Jaxon's First Birthday

This week has been very difficult for me. The realization that my little fat man will be turning 1 tomorrow is hard to accept. I look at him every day how he is growing, discovering and learning. He makes me laugh like no one else can...and the best part is he isn't even trying.

Just the other day he came around the corner of the sofa with a small plastic teddy bear that belongs to one of Adriana's baby dolls. As he rounded the corner with this 4" bear in hand he had the biggest smile on his face as if he had struck gold. Marlin looked up at him and said "hello". Jaxon then held the bear up to his ear as if he was talking on the phone. We thus named this devise non other than the "teddyphone". Jaxon didn't think he was doing anything spectacular, but we were laughing.

He is mastering the art of walking more and more every day. He has learned that he can switch directions, fall down in the middle of a room and get back up. Some days he even thinks that he can run. He is obsessed with closing doors. This is ok until he closes himself in a room and then sits behind the door. Thus he starts crying and you can't open the door to get him. :-)

We are planning a celebration of the first year of this little man's life this coming weekend and with a name like Jaxon Nemo what would we be planning other than a Nemo party??? I just took Jaxon on Saturday for his one year pictures and for a few shots he wore his Nemo swim shorts. They are so stinking cute...I can't wait to share them with everyone.

I'm very grateful and feel extremely blessed to have these days. I know that all too soon they will fade away...and when the time comes I will be left with the wonderful memories of days gone by. Childhood is a wonderful time, but nothing can compare to motherhood. It's simply amazing.

T-Ball

Adriana had her first T-Ball practice on Tuesday night. She had been anticipating it since we signed up months ago. She and Daddy had been playing catch in the family room for the last week and she was definitely improving as time went on. The first day if the ball didn't land right in her glove she would complain that Daddy didn't know how to throw the ball very well. Of course the fact that she was planted to the ground and had never moved even the slighest had nothing to do with it. :-) She was very happy to see that a few of her friends from school were on her team and jumped right to it. The thought of spending the next three months watching 13 five to six year old girls run around this field is amuzing at the very least. I plan to take lots of pictures to document this crazy time in her life. She is such a girly girl that the thought of her running around on this dirt field and eventually diving after a ball makes me laugh inside.

I'm a blogger!!

I have recently gotten quite caught up in a blog that a friend of mine from church turned me on to. I still don't really know what blogging is, but I thought it would be a great way to keep touch with family that isn't very close or just something fun to do. I have a lot of things that I want to post on here over the next few weeks, but today I will just tell you about what prompted me to become a blogger.

I could go into hours of detail of my own words but I will simply ask you to click this link and see for yourselves. www.mycharmingkids.net This is a story that has impacted me in a way I never dreamed possible. It is a story of pain, courage, triumph, faith, patience and everything in between. It is a story of a life that will forever change mine.

Until next time....