Mom time with Jax

Jax and I have had some great home time together lately. I'm tired a lot and don't like getting out so much and when we do, we don't go far. These pictures are all about mom and Jax time with a little Aunt D and Cousin Preston mixed in.

I got Jax a finger painting set a while back ago and I think he was still too young to enjoy it. I got it out again last week and he had a ball. We painted and colored for a good hour.

Jax got to spend a day with Aunt D (my sister DeAnn) while I worked one day and of course she took a million pictures but I don't have that kind of time to put them all on my blog. These next pictures are from that day and then the day that Jax, DeAnn, Preston and I went to the mall just to get out of the house.

I always call Jax "Mr. Cautious" because he is. Well, this is a perfect example. We let Jax and Preston ride the carousel and Preston of course loved it but Jax was a different story. He almost strangled me. He hated it and wouldn't let go while he cried and screamed the whole time. DeAnn was laughing her head off taking pictures from the side. One day I hope he will like riding things....but not right now :( Until next time, we'll keep you posted!

Bye Bye Chucky

Jax had his first experience with Chucky Cheese last week. My sisters twins turned 5 this last week and we celebrated on Valentines night with a packed house at chucky cheese. It was insane to say the least. Mr. Cautious wasn't too sure about some of the rides but anything with a steering wheel or anything that daddy did was fun stuff.

All in all, we had a great time and enjoyed partying with the cousins. When we left, Jax kept saying "Bye Bye Chucky" and continued to say it all the way home. He really enjoyed dancing and watching Chucky Cheese.

I've included some pictures including this second one - Jax had a melt down in this car and his cousin Preston looked on like - what is going on with this kid.

Until next time, we'll keep you posted!

Snow Week and Stomach Bug

What a crazy week....from the snow to Jax picking up a stomach bug and giving it to mommy and daddy for the week. Weren't we lucky. Jax got the bug on Monday night. We were one throw up away from the emergency room and then it just stopped. Poor little guy was white as a sheet but started asking for water around 12:45am and it was all over. Jeremy got it Wednesday night and stayed home Thursday and luckily had a snow day Friday and then I got it Thursday night. Mine started at 7pm and went on till 3am. I was also off on Friday so that worked out well. My sister saved us with some phenergan.
In between us getting sick, we tried to enjoy the snow a bit. We put Jax out in it on Thursday and Mr. Cautious wasn't too sure at first but then we built a snowman and threw some snow balls around and he didn't want to go in. I even got a picture of the dogs. They loved the snow.

Picture of the week: So Jeremy finally decided to build a fire this week. He was getting it going and using newspaper to help it out. Well Jax had just had his diaper changed and I hadn't put his pants back on yet. He went and grabbed a piece of the newspaper and had a seat on his drum. I just about died and happen to have my camera handy......looks just like a man in the bathroom. What a perfect ending to a blog about the stomach bug :)

Until next time, we'll keep you posted!

Under the Bed Leads to Bunk Beds

This story took place a couple of weeks ago....I'm just now getting to sit and write this blog due to the craziness in my life lately.

The third night that Jax was in his big boy bed, we had a major catastrophe. At 2 am I heard one scream over the monitor and that was it. I laid there for a minute then decided to go check on him. I walked in his dark room and couldn't feel him anywhere in the bed - that's when I started to panic. I turned on the light and screamed for him and Jeremy came running. I looked all over the house and then back into his room. I dropped to my knees and that's when I saw it...a little foot under the bed. I think what had happened was that he tried getting down off the step stool and missed the step, fell and just rolled under the bed and went back to sleep. I pulled him out and looked for blood or broken bones and he was fast asleep.....poor little guy. Needless to say, he slept with us the rest of that night. The next day, I had to work but had a little break. I went to a furniture store in Arlington and bought these bunk beds. You see how close to the ground it is. It took Jax 2 nights to adjust to his new bed but its been great! They will come in handy in a couple of years when the 2 boys can share the beds. Jax obviously sleeps on the bottom and we've yet to put a mattress up top. I didn't let the movers attached the stairs because I didn't want Jax climbing up so the stairs are up top. I love this set though. On the left, are shelves and 6 drawers. So its all in one unit and it was a great price!

Baby Update:

Today is February the 8th and Jake will be here in less than 9 weeks now. I had a doctor appointment this last week and got some news I wasn't prepared for. One of the tubes attached to a kidney on Jake is enlarged. I don't know technical names. Anyways, she said it was more common among unborn boys and more than likely it will correct itself. She said it looked on the high side of normal. It could possibly cause kidney infections or UTI's later on if not corrected but she said she wasn't concerned yet. Of course I am. Hopefully this will correct itself and it won't be a big deal.....just something we have to monitor. Everything else looked great though. I feel like he's been trying to get out. I can see his head pushing out or a hand or foot and of course this happens at 3 or 4am.

Well, that's about it for us. Until next time, we'll keep you posted!