A CrAzY & EXCITING Weekend!

Jaxon wanted to graduate too.

Josh graduated from Sac State on Friday. Woo hoo! He is so glad to be done and he is ready to start his career. We are so proud of him and all his hard work that he has put into school, work and our family. We love you!!! On Friday we also celebrated my 24th birthday by going to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. It's my fav restaurant!

Then on Saturday we celebrated Josh's graduation with a party. It was awesome! Thanks to all that helped out. I don't know what I would have done without you. I also promised my primary class that I would bring gingerbread cookies for them on Sunday. So I stayed up till 2 in the morning making gingerbraed cookies and finishing my lesson. So much fun!

On Sunday we attended William Perryman's baby blessing. Thanks for inviting us Liz and Scott! William is so precious! We love you guys! We then had the opportunity to attend Josh's Aunt and Uncle's annual Christmas Gathering. It was great. The music was so beautiful. We had a really good time, especially Jaxon!

Jaxon worn out from our crazy and fun weekend.

Now it's Monday and I am so worn out. Time to clean my dirty home and reenergize before Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Who the heck is this scary guy?

Jaxon meeting santa for the first time. He could not keep his eyes off of him except for this one picture. All he wanted to do was stare and tug on santa's beard. Thank goodness it was real otherwise we would of ruined Christmas for a lot of kids.

We want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!!!

Busy Busy Busy Month!

Last month was one busy month. Thanksgiving with family, sick and teething baby, black friday @ 4 in the morning, family photos and Jaxon is 6 months.

Our little Thanksgiving Turkey!

He loves to sit like a big boy and play in his crib.

If you look closely you can see his buldging gums. No teeth yet.

Jaxon just chewing on his tongue.

I put this one on here just because I love the look on his little face.

Jaxon is now half a year old. We had his check up yesterday and he is one healthy boy. He weighs 20lbs 4oz and is 27in. He is my little chunky beast. Heis learning so much. He can sit without support. He is a little wobbley at times but he does really well. He is rolling all over the place. And he just started to say "ma ma". With lots of help from me. He doesn't know that thats the words for me yet but will get there. I just can't believe how much he has changed. I love this age. He is so much fun!

Jaxon has already experienced 2 colds just this last month. He got sick right after we got home from Disneyland. He was sick for about 2 1/2 weeks and then was fine for about a week and now has been sick again for about 2 weeks. Sick babies are so hard. I feel so bad because there is only so much you can do for a sick baby. On top of that we are in teething mode. Jaxon went from sleeping 12 hours @ night to waking up every couple of hours screaming. My poor baby! If anyone has any advice for me on teething babies, please tell!

Yes, I was a crazy that went shopping @ 4 in the morning on black friday. I didn't go for anything in particular. It has just become a tradition with my sisters and I. We just love all the hype and excitement. We had fun and we shopped until we dropped!

Fall Madness!!!

We Love DISNEYLAND!

Jaxon and I taking a picture with Dale.

The Fam taking a picture with pluto @ Goofy's Kitchen.



Jaxon and his first Mickey Mouse ears.





Jaxon after a long day in Disneyland.


Sisters! Courtney, Megan and I. I just love them!

Jaxon and Mommy @ Mickey's Trick-or-Treat Party.

Jaxon the Monkey and Daddy @ Mickey's Trick-or-Treat Party!

We went to Disneyland a couple of weeks ago with my whole family. There was 20 of us that went. We had a blast! Jaxon loved the rides and the characters. He was such a good boy the whole time. The last two weeks of October, California Adventures throws a Halloween party every night. You dress up in your costumes, trick-or-treat through the park and go to dance parties with all of the characters. It was tons of fun! We loved spending time with our family and we were so sad when it was time to go home. Disneyland we miss you but hopefully we will be back in April. :)



I am 5 months old!

Jaxon is now 5 months old and he is getting way too big way too fast. It makes me sad that he is growing so fast. But at the same time he is so much fun and he has so much personality already. After we got back from Disneyland, Jaxon got sick with a cold and a cough. I took him to the doctors because he kept tugging on his left ear and I was scared that he was getting an ear infection. Thank goodness he didn't have an ear infection but they did weigh my little beast and to my astonishment he weighed 18lbs 11oz. What happened to the 7lbs 14oz baby I had 5 months ago? We just love our little chunk so much!

My 1st Halloween!

Jaxon and his cousin Emma Belle.

Jaxon's cousin Cooper the racecar driver.

Our little family out trick-or-treating.

Jaxon and daddy taking a quick pic before bed.

I said I was ready for bed! What are you waiting for?

Jaxon all swaddled up and ready for bed. Yes this is how he sleeps every night. Well this is how he goes to bed every night. After awhile his little arms come out.

