He's A Big Boy Now

Landon, that is. He is the age that everbody lies about being and wishes they were.... 29!!!! I am a little late on this post, but Happy Birthday darlin! He enjoyed playing his new golf clubs, a dinner to Tucanos (i am still full) and his favorite chocolate cake.... sounds like the perfect day.

Maddie and Ella made Landon a pretty sweet birthday visor. I declare it a tradition that it must be worn on every birthday from now on!

Daxton missed out on the festivities, but the decor lives on at our house as a form of entertainment. He's totally obsessed with the ballons!

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You just have to see these

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My sister, Noelle, snapped some pics of these cuties in their Sunday duds. I think I might need to frame these two of my little one and his adorable cousins!

8 months!

I love doing these monthly posts so I can look back to see how far Daxton has come and how much he has grown! I can tell you one thing.... he is growing WAY to fast! There are so many moments that I want time to stop so I am just trying to enjoy every second. We have been traveling a LOT lately and everybody says how good, mellow, and happy he is. I guess I need to start counting my blessing for that because I don't recognize it all the time! He might be all of those things, but he is also one of the wiggliest little critters EVER known on this earth. Holy cow.... the kid cannot sit still to save his life. Dang I love him though... SOOOOO much! Here are some things he has been up to...

-crawling like a maniac
-also figured out how to climb stairs.... eeeeeeeks. Time for gates I suppose.
-pulls to standing up
-loves to play under the table and climb all over it
-babbles dada, baba, mama
-fake coughing
-waving byebye (cutest thing ever)
-eats me out of house and home! Seriously, this kid can put it down and is still skinny!
-loves to be tickled and giggles like crazy
-loves to be outside
-is getting really good at feeding himself, but I don't let him all the time because it is SUCH a mess.
-he doesn't know a stranger and will go to anybody without a flinch
-sleeps 12 hours at night for the most part and takes two naps during the day.
-gives big -slobbery -open -mouth kisses.... YUM
-still no teeth, but I don't think it will be long
-this kid is tough as nails! such a boy!

Ummmmm..... can't think of anything else right now, but I LOVE this age. It is so so so fun. We are still adjusting our lives to the crawling, but I am starting to like it more and more.

His eyes are the craziest color and I so love them! They are mostly grayish/blueish but also have some green and brown speckals. SO beautiful.


He loves putting his feet on things and eats like this most of the time. Silly boy. See all that food? Yep, he eats all of it and cries when it's all gone.

This is under the table where he spends most of his time. He got a little high centered and I had to rescue him. Little Mr. Curious.

Yep, under the table again... see that sharp point to the right? Yeah, that scares me too. Next post he might not have an eye.

Under the coffee table..... that might have to go in storage for awhile to avoid concussions.

Welp, that is what we have been up to around here! I tried to post some little videos of crawling and waving, but they didn't work. sorry. :(

I have a lot of blogging to catch up on so stay tuned!

BUSY

We have been busy at this house! Wowzeersssssss. Plus, I have been totally dreading this post because there is so much to cover! I will keep it short and simple. I am going backwards because i don't feel like rearranging my pics... get over it okay? :)

We went the the Jensen Family Reunion (my dads family) in Logan this past weekend. There are nine siblings: one deceased, one didn't come, and his parents (my grandparents) are deceased as well. I haven't seem some of my aunts, uncles, and cousins for over 15 years and back then I was an 8th grade dweebo and wore my 4H safari outfit to the reunion. I was awesome. Anyway, it was about time we got together. There were so soooo many people not there, but still tons of people there. That is what happens when you have 9 kids= LOTS of poeple. More of my cousins are much older that me so I don't even really know them so it was great to see them. Plus, my aunts and uncles are all total characters!

My sister Emily and her hubbo, Ren. Cute huh? That's because they work at the Buckle and people that work there are cute.



My Uncle Mike wearing the community wig. I told you... they are ALL characters. It is not just the wig that makes this funny it's the cowboy hat and gym shorts too! I love you Uncle Mike.... you are my most favorite!

My pappy with my little Daxydoodle. Love my daddy-o.

7 of the siblings. I think it was heaven for my dad to see all of them. He is the second youngest. I just can't even imagine not seeing my siblings for 15 years!

My sister and I visited an old roomie, Bobbi. She just had a baby, Oaklyn. She is such a cute little mommy.

