On the move...

Dax started crawling today! I had just finished re arranging our basement to make more room for everyone to play. We were sitting down on the foam mats playing when you got up on all fours and made a couple crawling movements. I just so happened to have had the video camera rolling for the very first crawl!! I thought that was pretty cool and I was so excited. As much as mommy's not really a fan of having your hands all over the floors.......I love watching you grow and experience the world at a different view. It makes me so happy and blessed to know you are developing normally and healthy, and crawling just happens to be one of those developmental stages!!

Well let the crawling and dirty hands begin :)

Mr. Independent!!

The last few weeks Grayden has made HUGE accomplishments and has grown SO MUCH!

First of all you we got you back to falling asleep all on your own. It took one rough night but the next day you understood that mommy and Daddy can't be sleeping with you anymore. I took you to everyroom and pointed to everyones beds and said to you, "this is Graydens bed where he sleeps, this is Daxtin's bed where he sleeps, and this is mommy and daddy's bed where we sleep". I did that 3-4 times and you completely understood that and went to bed all on your own. After your bed time story and prayers we tuck you in give kisses and exchanges LOVE YOU'S and you watch us walk out the door!!!! We were so thrilled about this and we can't believe how easier life is just by that simple task.

Not only do you fall asleep on your own but ever since we stoped falling asleep with you, you don't wake up in the middle of the night anymore!!! YAAAHHOOOO............... You have ALWAYS ALWAYS waken up in the night since the day you were born, so that was a LOONNNGG time coming!

Last but CERTAINLY not least I think its safe to say you are OFFICIALLY potty trained!!!!
The only twerk is you have to be naked LoL. We started potty training you when you when you just turned 2 by sitting you on the potty every so often (sometimes you went, most of the time not) To be honest it was extremely difficult to be that committed to something and persistent with you with a brand new baby. Not only that but it was summer and we were always gone which makes that even more difficult so we never pushed it. If you didn't want to try to go on the potty we never forced you. Then all of a sudden out of the blue you had your pull up off and daddy was in the shower and you hopped on the potty and shouted, "daddy I poo poo" it was only a pee but thats what you call both. We were so thrilled (as any parent can imagine) and that was it. As long as I keep you out of a diaper you feel when you have to go and grab my hand to the potty. Sometimes you don't even let me know you have to go and I'll walk by and your sitting on the potty. I bought some Tigger underwear to see if that would still get you to the potty and I explained, "make sure and go pee on the potty because we don't want to pee on Tigger and make him sad" .........it didn't work!

I figure he'll get so used to that feeling of knowing when he has to go and rushing to the potty that eventually he'll get it and want to go even if he had underwear on. So In the mean time I've got a bottomless 2 year old running around the house..........AS LONG AS I DONT HAVE TO CHANGE THOSE MESSY DIAPERS AGAIN .........it works for me :)

Not only has he done all these crazy grown up stuff lately, but he has become CRAZY independent!! He has to (DEMANDS to) do everything on his own and by HIMSELF. Things like hanging up your coat, ( even insists on putting it on the hanger by himself) putting soap on your hands, turning water on, getting your own fork, getting onto the potty. etc, etc, etc, etc........
I love seeing you be so independent and its so cute to see you do certain thing all by yourself but at the same time it can be so frustrating at times. As a parent you are so quick to jump in to help them and when there not doing something right you want to correct them. It's been hard for me to learn to sit back and let you do things on your own and trust that you will figure it out eventually. I am learning not to be so quick to jump in. Im learning I need to let you make mistakes, therefore you'll learn from them on your own. Im just learning to let you be the big boy you want to be :)

I love you so much Grayden! I can't believe how much you have grown over the last few weeks and how proud I am to be your mommy!
Love you so so much big boy
xoxoxo
Mommy

Daxtin is 8 months old!

4 more months and I have a one year old!!! Are you kidding??

