"Happy" Thanksgiving

Well since my family was in Texas and it was Andy's family's off year we got to spend Thanksgiving together as a family of 3 this year. Since my laziness won over and I was not about to cook a whole Thanksgiving dinner for 2 people we decided to go to Golden Corral instead. Good plan...NOPE!! Not only did we not even dare take Paxton out of his car seat...
We had to wait in line to get a table with about 500 of Utah's finest and then by the time we got to eat what do you know...no turkey, no stuffing, no sweet potatoes, and no pie. We spent $30 to eat tacos, macaroni and cheese and some ice cream.
Although it wasn't the best Thanksgiving dinner ever at least we got to spend it together as a new family of 3 and for that we are forever grateful!!

SIDENOTE: Paxton is still sick...his nose is still stuffy at night and in the morning and now he has a deep cough. Our doctor is out until Monday...any suggestions?

The Enemy

We have a new enemy in our house...Poor Paxton is one sick little boy...I know he doesn't really look like it in this picture but believe me he is sick!! Stupid stuffy nose...I swear if we have to suck that thing out one more time we are going to go crazy!
I think that he doesn't mind it too much (besides the nose sucker) he does get extra baths, extra naps, extra attention, and gets to sleep in mom and dad's room again!
POOR BOY!!

4 months

We took Paxton to his 4 month doctors appointment today. He now weighs in at 14 pounds 10 ounces (50%) and is 25 1/8 inches (60%) tall. I can't believe how fast these past 4 months have flown by! Paxton has grown up so much during the past month, here are some of the new things that he is doing and some of his new favorite past times...

He has learned how to hold his own bottle...both with his hand and with his strong mouth!

He loves his little playmat and got really excited when we put a mirror on it! He loves to look at himself in the mirror and thinks he is pretty cool. He talks to himself and laughs at himself...we love to watch him. He also loves to play with the animals that hang down. He thinks it is pretty fun to lick them and chew on them.

He has found his hands and his tongue...he loves to chew on his hands and lick anything in sight whether it is his toys, his hands, our clothes or our arms!


Here are some of the other milestones that Paxton has reached...
Well maybe not milestones but it is what it is!

• Paxton LOVES rap music!! If he is whining all Andy has to do it play some rap music on his phone and Paxton is instantly satisfied.
• Paxton LOVES to take a bath and tries to splash his Dad every time.
• Paxton is getting pretty good at turning over from his stomach to his back and will roll from his back to his stomach with a little help.
• Paxton is getting very vocal!! He will coo, smile, laugh, and blow raspberries for anybody that will pay attention to him!
• Paxton loves to read books! We read everyday and he is starting to reach towards certain pictures or textured parts of the page.
• Paxton is so good at recognizing our voices. If I am talking to Andy on the phone and Pax starts crying, I will hold the phone up to his ear to let Andy talk to him and Pax will stop crying and look around trying to figure out where Andy's voice is coming from.
• Paxton's eyes are definitely going to be brown but we are still waiting to see what color his hair decides to be!
  
  
  
  

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!

Of course we can't let a holiday or special occasion go by without a little photoshoot!

Here are some cute pictures of our little puppy!!

We went trick or treating with Andy's sister Anita and her family. Andy and I decided we better dress up and since it was a game day we didn't have a hard time throwing some "costumes" together!

Apparently Paxton was not a huge fan of trick or treating,

I hope next year he will enjoy it a little bit more!