Daxton rode his first horsey!!!! And a mini horse at that... and i willingly walked through poopy hay so he could have the experience. The things a mother will do.

We (my sister and I) took the kiddos to the Highland fountains. That is a fun place to go, but SO crowded. This is the most involved Daxton got and he didn't even really like that!

We took the canoe out for the first time this summer and headed up to Tibble Fork (Am. Fork Canyon). It is seriously beautiful! I love that in 20 min or less we can be totally out of the city!

And I leave you with this because it is cute and you should all be jealous that I get to wake up to this and be with him ALLLLLLLL day! In fact, I think I hear him now! Oh, and he is really crawling now... FINALLY going forward. It's not that graceful yet, but we are working on it! I will post a video soon, also one of him waving byebye. Dang he's cute!

7 months

It's true... it really has been 7 months (and a week) since this wild little man came home with us. Hard to believe! He is getting to be soooooo much fun, I almost can't stand it! Here are some things he has been up to lately:

Crawling.... we are just about there.
He loves to give me kisses... well it is more like he just sucks on my face, but still very sweet.
Just yesterday he pulled himself up on his knees and the stood up!
Loves to yell yayayayayayayayaya... ALL. DAY. Sometimes it is dada.
Still taking 3 naps and sleeping about 10-11 hours at night.
Love his binki.
LOVES his daddy and reaches for him when he is around.
Loves to pound on the piano.
Loves going on walks.
AND so much more.....


Just loungin at Cabelas.

Doesn't he look SO BIG here?

Yeah, we had to lower his crib. He can't do it all by himself yet, but he could end up on the floor anyday! Eeks.

We just love our little man.

It's about time

We had such a fun little vactation for the 4th of July! We went on a little road trip to New Mexico and to the cabin near Durango, Co. We love spending time there and with Landon's family. I have the BEST inlaws and it is so much fun being at the cabin for the 4th. Here are some of our festivities:

About every other year we hit up the good ol' Bar D. I have been numerous times and you would think it would get old.... but it doesn't! I love listening to the old cowboy tunes and drinking out of a tin cup. We also take the train ride around the park every time... never gets old. This year we sat in the front and Brock got to ring the bell, so monumental for him.

Brock has such a cute little imagination. He insisted on a 4th of July parade so we loaded all the kids in the wagon and marched around the cabin a couple of times while Stanton (Landon's older brother) seranaded us with God Bless America and the National Anthem.

I have a video of the next picture, but it is really long. Daxton, as mentioned numerous times before, loves his jeep and walks everywhere it in. Taylor on the other hand has a rope on the front of his walker so the other kids can pull it around! He's kinda tubby and won't do it on his own... little precious. So we tied the rope to Daxton and got lots of laughs out of it!

Daxton's first fireworks!!! They have fireworks over Vallecito Lake so we all headed over to camp out. It was so late and Daxton won't sleep in my arms.... EVER.... so i was just going to rough it with a way tired baby. Well, it was nothing short of a miracle but, he totally feel asleep in my arms watching fireworks! He is such a busy body and never wants to miss out on anything, but i guess he just threw in the towel. Ok by me!

4 Generation: Grandpa Bryant, Landon, Papa Gregg, and Daxton. They are all so wonderful and i can only hope that Daxton will grow up to be like them.

Daxton's first top dip in the stream where we like to hand out and fish. SO COLD. I wouldn't even put my feet in, but he seemed to like it... not really, but i thought he should at least have the experience.

These little boys are sooo precious. They are only about 3 weeks apart and could not be more different. Daxton is little Mr. Indepentant, wiggle worm, busy body, aggressive, never wants to miss anything type of little boy. He wears me out all ready. Whewww. Taylor on the other hand is exactly opposite of that. So sweet, cuddly, calm, cool, and delightfuly rollypollychubby. It is just amazing that at such a young age they already have such distinct personalities. Here are some pictures of them... they are SO cute. For some reason Daxton loves to be in Taylor's personal space..... like i said, a little aggresive.

And last but not least... if this picture doesn't make you crack a smile there is something wrong! We stopped in Moab to walk around on the way home. These sunglasses were in some little shop and i couldn't resist. I only wish that i would have bought them... i regret it everyday! Daxton was such a good boy on the trip which makes it so much easier for mama. I love you little baby.

A special thanks to Landon's family for once again showing up a great time! We love you and miss you!