Memorial Day recap

I am soooo behind in the blogging world! It seems like all my posts are a couple months behind. Well, we got some cute pics from Memorial Day, so thought I'd get those up. :o)

We went to a cute parade and then to a ward barbeque for Memorial day and just enjoyed spending time together as a family.

Mailee was the star of the show though and had so many people commenting on how cute she is and we had complete strangers wanting to take her picture!...Kind of scary, but flattering at the same time.

And just a random pic of Jaxon who LOVES getting into Mailee's hairbows. I think he knows that it gets Mailee lots of attention and is hoping for some to come his way. :o)

Mar and Apr Recap

Wow, I can't believe how time got away from us and I didn't even post about Jack's birthday and Easter!! So, yes, Jack's birthday was back in March...and we kind of celebrated it earlier in the month because I was so excited about his present, I couldn't wait to give it to him.

We got Jack a juicer for his birthday and WE LOVE IT!!! We've been juicing quite a bit and it's AMAZING how much better juice tastes FRESH! And you really just can't go wrong with that thing. We've put in a wide range of things, including veggies too, and we've loved every kind of juice we get!

Here's Jack opening his other presents and singing with his fruit pizza "cake". Only sad part was we celebrated with the juicer early, he got his other gifts the day before his birthday and we were running so late on the Sunday of his birthday that I actually forgot what day it was. But we made up for it with his fruit pizza a couple of days later. :o) So, Jack will probably say his "actual" birth day wasn't the best, we celebrated his birthday all month long...isn't that even better? :o)
And here's Jack and Jaxon with their "cheesy" smiles. I love my boys! :o)
Then for Easter, we were super lucky to have some girls in the ward plan a big, amazing egg hunt and dinner, so we really didn't have to do much for Jaxon to have a great Easter. :o)
The little kids were supposed to find eggs in a certain color so that eggs could be distributed evenly for all the kids...but Jaxon was just too excited and picked up whatever egg he could find.
It was pretty serious business for him. He was VERY focused on getting those eggs.
I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but the egg hunt was on a soccer field and during our picnic, there was a soccer game going on at the other side of the field. Jaxon is REALLY into balls and loves playing with them, and unfortunately, he decided he wanted the soccer ball from the game that was going on, so middle of the game, Jaxon ran onto the field and picked up the ball and started running. The little girls that were playing thought it was adorable...but the coaches weren't very happy with us. But it was pretty funny seeing Jaxon running with the soccer ball in the his hands with two teams of girls running after him to get the ball back. :o)
And last, but not least, we also went to the Lodi outlets a while back and they have this cute little train that runs through the whole shopping area, so Jaxon and I got to take a little train ride while we were out there. Jack was nice to let me go with Jaxon since he usually gets to go on rides and things with Jaxon and I take the pictures. :o)
And Jaxon was even lucky enough to see the Easter bunny while we were out there.

Fun with the Grandpas

We were sooooo blessed to have my dad and Jack's dad stay with us over the weekend so they could be a part of Mailee's blessing. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH dads for coming out to Ohio and spending some time with us. It was a whirlwind trip for them and we tried to cram in as much as we could in a short amount of time. We loved having you both and we already miss you!
We went to Jack's school and got the grand tour of OCPM.
We went to Kirtland.
It was nice having our dads here so we could get some pictures together with the family too. :o) This was Jack's first time out to Kirtland since we've been out here.
Kirtland Temple
Newel K. Whitney Store
Inside room where School of the Prophets met.
Out to dinner at yummy Texas Roadhouse.
Mailee's blessing day.
Mailee was such a little princess in her beautiful blessing dress! Thanks again Char for the gorgeous dress.

More Updates

Ok, as promised, here are some more pictures and news. While it was a little colder we were trying to figure out things to do at home to keep Jaxon busy.
We did some "sensory" type activities.
Colored rice
Playdoh
Cooking
And guess what Jaxon's looking at outside our bedroom window here...
...Deer!
Can't believe this is the view of our "backyard." I love it! :o)
And Mailee is showing off lots of expressions.

And this one is my favorite!
Mailee's eyes are still blue and we can't wait to see what color they end up being. You can tell they're still pretty light in this pic.
We've been enjoying time outside lately since the weather has been REALLY nice...in the high 70s even...and Jaxon has been loving the swings at the park. We're having fun though and enjoying our time out here in Ohio. I love spending my time with these kiddos!

Quick Update

It's so hard to get on the blog more often to update, so here's a bunch of just random updates and info on the fam...and of course some pictures too. :o)
Well, Mailee is just growing and growing. We went in for her two month appointment in February and she weighed in at 11 lbs 7 oz and was 22.5 inches long putting her in the 69th percentile for weight and 58th for height. She's smiling away and even trying to "talk" to us. She is a little bit of a diva and definitely knows when she's not being held and rocked and lets us know that she's not happy about it. :o)
Jaxon is also just growing and learning new words every day and surprises us everyday with what he knows. He has also started imitating us...especially when we're disciplining him. It's hard not to laugh out loud when he's mimicking the ends of your sentences and saying "ookaaaay" when we're done.
How can you not smile at this kid though, eh? He's such a cutie! He loves to "share" his toys with Mailee and ends up piling all his toys on her when we're not looking.
I have more pictures and news to post, but it's feeding time for Mailee, so more to come! :o)