Daxtin you are huge LoL.....You are getting so big and more beautiful everyday! I love how alert and aware you are about everything around you.
Whats new with you?
Well we no longer have to worry about you sitting and falling over. You can sit up from laying on your back on your own and also get on all fours (the crawling position...uh oh) I'm sure you will be crawling in the next couple of weeks and to be honest I am NOT looking forward to this stage. I was not fond of the crawling stage with your brother at all. I think its adorable seeing you on all fours and the fact that its the only way you can get to point A to B, but I can't stand knowing your hands are walking around on dirty floors all the time and these days everything goes in your mouth including those dirty fingers :)

For now You roll and scoot yourself where ever you want to go but no crawling yet. Im sure in the next couple of weeks I will have a crawling baby!!

You got your first cold this month :( It was only for 2-3 days (thank goodness) I don't know what I would do without Saline drops!!!! You poor thing couldn't even eat in the middle of the night when you were hungry because your nose was so stuffed up.
You sleep the same but are now taking regular naps. still 3-4 naps during the day.
I have been a slacker in the food department but at the same time I didn't want to be giving you solids while you were under the weather. So you've been on just mommy's milk for the last 2 weeks.

Did I mention you are a HUGE mommy's boy just like your older brother was (still is) You can be the happiest and content baby when someone else is watching you but as soon as I walk into the room or you see me, you immediately start crying until I come see you. You have taken to a bottle really well which is amazing considering you never use one. Its good to know that the few times I leave you for more than three hours that I always have that option.

You are such a good baby and are always smiling. Your smile just lights up my life everytime I see it. You are such a blessing in my life and I love you more than you could EVER know!
Happy 8th month

-Mommy xoxoxo

Go Grayden Go

So this is going to be a really short post but I just HAD to blog about it since it is indeed a journal for me but Grayden went to the potty all by himself last night! YYYAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!

Mommy was changing Daxtin, and Daddy was in the shower. You walked right into the bathroom while daddy was showering hopped yourself onto the big potty all by yourself and went pee!
OMGosh we were so ecstatic! Daddy jumped out of the shower to come tell me and we both immediately stopped what we were doing to jump around the house with you. LoL WE WERE SO HAPPY!!
You did it again this morning and I am just PRAYING that this is it, that you have FINALLY figured it out on your own :) I am one PROUD mommy over here!

GOOD JOB GRAY, Mommy is so proud of you

White Rock 2010

We decided to take the opportunity to go visit Nana, Papa and Uncle Kaden this summer for almost 2 weeks since We didn't have to watch Jonah for the entire month of August! Daxtin had never met Uncle Kaden and Graden and I hadn't seen Kaden for over a year so it was sure nice to see him!!

Almost every afternoon we would walk or take the bus down to the beach. That beach would have to be the ultimate play area for you (and more me) There aren't many places you can take a toddler and just let them run free as far as they want. But we can do that there. It's the ultimate play place for any boy. Mommy sits in the sand with Dax and you go off on your own (with a couple dinosaurs of course) and your imagination takes off. I love to sit there and watch you play as you trap your dinos in the sea weed, dig them in the sand, stomp them on other kids sand castles, or just watching you run through all the puddles pretending to be a dinosaur and chase after all the birds. I wonder what goes through that little mind of yours and what you are saying to yourself. Do you really believe you are a dinosaur? Do you believe you are actually in the jungle? How I would love to be in my childs mind for a few minutes sometimes. It is so fascinating for me to watch you at play. I feel so peaceful over there in white rock sitting on that beach!! I miss you already!!

Mom and Dad sure spoil you both (and me) when we go. They would take you in the morning while Dax and I slept in and take you out for breakfast and probably treats galore :) We went and picked wild black berries in the back yard and some blue berries. ( you loved this) One of the days we went to pick Papa up from work and I loved watching the joy and pride in Papa's face as he showed you both off two off to all his co-workers :) That was fun!

Every part of me wishes and hopes that one day soon my mom and dad will get there butts back home, but a part of me will always miss that opportunity of having that beach around the corner to come visit whenever we wanted FREE ROOM AND BOARD! Of course we would much rather them live back home. Saying that we can only go to Nana and Papas house ONCE A YEAR sounds ridiculous!!!!

It was a nice vacation for us and even though we sure wished Daddy was there to share it with us we had a blast!
Hopefully we can ALL go next summer. LOVE YOU NANA AND PAPA

Grayden is 2 1/2 Years old!

