!!! So curious!!! I forgot to tell you he has been crossing his legs like his Daddy for a while now and it makes him look like an old man!! He is still squealing a whole lot but now makes many grunting sounds when he is frustrated, bored or just plain old tired...I thought he was trying to go MOMOM but it turns out it's just a new noise! His giggle is turning into some really hard laughs and we just can't wait to see what his voice is going to sound like!!

He seems like he is a very happy baby and I can't ask for anything more than that....that big ole' smile when he wakes up in the morning is enough to fill your heart for eternity!!