Ricks College Sweatshirt Kind Of Week

My Ricks College sweatshirt is the first article of clothing I have that What Not To Wear would throw away... and i would cry, real tears. It is too big, like 10 years old, and doesn't have a hood... super stylish. Landon rolls his eyes every time i put it on. It's the thing i wear when i give up, when i don't feel so good, when it really cold and i can't seem to get warm, or just when i want to get Landon's goose. I LOVE it though. I will never, ever get rid of it. Hey, at least i don't wear it into public. Well, that's not the point. This week, was a Rick's College sweatshirt week.

Saturday night i got the body aches worse than i have ever had them and woke up in the middle of the night with teeth chattering chills followed by extreme heat. Sunday (my first Monther's day, and it was wonderful... besides all of this) was worse. Daxton was starting to show signs of illness also. Let me just say this, he is not usually an every diaper pooper kinda kid, but he all of a sudden was.... BIG time. Get what i am saying? When your sliding in to first.... blah blah blah. You get it now i'm sure. ANYWAY, we were both not doing so hot. Monday Landon went out of town which i was less than thrilled about in our tender state, but he had to work so off he goes for a couple of days. While he was gone Daxton and I got much worse. I don't think i got off the couch or out of bed unless i had to. Landon got home late on Tuesday and even took Wednesday off to tend us. Love you honey. :) Thursday comes and we are not getting ANY better so i went to the doctor. He couldn't believe how badly our community was infected by this horrible flu! There was somebody sick in every home on my street. Weird huh???

Well, finally on Thursday night we get a crack in the case. WATER CONTAMINATION. You becha. Awesome. Saratoga Springs releases a statement saying that my neighborhood has a bacteria in the water causing stomach and intestinal illness. Wonderful. My little 5 month old contaminitated. I had been feeding him extra bottles even so he wouldn't get dehydrated. I had been seriously chugging water so i could keep nursing and get rid of the "bug." Nice huh?

UPDATE: Our whole community is on boil alert. We have to boil the water that we use. We can't wash dishes and we can't cook. Thank heavens we can shower and that there is a Del Taco down the street. They have been chlorinating the water so now we all smell like swimming pools. Good thing we have massive amounts of bottled water in our food storage. Daxton had his first non-messy diaper this morning after 6 days. Poor kid. I won't tell you about me because it is weird, but i am doing much better, thank you.

So the moral of the story: Always be prepared for a poopy day. Literally. And keep your old, favorite sweatshirt no matter what anybody says because it really does make you feel better and there is nothing better than just letting yourself go sometimes.

5 years

We made it..... 5 years. Everybody said the first 5 years are the hardest.... i totally disagree! We have had so much fun, been so many places, and done so many things! Happy Anniversary babe.

4 months have gone by...

...since this little one decided to join us! Seriously..... WAY TO FAST. There are days and phases (like today when he wouldn't take good naps and i had to be a binki slave) where i wish time would go a little faster, but for the most part (like today when i was looking at his newborn pictures) where i just want my little baby back! I really wouldn't go back though because he is getting so dang fun! His smiles, giggles, and new discoveries make him the perfect everyday playmate.

Some milestones he has reached lately:

Giggling

Playing with his toes

Rolling all over the place

Grabbing toys and putting them in his mouth

Sleeping through the night.... sometimes. UGGGG

He loves so sit and stand up. He won't really play lying down anymore without yelling... silly boy

He is eating solids! Any tips on how to help them learn to swallow? He doesn't mind the taste, just can't quite figure the whole swallowing part out.

Oh, and he sleeps without being totally swaddled anymore. So now he sleeps with both arms being his head with the binki in the fold of his arm. :) He still wakes up when he gets out of the body swaddle. I'm SO over it. He is about to be robbed of ANY blanket,

And, he is in the 20% for weight and 80%for height.

Looks pretty comfy.

Cereal banana face.

LOVES his jeep. When he gets tired he just lays his little head on the horn.

Oh, and we just got this baby carrier for hiking in the summer. Can't wait! He obviously doesn't mind. Man, what a cutie.

Blogging is so overwhelming for me for some reason. Probably because i am lazy at it and get really behind and then have a gazillion things to blog about and i avoid it like no other even though i know there are grandparents dying to see their little baby Daxton! Isn't it funny... once you have kids, as the parents you become totally forgotten! Okay by me. Daxton is way cuter anyway.

We spent Easter at my parents house in Twin Falls. Daxton spent a majority of the weekend wearing the bunny ears. He doesn't have to much of an opinion yet so we are taking advantage of him wearing ridiculous things. It's great.

His easter diddy's. Funny face..... it's the best one i could get. He is super smiley but once the camera comes out he can't focus on smiling..... too many things at once i guess.

