It's Back...

Paxton has developed a very bad habit...grinding his teeth! As much as I love the ear piercing sound of his teeth rubbing together, he was doing it so much I was afraid he was going to grind his teeth down to pearly white stubs. I swear we spent a fortune on teething toys and things for him to chew on to stop the grinding but nothing would work...until we pulled out THE BINKY. He gave it up around 2 or 3 months and didn't want a thing to do with it well now he can't live without it...especially at night!

What have we done? If he didn't look so dang cute with it in his mouth (reminds me of when he was a newborn) I would probably take it away but he LOVES it!

Sometimes he even insists on having both of them so he can switch off...he is a silly boy!

We Have Corrupted Him Already...

Apparently Paxton's new favorite word...

is Poopy!

He still cracks up everytime I say it and it has been 4 days...hearing that laugh (even if it is about the word poopy) never gets old!

Paxton's 6 Month Pictures

Here are just a few of our favorite pictures from Paxton's 6 month photo shoot! We still can't believe how well Sarah captured all of Pax's many faces!

Honestly sometimes I wonder how we got such a dang cute kid!!

WE LOVE OUR LITTLE PAXTON!

7 Months Old

Paxton turned 7 months old on February 12th. Every month I say how much he has grown and how much I love this age...but I really do love this age! He is getting so big and is learning how to do so many new things everyday.

Here is a little snapshot of Paxton at 7 months:

He still has a very mellow personality, but will definitely let you know if he wants something. He is a huge flirt and loves to smile at all of the girls...the young women in our ward LOVE him! He has finally figured out his bouncer and he loves to bounce and swing and play with all of the toys. Between that Yo Gabba Gabba and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse we can keep him pretty entertained when we want to get something done! He is all over the place! He can roll anywhere and if we leave him for a second we will often find him like this waiting for us to get him out. He is also getting pretty close to crawling. He can army crawl pretty well and once in a while he can get his bum up in the air but he just can't quite figure out what to do after that! He has popped out 2 almost 3 teeth on the top and 1 more tooth on the bottom, all in the past week, bringing his total up to 4 (almost 5) teeth. Needless to say it was a long week for us last week! In this not so flattering picture you can see one of his new big top teeth! At last check Paxton weighs in at 18 pounds 4 ounces and is still 27 inches long. He is in size 4 diapers and is wearing size 6-9 month clothes.

Paxton is turning into a creature of habit. He loves his nightime routine of a bath, book with day, bottle and bed. He always has to have his blanket the right way and be put in bed so that he can touch his soft crib bumper.

We have started giving Pax baths in the tub and he is not so into it but I think that once we aren't so nervous about it he will relax a little bit!

Oh one more new thing and then I promise I will stop...Pax also recently learned how to blow raspberries with his lips and tongue. When he wakes up in the morning, instead of crying, we can usually hear him blowing raspberries or talking to himself in his bed until we go in and get him.

Paxton's 6 Month Pictures

My very talented friend from school, Sarah, took Paxton's pictures for us last week. I can't believe how well they turned out especially considering he was sick!
Go to http://willmasonstudio.blogspot.com/2010/02/paxton.html for a preview! I will post more when I get the CD on Tuesday!

Mother Bear

We had a little experience this week...my first mother bear moment. Paxton had not been feeling good all weekend so on Tuesday I decided to take him to the doctor. He wanted us to go to Utah Valley to get some tests run to make sure that he didn't have the dreaded RSV. A quick chest x-ray and a RSV swab...should be in and out right?

Well we started out this little adventure in x-ray where we waited "in line" with um...no one, for one hour for a 2 minute x-ray. By then I was a little angry. I was missing dinner with my friends. Paxton was hungry. Andy was worried. Well it only got worse...We headed down to respiratory for the RSV swab.

Let me just preface this with reminding you that we did not go to the doctor when we were going up...the doctor came to us, made a quick diagnosis and directed us to "the box" to find the medicine we needed. I heard the lady call respiratory and tell her that she had 2 people waiting, one for a nasal suction and one for an RSV swab. To make a long story we headed up stairs to mother and baby, she told me to get Paxton undressed and she put a pillow over his arms and chest and told me to lay on top of him and hold his head down. In my mind I kept thinking "really all of this for an RSV swab?" Well before I knew it she was squirting water down Paxton's nose and out of no where she whips out this tube and shoves it down his nose into his throat. Well turns out she didn't read the test order and did the nasal suction on Paxton and I assume the RSV swab on the other boy who went before us. I have never been so angry with someone in my life! By the time it was over Paxton was bawling, I was bawling, the lady just kept telling me that I should have told her she was doing the wrong thing. That mother bear instinct in me came out and it was all I could do to not punch her in the face for putting my son through all of that for nothing and then blaming it on me for not telling her how to do her job.

Oh don't you worry a complaint was filed...a call to the billing department was made (cause you better believe I am not paying for that) and after all that Paxton didn't have RSV after all...just a mild case of viral pneumonia. Luckily he is feeling much better but I am still a little fired up about a "quick" 4 hour trip to the hospital where they couldn't even get the test right but somehow it was all my fault!

Suggestions Please!!

Switching Paxton to cereal and baby food has been quite a chore for us!! We wish that when he saw that spoon coming towards his mouth we would see this face... But the second he sees the food his lips clamp shut. Then when we finally get him to open up (which typically requires rapping, singing, tricking, or opening his mouth for him) the food goes in and we get this...
He just sits there with the food in his mouth refusing to swallow until he finally gags.
We have tried different chairs, different foods, different mixtures, different temperatures...practically everything!!
Suggestions please...what has worked for you?