Summer 2009

Summer 2010

Given that Jaxson was battling a lot of pain due to teething, he was quite the trooper this weekend. He had a high fever from Thursday afternoon until Sunday night. and he was not himself for the first half of the weekend. although he still managed to keep everyone entertained with his fake sneezes, angry eyes and just plain cuteness! He enjoyed the boat rides (well i am assuming he did even though he fell asleep as soon as he got on the boat and slept for the entire ride everytime.

Peek a boo

Jaxson now shares a room with us and he has learned that he can pull his bumper down to see us! This makes it very difficult to put him to bed when we are in the room. How could you get mad at a face like this!

Our little bruiser!

I just sent pictures out and i know we will get lots of calls wondering what happened to Jaxson's eye! He is 7 months old and he got his first black eye! Gavin tried to pick him up and Jax fell forward banging his cheek on the coffee table. It started out as just a bruise on his cheek... he woke up the next morning with a black eye. Hopefully this is not a sign of whats to come!!

Jaxson’s first bath in the big tub!!

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Jaxson has officially outgrown his infant tub and has graduated to the big tub!  He loves the water and would stay in the tub all night if we let him.  Kahlua is very curious and likes to watch Jax get his bath (I think she is just grateful its not her getting the bath). 

First Swim

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Our time in Florida has been mostly spent in long sleeves and pants, but we did have one nice day that made it into the high 70’s.  So we put Jax in his new bathing suit and brought him to the pool.  He really enjoyed the swim.  Of course, it helped that the pool was heated.  (or was it? we were swimming in the family pool with lots of little kids!).  We stayed in the water for probably 15 to 20 minutes, and I think Jax would have stayed in for another 20 if we let him.  Right before we got out, we tried dunking him under water.  We dunked him 3 times and while it was clear that he didn’t really enjoy it, he didn’t complain too much and returned to good spirits after the water cleared from his face.  Overall, I think he had a great time and will take to the water quite well.

4 Generations

For Christmas, Santa brought us a new 720p HD video camera! So good news for you blog readers, we will now be adding in the occasional video. What could be a better subject for the first video blog post than when Jaxson meets his only living Great Grandparents. Ed and Madeline Ashline are Kristis' mothers' parents. A couple of days after Christmas we were able to drive to Ft. Myers to see them. Jax did great on the trip and we were able to get some nice pictures and memories from it.

Jaxson's first plane ride

I was a little nervous about traveling with Jaxson alone, but he was an angel!! The plane was not full, so they let me bring Jaxson's carseat on the plane with me. I put his carseat on the seat and within 5 minutes he was sound asleep. He slept right through the take off and for most of the flight. He woke up right as we started to descend into Orlando. I fed him, we landed and that was it!! It could not have gone any smoother. We are blessed with an amazing baby!!