9 Month Old

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paxten is getting closer and closer to being a year old and I can hardly believe it. It makes me quite sad actually, my little baby is getting bigger and acting more and more like a toddler and less and less like a baby. I am not quite ready for that yet, so I guess I better enjoy the next few months with him.

He is officially crawling all over the place. For a while he would do an army crawl type of thing, but he has figured out how to be up on his hands and knees and how much faster that is to get around. He will come looking for me throughout the house if he can't find me. Just this last week I made a discover in his mouth, he it cutting 2 top teeth!! They are slowing making their appearance and have been causing him great discomfort. His poor gums were so swollen, I thought they would pop. So now he has these 2 big teeth poking through and making their appearance into his smile. He will like being able to use them to chew once they finally get all the way through. Isn't he adorable!! I love my little Paxten!

Scrap Weekend

I went with my mom and friends Sheri to our scrap book retreat this last weekend. Matt made arrangements to get work off so he could watch Parker and Paige while I went. Of course since I was taking Paxten with me, he decided he would catch the bug that Parker had earlier in the week. So I was up with Paxten the night before I went scrapbooking. The day I was going to leave he seemed fine, hadn't thrown up for a while and I decided that I would still go and try to get some pages done. We arrived on Thursday evening and I set myself the goal of 10 pages. Usually I try and get 30-50 pages done, but I knew that having Paxten with me would make that a very big challenge. So I set myself a realistic goal. I worked hard on Friday and with the help of my mom and Sheri and a few other ladies there taking turns with Paxten I was able to get 10 pages done. I was very excited, thinking that I could possible get another 10 pages done the next day. If only....during the night, I caught the bug that Parker had, then Paxten had. I was up almost the entire night visiting the bathroom. It was horrible. I was trying not to wake up the other people there and I felt miserable. By morning I was sure wishing I was in my own home, in my own bed, by my own toilet. I called Matt and had him come and get Paxten and me and take us home, so I missed 1 1/2 days of scrapbooking and I was mad about it. Why did I have to get sick? and why on this weekend? the one weekend I actually get my scrap books stuff out and get caught up on pages!! The bug only lasted 24-48 hours and I am feeling much better (Matt and Paige also got it over the weekend, so it made it's way thru the whole family) So now more than ever I am looking forward to the Spring retreat so I can get myself caught up. I am setting the goal for 75 pages at that time to make up for this last weekend. I won't have Paxten with me and if I can get a move on it I cane get really organized and know exactly what I am going to do... I can't wait!!

Parker's 6th Birthday

 

Parker turned 6 on the 1st and how did he get to celebrate?....In bed with a bucket by his side! Poor KID! The night before his birthday he was up most of the night throwing up and not feeling good at all. I felt really bad for him and the fact that he had to stay home from school and wouldn't be able to celebrate his birthday with his friends at school. I pretty much confined him to his room all day long watching movies. I wanted to keep the nasty flu bug away from everyone else. By about 3:00 he seemed to be feeling better, but still not quite himself. We had already invited some grandparents over for pizza, cake and ice cream and I didn't want to change it to the next day because then Matt wouldn't be there, so we went ahead with the birthday plans. I kept with my tradition of making the cake and attempted to do a Spider Man cake for the special occasion. I was getting frustrated with it and at one point took some of the icing off and started over. But for the most part it turned out fine and Parker loved it. That is all that really matters anyway.

We had pizza, pepperoni of course, and salad and then opened presents. Parker got a Star Wars lego set, new pajamas, new hat and gloves, and a lego figure from Grandma and Grandpa C. He got the Cars 2 movie and some ninja stars from Grandpa Yancey, a remote control car that transforms into a robot and a sweat suit outfit from Grandma Yancey. Paige got him 3 new cars 2 cars that he was so excited about. Then Matt and I got him the Transformers 3 movie, a Sonic video game and another video game called Shoot. He was pretty excited and perked right up after opening his gifts. He seemed to feel more like himself and was eager to play with all his new toys. Even though the day started out rough, it ended on a good note and he had a great birthday! I can't believe he is 6!!

