Thanksgiving

So, better late than never I suppose. We spent Thanksgiving day at my mom's house with our ever growing family. All of Ken's kids were there, along with us, Lindsey & her boyfriend Matt, of course Grandpa and Anne & Sydney (Josh's sister and niece) joined us for a little while too. They were moving that day and through the weekend so they only stayed for just a little bit. It was nice company...

Jaxon loved it. Last Thanksgiving was the day we brought him home from the hospital so he didn't really get to enjoy much of it; he was still getting used to this big world. This year, he ate and ate. He loved everything from the turkey and potatoes to the yams and of course the pie. I did think ahead though and strip him down so we wouldn't stain his cute outfit. And he went straight into the bathtub when he was done.

To top the night off, Lindsey and I went to see Twilight. (I loved it!! Now I can't wait until the next one). That wasn't even the most exciting part. While backing out of my mom's driveway, I hit Josh's truck. I swear there was more room than that!! Anyhow, we were running late for the movie and since I knew it was my husband's truck, I didn't stop ~ I figured I'd just call him and let him know what had happened. But of course, there were neighbor kids playing out in the street yelling and hollering which made me second guess the fact that I had hit our own truck. So I told Lindsey, jump out and just make sure that it was Josh's truck. As she jumped out, she yelled at the kids "it's okay, it's her husbands truck!!" At that time, Josh & Matt come walking out of my mom's house having no clue what had just taken place. Lindsey yells at them that we hit the truck and that 'Brandy will call in a minute'. So when I did call, he answered his phone by saying "How'd you manage that one?" I still have not a clue how I did manage that, except in my own defense there was barely a dent in his bumper so my depth perception was only a tiny bit off that night. And I was excited to see the movie and didn't want to miss one minute of it.

All in all, it was a good Thanksgiving and we have so much to be thankful for.

Now here we are a week away from Christmas with snow on the ground...better get to baking!!

Jaxon turned One

I absolutely cannot believe how fast the past year has gone by. My little man is already a year old. We started the festivities about a week early because we had some family who were going to be out of town for his 'official' birthday party. So we had cupcakes the Thursday night before his birthday. He opened some presents ~ and of course, true to all babies, he loved the ribbon the most. He was a bit leary of the cupcake and frosting at the begining but after a few small tastes, he was all over it. Shrieking, laughing and pure smiles. Then, lucky me, was up all night with a hyper little boy. I was very thankful that I had scheduled his real party for earlier in the day so he would have a few extra hours to play the sugar off.

As his birthday approached, I found myself becoming way more emotional than I ever expected I would be. I had all kinds of stuff going through my head. Since I had a scheduled c-section when he was born, I very clearly remembered the days and hours leading up to his birth. I said to Josh "one year ago right now we were..." so many times over the week of his birthday. So here is a picture of Jaxon eating his last dinner before he turned one and his last bath before he turned one. I told you, I was emotional...

Jaxon's birthday was on Wednesday so we didn't do much. Grandma came over for dinner and a few gifts. Josh gave Jaxon a bath for the first time which I'm proud to say went very well. He washed his hair and everything. It was a pretty low key evening thankfully because come Saturday, our house was pure craziness.

For Jaxon's party, we had 60 (yes, count them 6-0) of our closest family and friends over for BBQ & cake. This little boy is so loved that we now may have to move to a bigger house just to store all of his new things. Let me just say that no one child (especially a one year old) needs 5 ride-on truck/tractor/backhoe/digger toys. So, at least one of those ride-ons are going to Grandma's house and the others will have to wait for another occasion to come out of the box. All I can say is 'holy cow'. It was a lot of fun and Jaxon will enjoy playing with all of his new toys over the next several months. We need no toys for Christmas, please.

By the end of the day, Jaxon was worn out. As a matter of fact so was I. I was so glad that day was over but at the same time couldn't believe that we had just celebrated my baby's 1st birthday. He's growing up way to fast. It makes me realize that we cannot take one minute forgranted because it's gone in an instant. This has been, without question, the happiest year of my life so far ~ thanks to the best little man a mom could ask for. I love you baby!!

Thank you to all of our friends and family who helped us celebrate!!

He's scratch & bruise free...

...at least for now. It seems like since Jaxon was 5 or so months old he has always had at least one scratch or bruise on his little face. Here he is scratch & bruise free. This lasted for only a few hours. He woke up the next morning with a small scratch under his eye. But here is proof that for a short period of time, he was scratch and bruise free!!I also love this picture because he's giving his bear a love. He's so sweet and he loves the bear that his Great Grandma and twin cousins got for him last Christmas.

His new thing to do now is to climb. He will climb on anything and everything. Here is climbing onto his toy box only to try to find a way onto the table next to it and then where?

I haven't been able to get a shot of him once he gets all the way up because I have to be there to make sure he doesn't fall off. Josh says "he'll only do it once," but I'm not about to let him fall when I can help it from happening.

Trip to the Seattle Aquarium

Last week, we had to take Jaxon to the Childrens hospital in Seattle for an EEG. He had a few episodes of passing out at the beginning of October and the doctor wanted to do some further testing just to make sure that everything was alright. The morning of the EEG we had to get him up early and not let him nap. That was not an easy task. So we decided to take a trip to the aquarium to keep his little mind going.

He thought the octupus was so neat.

He even got to touch different things in the water, although here he is more interested in watching the people on the other side of the water.

So all in all it was a good, fun time. The EEG part wasn't so fun and unfortunately we are going to have to make another trip in December. There was one abnormal spike that our doctor wants to be checked into further. Mainly, just confirming that it is nothing to be concerned about.The good news is that he has not had anymore episodes and his development has not been hindered whatsoever. He is a normal, happy, healthy 11 month old baby.

We're Blogging

Well, I'm blogging. Josh probably doesn't really care about this whole idea but I think it will be fun. It's a great way to keep everyone up to date on our 'happenings'. I will try to post something often and hope that as I get this all figured out it will come more naturally. I've been somewhat keeping in touch with people on MySpace for the past several months but this is a way to stay current with those who do not have a MySpace profile. Here we go...