Birthday Fun

It was great to see so much family over my birthday weekend and it was so fun to have all but one of the little new baby cousins all together. It made for some great picture moments. :o)
I'm just posting a couple here, but go to our picture site to see some more.
Here are the boys of the group...learning to play together already. :o) I love how Jaxon's fist is up with his "don't mess with me" expression.
Cute babies with beautiful mama's!
Can't you just feel the love between all these cousins?
Ahhh, four little babies, sitting in a row...can you imagine having quadruplets?!
Yeah for additions to the family!!

Jaxon's 2 Month Check Up

Jack took Jaxon for his 2 month check up last week and our little boy is growing so fast. He is in the 91st percentile for height coming in at 24.5 inches and he is in the 67th percentile for weight, weighing in at 13 lbs. Some of his sleepers are already in the 6 month range just to fit his long body into them...but then they all look huge on him since he can't fill them out very well yet. :o)
In other news, Jack's been enjoying the opportunity to be a full time daddy while I've been going back to work. And this is what I came home to a while ago.
Jack was so excited when I walked in the door and said "Look what I did to Jaxon's hair!" I rushed in to check it out thinking he had shaved Jaxon's head, since he's been threatening to do that ever since Jaxon's baby hair started falling out, but instead, Jack proudly showed off Jaxon's mohawk. :o) It was pretty cute.
Here are some other pictures that daddy has taken of the fun the boys have had while mommy's away.
Looks like they're having fun! Oh, and for the "nakey" picture Jack said that Jaxon was totally pulling up the blanket to cover himself. :o) Ahhhh, what a cute boy!

Jaxon and the swaddle

Every new parent is taught by the nurses at the hospital to swaddle your baby tightly and this will help the baby sleep better and longer. Well, we have used the swaddle religiously since the day Jaxon was born, and every time we put him in it, Jack mentions how he would hate to be wrapped up so tightly like that. So, we decided to swaddle Jack too to see exactly how much he would hate it.
And of course after Jack tried it, we had to put me in the swaddle too.
Lately though, Jaxon has been breaking out of his swaddle in order to be more comfortable at night. Last week, I went in to get him when he started fussing and I found Jaxon completely naked except for his diaper. In his attempts to get out of his swaddle, he had wiggled himself completely out of his nightgown and the nightgown and blankets were all down around his ankles and he had shoved himself into the corner of the crib. It was the most unexpected thing to see for me going to check on him at 4 a.m. I couldn't help but just bust out laughing. :o) But I have learned my lesson...the swaddle is not so tight anymore when I put him to bed at night so Jaxon doesn't need to fight as hard to get out of it. :o)

Congratulations to Jack!!

So, not only is Jack walking in graduation ceremonies this week, but he also ROCKED his interview at the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine and they have invited him to be part of their graduating class of 2012!!! So, as soon as Jack finishes up school this spring term, looks like we will be heading back East. Well...that's the plan now. We are still waiting to hear back from other schools, but woooo hooooo to Jack for being so awesome cause now we know that we'll be going somewhere for sure, for sure by the end of the summer! I can't believe that the end of Provo is actually in sight. I have mixed feelings about it since Provo has been our home for soooooooooo long. We have had some many wonderful experiences here it will definitely be hard to leave...but at the same time, I'm so ready for the next phase in our lives and I'm super excited about that too. Anyhow, so kudos to Jack for being awesome amazing! :o)

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

I finally figured out how to work the Picasa Web Albums, so if you want to check out more pictures, I've got all our most recent pictures up in our online Picasa album.
I will be updating this album more than the flickr site...in case any of you were still checking that one.
But enjoy our family pictures! :o)
You can also get to our picture album from the link on the right under "OUR SITES" and clicking on"Our Photo Album."