Birthday Fun!

Well, I turned the big 2-8 this past weekend and well, I don't feel any older. :o) We celebrated by going out to eat at Lonestar Steakhouse because we had a great coupon for a free birthday meal. It was yummy food and soooo nice to go out to eat.
Here are some pics from dinner. Jaxon was so excited to get out of the house and be with daddy for a bit. Jack's been super busy with finals so we haven't seen him as much as we'd like, but he's being a good student and we're so proud of his hard work.
Here, Jaxon grabbed one of the lemons from off the table...he was so excited he got it...and the fact that we didn't take it away from him. As good parents, we were willing to let Jaxon learn from his own mistakes...
Which happened when he stuck it in his mouth.
It was the perfect birthday present to go out to dinner.
I got some pretty fantastic presents this year from some amazing friends out here in Ohio. We have truly been soooo richly blessed to have met so many kind and wonderful people out here. Makes it just a little easier to be so far away from our families.
This gift was EXACTLY what I had wanted for a little bit now and I was sooooo excited to receive it.
It's been soooo helpful to have since I have started working on some more sewing projects lately...more pics in a later post to come...and I was quick to fill it up with my sewing essentials. I just LOVE this. Thanks again Melissa!!
Next came a pampering gift that was totally perfect for me--nail polish! Lindsey, you know me too well! :o) I love the bright, fun colors you chose. As soon as it gets warm, my feet are in sandals just about 100% of the time, so many of you know I ALWAYS have my toes painted in the summer time. :o)
This gift was a perfect addition to one of my end tables that was lacking a table topper and it's totally perfect for it. It's such a wonderful addition to our home. Thanks Laura!
On Sunday-day of birthday, Jack got up with Jaxon so I could sleep in and then made me a fabulous breakfast for lunch with all the works. It was sooooo yummy! Later that day, I got a surprise birthday "party" from Dave and Melissa. Dave made a scrumptious homemade, from scratch, chocolate cake and it was divine! I'm not usually a cake fan...but probably because all my cakes are from the box. It was such a treat to have a made from scratch cake and you could totally tell the difference. It was super yum!
Unfortunately 28 candles was too many for me to blow out and I didn't quite make it.
Thanks Char for the birthday card and gift...I'll let you know what I end up getting with it. And thank you, thank you, thank you to all for the well wishes. It was so nice to feel so special. Yeah for birthdays!!

Just Some Cute Pics

These are just some cute pictures from our good friend Laura. She has a son that is just 3 weeks older than Jaxon and they are just such good friends. I love that they're so close in age and are so similar in so many things. Makes it so much fun to spend time all together. :o)
Here are the boys taking a wagon ride to a park.

And here are the boys at the park getting ready to go down the slide.

Some Catching Up

It's been a while since our last post, so bear with me--this might be a long and random post. :o)
First off, we celebrated Jack's big 2-9 birthday on the 28th. Unfortunately, on his birthday weekend, our household was sick again. :oP Fortunately we ended up going out for lunch for his birthday before we all got sick...and picked up "our" birthday gifts for ourselves before we all got sick too.
But here's a pic of Jack on his birthday. We had a nice breakfast together...and of course he got what he wants the most as a gift-money.

Now please tell me there are people out there that agree with me that money is the most BORING gift to give your own spouse for their birthdays! For goodness sake, if they just want money, what's the difference from them just going to the ATM and getting out money, eh? And I have to say, men are a LOT harder to shop for then women.
Ok, done venting now. :o) And now here are some random pictures of Jaxon that make me laugh. He really likes having things over his head...well everything except for his actual hats! But he loves towels, and any type of material or item of clothing. Here he decided to put one of my shirts over his head...so I decided to help him out a little so it wouldn't fall off.


And last, but not least, we had a great Easter, but missed our families terribly. It was fun to do a little Easter egg hunt for Jaxon now that he's finally a little older and can get the gist of it. Here's a little video of him trying to find the eggs.

And here are some pics.

Here he was worried we were going to take away his eggs.

We had a wonderful Easter program in our ward and it was nice to have a bit of sunshine for Easter Sunday as well. Jaxon and I got to be twinners in pink for Sunday.

Hope everyone is doing well and hope everyone had a great Easter!

Fun at Parks

The weather out here in Ohio has been going back and forth for the past little bit. We'll have some cold, cold days, and then really warm days. The warm days sure make us want to get outside and aching for spring. We can't wait until it gets permanently warmer.
Anyhow, on some of the cold days, Jack and I took Jaxon to the little play area at the mall to get out some pent up energy. :o)
Jaxon loves playing where all the big kids are and so he gets run over by some of them sometimes, but as Jack says, it's "toughening" him up to hold his own. ;o)
When we got the little bit of sunshine and warmer weather, I met up with some girls and we all took our kids to the park outside.
Jaxon is totally fascinated by the geese and the ducks that we saw in the pond behind him. Everytime he hears them from our apartment, he goes to the window and just stares out. Sometimes he can see some of them, but other times he can't, but either way, he still just likes to stare out the window to look for them. And Jaxon LOVES the swing. He complains when I need to take him out to give other kids a turn. But if he could, he'd stay the whole time in the swing...well, most of the time anyhow. :o) He still loves to explore and walk around of course and puts EVERYTHING in his mouth.
Jaxon has been a ball of energy these past couple of months and is constantly walking around the house discovering things and moving things around and picking things up and dropping them in some unknown place. I am loving being able to get outside more with him and just watching him take in everything around him. I love this kid, he's such a fun buddy to have around. :o)

Who Does Jaxon Look Like?

Just confirming what everyone has told us when they see Jaxon. :o)

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