Photo by- Tiffany Matson

Its been a few months since I've done an update on Grayden! He has grown and changed so much. I cant beleive in 6 months from today I will have a THREE year old. One year, and two years are ok but to say I will have a three year old is just crazy! But thas how it goes and Im sure I will say the same thing next year.

Graydens speech has improved so much since the last time Ive updated. He has started to say sentences now and has a pretty large vocab.
HIs very first sentence to me was " Mommy, Dinosaur all gone"
some other favorite sentences of Grayden are "umm mommy, i poopie" "mommy i eat" (when your hungry) and your most recent " ride,ride,ride, the dinosaur train....choo choo" LoL You LOVE dinosaurs and trains. I started to keep track the other day on how many times you say dinosaur in a day and I lost count at 61 and it was only the afternoon. Everything is DDIINNOOSSAAUURRR. I'll ask you to say hi to people......and you say "hi.....dinosaur"
if you dont have a dinosaur you walk around the house saying" dinosaur all gone" until you find one. You are one obsessed boy with your dinosaurs!

You love animals and you love to copy the sounds they make (you make a MEAN horse imitation) You love to go on walks and just be outside for that matter, You are such an adventure boy and you love to play independently. It amazes me and brings me so much joy to watch you play and use that BIG imagination of yours. You love to get into the dirt, bushes and trees with your dinosaurs as if you are in the jungle or something. You love water and of course getting muddy and dirty. A TRUE BOY in every sense of the word.

We started potty training you and it started to go pretty good but we are at a stand still right now. You refuse to go but if one of us goes before you, you want to BE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE and most of the time you will go. in the beginning you were doing so good. Everytime I put you on the potty you would ususally always go. #2 is a different story. That will take some time I guess but to be honest this summer we have been so busy going everywhere that we haven't been able to be persistent with you so as of now potty training is at a stand still. You will go evey once in a while when I put you on the potty but sometimes you will SCREAM so I don't want to push it.

You used to be the BIGGEST eater but that has slowed down a lot. (just not growing as fast I guess) You hardly ever touch your dinner these days (you have maybe 5 or 6 bites) It depends on the meal I guess. Usually you have one meal during that day that you eat really good but the rest you nibble or have a few bites. You are a lot pickier than you used to be. You love your fruit amd eat lots of it....just pickier when it comes to veggies and certain meals mommy makes.

As far as sleeping goes you are usually in bed by 8:30. You usually ALWAYS wake up at least once in the middle of the night for whatever reason but you go right back once we come in and give you a kiss or lay with you for a bit. For a while there we were able to put you to bed and just give you a kiss and walk out and you would roll over and put your self to sleep but then you started teething again and that all changed. So for now we lay with you but we have to break that habbit here soon so its alot easier for mommy and daddy. You usually wake up about 7am and run into my room for some big snuggles and sometimes if im lucky you fall back to sleep for half an hour or so. Even though mommy can't stand those early mornings sometimes, I look forward to our morning snuggles everyday! I just love laying there with each one of my little boys on either side of me. Usually Dax is still asleep or nursing when you come in and you can't help but say hi to him every morning. You run in and cuddle me and learn over and say (sometimes scream) "HHHIIII BABY DAX" or "HI Daxtin" as you tickle his little belly!
-Moments mommy will never forget!

you are incredibly busy and are always on the go. I don't dare take you or your brother ANYWHERE by myself because I know I will loose you or quite possibly your brother. You are such a sweet and very sensitive little boy. You are so loving and kind and giving. You love cuddling but only in the mornings and after naps so I like to soak those up. You love to give kisses and whenever you give a kiss you always say " LUB YOU" You love to dance and be goofy and I will always remember our little free styles in the kitchen listening to the radio. (They are the best)

Some days I sit back and look at you and just cant believe or wrap my mind around the fact that YOU ARE MINE, you are my 2 year old that came from both me and your dad! Ir's amazing and GETS ME EVERY-TIME!
I have so many precious memories with you already and I cannot imagine the wonderful memories to come!!

Mommy LOVES you Grayden more than anything!!!
Happy 2 1/2 Birthday!!
xoxo
Mommy

7 months old!

Geezzz Dax........You are getting so big and discovering the world around you so fast.

