Labor day weekend

Labor day was fun. The family got together down in FT and cooked out.

Pax went swimming.

Wore poppies shades

splashed uncle Rusty

Got super excited about eating his cereal

was laughing at the TV

And tried to block his mouth with his fists while I was spooning in peas.

Then made sweet faces at his nonna before he went to bed

HAPPY GRANDPARENTS DAY!!

Dear Mama, Papa, Nonna, Poppie, Nana, GP and Grandma~
I love you guys so much. From day 1 you have done the best job of spoiling me rotten. I know with out a doubt that you love me very much. I can't wait until I'm big and can come to your houses for sleep overs and wake up to pancakes and chocolate milk!(although I've never had chocolate I hear its pretty good!) I am so thankful that I have you in my life to love me, teach me, spoil me and guide me. You all are the best grandparents a kid could ask for. I love you!

Your favorite Grandson
Paxton

This one's for you grandma!

Baby laughter brings so much joy. My mom came down for my sisters birthday last weekend and got to spend some quality time with Pax. She got him to laugh that deep belly hurting kind of laugh. It was the most precious sound in the world. It made my heart melt! So this one's for you grandma when you miss us just press play. love love love

Bottle Boot Camp is OVER!!!

So as most of you know I have been trying to get my little Pax to take a bottle for a few weeks now. I would try and give him one bottle a day but every time he would fight me and refuse. Last Monday Benny and I got an idea; Benny would feed him with a bottle the first feeding every morning for a week. Each morning I would get up (6am style of course) and pump a bottle while Benny changed Pax and got him ready to eat. Then Benny would feed him. The first few days he only took a couple of ounces and I would finish feeding him but by day 4 he was taking it like a champ! For the entire week we fed him his first and most of the time second feedings with the bottle and it worked. It has been a full week now and big boy takes a bottle from anyone, even me! I can't tell you what an answered prayer this is and how exciting it is to know I can leave him with the grandparents and not worry that he'll get hungry. Thank you Lord for listening to our prayers and helping us to be patient through the tears. So to anyone that is struggeling with bottle feeding their little one, I've been there, don't get discouraged just keep trying. If its anything like my situation you will need to have a very patient husband that is a good encourager to help you get through it. Thank you Benny for being such a helper to me. I love you.

Pax~ mommy is so glad that you finally understand how to drink from a bottle. I knew you could do it. I look forward to teaching you many new things in the future. I LOVE YOU

Our first big road trip

So we are in Hot Springs visiting our friends the Greers. We left yesterday and anticipated about a 4 and 1/2ish hour drive. Well it turned out to be about 5 and 1/2 hours. Traveling with an infant is much different than I imagined it being. I thought; it'll be fun we will load Pax up and he'll fall asleep while we drive. But the exact opposite happened. He definately didn't go to sleep at first. He would cry for a while, play, cry, sleep, play, cry, scream, cry ect until we made pit stops for potty breaks and diaper changes. The minute we put him back in his car seat he would turn on the tears. He HATES his car seat. It was a hard trip for the little guy but we finally made it around 6:30pm. When we got here we ate dinner and then I gave Pax a bath (in their unusually large sink) which he hasn't done since he was a wee little guy. It was fun and he enjoyed it. Here are some pic's that Merrilee captured of his bath time.

Sippy Cup trial #2

So we tried the sippy cup again yesterday but this time we put a little milk in it. Pax has got the holding it part down and can lift it to his mouth but he doesn't quit understand that if he sucks on it he can get liquid out. He is still just chewing on it but at least there hasn't been any crying/screaming melt downs in a couple of days! Two steps forward in my opinion. Yeah for progress. Keep your fingers crossed that persistence will work

Adventures of the Bumbo

So our good friend Sarah gave us her bumbo to borrow while Pax is learning to sit up on his own. It has been great. Pax can sit on his own now but he still loves the bumbo. I think its because it helps him stay sitting up while grabbing for his toys! It also doubles as a high chair for now until Pax gets a little bigger. Poor guys bottom doesn't fill out his high chair just yet.