I'm on a boat...

Paxton had his first boating experience this Memorial Day...and let me just tell you, it was stressful.  We have some great friends that invited us along on their boat.  I'm so glad they have kids and know the patience parents need in order to get by.

We bathed Paxton in sunscreen, making sure to cover him from head to toe in the stuff.  He is the whitest kid I know, and his hair is so fair that he would burn in a second if we didn't do something about it.  So, we were prepared and sprayed him down (in fact, his hair STILL smells like sunscreen even after giving him a bath).  After sunscreening him up, we stuffed him into a life jacket.  He was not a fan of that life jacket...he couldn't figure out how to move around in its bulkiness.  Poor kid looked miserable.  He fussed and cried most of the time.  He would take a 5 minute nap, wake up, and was unhappy again...which is totally not like him.  He just wasn't having it.  I'm thinking maybe it was too hot outside for him.  He's not all that used to being in the heat and didn't know what to think of it.  And, the fact that he didn't take a nap probably had a lot to do with it.  He's getting to the age now where it's an absolute necessity that he takes a nap...otherwise it's no fun for anyone.  Our friends brought their 2 year old daughter, Ella.  She was such a sweet little angel.  She was probably wondering what is going on with this kid :-)

I am extremely happy though that he didn't get one teeny tiny bit of a burn!  I give sunscreen an A+ this time...which is not always the case.

Oh well, we still had fun and it was a good experience!  The adults had fun wakeboarding (except for me, because I'm too chicken to try).  And, it was great catching up with our friends.

Marsha and Eric, I hope we didn't scare you from inviting us again, hehehe!!!

Happy 1st Birthday!

Our sweet little boy has blessed our lives for an entire year now.  I can remember the day he was born like it was yesterday...the stay at the hospital, taking him home for the first time, those first few days of us getting acquainted with each other.  All of the magical moments that were created this past year will be remembered forever. 

With the luck that Alan and I have, it's bound to pass down to our kids.  And an example of this is that Paxton's 1st birthday landed on Friday the 13th.  We made sure he steered clear of any ladders and didn't touch any mirrors.

We threw a big monkey themed birthday bash at our neighborhood park.  Monkey cupcakes, his own monkey cake, monkey party favors, bananas and monkeys everywhere…add in about 30 guests and we had a great party!  We’re so thankful for such supportive family and friends.  They were all as excited as we were about our little guy turning 1.  Paxton had a great time playing with all of his friends at the park.  After lunch, we sat him in his highchair and gave him his own cake.  Everyone sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to him and we expected him to dive in to the yummy, sugar-filled cake sitting in front of him.  He studied it for a bit, then stuck one finger in the frosting, tasted it and realized shortly after that this was CAKE, so he was all about it!  There was frosting everywhere by the time he was done. 

Later on, after his sugar crash and a quick nap, Paxton opened his gifts.  He was more interested in the paper…oh, and a helium filled balloon that he would take everywhere he went.  And when I say everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE.  We bought tunnels and a ball pit for him, and he would take that dang balloon through the tunnels!  He cracks us up!  Another thing this silly boy does is pull the tailgate down on his new Cozy Coupe truck, crawl into the truck bed and stand up with a huge smile on his face.  Scares us to death, but he loves it. 

We had such a great time celebrating Paxton’s birthday.  Thanks to everyone that helped make it special!

Click here to see some pictures from the party.

We're Walking...We're Walking...

Paxton has turned into a walking machine!  It literally took him a weekend to learn how to walk.  And, it just so happened to be Mother's Day weekend...what a great gift :-) 

He had been standing up on his own for a couple of weeks, but last weekend, he decided he wanted to start walking.  We kept thinking, oh it's going to take a month or so, but he surprised us once again!  Paxton started off pulling himself up to his feet using furniture or grabbing on to our pants...now he's able to stand up completely on his own.  He'll take about 10 steps, then plop right down on his bottom.  Thank goodness for the extra diaper padding to break his fall!

To celebrate, little Pax and I went to buy him some new shoes.  He decided on two pair (like mommy, he can't choose just one), some Nikes and some cute DCs.  Although he's not the biggest fan of keeping his shoes on, he sure does like to take them off and chew on em!  We're still getting him used to wearing and walking in them.  Oh, and this kid's feet are huge...size 5s seem to fit the best - they're like water skis!  He's going to be tall like his daddy.

Here are some videos of Paxton walking like a little penguin :-)

Say Cheese!

Can you believe that Paxton is 10 days away from his first birthday?!  Oh my gosh, it kills me.

We took him to get his 1 year pictures taken over the weekend.  Once he woke up that morning, we got him ready and sprayed his curls down to his head.  Unfortunately though, the wind was RE-DICULOUSLY strong that day...I think it was God's way of telling us that his hair is just fine when it's curly.  Sometimes though, when he wakes up sweaty, his hair is SO curly that he looks like an old woman who just got a tight perm, no joke.  Anyways, I digress...back to the photo session.  Paxton was such a good boy, the only thing is it was hard to get him to look up at the camera.  For the most part, he was too occupied in a piece of hay he found on the ground.  And if he didn't have the hay in his hand, he would be eating rocks.  Oh, and the hat and tie caused a lot of frustration...A LOT!  Pax absolutely does not like anything on his head or around his neck.  He ripped the hat and tie off every time we put them on him.  The poor photographer had to have the camera ready with her finger hovering over the shoot button so that we could throw the hat on him and she would take the picture.  There was literally about .002 milliseconds of time for her to get the picture before he would take it off.  This kid is fast!

The worst part of the day was me locking the keys in the trunk of the car, not once...but twice.  Luckily, our friends from Austin were in town staying at our house and they were able to bring the spare keys to us. 

The photographer was amazing, she took the best pictures!  They came out so cute!!!  Below are some of my favorites.  

If you want to see more, click here:  Paxton 1 Year Pictures



This is how windy it was!