Family

I have been thinking a lot about our family lately. Not just our family of 3 but all of our family. I am amazed at all the family we have and how blessed we are. I have a great grandmother "baba" that is still alive and she is the heart of our family. Some of my fondest memories are with her. She is such a amazing women. My mom has also taken so much from baba. Some of the stuff she does and cooks is just like baba. My mom has taught me a lot about how to be a mom. I had a great example so there wasn't too much she had to show me..LOL! I just hope I can pass on such family tradition and dedication that I have seen my mom and great grandmother do. I was lucky to have all my grandmothers as well. All the memories with all of them is just so precious. I can't wait to see the memories Pax will make with his grandparents one day. I hope he gets to experience that wonderful grandparent relationship..Pax is so lucky that he has such wonderful grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Family is just so important and I thankful for them all.

In fact his great grandmother on his dad's side keeps him daily. They have such a special bond. It just melts my heart to that. Pax gets so excited when he sees mammaw in the mornings and I am pretty sure she does the same thing. They have there little routine and songs they sing. One lucky little boy:) Sorry I couldn't get more family pictures on here, blogger is acting up tonight.

Stairs

I know this picture is blurry, sorry. I had to write about how much our little boy loves stairs. He wants to walk up them 100 times a day. No more crawling up or down the stairs. Now days he has to hold your hand and the wall and walk up the stair like a big boy. How do they just grow so fast? There little minds are like sponges and just take it all in..We love you sweet boy

MDO=Happy Boy

Our big boy made it through his first day. This morning a few tears were shed but not for long. We watched for a minute through the class and he was playing away. His teachers said he played well and ate all his lunch. What, I can't believe it? She even said we need to send more because he still seemed hungry. That is awesome, he rarely cleans his whole plate for us. He took a 1 hour nap on the little mat. GO PAC-MAN!! Of course, she said his favorite thing was playing outside. I would have never ever guessed that. His little friend Marshall is in his class and he had a great too. We tried to get a picture of them together and that didn't work at all!!!

All in all he had a wonderful day. I am so relived everything worked out. Needless to say I was nervous at work all day. The part about his lunch and nap is what was making me nervous. I will breather a lot easier when he goes back.

Mom, do I have to go?

Ready

Walking into his little school. My two boys!

Pax and mammaw checking out some toys.

New friends and toys!!

Tomorrow

Tomorrow this big boy has his first day of MDO. I am so excited for him. Today, we met his teachers and they seem great. I have to admit I am nervous. I am most nervous about lunch and nap time. Just one of those mommy things, I guess. So think of us tomorrow and say a little pray for us all! I know he will probably shed a few tears but it will be OK. It looks like they will have so much fun stuff for them to do and I know he will learn some stuff too. They have outside time, which I know he will love. I do feel sorry for them when they come in, we all know a fit will be thrown. What can I say this boy loves outside. I just can't believe he is about to start this new adventure:)
I can't imagine what I will be like when he start kindergarten.

Fun in The Backyard

Last weekend when we celebrated the hubby's birthday the kids enjoyed our little pool. It sure kept them all entertained the whole time. They could have stayed out there all day. Pax wasn't too sure of everyone in his pool. So, the sprinkler was brought out for him and Aiden. Those two loved that so it was win, win for all. This little $80 pool has brought so much fun to us this summer. We have all enjoyed it. It's big enough to lounge in for us and small enough for pax to walk around in. Plus a lot cheaper chemical wise, so yay for the pool..For now this pool wins maybe one day a in ground pool will..

Happy Monday

Joe's Birthday Celebration

Last Sunday we had some family and friends over to celebrate Joe's birthday. We had pizza, salad and few other snacks. The kids got in our little pool and had a great time despite the 110 heat index. Oh, to be a kid again. Pax wasn't sure about all the kids in the pool so he preferred the sprinkler. We all talked and the birthday "man" enjoyed cake and some presents. It was a good time had by all. I was exhausted by the time everyone left. Putting on get togethers is hard work..lol

Opening presents

Pax enjoying his cupcake


Just talking

Wordless Wednesday

Late Father's Day for Papa

On father's day, john aka papa was out of town. So just a few short weeks ago we got to do father's day with him. We had a nice lunch and gave him his present. It really was a nice time had by all. Better late than never fits this get together. Also this was the first time we ate in our dinning room. The little things in life are what matter the most..

Thanks mom and John for a fun day.

Grillin

Granny gave pac-man a grill. He loves it so much. He is just like his daddy, they both love to grill..LOL P loves when the light, lights up and makes the sizzling noise. It's so funny, when it starts sizzling he says HOT..The grill came with utensils and food. So he cooks us dinner all the time. Keep on little man, we love your cooking..he/he

Fun in the Car, Not So Much

We rode with the hubby to get some food the other night. While he ran in, Pac-man and I hung out in the car. As you can tell Pax was not happy about taking pictures. On the other hand he was very proud to show me his foot.LOL! He gladly will show his toes off if you ask. I love it, it's so stinkin cute.
Not much going on with us so blog post have been pretty boring.

Happy Weekend!!

Play Date

A few weekends ago we had a play date with Blake. Pax had a blast and to my surprise they played very well. Of course there was occasional hit and push. Pax still plays by himself a lot and so does Blake. Blake is about 1 year older than pax. Outside play was involved but it was too HOT to be out there long. We enjoyed the date very much. There will be many more.

Best picture of the day:)

19 months and 1 day

Pac-Man-

Gosh, I can't believe you are closer to 2 than 1. The time just keeps zipping by, I just can't grasp it. We are enjoying you every step of the way though. You are such a fun stage and might I add a very busy stage. You are constantly running, talking and into everything. We wouldn't have it any other way. Some stuff you are up to:

wear size 4 diapers
make many animal sounds-pig,snake,cow,monkey,dog
can point to just about all body parts-yay, we are so proud!!
say lots of words, some of your fave are-eyes, wow,momma, Dada, ball and lot's more
LOVE, LOVE outside and throw down when we have to come in
you are a water baby
love chasing the dogs around, not sure they like it to much
good sleeper from about 8:30 to 7
you like most foods just not veggies(we are working on this)
love cars and really have started playing with them a lot
like for us to say "where's paxton"- you are so cute when we play this

Little man this list could go on but I will stop here. We are so honored we are your parents. Can't wait to see what happens this month.

We love you to the moon and back

My Other Half

I don't say enough about my hubby on here. So I wanted to do one post to him. Thank you for being you! You are my best friend and a awesome DAD!! Pax and I are truly blessed to have you. GOD hand picked you for me perfectly:) You give up so much for us to have things and are so selfless. Laughing is one of the best things in the world and I get to do it so often with you and I thank you for that. With your birthday coming up I just wanted you to know how much I truly love you:) I don't say it enough but thanks for everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pax vs. Chocolate Pudding

I would say the chocolate WON..Pax is doing so good with the spoon so you can't get mad..His little self is sure trying hard...