This month you started to say "Mamma" I LOVE IT. You also seem to know your name. You are very chatty these days and usually end off you babbels with a LOUD screetching scream. Sorta like nails on a chalkboard :)

You are rolling all over the place now and sitting up all by yourself, I still always have a pillow or somthing soft behind you just incase but for the most part you are just fine on your own. If you want someone to pick you up or if someone is holding you and you want someone else you reach out to them to be picked up.

You absolutely LOVE your brother and you love to watch and play with him. You love to laugh at him as much as he loves making you laugh. It is music to my ears to hear you two laughing and eachother, ITS A BEAUTIFUL THING and I can only imagine the feeling watching you two ACTUALLY playing together.

you sleep pretty good these days but still not throug the night. (Does that ever happen) You usually get extrememly cranky if your not in bed by 10pm. You usually wake up once for a feeding aound 2am and once for a diaper change around 5pm and another quick feeding. Your are waking up at about 7am but you dont stay up for very long beofre you need your first of many naps for the day. (usually an hour after you wake up) You have about 4-5 naps during the day.

You really seem to enjoy your solids! You get really excited when you see mommy getting it ready for you but im not sure which part you get more excited about...the food or the spoon?? The last week or so we haven't been persistant on your baby food as we have been in Vancouver for the last week. some days you'll go without any baby food but im hoping to get back on a routine once we get home and I hope to get a bunch made into ice cubes and ready to go once we get home.

We went to Vancouver to visit Nana and Papa which means you went on your first Airplane ride this month. Some other firsts.........., you went to the beach and were in the ocean for the first time, You had your fist taste of ICE CREAM!!! Papa snuck you a couple tastes of Gelato ice cream BAD PAPA!! You were very unhappy when I caught him in the act.

I have also discovered that you LOVE to watch TV. We are not TV watchers but every once in a while we have a family movie night and you could just sit there and stare through the whole thing if you didn't always fall asleep to it.

Your eyes are pretty close to being completely brown, or hazel ??...Not sure yet but the blue is almost gone!
You are ridiculously cute Daxtin and you are such a poser. Whenever mommy gets out the camera and does anything to make you smile you look right at me with this absolutely adorable look. You are going to be one good looking boy!

I love you Daxtin and Happy 7 month birthday!!!
xoxoxo
mommy

Walking with Dinosaurs

Today you had a "father and son" date and went to see the WALKING WITH DINOSAURS spectacular and the saddle-dome!! I SOOO wish I could have been there to see all your reactions but I had to stay home with Dax. At the same time I think it was so fun for you to hang out with just your dad.

You had sooo much fun daddy said and it was probably the happiest day of your life. You were so excited when you got home to tell me all about it and how the dinosaur pooped. LoL

Daddy spoiled you rotten and bought you a dinosaur stuffy, a dinosaur tail you can wear, and a poster for your room. You talked about it for days and loved watching the vidoes over and over.
What a fun day and memory you had today with your dad :)
xoxo

Fun weekend at the lake!

We went up to the lake for the first time in what seems like forEVER! It was so much fun and Grayden had his first tube ride :)
Pat took out the pontoon boat so everyone could be out on the water to relax and Troy took the speed boat out so everyone could go tubing. It was such a great day out in the water and my babies were so good!

Grayden you are fearless and willing to do or try anything. You couldn't wait to go on the tube. You were dead tired and almost fell asleep during your ride so we kept it short and you fell fast a sleep once we got back on the pontoon boat. Daxtin fell asleep as soon as the boat started to move (typical baby) Mommy even had her first tube ride in 3 years! Whenever we've gone to the lake I've either been pregnant or I have fussy babies so I haven't had the chance. I forgot how much fun it was!

Once every one had a few turns on the tube Pat brought out the jet ski. You didn't hesitate to go on that either. You wanted on that thing again and again:) You are one brave boy Grayden! Well that was a fun weekend and one that we'll have to repeat soon....... it was too much fun!

Heres some pics at our weekend at the lake.

6 Months old!

I can't believe my little guy is half a year already! It's insane to think that in another 6 months we will be celebrating his first birthday!

