One little monkey jumping on the bed...

How does that song finish - oh yeah...he fell off and bumped his head. That's how our week began. Jeremy was on spring break this week and stayed home with Jax while I worked A LOT! Jax finally started crawling this last week and guess what happened - he fell off the bed. Jeremy calls me at work freaking out but Jax was fine. Just a little thud to the carpet and a little scarred but no bumps or bruises. I think it hurt Jeremy more than Jax.



Dad story of the week: Jeremy has thought for a long time that Jax should watch Saturday cartoons because that's what he did when he was little so when I go to work, Jeremy turns the mickey mouse clubhouse show on on Saturday mornings. Jax loves this show and I guess Jeremy does to. We were about to eat dinner the other night and Jeremy was entertaining Jax by singing "hot dog hot dog hot diggity dog" and doing the goofy movements from the show. Jax just loved that and I got a big kick out of it too. It's amazing how kids change your life. Jeremy is so good with Jax....helping out when I work late or on Saturdays and Jax loves his daddy! I couldn't do it without him!














So, that's right - Jax began crawling this week. It only took 9 months and 3 weeks for it to happen. He is now pulling up on everything, getting into everything and playing very well. In some ways, I love it because he has more to do now but I have to watch every move he makes. The other day, he was in his room and I stepped out for a second. When I walked back in, he had pulled out all the diapers from the box and had them scattered everywhere...fun times.




















I included a few pictures of his crawling. My grandmother sent me some cookies and Jax discovered one on the floor, crawled over, picked it up and ate it all....well, with a little help from Brutus. He loves table food and is doing very well feeding himself now. Jax turns 10 months this week and we go see the doctor tomorrow. I accidentally scheduled his 9 month check up a little late but we'll have stats tomorrow.

Dog update: Everything is going well with Brutus now that the rain is over. Last week was a little crazy with the dogs inside and it raining all the time. Now, they are all able to enjoy the backyard. Him and Mona play very well together and they are so cute. I got a few pictures of the dogs. The first one - Brutus is the little ball in the middle curled up. Good times!


















Last picture is of Jeremy's outdoor project. Jeremy and his dad have been working to make our backyard look better. One side is finished and the other side is in progress. They put down stone this week on one side and began the other side of the pergola...stone will follow on that side. We've started looking at patio furniture. It looks great and they did it all by themselves. Kudos to them!

Well, that's it for now. Have a great week and we'll keep you posted!

Meet Brutus and the rest of our week

That's right, we got Another dog :) We've been thinking about it for a while off and on and we finally just did it. Brutus is a full blood boxer like Mona. Jeremy named this one - he names all of his dogs after wrestlers for some odd reason (Brutus the beefcake barbarian) We got him in hopes he would grow up with Jax and be best buds....we're off to a great start. Everything seems to be going ok....well, except for Mona. She's a little confused and plays a little rough but hopefully she'll get use to him

Jax and Mona have done so well together, we just knew getting another boxer would be great for Jax. Case in point....Jax now pulls up on Mona, over Mona and everywhere in between and Mona just lays there. Its so cute.

I have a few other new pictures. Jax and I went to our first baseball game for Jeremy this past week. The longhorns unfortunately lost against Midlothian but it was still fun to get out and watch Jeremy coach. Jax fell asleep during the 4th inning but other than that, he clapped when I did and was pretty good considering it was his first game to sit through.

This last picture is one of my favorites and I just had to share. It was on our way to church a couple of Sundays ago and they both looked so cute in their blue. Well, that's about it for now. We're both working hard this week waiting for the weekend and next week - Spring Break! We'll keep you posted!

Jax's 9 month pictures

I took Jax to have his 9 month pictures taken yesterday at Portrait inovations. I was very pleased with this place....much better than babies r us. They take their time, don't rush you, you can book morning appointments and you get a ton of pictures at a good price! Anyways, I got a CD with the pictures so I thought I'd show you a few pics. Isn't he precious....I'm not partial or anything. These photos are just the rough images and haven't been touched up or cropped or whatever and these are just a few of the many!


I do have to explain the picture with his eyes almost closed. That is the look he makes when I tell him no or he knows he's in trouble by mom. Some how, the camera guy got him to do it and we were all laughing. What a character! Enjoy and we'll keep you posted!