Christmas Madness...

I can't believe that Christmas is over and we are about to say goodbye to 2008. We enjoyed a Christmas full of family and fun. It all started last Monday when my brother, Matt, and his girlfriend, Natalie, came into town. This was the first time we have seen Matt since July and the first time we have ever met Natalie. She is a doll, she is funny and so friendly. We had Christmas eve with my family and we split Christmas day between my family and Jason's. Here are some pictures from all the madness!!!

Christmas Eve at my parents. We have my dad's and my mom's family over and do a gift exchange.

I don't know what is more funny in this picture 1) Dex in the neck brace (okay not so funny) 2) the beer in front of him(that's Andrew's beer by the way) or 3) Andrew flipping the bird.....

Jaxon leaving cookies and milk for Santa.

Jaxon as visions of sugar plums danced in his head.

Going though all of the goodies Santa brought.

I knew the 93 piece set of plastic food would be a hit.

Jaxon got this cute rocking horse from Grandma Dora.

Nana and Papa got Jaxon his 1st real set of golf clubs. They are so dang cute, I wish I would have taken a better picture.

Our cute little family. We have been so blessed this year and can't wait to see what 2009 has in store for us!

Holiday Fun!!

This weekend was so much fun. On Friday we went to Jacob's game (Judge won and he had 30 points!!) then we went the Carrillo's for game night. On Saturday Jason,Jaxon and I finally did some much needed Christmas shopping. We took advantage of the fact that Jaxon is still to young to realize that the presents we bought were for him! We also tried to take Jaxon to see Santa for the 3rd time. It was my goal to get a picture of him with Santa every year, but I am beginning to have my doubt's that this will happen this year. He will say that he wants to see Santa, so we take him and he freaks out if we get within 10 feet of him. I'm going to keep trying though. Saturday night be built a ginger bread house and on Sunday we did absolutely NOTHING!! I was so nice to just relax and be lazy.

We took Jaxon to Trolley Square to see Santa. Lucky for Jaxon Santa wasn't there yet, so Jaxon sat in his chair for his picture.

You can barley see Jaxon in this one, but I wanted to get the beautiful background.

Jaxon getting the stuff out to make the ginger bread house. Silly kid didn't realize that I bought a pre-made ginger bread house!!

The finished project!

2 Year-Old Pictures!!!!

I was planning on waiting to post these until after I sent them out, but I couldn't stand it and had to post them. I think they are so cute and that he looks so old.

Another First

Today was another first for Jaxon, it was the first time he saw a movie in a movie theater. Jason and I were both off today so we decided to take Jaxon to see Madagascar 2. We were pretty confident he would like it considering he loves Happy Feet and The Bee Movie. WE were right, although I'm not sure which he liked more the movie or the popcorn. I think he ate half of the bucket by himself.

Speaking of firsts, this Thanksgiving was the first time I baked a pumpkin pie. Unfortunately it looked better than it tasted. Maybe next year.

Jaxon Turns 2!!!!

Jaxon turned two on November 15. We had been talking to him about his birthday for the last month so he was really excited when it finally arrived. We decide to have a baseball themed party which meant a baseball cake and pinata. His Nana and Papa hosted a party for him. The party was a lot of fun with great food, family and friends. Thanks to all that came.

Here he is opening his first presents. I think he takes after me, he LOVED opening presents.

Playing with the toys from Nana and Papa.Balloons!!

Baseball cake made by Nana.

The pinata was a hit (no pun intended).

Jaxon was a maniac opening presents. Thanks to everyone for all the great gifts.I didn't get a picture of him blowing out his candle, so we did it again last night.

Jaxon and his Papa eating some ice cream.

Jaxon had so much fun at his party. He was so tired the next day that he fell asleep watching TV and slept for 3 hours!!

Just like riding a bike...

This weekended we went to an ice skating party for our friends daughter, Sammi. Jason refused to skate so it was up to me to skate with Jaxon. Now mind you that the last time I put on ice skates was about 15 years and 100lbs. ago! Anyway, I did it and it was a blast it was just like riding a bike, it just came back to me. Jaxon was really excited to try but didn't last too long. His skates were so cute and small.

My Baby is growing up :((

This weekend was a momentous one. Jaxon moved into a "Big Boy" bed. It was definitely bitter sweet. He was so excited and absolutely loves his new bed. The best part is that he sleeps in it and doesn't climb out near as much as he did when he was in his crib. It's actually a bunk bed, but we decided just to use the top for now.

P.S. My BABY turns 2 in five days!!!!!

Note to self....

Note to self....When you let your kid play in the junk drawer make sure it doesn't have a KNIFE in it. Long story short, the other night I was in kitchen baking (yes, I do bake every once in a while) and Jaxon wanted to play in the drawer that has all the spatulas in it. Not a big deal, right. Well, at one point I looked down and saw a knife on the floor and Jaxon was still rummaging through the drawer so I picked it up and put it on the counter. Jason came in a couple minutes later and picked up the knife and said that there was blood on it. I told him it wasn't blood it was probably just dirty (Jaxon is still playing in the drawer). Well a couple more minutes go by and Jaxon comes to me and shows me his hand that is bleeding!!!! I guess he ran his fingers over the blade and it sliced 3 of his fingers. Thank God it was more serious!!

I think he is telling me No. I hope when his permanent teeth come in they don't have that huge gap in them :)) I better start saving for the braces.

The wounded little soldiers.
He got these vampire teeth for Halloween and loves to chase people yelling "RRAAA".

Happy 1st Birthday Xaidinn!!

On Saturday we went to our cousin, Xaidinn's, 1st birthday party. It was a costume party for the kids, they were all so cute dressed up. Jaxon wore his costume there, but then decided he wanted it off so he was Ute Fan after that.

Andriella and Xaidinn

The fam watching the kids hit the pinata.

Jaxon taking his turn.

Jaxon has recently learned how to give a thumbs up. Everyone was doing the thumbs up, but at the last minute Jaxon decided to wave.

Trick or Treat!!!

This year I decided that Jaxon was going to be a penguin for Halloween. This was the most logical costume for him considering he watches Happy Feet at least once a day. I was a little worried that he wasn't' going to wear the costume until we went to my work for a Halloween Party and I told him that if he wore his costume and said "Trick or Treat" he would get candy. It worked like a charm. He had a ton of fun until he saw anyone dressed up in a mask or with make-up on, he was terrified of them.

How cute is he????

Our cute nephews, Lorenzo and Dante, came over to trick or treat.