buh bye!

Jaxon has been perfecting his pageant wave as well as clapping the last few months and loves to show off at almost any one who looks in his direction! Last weekend we discovered that if you say "YAY!" he will clap. Today we also notice that when you say "Buh-Bye" he waves! He's hilarious because he totally stops whatever he is doing, waves, and then starts back up with whatever he was doing!

I know it's little but it was so cute. He is also has discovered splashing and how to push open our bedroom door (that doesn't latch). He is adorable!

Nothing much is new except I'm looking into becoming a medical transcriptionist. It would allow me to work AND stay home which would be absolutely great! I'm just looking into it at this point but it's looking promising!

Perfect Dinner

Does anyone else look on their Pinterest and make their dream dinner? I never have all the stuff in my kitchen to make things on a whim (our kitchen is SUPER SUPER tiny, with no storage) but here is what I would consider a perfect night:

Appetizer - Zucchini Oven Chips

Main - Chicken Gyros

Dessert - Dr. Pepper Cupcakes w/ butterbeer to drink

I would probably have a heart attack after this meal but what a way to go!!!!!

FIRST WORDS!

So Jaxon has always been a "talker". He is one of those babies who loves to hear the sound of his voice. Even when he was a newborn the whole time he was awake, asleep, eating, or anything he was constantly making noise. He has mastered many sounds. He had ba, da, ra, ga, go, do, dob, bob, etc.

About a week and a half ago, he started saying mamamamama. I figured it was just a new sound even though my heart jumped when he started because you dream your whole life of hearing that sound. I figured at first he didn't know what he was doing, just making noise like usual. Then I started noticing that when I left the room instead of whining he would go "MoM.... mama... mom!!" and I got a little suspicious.

I asked my friend when I went to her house what she thought as he was making the sounds. She said she thought he knew what he was saying because he was looking right at me while he was in the jumper she had at her house and saying "Mama!".

Then finally the other day, daddy was holding him and he was being quiet. He looked right at me, reached out his arms to me and said "Mama" and smiled.

YAY!!!

He has recently started saying "dada" but I don't think he has connected it with David just yet. For now, I am very happy that he knows who I am and that I have a name. It is so sweet to hear his little voice say "mama".

Big Boy Bath!

Jaxon had his FIRST big boy bath today. He did SO good and liked it A LOT better than he does in his baby tub. He thought splashing was GREAT and loved having free reign.

He loves to drink the water in the tub and tried to drink it right out of the spout. Besides trying to drown himself constantly with the faucet while the tub filled up he did GREAT!

ANOTHER UPDATE: We have a scooter! He is so close to crawling. He honestly wants to skip crawling and go straight to running but were really working hard with him to start walking first. Go Baby Go!!

Picture Perfect

Jaxon's Preferred Method of Dining

What Dog Blankie????


Someone Got Caught Stealing Nana's Visor!


This Is How You Put This Sucker In Right?


Play Mats Are Not Always for Babies!

Back to reality

It has been a CRAZY summer. I can't believe I didn't blog about ANY of it. I'll do a short catch up.

In the beginning of July we went on vacation to Gatlinburg Tennessee. David's parents have a time share and went up Sunday after church. We left right after David got off work Thursday and joined them. Then we got a a night to ourselves since they left early (with Jax) and let us have some alone time. We missed our baby a lot but it was definitely worth some alone time.

We had one week off and then Jaxon and I went to Florida with the women in David's family for TWO weeks! David was NOT happy especially since Jaxon grew up so much those two weeks. He REALLY started interacting more, learned to roll, started solid foods, and became a real busy body! We enjoyed the beach but were SO happy to be home.

August was pretty laid back and we started recovering from our previous travels. I started planning Jessie's baby shower and also planned ANOTHER trip to Pennsylvania to see my brother.

Now It's September and we are enjoying the fall weather! Jaxon LOVES being outside and loves playing in the grass and leaves. I love that I can take him out at noon and not worry about him (or me) getting soaked in sweat!

I LOVE fall because that means winter is coming and I cannot wait to have my first winter with my little boy in my arms. He's learning to crawl right now and has started scooting backwards! He decided to sit up at 5 months so he's been progressing right on track!

He loves to laugh and is learning to squeal. Sadly he sounds like a girl but I just LOVE it when he gets that excited. He also Flaps his arms like a penguin when he's excited and rubs his feet together at the same time. Just imagine this little chipmunk of a boy squealing on the couch while flapping like a penguin and rubbing those little feet. He looks SO stinking cute. I'll try to get a video.

Anyways that's us for now! I'll post pictures next post. I'm going to try to make this a weekly thing :)

I need some opinions..

So I have been noticing pretty much since birth that Jax does not sleep like normal babies and wanted some opinions. Newborns normally sleep ALL the time and he seemed to be the exception but it was definitely a schedule I could work with. He started sleeping through the night at 5 weeks so I am lucky in that department but I don't think he sleeps as much as he should. So far from the research I've done, a regular 3 month old's nap schedule looks approximately like this-

REGULAR CHILD:

Nap around 10:00 am for around 1.5-2 hours

Long nap around 1:30-2 pm for around 2-2.5 hours

Nap around 5:00 pm for around an hour

Bed time around 9 or 10 with a few wake ups depending on the baby

JAXON'S SCHEDULE

Jaxon rarely takes naps. He sleep from about 10:30 pm till about 6:45 am and plays in his crib by himself till 7:30

He'll take one or two, thirty minute naps through out the day and about an hour and a halfnap around 2:00 pm. He just doesn't seem to sleep. He amuses himself really well so I can get SOME things done but I hate just letting him lay on a blanket on the floor or in his crib or swing...

Does this seem abnormal to anyone else? I'm not trying to keep him up so he'll sleep longer at night (although I have heard of women doing that) because I know he'll get over tired and not sleep well. He may just be a kid that doesn't sleep a lot but I thought I would ask around and get some opinions.

I just thought 3 month olds slept more!! :)