11 months

Here are some things Paxton is doing at 11 months old...

*Paxton is imitating alot, he tries to copy what you are saying or doing.

*He is such a cheese ball :)  The pictures explain this one!

*His laugh is more pronounced instead of just a little giggle, he will laugh out loud.

*He says:  Mom, Dad (I love how these are not mama & dada), Dah for dog, we taught him how to blow, Papa- he whispers this, and TayTay- he also whispers (this is his cousin Taylor that we have been babysitting the last few days).

*He is so good at giving LOVES- hugs and kisses.  He even gives Lilo LOVES ;)

*We put a pillow in his crib now and he loves sleeping on it.  He doens't move around so much now because he wants to stay on his pillow.

*He always wants to eat what we are eating (even if we just fed him).

*We started him on Whole Milk and he is doing just fine with it.

*He is still just cruising the furniture and doesn't stand up on his own yet.

*He has crazy hair most of the time.  Yes I know he needs a haircut way bad!  But he has been doing this thing where he rubs and grabs his hair with one hand and sometimes he does it when he is eating, it's lovely.

*LOVES his Mom!  I think right now he is a Mama's boy, he constantly wants to come to me.

I LOVE this picture!!!

 When I think that I have reached the max on how much I love this boy, that I couldn't possibly love him anymore because I already love him so much... I'm wrong, I love this boy more and more every single day!!!  He is so much fun to be around and I'm sure my love for him will only continue to grow stronger and deeper as he grows up.

Paxton caught a bug.

and I wish it was this bug!

Paxton caught a SICK bug :(

On Wednesday (Feb. 16) I decided that we needed to take Paxton to the Pediatrician.

  Two weeks before this Paxton had cold symptoms for about 2 weeks and then he broke out in a fever and a rash when I finally took him in and the doctor said that he's been through the worst of it, but he put him on an antibiotic to help clear the rest of it up.  Just about as soon as Paxton was done taking his antibiotic he started getting cold symptoms again and a few days later broke out into a fever, so that's when we decided to take him in so we could get things cleared up quicker.

Well it turned out worse than I thought.  His oxygen levels were low and they had him doing breathing treatments.  They sent us home with a nebulizer to do treatments every 4 hours.  It was so sad, he hated that thing!

After fighting about 4 treatments, he gave up and just layed there.  Sometimes he even helped us hold it on his face :)  After a few days of breathing treatments he started to get better!

The ONLY one thing positive about having a sick baby is how cuddly they are.  I love to snuggle with this sweet baby!

We are so glad to have Paxton healthy again, he is much happier!

be mine

Happy Valentines Day!

to all my friends and family

but especially to my Ciara!

I LOVE YOU!!!

with love, Paxton

Snowed "Inn"

During Christmas break we went up to our cabin with my family.  We had the date set and the plan of just going up for the day.  Well a huge snowstorm hit and we decided we better pack to stay overnight just in case.  We were glad we did!

Making snow angels.  Paxton didn't like it very much because he couldn't move in his snowsuit.

Trev and Sandee

Jamie and Dan

Sisters

After Paxton went inside with Grandma, the rest of us had our own fun!

This is Trev and Sandee's car.  They had some major diggin' out to do!

'Moo'

I forgot I was going to add this video on the last post. 

Now whenever we sit in this chair all he wants to do is read books.  We can't feed him his bottle here anymore because he gets too distracted and squirmy.

10 months old

Our baby is growing up! 

 Here are some things he is doing at this age...

*Gives me a cheesy smile for the camera, what a goofy kid!

*Signs 'milk', 'more' & 'all done'.  We are working on 'drink', 'please', 'night night' & 'food'.  This picture he is signing 'milk' with both hands.

*Gives kisses. He use to put his forehead on your lips but now he goes in for the kill, slobber and all...YUM. But it is so stinkin' cute!

*He is always wanting to read books, he now knows how to say 'moo' when he sees a cow, except he says 'mmmmm'.

*He says 'dah' and sometimes 'dad' when he sees Lilo and occasionally when he sees other dogs.

*Not too interested in walking.  He will do it along the furniture, but when you grab his hands to help him, he usually will try and get down to crawl.  He will walk a little bit with his walker.

*He is laughing tons more!  And is always making us laugh :)

*He loves to dance and does so whenever he hears music or if Rem and I sing to him.

*For a little bit he stopped waving 'hello' and 'goodbye', but now he does it all the time... when Dad gets home from work, when I get him up from a nap, when I walk into the room with him and more.

*I gave him his first full haircut a couple of weeks ago and he did pretty good.

*It's hard to tell this boy 'no' cuz when you do he just shakes his head no :)  So then we will say 'uh uh' and he will mimic us.

*Sleeps 11-12 hours at night & 2 two hour naps.  He usually wants a third nap around 4:30, but we are trying to keep him up because he has just started to wake up during the night and by not letting him take that third nap has helped him sleep through the night.

*Still loves his baby food- all kinds.  Is getting the hang of his sippy cup.  And has now stood up in his high chair, now it's time to start buckling him in.

LOVE THIS BOY more and more everyday!!

engagement

We are excited to announce that my sister Jamie is engaged to Dan!!

As Jamie likes to put it, they were engaged the night before 1-1-11 :)  They had a fun night out to dinner and ice skating at the Gallivan Center then made a stop at the Salt Lake library where a dozen roses was waiting for her on the bridge and he proposed!!  Then Remi, my Mom, Trevor & Sandee and Erika were all there to congratulate them.  Sadly Paxton and I were at home sick and in bed.

We are so excited for them, they will be married on May 13!!