Rain Rain Go AWAY!

This weather has been so stinkin crappy!! It's been raining for like a week now!! Ugh. I think the rain makes Jaxson sleepy. He has been sleeping a lot more during the day. I hope he isn't getting sick! I know the rain makes me just want to sleep though, so I'm hoping that's the deal.

I can't wait to put Jaxson in his costume. He's going to be a monkey. We aren't going trick or treating or anything because I don't want to take him outside in the nasty weather. He's giong to be so cute though! I'm really looking forward to Saturday. Joe and I got free tickets to the Illini game vs. Michigan. It should be a pretty good game. Then, it's off to the Halloween party. I'm going to be so sad without little man though!! It's been a while since I have left him with Grandma overnight. I'm going to miss him so much!! We are getting pictures taken on Sunday though. I'm super excited. My friend Haley is taking them for us. She is even going to show me some tricks so I can take pictures of Jax at home. It will be great fun!! I will get pictures up as soon as I can.

Oh yeah, I'm also working on a Shutterfly website. It's a site completely dedicated to Jaxson. It's got pictures and I can write blogs and entries on it. It's pretty cool. Once I get it up and running I will let you guys know the address.

Busy Busy

Me and Mal with Jaxson and Noah. Buddies for life!!
Jaxson's Halloween PJ's.

Wow. I just realized it's been over a week since I have been on here. Jaxson is getting so big. Yesterday was an awesome day. Jaxson and I along with my mom and Bailey, went to visit my friend Mallory in BLoomington to see her and her family. For those who don't know her, she was in my class. She had a baby boy on August 25, 2009. Just a couple weeks after Jaxson was born. SO, yesterday was Jaxsons first play date. He looked like a monster next to her son Noah. Mallory and I had more fun than they did I think. They ended up falling asleep halfway through our visit. Then from there, we stopped in Champaign to see Uncle Wayne and Aunt Rhonda. We finally made it back to Atwood and then made the long journey home. We didn't get home until 10:30 pm. Jaxson does great in the car. He slept between each stop and then while we were there, for the most part he was awake and happy baby.

Right now, Joe, Me, and Jaxson are hanging out at home, watching some football. Joe's new job is going great!! He loves it! Our work schedules have been working out to where we haven't needed a sitter. We did have Great Aunt Karen watch him one day. :{ I was so nervous leaving him with someone other than Joe or I. Or my mom of course. He absolutely loved her though. Before I left for work he was smiling and laughing. That could be because she is pretty loud. In a good way.

I'm so excited for Halloween. Joe and I will be attending Andrea and Matt's Halloween party. Grandma has volunteerd to watch Jaxson. I really had to pull her arm though. NOT! She loves watching the little guy. I must say Aunt Bailey takes a pretty good liking to him too. You should see her. Cracks me up! I can't wait to see Jaxson in his monkey costume. He's my little chunky monkey!! He's doing so great. He's holding his head up very well now. He's kicking his chubby legs like crazy. He's pretty strong.

I think I have caught up on all that has been going on. He's getting so big! Time is flying by. I feel like I say that all the time but it really is. It's the middle of October already. Seriously?!? He's almost three months. Wowzer!

YAY..but nay

First things first, Jaxson is a growing boy. He weighed 13lbs 11oz. He is now 23 1/4 inches long. He's going to be so tall!! Now for the shots, he did way better than I expected. He cried for like two seconds and his face got bright red but then he was fine. Of course we did give him some tylenol. I gave him a little bit of a bottle, he burped, and then it was lights out. I had to go to work after the apointment so dad got to take care of him for a few hours until I got home. He slept most of the afternoon so I thought for sure he wouldn't sleep all night. I was wrong, he went to be at 9:30 and didn't get up until 7:00. He's so good!! So the YAY part of the title, Joe is taking the banquet captain position at the hotel. Yippie!! He will be working more hours and making MORE money...YAY! The nay part, we are going to have to find a sitter for Jaxson for some days. Luckily, everyone at work is willing to work with us. Most days, Joe will still go in early mornings and be done by noon. Some days, when there are a lot of events going on, he will be there all day. Other days, he will go in and work evenings. So, we won't need a full time sitter which is good. We will only need someone for a few hours on days when our schedules don't work out for one of us to be home with him. I'm looking forward to him making more money, not looking forward to leaving little butt with someone other than me or dad. Oh boy. This is going to be rough, I will keep you posted on how things go.

2 Months

Jaxson is 2 months old today. It is so hard to believe. We go to the doctor on Thursday so once I get home from work that day I will give ya'll an update on his weight and all that good stuff. He's getting shots so that will be interesting as well. He laughed a little bit today. It cracks me up how he knows my voice and as soon as I get home from work he is looking for me. If I wait too long to pick him up he starts to be a little fuss butt. He misses momma while she is at work. He has definitely discovered his tongue. He is sticking it out and making funny faces. I don't know what the deal is, but he is slobbering and blowing spit bubbles too. It's quite intertaining. I posted a video of the tongue action. He's just too cute. And of course, when I get him going with the noises, as soon as I get the camera, he stops. Well, that's it for now. I'll post in a couple days.