Well this was a month full of accomplishments:) You finally learned to roll over but you could care less. You roll over to your back when we put you on your tummy and thats how you stay. You hate to play on your tummy!
You learned to sit all by yourself. I still have to have padding all around you if I can't be RIGHT next to you because you do fall back every now and again but for the most part when you want to stay sitting you can.

We started you on solids this month. Let the baby food making begin !!!!! I love making your own food knowing that I control exactly what goes in the food you are eating leaving all the nutrients in tact but I'm not a fan of the time it takes to make it. It was a lot easier when I didn't have a 2 year old demanding attention all the time. BUT its worth it to me knowing you are getting all the more nutrients you were intended to get from natural food. You get so jealous when you see us eating and you love to suck on mommies apple when Im eating it. So far you have tried rice cereal, banana, avocado, mangos, and apples.

You are still a good sleeper and I think we've gotten into a routine as far as sleeping goes. You have about 4-5 hr naps a day. A couple of those are a couple hours at least but the times you need them have been pretty consistent lately which is nice for me to be aware of. You LOVE you sue and have been able to grab it and put it in your own month since you were 4 months old. You LOVE to grab at everything right now!

You are sleeping pretty good still. You go to bed around 9:30pm and wake up around 2am for a quick feeding and then around 6 for a diaper change and feeding. Usually you stay awake for an hour almost exactly and go back to bed at 7am and sleep until 11. Sometimes you get up at 7 or 8 but not on your terms. Grayden LOVES to wake you up for whatever reason and then it sorta messes with your sleeping routine.

You are still as happy as ever and usually only fuss for 3 reasons (full diaper, hungry, or sleepy) if all three are taken care of you are a gem! I have noticed in the last week that you may be starting the teething process. The drooling and the chewing have begun!

Well Dax you are so amazing and you are such a blessing in so many ways. We absolutely adore you and can't imagine our lives with out love!
HAPPY MONTH BIRTHDAY
XOXOXO
MOMMY
Your not a fan of rolling over :) but you can sit by yourself no problem.
I am so blessed to have had such amazing good babies! You are such an angel

Trouble..Trouble

The last month and half Grayden you have been such a little monkey!!.....GETTING INTO EVERYTHING and making a HUGE mess! I don't know what has gotten into you these last couple of weeks, but man!!! Here are a few pics of what Grayden has been up to this month!!!!!!
LoL


This had to have been the worst! Daddy left some paint cans on the stairs so that next time he went down there he would remember to put them in the storage room. well they ended up staying there for a few days and I was down stairs on the couch nusing Daxtin. Grayden was playing with his dionosaurs around the corner and I heard him climb a couple of stairs but he was being oh so quiet and playing so good with his dinosaurs (so I thought) After about 10 minutes he was just being WAY TO QUIET so I put Dax down and turned to corner to find Grayden at the top of the stairs covered in chocolate brown paint head to toe painting my walls and dipping his dinosaurs in the paint.


This happend only a few short days later! Grayden got into the pantry and grabbed the cheerio box and dumped the entire thing on my living room floor!

First time on solids :)

Dax tried solids for the first time today! He did such a good job and I've never met a boy thats been more ready for PEOPLE food :)
Every night at supper your eyes are GLUED on to whatever we are eating and I want so badly to just give you a BITE. Just a bit longer love, for now we just have to settle with your pureed brown rice. LoL

Happy 5th month Dax

Daxtin you are 5 months old and you are more adorable then ever in every way! You are AMAZING and mommy can't get enough of you. You are so sweet and HAPPY all the time and you just have such a special spirit about you. I am going to miss this stage so much and its going by so fast. I can never say that enough how fast this is all going!!! MY BABIES ARE GROWING UP......

So what is new with Dax?

The best part about being a mom of 2 boys is wathching you two interact with eachother. Grayden has fallen in love with his little brother and calls you "my baby" he loves to get in your face and make you laugh, or when he hears you crying he looks at me and says " oh no baby" and runs to where ever you are and gives you your sue to make you happy. It is amazing watching you two play together and I can just imagine what it will be like to watch you ACTUALLY play, but watching you two laugh together for now is music to my ears and I could listen to it all day! You love to laugh at your brother! You love to play and interact with anybody! Your laugh is so contagious and adorable.

