We FINALLY agreed on two names and really liked them both! So here is the story of how we decided:
We’re so excited and love his name! Elijah (Eli) is from the bible (like Jaxon’s middle name – Josiah) and Michael is after both mine and Joey’s middle names (Michael and Michelle)… it’s perfect! I feel so complete and at peace now knowing what to call him. I cannot believe that little Eli will be here in 11 weeks or so!
Sunday when we woke up, the sun was out. Well, not exactly when we woke up at the crack of dawn (thank you, Jaxon), but it came out soon. The snow was melting!!! Our church was cancelled due to the weather, so we had a very leisurely morning.
I decided that we had one more shot to get outside and play in the snow. But this time it did not include building a snowman. We decorated him instead!
By the time we got out there, mr. snowman was melting. Poor guy lost his eyes and all but one tooth! At least his nose was still intact!
I pulled out the food coloring, added water and….. we had a color palette to work with! I love how you can see the reflection of the branches in the water!
I wasn’t quite sure which instrument would work best, turns out the medicine droppers win hands down!
testing::
Super happy boy! He kept saying “this is awesome mom”
An “I love you” original
enjoy the sampling:
Jax was getting thirsty so he took a break for a bite of clean snow…. gross!
Poor mr. snowman – he didn’t stand a chance:
by the end, he was gone. Jax and I couldn’t resist one more snow ball fight!
We were thinking of cousin Zoe (her dad blogs here)
and of course, I was thinking of Joey:
We had a lot of fun painting the snow… Jaxon cannot wait to do it again. I REALLY hope that opportunity is MANY months away!
Once we were done, we were of course freezing. While Jaxon rested and Joey cleaned our carpets, I whipped up some homemade potato soup! Recipe coming soon!
I’m so thankful for my little boy!
Well, kind of! As you know, Saturday marked the first day of spring 2010! On Friday the weather was in the 70′s, it was beautiful! On Saturday, we woke up to this:
then Jax and his daddy made this little guy:
my two cute boys!
all the while, poor Tucker was stuck inside: (please ignore the dirty glass!)
We had a great lazy weekend… hope you did too!
wait, goodbye February! Either way, I couldn’t go to sleep tonight without having at least ONE post in Feb!
Wow… time flies! I’d love to say that we’ve been so busy doing really glamorous, fun things. However, that isn’t true. Well, unless you count the following glamorous = work, taking care of a new puppy who is in full puppy mode, taking care of a full-of-life almost 5 year old boy, having a stomach virus, amongst other things!!! (I think that is the worlds longest run-on sentence ever…. oh well, it’s my blog and I like improper grammar sometimes =) )
okay, goodnight February… I’ll be back tomorrow!
Today we were iced in. We didn’t leave the house at all. Couldn’t get out if we wanted too! I ended up working for most of the day from the kitchen table. It was nice to be under the same roof with my boys all day.
Jax had been looking out all day and couldn’t wait to get out there!
Total time spent getting dressed/ready to play in the snow – 15 minutes
Total time spent outside in the snow – 4.2 minutes
It was FREEZING (obviously – ha!). We had a blast though!
Touching the first snow of 2010 – priceless
tasting the first snow – even better
then he was off to run like a crazy kid does in the snow – he was ONE happy boy!
we took a second to capture a Jax and mommy photo
then he and daddy tried to do a little sledding
It was a super quick adventure, but memories were definitely made and that is all that matters!
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Happy Saturday – May you and yours stay warm and safe
today Jax and I had a nice ichat with our brother in law & uncle Marc… oh and Zoe too!
Isn’t she precious!
After our chat, I left Jaxon’s room and headed out to the family room. About 5 minutes later Jax came down the hall all decked out with his roller skates and knee pads. He put it all on by himself, which in itself is kind of amazing in my book, since the child THINKS he needs help getting dressed daily… oh my!
The skates were a Christmas gift from Marc, Stacey and Zoe, so I guess our little chat sparked the memory and inspired a skating session!
He actually wanted to try it all by himself tonight… I’m pretty sure we won’t be having a party at the roller skating rink anytime soon, but it is progress!
Here’s the proof:: (and a good little conversation)
Watching this just now, I realized what he was saying at the end and I’m cracking up! I’m sure he was thinking “duh, mom”! ha!
For the record, even though Jax did wear this shirt on Saturday (see this post), he does own other shirts! Also, this shirt raised some concern from some of our friends who are southern cowboys fans… we are not necessarily giants fans, but the shirt was on sale at old navy! ha!
I really love 3 day weekends!
We had a great weekend. It was a balanced combo of work, rest, and play!
Saturday night we had the Hall’s over for dinner. Amy is my oldest (since 4th grade) friend. We had a fun time catching up!
Sunday after church, we came home for lunch and all kind of did our own thing. Jax and I ended up going out for a while.
Today we were able to take advantage of the beautiful weather and we went out for a family picnic at the park. It was so fun to take Tucker and to run around with him and Jaxon.
I also worked on a few projects! I will show you the finished products this week!
The first one is this::
I’ll post the story and pictures sometime tomorrow! Stay Tuned!
Tucker “Tuck” Winn
5 weeks 3 days old
He is just a baby… he eats…
and sleeps…
and plays… and goes potty (I didn’t take pictures of that:) )
he is really precious and has beautiful BLUE eyes… just like the rest of our family!
Tuck is Jaxon’s responsibility(of course, we provide PLENTY of backup!) .. and he is doing amazing with him!
Here’s how we came up with his name:
We were totally undecided on a name before we met him. We’ve been planning and talking about a new puppy for quite some time. We researched and decided that a Miniature Austrailian Shepherd would be a great match for our family! We had about a two hour drive to go and pick him up. We continued to throw out names the entire trip. One of the three of us would oppose to any given name! It was funny! We got him in the truck with us and he was on my lap for a while. Next thing I knew he had climbed into Jaxon’s seat. He was tucking himself in between the seat and Jaxon. He walked back over to my lap, and then he tucked himself next to me and the seat behind me. It was so cute. He wanted to hide and feel cuddled. We were giving him some space as the dog whisperer recommends.
Joey shouted out..”how about Tucker?” Jax and I looked at each other and smiled. Then Joey explained why he thought of that… what a PERFECT name!
So… Tucker it is. We’ve been calling him “Tuck”.
I just told Jax that I’m writing about the puppy and he said to write how much he loves Tuck! so sweet!
My sweet boys:: Jax and Tuck
The happy and excited brother and mommy!
The End.
remember when Jaxon went to school and didn’t much like it? Well, I’m happy to report that things are much better! He is actually enjoying it now! That second week of school, he was rubbing his eves every night and complaining that they hurt. So… I made him an appointment to go see the eye dr. I told him that they would play several games with him and he would get to look through different lenses to see how things look! He was super excited!
I was somewhat surprised to find out that he actually needed glasses. I really think that this had something to do with how hard that second week of school was. So, I’m really glad that I listened to him and took him in! We picked out some really cute frames and he is doing PRETTY well with them so far, I mean, he IS a 4 year old boy!
He was so excited that night that we did a little homework:
Like Mother… Like Son:
My sweet little glasses head!