Trick or Treating

 

We took the kids to a few houses to go trick or treating. Mostly people in our ward and a few friends. Here they are ending the night at Grandma and Grandpa C's house. They ended up with a ton of candy between trick or treating, the ward party, and school parties. We will have candy here for months, yuck!

Halloween 2011

 

This year for Halloween I have Woody, a Princess, and a Dinosaur! Aren't they adorable!!

Paige was going to be a lady bug, in fact she was a lady bug for her preschool Halloween party, but last minute she changed her mind and wanted to be a princess. Sounds a little familiar! So I threw together he costume from her dress up clothes. She love it! It just goes to show that kids don't really care, they just want to dress up. I borrowed Parker's costume from a friend because we decided that the Darth Vader costume we had wouldn't work for the Church party or for the school Halloween parade, so we changed what he was also. He loved the costume and was happy to be Woody. Paxten could have cared less if he was dressed up or not, actually he probably would have preferred not to be dressed up. But I couldn't resist. This is the costume Parker wore when he was 1 and looked so stinkin cute. I think Paxten looks just as adorable. Tonight we are taking the kids around town to a few family members and friends. They don't really need the candy, and neither do I, so I doubt we will be out long. But I do have to show off my cute little kids!

I'm An Auntie....Again

 

Charyn called me last Thursday after her docotor's appointment to tell me how it went. Dr. Leavitt told her he thought she would have the baby over the weekend. Which surprised me because she is only 37 weeks and this is her first baby. I was excited for her but bummed because that would mean she wouldn't make it to our scrap book retreat the next weekend. Later in the day, about 5:00 she called and said that she was in the hospital and was having regular contractions. She was going to have the baby that day!! I was so excited for my little sister to become a mom, I could hardly stand it. I tried really hard not to bug her too much, but I wanted to know how she was doing and how things were progressing. At 10:00 that night my mom called to update me and said that she was at an 8 and would probably have the baby before midnight. I said to call and let me know no matter what time it was. I couldn't sleep very good and was just so excited and anticipating his arrival. Finally I got a text from Mike at 1:48 with a cute little picture of my new nephew. Unfortunately that was all the text included was a picture. No information!! I could tell it was Mike that had sent it! hahaha. I had to wait until the morning to find out all the details. Cute little Zander Ricky Brooks was born at 12:54 A.M. on the 28th of October. He weighed 6lbs, 4 oz. and was 19 3/4 inches long. He has a ton of dark hair and is so adorable. I was able to go and visit later that day and got to hold him. He is so tiny!!. It wasn't that long ago that Paxten was that little, but ut sure seems like forever. They grow out of that newborn phase so quickly! I am so excited for Charyn and Mike and for the adventure that awaits them. We are so happy to have Zander in our family and can't wait to spoil him!! (I have already had a good start to that!! I can't resist!)

Pumpkin Carving

 

We can't let Halloween go by without carving some pumpkins. Parker kept bugging me every time we went to that store about getting a pumpkin to carve. Both Parker and Paige were really excited about it this year. We decided to carve them on a Saturday after Matt and Parker went golfing. Paige and I (and Paxten) went and got the pumpkins, picking out a special sized one for each member of the family. When the time came to carve, the kids had picked out designs that they wanted their pumpkin carved into and neither of them could physically carve their own pumpkin. Parker at least helped by gutting his pumpkin as well as mine. Paige just mostly watched while I carved hers and my own. Matt ended up doing Parker's and his. So after almost 2 hours of carving my hand was sore and I was tired of carving pumpkins. Poor Paxten didn't even end up getting a little face out of his pumpkin. Maybe next year. He didn't care, he was asleep most of the time! So here are our creations this year. Paige wanted the monster, Parker wanted the skeleton face, I did the haunted house, and Matt carved out Big Dad. It was going to say Big Daddy, but his letters got too big! It is a fun tradition to spend the evening together and to get into the spirit of Halloween.