You weight just over 17lbs and you are now 27 inches long your head circumference is 43. You are a big boy just like your brother was:)

We have another mommas boy on our hands here!!!! You LOVE LOVE your mommy !! When ever someone else is holding you or when ever I set you down to do something and you see me walk by or just our eyes making contact you start to fuss and wimper a bit because you want mommy to hold you. It is so sweet :)

You still haven't rolled over you stinker :) LoL that is fine with me. I know soon enough I will miss the days when you stayed where I put you so take as long as you want :)

I can't get over how blessed I am to have you in my life. You have got to be the happiest baby in the world and you are just sooooooo good! You are such a precious boy and I can only imagine the sweet little boy you will become :)
Mommy loves you more than you could ever know!
xoxoxo
Mommy

TOY STORY 3!!

We took Gray to his first MOVIE THEATRE experience and saw Toy Story 3 !! It was in 3-D and of course he refused to wear the glasses. But it was fun to do as a family non the less. Auntie Sasha's work rented out a theatre and invited family to come and we were able to go up to the kiosk and order WHATEVER WE WANTED. Yup, we could have all the candy, popcorn, and drinks we wanted. It was so fun!!! Dax was so good as usual and let everyone watch the movie. I had to do a quick butt change but everyone in the theatre would have no idea we had a baby with us.
What a fun day!

Happy 4th month Daxtin

Daxtin is 4 months old today and getting bigger and bigger by the minute!
He has changed so much this month its crazy! You can fully support your neck and your back! You have found your feet and love to grab at things (partiicularly your goods) LoL.....diaper changes are so frustrating with you! As soon as we take off your diaper you IMMEDIATELY grab for the goods over and over again..... it looks painful so we have to have two peopel change you or else its pretty difficult to tie your hands down and change you at the same time!

You are such a good sleeper. You usually fall asleep for bed around 9:30/10Pm and you are put in your crib. You wake up around 3am and back to bed until everyone else gets up. I usually bring you back to bed with me because I nurse you and usually fall asleep but sometimes I have the energy to put you back in your crib for the rest of the night. This month you also stoped needing changed during the night. After you eat your right back to sleep and dont complain. Most of the time your diaper feels completely empty as if you don't even go to the bathroom in the night.

Days are getting alot easier with you now that your a little more independent. I can sit you in your bumbo and you watch me cook dinner. You like to just lay on the floor and explore the enviroment around you. Your brother and the day home kids can capture your attention for a while. So its been a little easier for me lately.

You caught your first cold this month too :( You just had a congested nose and a bit of a cough that bothered you at night.

You are such a happy baby!! You love to smile and to giggle and you are so much fun to play with. You love to be interacted with and hate feeling like your alone in the room. If someone walks away from you, You start to cry and its the sadest cry in the world. You love to be held and cuddled! I love that too :)

Gray's first stomach flu and Daxtins first Cold :(

This week has been though already not having daddy around to help. Daddy went to florida for a week with unle Troy just before he starts his new job! It was my idea in the beginning and totally supported it and the week would have been fine with out him if the boys didnt get sick but it turned out to be one of the most exhausting weeks ever!! What are the chances that the one week out of the whole year Cody is gone Gray gets his first stomach flu and Dax gets his first cold????? WHAT THE HECK!! Grandma took Gray for the day on Wednesday and by the afternoon Gray was vomiting and in the middle of the night had diarrhea. It was a blessing in disguise that we had planed a sleep over that night because if I had him for the night I think i would have about died. That was Graydens first EVER sleepover!! yep at over 2 years old he had his first sleepover at grandmas.

It was horrible to think I wasn't with him when he was so sick but I honestly know I probably would have had a melt down if I was up all night dealing with it along with getting up with Dax. I was already exhausted by Wednesday with out Cody that it would have thrown me over the edge.

I took Gray to the docs in the afternoon and then brought him back home with me. He was laying around all day and sleeping here and there when he felt like it. He had a few diapers of diarrhea and at about 2am he through up again. It was an exhausting night but I was lucky to have tara-lynns help. I came down with a really high fever that night and I was so worried about Dax catching it.