He is getting so big and strong that we busted out some new toys this week! The Johnny Jump Up... which he mostly just sucks on the side, not jump. And.....

the Jeep Liberty Renegade! Are those not the cutest legs ever! They don't even touch the ground, just dangle in the air. His little toes touch if he tries REAL hard. He LOVES these new toys though... just squeals with excitement that we don't make him stare at the playmat star anymore. :) He is starting to roll both ways and really play with toys now. And.... slobber more, spit up more, and poop more. I guess the good comes with the bad.

Being a mom is making we try all sorts of new things, now that i have time. Kathryn, a great friend, helped me make some seriously delicious stawberry freezer jam. I didn't realize how easy it is! Turns out i am not such a good mathmatician (or speller??) and we ended up with jam coming out our ears and still tons of strawberries left. This is just my half... Lauren took this much home too. Oops. Good thing it's yummy.

Well that's about all that is going on around here. Just the same ol, same ol.

3 Months

Seriously, where does the time go? Daxton is 3 months old now and every day i can't believe how big he is. Look at the little chunker! He doesn't have a Dr. appointment for a while, so i don't know what he weighs, but probably around 12 lbs.... maybe a tad more. I am LOVING the chubby cheeks, neck rolls, double chin, and thighs. Oh, the thighs are my favorite! I still wanted to document some of the things he is doing right now so i won't forget.

You could sit him in front of a mirror ALL day and he would just talk to himself non-stop. It's one of our favorite activities. I am not sure if he knows it is him, but it's funny to watch him get all bashful when he smiles at himself.


He sleeps like this 90% of the time. With his little arm folded under his face and his binki (which you can barely see in this picture) tucked right in the arm fold. So cute. I could just watch him sleep for hours. Yeah, and i do swaddle him SO tight. We are trying to wean him from swaddling right now. It's not going so well. I heard that you are supposed to stop swaddling them around 3-4 months for gross motor skill development. Hmmmm, i'm working on it!

We visited Noelle and Zak in Rexburg over the weekend. Poor Emrie gets her two cousins mixed up. They are they same age and their names are Daxton and Jaxton. Poor thing, so confusing for a 2 year old! We can't get her to say Daxton for ANYTHING! It's adorable though.

He LOVES his Star and Bug. They are his first little friends. He smiles at them like they are real people and talks to them and it sounds like he is really trying to conversate! Thank goodness for his little buddies so mommy can get things done.

Oh, i just love this picture. He is getting really good at lifting his head during tummy time and it makes for some pretty cute pictures. I think he is gonna be my blue eyed boy... except his right eye has some big brown spots in it.... kinda unique.

Other things i love right now:

He gets bags under his eyes when he gets tired... thanks to me.

He is just starting to giggle.

He loves to stare at and watch the TV. Oops. I won't be making that a habit.

He prefers the left side... i won't explain any further. Can you say lopsided? :)

There are too many things to name right now, but i think i included most of it. We are having fun at home, but i CANNOT wait for spring! It can't get here fast enough.

Little Precious

Here are the pics that my sister, Noelle, snapped of my little man in his blessing diddy. Isn't he yummy? I think so.

For so long, as other couples would bless their babies in church, I would cry at the sweetness of the father's blessing and how the mom would cuddle the baby afterwards, all the while wishing it was Landon and I having the experience. We finally did, and it was really SO great. I can't wait until I will be able to tell Daxton some day how loved he is by so many people. We had all the grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends there to enjoy the special day with us. Thanks to them all for coming and for all the help with food and Daxton! I love the kid, but sometimes it is nice to have him off my hands! I didn't take as many pics as I would have liked, but I caught some pretty cute moments from the weekend. My sister Noelle also took some pictures of Daxton in his little blessing diddy. Thanks Nelli. I will post some of those later when she gets the finals to me. They are precious.

Little Taylor and Daxton... soon to be best buds. They are both such sweet little boys. They look similar don't they? Such cuties.

All the Sherwood cousins posing for pictures: Brock, Claudia, Estelle, Taylor, and Daxton.

Happy 3rd birthday Maddie! We love you so much! Lauren planned such a cute Mickey Mouse themed birthday party for her. They are getting ready to take Maddie to Disneyland for the first time.... after all the Mikey Mouse hype she will be in heaven.

I LOVE this picture of my little guy... just relaxing! This was the day he got his shots and was just so relaxed and mellow all day. Although, about 2 seconds after this picture was taken he spewed across the room. Stinkin shots.

This is one of the only family pictures I have since Daxton was born... and my eyes look all droopy or something. Oh well. Daxton was SO handsome in his little blessing outfit.... however, it was silk and he was as slippery as snot in it. I just love my little family. Landon is the best dad. He is so good to be involved when he come home from a long day at work. We appreciate and love him so much.

Thanks again to all the family an friends who were there with us and helped out so much. We love you!