1 year checkup

Today was Jaxson’s 1 year checkup…I still remember the 1 month checkup appointment! He now weighs 22 ½ pounds and is 30” tall. His head circumference is about 45 ½. He’s just a little guy but he’s sooo active. We will take away the bottle tomorrow (fingers crossed) and he started whole milk today. NO MORE SIMILAC FOR THIS FAMILY- WHOOOO HOOOOOO!!! The past two weeks we have started more table food and have tried to start transitioning him. I still have a couple of jars of baby food in the pantry but I don’t plan to buy anymore. He loves green beans, chicken nuggets, peas, mashed potatoes, carrots, puffs, macaroni & cheese, cereal/oat bars and oatmeal is okay. I’m still scared to give him a lot of stuff because I’m scared of him choking. He likes juice and water and loves drinking out of a sippy cup. He is a pro-walker now a month after getting tubes. He very rarely crawls anymore. He loves to play with his toys-all of them for a minute or two a piece-ADHD? Slightly . He still wears a size 3 diaper and I may move him up to a size 4. He wears 12 month or 12-18 month clothes. 12 month pants fit well but are a little snug in the waist when he sits down but 12-18 month pants are too baggy. He had to get two shots today that he was not happy about. I’m not sure when we will lose the paci…it may be a while. He still sleeps in his bed. Last week he didn’t want to be rocked so we would lay him down and he would cry for a minute or two and then go to sleep. This week-he likes to be rocked. He will sleep in his bed sometimes all night and other times he’s up at 2 or 3 a.m. I’m pretty sure I haven’t slept in a year. He still says “dada” and babbles a few other things. No “mama” yet.


Now that I am finished with the party planning I feel like I can work on other things. My goals for the next few months are to get caught up on his scrapbook and get my blog published into a book to collect dust at our house. I feel like I have to document EVERYTHING in several different ways because I’m afraid I’m going to forget something. I love looking through my baby keepsakes & calendar and I just hope he has that same appreciation one day-scrapbook, blog and event calendar. There’s also a few other things going on with our family right now. Emmett recently received a job promotion that will allow our family a little more financial flexibility. We have always been stable but after having Jaxson things just became month to month. It wasn’t as much saving as before. His new job will allow us to save more and will give me a little more room to breathe. I also got a promotion at work but my pay raise is miniscule compared to Emmett’s, which is okay. I will take what I can get!  We have talked about buying land and building a house but I’ve come to the conclusion that I just don’t want to deal with all of that right now. I just want us to be able to take vacations and save money for a while. I want to build the house I want with all the things I want so it’s better if we save and just wait a little bit longer-can you tell I keep having to tell myself that?! Haha…to satisfy my urge for a new project I think we may have a fence put up around our backyard and attempt yet again to get grass to grow in the back! Some people are fine with living in a neighborhood but I was raised in the woods & I need to go back there! It’s just so calm, peaceful and relaxing out in the country.

Happy 1st Birthday Jaxson!

Our baby boy is 1! I keep repeating that because eventually I will believe it. The past year has flown by and he has grown into this little man that is energetic and full of life-he’s also full of temper tantrums when he doesn’t get his way! Unfortunately, 2 days before his birthday we found out he had the flu. I was really sad because I wanted him to have the best birthday and I wanted everything to be perfect. I had worked on planning this birthday party (milk & cookies theme) for months because I wanted him to have the most perfect 1st birthday party. Thankfully he was back to normal on his birthday after a little tamiflu and was able to enjoy his big day! Since he had the flu, I advised several of our party guests not to come because I didn’t want their children sick. So we just had a little family party, which was fine. Jaxson enjoyed his cake and cookies and tried a little chocolate milk. For his birthday he got clothes, books, a quilt, toys and money. All things a little boy needs! He also got a cozy coupe that has been a complete nightmare so far  I’m only half joking…he LOVES it. He climbs inside of it-closes the door-grips the steering wheel-and waits for someone to push him. He just rides around the house with a content look on his face like he’s on top of the world! We also did a “time capsule” at the party and everyone brought or sent something to put inside. Jaxson will open his time capsule when he’s older. I wrote him a letter so I won’t post my sappy story about how big he is and how much I love him on here. His one year checkup is scheduled for February 2, 2011. He desperately needs a haircut so that will be happening on February 5, 2011. I plan on taking him to “Danny’s Barbershop” in Bolivar because that’s where Jason got his first haircut and that’s where Daddy always gets his haircut. It’s a small, old-school barbershop on a street corner in downtown Bolivar. They are used to little boys coming in for their first haircut so I’m sure they won’t mind me taking a few hundred pictures.

Below are some pictures from his big day. I got a lot of inspiration from Anne Powers. She has some of the cutest ideas and I love reading her blog!

Handmade Invitations

Time Capsule

The Birthday Boy!!

Party Favors 

Cozy Coupe-Jaxson is obssessed!

Top of party favors (I took off the ribbon and tied twine on instead)