Too Cute

I just had to post this picture of my dad and Paxton. Jamie took it last night when we were at her house. Isn't it the cutest thing ever?!?!

Shades

I found these cute little glasses for Paxton at Target, gotta love the dollar section! He actually really likes them. He doesn't try to rip them of yet, I know that will come soon. Lyric also loves her sunglasses. She really likes using them to keep the sun out of her face. I just had to snap this cute picture of them.

Not So Much

Well, Saturday night went just like I had hoped it wouldn't! About two hours after I put him down, he woke up to eat. This part isn't so unusual. After he ate, I laid him back down in the crib.

Then, I went to bed and crossed my fingers! Just a few short hours later, I heard Lyric start crying! I raced to the room hoping to help her before it woke Paxton up, but I was too late! Lyric has night terror issues and I just know that this sort of thing would probably happen at least five times a week. Hmph, we'll see!

This is just his bed of choice, MINE!

First Time For Everything

Tonight I, very spontaneously, decided to put Paxton in the crib when he fell asleep for "the night." As you can tell by the pictures, it was VERY spontaneous. Part of Lyric's lady bug crib bumper, half of a mobile, Minnie and Mickey, and some fun pink and purple blankets all adorn him! I have not put his own bedding in that I bought almost a year ago! The crib is also in Lyric's room! I feel so confused as to what to do.

Our plans have been to move him into the office, and move the computer in our room. Now that that time is here, it doesn't sound so appealing having a computer in our room. The thought of Lyric and Paxton sharing a room just flat out scares me to death! They are both such light sleepers. I can only imagine that they would be waking each other up 17 times every single night!

We shall see. He has been in there asleep for 1 1/2 hours now, and I keep waiting for him to wake up any minute. I think he is enjoying the space he has to stretch out. Keep in mind, he has been sleeping in his swing seat, in the bassinet! Technically, he spends most of the night in bed with me, another thing I would like to start eliminating! Oh, these hurdles that feel so big at the time, but feel so good when they are done! I have the monitor turned up nice and high so I can be sure to hear him when he wakes up! Between the way our house is set up, and the fact that we keep pretty loud fans on in the night, I would never hear him without the monitor!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today, my mom gave us all (the girls) these really cute hand-made aprons for Valentine's Day. They are so adorable and exquisitely made. The girls were so excited, she had even put some cooking utensils in the little pocket for them! Jamie has some other really cute pictures on her blog that we took with her camera. Thank you, Mom!!!

Grumatikul Airs

I apologize for any grammar mistakes in my posts from the past two weeks, and any future ones. For some reason, my spell check is not working. I try to proof read my posts, but I know I miss some mistakes. I wonder why mine is not working?

Countdown

In a few weeks, Lyric, Paxton and I, are going to Arizona. I am going to be visiting my best friend, Tiffani. It takes a lot more work than it used to, but it is so worth it! She came here in October, so now I am going there. We have to take advantage of the time before each of our youngest turn two, and then there will be three airplane tickets to buy!

I am so excited to go. I hate that we live so far away from eachother. But, we sure have a lot of fun when we see are able to visit! So, I sort of made the mistake of telling Lyric that we were going to Arizona. I know that sounds mean to call it a mistake, but if you could only understand the intensity and frequency that she inquires about when we are leaving! She looks at the clock and asks about it. I try explaining to her that it is "In a really, really long time. So very long Lyric. Not today, not tomorrow. We still have dance class, and Harmony, and church, and lots of other things to do before we go." I decided to do something fun to try to help her. Yesterday, we made the little paper links. I told her that we take one off everyday and on the last one is the day that we leave! She was very excited about it and I sure hope it helps!

Pax and Pey

As Paxton is getting a little older, he is showing a lot more interest in Peyton. Last week I had her at my house for a few hours. She found two binkies in my room. She sat by Paxton and they were entertained for a good twenty minutes! She would put one in her mouth and one in his, then she would take them out and switch. It was too cute to watch.

Sort Of

I wouldn't say that Paxton is officially holding his own bottle quite yet. He'll do it sometimes, and even then he'll drink a little and then start biting and playing with it. Still though, for me, this is a good thing. Times when I am trying to pump while feeding him a bottle, can feel a little impossible! This feels so young because Lyric didn't start holding her own bottle until she was 11 months!