By Friday I was so mentally exhausted with all the worry with my boys and obviously physically exhausted i was so ready for Cody to be home. When I saw him I ran outside to give him a hug and it just hit me...I broke down and It was just a big outpour of RELIEF!! I haven't been that drained in a long time!! LoL and Im so glad to have him home !! That won't happen again when our babies are so young LoL...We both learned our lesson.

Daddy built you a playground!

Well we got a really good tax return this year and with some of the money we decided to buy the kids a play ground for our backyard. We were so excited to buy it and daddy was so excited to put it together! He did such a good job and with a lot of patience and hard work he had this thing built in a week! He had a little help from Uncle rylann and Alex but he pretty much built it all by himself. Daddy is so proud and so is mommy! You LOve it so much and its so nice to have our very own playground in our very own backyard. Dax will get use out of it in a month or so when he can go on the swings. It was either a trampoline or the playground and since we are now so far from the playground we decided to go with that. If we had a trampoline you all couldn't go on at the same time and with the playground you all can be doing somthing at the same time and we figured we get way more use out of it. The day home kids love it too and that makes my life soooo much easier :)

Here are some pics of our playground :)

3 months old

Daxtin is three months old! I can't believe how happy you make your mommy and daddy! You are SUCH a good baby!
You are almost double your birth weight now! I can't beleive just 3 months ago you were half your size :(

You had a 3 month checkup today and weighed 14.97Lbs and you are 25" long. Head circumference was 15.75"

What is new with Daxtin? You are an AMAZING sleeper! You go to bed around 10-10:30 and usually dont wake up until 6. You feed and do a quick bum change and were back to bed until usually 10am. You are such a happy boy just like your brother and only cry when you need or want something. I'm used to this "mom" thing so I figure it out pretty quick.
You are such a smiley baby and are always SO happy in the mornings and are all smiles after every nap. You love to play patty cake or anything with your hands and feet for that matter. You just lay there smiling and giggling. That is one thing your brother never did at this point. We could never get a giggle out of him for months. You've had a little giggle for a couple months now!

You love to be naked and you put a huge smile on your face everytime we start taking off your clothes :) You are truly the happiest baby!

It's funny how you are warned before the second one comes along by just about EVERYONE at how difficult it can be with 2 and I remember saying to myself, "what's one more diaper", "what's one more feeding" etc etc.....Oh my goodness I could have NEVER imagined how hard it has been at times! I am even so lucky to have my husband at home 24/7 on parental leave to help me out and it's still feels overwhelming at times. It's hard to imagine how I would handle them by myself. Cudos to all the single moms out there! I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT!!!! It will get alot easier when Dax is a little more independent but right now is tough trying to carry him around and have a demanding 2 year old pulling on your finger all day long and is ALWAYS on the GO!

Daxtin, you are such a gem! You are so perfect in everyway and I feel blessed beyond measure to have you in my life. You have brought me unbelievable joy and I cant wait to watch you grow and develop your own unique personality!
Mommy loves you to pieces


xoxo Mommy

Daxtin is TWO months old!

I just finished reading Grayden's second month update and guess what....its pretty much the same as what I was going to write for Daxtins :) You are a lot like your brother was at this age.
You eat every 2-3 hours and you sleep really well. You definitely know your days and nights now. It's funny how you sleep so different from your naps compared to your "bedtime" sleep. During your naps you figit alot but when you fall asleep to go to "BED" you are completely OOUUTT! You even look different so I always know when you are ready for BED. You are a pretty good sleeper! We usually go to bed around 11 and you don't wake up until 5:30-6am so you give mommy a good 5 hour stretch of straight sleep. The odd time you get up twice but for the most part just once.

I was looking at Gray's 2nd month pictures and you looked so much alike but definitely have your differences!

We are on your first visit away from home right now. We decided to go to Drayton Valley this weekend. At this age your brother hated being away from home and knew when we weren't at home. You don't seem to care where you are!

You are now enjoying your baths like your brother did!
Your are getting so big Dax I can't even believe it! I can't wait to learn more about you and to watch your grow this year!
You are sooo loved!
Happy 2nd month birthday baby!
xoxox
Mommy