I found this older pic in my draft folder & thought I'd post it anyway. This was back from November at a sorority sisters baby shower. JP was one of 3 babies there. I have this pic up on my desk right where I can see it while I'm working. :)

No more phone books

I was very excited today to come across this website - Yellow Pages Goes Green. Jack & I receive multiple phonebooks each year that we never even open. Who needs to? If we are at home, we use the internet. If we are out, we still use the internet (on my phone). Worse case, we'd call 411. I'm so glad to be able to stop unsolicited delivery of phonebooks to our house!

Toothus Eruptus

If you can get a him to grin and then look fast, you just might see Jaxon's first tooth. It popped up this weekend on the bottom gums and is a sharp little bugger. I sure won't be sticking my fingers too close to him anymore.

He's also doing an army crawl/scoot thingy (which he's doing right now trying to get to one of the dogs, boy are they in trouble now!). It is so funny & sneaky. It doesn't look like he's moving very fast, but if you turn your back he's suddenly moved several feet. And he can do pretty good turns too, I just looked back at him and now he's off after something else on his playmat in the opposite direction of the dog (with the dog now licking his feet!).

I just got a sneak peak at our portraits from the weekend and they were fantastic! I can't wait to get my hands on all of them (still being edited). I do need to get him some new clothes though. In one of the pics it looks like he's got on shorts but it's just his jeans that were too small riding up (I had to put him in a disposable diaper instead of cloth just to get them on!). I've only seen four of the pics so far but I think I already know which one is going on our Christmas cards.

I spent a ridiculous amount of time on this hunt today! But if you register, you get a coupon code to use for discounts at many sites (not necessary to find the icon to get the discount).

Family weekend

Please forgive the red-eye.. I snapped these pics quickly this weekend & have not taken the time to edit it out yet. We had a busy few days with Jack's family in town & family portraits today.

Jack's grandparents & cousin came down from Balitmore so we spent most of Friday & Saturday with them. Jax was of course the main attraction, but we also played cards, watched football, had yummy food & just generally enjoyed the time together. Unfortunately the weather was not cooperative on the day they were all over at our house, so we had to bring in (and wipe down the paws of) four rowdy dogs and close them up in the bedroom.

I can't wait to see how the pics from today's photo shoot turned out! My girlfriends at Lux Photography met us at Pullen Park near NC State to take family portraits. We had a little trouble as Jaxon is not big on smiling for the camera, only when the camera is put down! It also got a little colder than I thought, so his little nose was pink toward the end, we'll see if that affected any of the pictures.

6 1/2 months

The little man is 6.5 mos old already! We're still enjoying having us all home together and have been pretty lowkey lately. Starting this weekend, the rest of my maternity leave is going to be hectic! We have so many birthdays, holidays and other plans coming up that I can barely keep it all straight. I'll probably fall behind on posting these next couple months but will try to keep it up at least a few times before January.

So what's Jaxon up to? He's had some playdates, got to see Grammy & the greatgrandparents, tagged along on all our errands of course, spent another overnighter while Mama had a night out, and then more time with the Shipleys. Today he had his first big-boy bath! We put him in the tub without the baby bathtub so he could sit up & play. He doesn't really sit on his own & the addition of a slippery tub didn't help that, so we held him up the whole time. But he seemed to enjoy it, especially when he could splash. Apparently we need to get him some bath toys .. all we had were two rubber ducks. Still no teeth yet & we've added several new foods (pears, green beans, carrots) recently. He's started trying to drink from our cups so we let him if we have water & that's pretty funny. So I pulled out his new sippy cup but he just chews on the spout, I think he likes the regular cups better for drinking. Sleep is still an issue in the 7PM-11PM timeframe but the rest of the night is pretty calm. We're back to cosleeping more than cribsleeping but most of the time I really don't mind. I'm just glad he's sleeping when I'm sleeping for the most part. Socially, he's become more concerned about new people or ones he's not seen in awhile, but is getting better about his anxiety around the men in the family. Once he warms up though, he plays & laughs with anyone. He's very clingy to me which is both cute & annoying depending on the day/time/circumstances. We'll see how this works out for his two upcoming photo shoots (one family shoot & one just for him).

Pictures

Kitty decided the cloth diaper stack was a comfy place to sleep

Jaxon with Aunt Sophie & Uncle Noah

Playdate with HJ & MH who made birthday cake for MH's mommy

Mama's night out for KK's birthday!

Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone had a fun & safe Halloween! Jaxon was a chili pepper and made the trick-or-treat rounds of family in Raleigh before staying at Dad's for his first sleepover. His costume was a family hand-me-down tradition that at least 4 other family members including his Aunt Sophie & Uncle Noah have worn. It was hard to hold him with his little feet stuck into the pointy end of the pepper, ha! And I did make it through his first time away from me without too much freaking out & no tears! I was thrilled to get a full night of sleep, but I sure was glad to see him this afternoon!