AHHHH!

I cannot find these chips anywhere! They are literally my favorite chip! I have been to five stores trying to find them. I see every other flavor of baked chip except these. I don't even see the slot where they would normally be. Are they really getting rid of this flavor? I would be so sad. My search shall continue!

Some Days

Let me just preface this by saying that I love my daughter to death! On that note, some days I feel like I am riding a psychotic rollercoaster with her all day long! I know all kids go through moods and fazes, but there are some that I wouldn't mind fast forwarding through! These past few weeks, Lyric has been EXTRA trying. She is defiant in every way humanly possible, and will not listen no matter what I tell her the consequence will be. Whether it's meal time, clean up time, getting dressed time, doing hair time, or just breathing oxygen time, she finds some way to get my blood boiling at a rather high temperature. I really try to take the patient route. I was not blessed with an abundance of it, but I really try to use what I have! I think her and I just have an emotional mother daughter connection and she knows what knobs turn up the heat!

I know that she has had a hard time with Mike being gone for school. She is not used to going days in a row without seeing him. Today I looked at her and said, "Lyric, what is wrong? Why are you so say?" She said, "I just want my daddy." That nearly broke my heart. This evening they are going on a little date together. I figured they could get some much needed one on one time!

Soon this will pass and I will be looking back wondering why this faze felt so hard, especially compared to the teenage years!

7 Months

Jamie got this CUTE outfit in Hawaii!! Don't mind his belly hanging out,

I forgot to do the bottom button.

Let's try this again! Somehow, my post got deleted!

Paxton is seven months today. Here are a few bits about him.

-He still despises babyfood and wants the "real" stuff. Yesterday, I gave him a scrambled egg yolk and he inhaled it!

-He has two bottom teeth.

-He is STILL in our room. Kindergarten will be my cutoff!

-He makes a "dadadada" sound.

-He has yet to roll over.

-He does this thing with his hands, my mom says it looks like he is driving a Harley! It's really funny.

-He loves putting his hand up to his mouth and making that noise all babies make.

I just love this baby. He is such a happy, easy going guy, so far! He could sit and be entertained all day by Lyric. She absolutely mesmorizes him! I love this 7-9 month phase. I want to hit the pause button and savor it!

Hula Girl

Jamie brought back this cute hula outfit from Hawaii. She actually took a picture of Lyric, Jordyn, and Lexi all in them yesterday. Lyric absolutely loves it! She wanted to sleep in it, but I told her she could put it on when she woke up. Sure enough, she put it on this morning and it probably won't come off until bedtime!

Cursed

My blogging has been pathetically non-existent these past two weeks. I have no valid excuse, except my terrible luck with cameras. Mike likes to tease me about intentionally ruining things so I can get new ones! That's not really what happens, I just don't seem to have good luck. For instance, I am on my fifth vacuum and we haven't quite been married five years!

Back in November, my mom was so nice and let me use her camera when we went to Disneyland. Well, after borrowing it for a few months, she said I could have it. About three weeks of officially owning it, it broke! No joke, one day it decided to only have the lense pop out partially, and the next day, nada, zip, nothing! It won't turn on at all. I tried taking it back to Costco, but they have a 90 day policy with electronics. I was bummed! I wish my little money tree had some Benjamins ripe and ready to pick off and buy a new camera!!!

Rubberband Man

At church, I teach the five year olds. This is my first year doing so. The past two years I have taught 11 and 12 year olds. It has been a fun experience so far. I also enjoy having Jordyn in my class! You can just see their minds ticking and I love hearing the things they have to say. Yesterday, I had Paxton with me during singing time. I was sitting with my class and he was on my lap. My class loves to play with him and analyze every part of him. Why are his feet so small? Why are his hands so small? Why is he putting that in his mouth? They always ask a million questions. So, one of little girls was looking at his hands and asked, "What does he have inside there?" She was referring to the crease between his hand and wrist. I laughed and said, "He's a chunky boy so that is just his skin, there's nothing in there, it's a roll!" Oh, to live a day inside the mind of a five year old!