Yay for Halloween! Jaxon had a great first Halloween even though he has no clue whats going on and he won't remember it next year. Every year we go trick-or-treating with my family and we have a great time just relaxing, eating and then we are on our way going door to door for candy. This year it was raining so we only went to 10 house and still got tons of candy. There just aren't very many kids that go door to door tirck-or-treating. It's kind of sad. But we still had a good time.

Costume Fun!

Here are some pictures that my friend Katie took @ Bishops Pumpkin Patch. She always does an awesome job. And if you could only imagine trying to take pictures of 5 kids under the age of 4. Not to mention at Bishops Pumpkin Patch, when all the kids want to do is play. It's Hard Work! I just don't know how she does it. She always captures the best pictures. Thanks again Katie! You are the best!

This is my niece Emma as Snow White. She is just too cute!

This is my nephew Dylan. He makes one mean Pirate!

Here is Dylan(the pirate) with Kammy(Tinkerbell) Katie's daughter. They are best friends. They are just too cute together!

Here is Jaxon the Monkey!

We just love our little monkey.

And we finally get a smile! I guess he is just one serious monkey.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Josh when he was a baby.

Daddy and Jaxon

Happy Birthday to the best husband and daddy ever! Today we are celebrating Josh's 26th birthday. Josh, Jaxon and I are so grateful to have you in our lives. We are so grateful for all your hard work you put into your job and school to help make a better life for our family. We love when you come home from work and school and you are so happy to see us. We love your sense of humor, even though you can be a "clown fish" at times. We are grateful for your strong testimony and love for the gospel. We love your kindness and generosity. We love that you are so AWESOME! We love everything about you! You are more than we could have ever asked for. We hope you have a wonderful day! We love you so much!

Love, Catherine & Jaxon

4 Months!

Jaxon in his crib. Don't be fooled. He might be smiling here but right after we walked out of the room he was screaming his head off!

Jaxon in his jumperoo. He doesn't know what to do but he likes the horsey sounds it makes.

Look at all that Chub of Love!

Jaxon will be 4 months old on Sunday but we had his 4 month check-up today. He is weighing in @ 15 lbs 9 ounces and is 25 3/4 inches long. He is a chunk! But that just means more to LOVE! He is healthy besides a little cold. Which fortunately is just a runny nose.

Last week Josh and I decided that it was time to put Jaxon in his own room to sleep. We just couldn't take listening to him lift his legs up and slam them on his mattress all night. He just can't be still even at night. I didn't think he would have any problem sleeping in his own room. Boy was I wrong. He hated it! I was up every 2 hours with him screaming his head off. I also tried to stop swaddling him @ night in fear that his blanket would work it's way up over his head from all his kicking. That was also not a good idea. So the next day I went to Babies R' Us and bought the swaddle me blanket. What a life saver! This is the best invention if your child has to be swaddled @ night. Now Jaxon sleeps all night in his room all swaddled up from 9pm to 7am. Woo Hoo!!! He will probably have to be swaddled for the rest of his life.

Silly Baby and Back to Work!

I finally got Jaxon on video laughing! He is such a silly baby. He loves when Josh comes home from work and plays with him. Thats when he laughs the hardest. We just love his little personality.

Last week I started work again. I only work 2 days a week and for only 5 hours at a time. It is really nice to just get out of the house and also Josh gets some daddy and baby time with Jaxon.

3 months!

Yes, I am TURTLEY AWESOME!

This is mommy and daddy's maine man!

Jaxon's new trick!

Jaxon is 3 months old today. He is so much fun! He laughs a lot. I have tried to get it on video but as soon as he sees the camera he stops and stares. I was able to get a video of him grabbing his feet. He started playing with his feet last week and does it all day. When I go to get him in the morning he will just be relaxing in his crib and playing with his feet. We just love him and we love to watch him grow!

Getting so BIG!

Why so serious?

I can't even talk yet but I already love the YANKEES!

Jaxon loves his bumbo seat!

I guess I am due for a new post. I don't have a ton to write about besides how big Jaxon is getting. He is 11 weeks old today but he seems so much older to me. He is so long and he is getting so heavy. He loves to laugh at the weird sounds that we make and the songs that we sing. He is such a smiley and happy baby! Well most of the time. Except when it's time to eat or when it's time for a nap.

Jaxon in his snuggle wrap already to go to sleep in our tent.

We went on our annual family camping trip to Santa Cruz. Jaxon's first camping trip and his last for a while. It was actually better than I thought. We all had a blast! We relaxed on the beach, sat by the fire and went to Pizza My Heart. Jaxon loved being outside. He is a total boy! I can just imagine what next years camping trip will be like when Jaxon is 1 year old. I can totally wait for that!