tired and confused

Our boy just keeps us guessing all the time. Just when we think we've got him figured out, he changes :) At 11 weeks, Jaxon started sleeping 12 hours at night...from 8pm - 8am , with no interruptions in between. Then, before Christmas he got a cold and that was the end of wake-less nights. It seems that between colds, teething, and growth spurts, there's always an excuse for me to feed him in the middle of the night even though he's definitely old enough now that he doesn't need extra calories at night. I admit, I can't help but melt when I pick him up out of his crib to calm him at 2am and he wraps his arms around my neck and latches onto my cheek.

Two weeks ago I went to bed one night totally prepared to do the 5-10-15 thing that night in effort to try and get him out of his nighttime waking/feeding habit. I was dreading it all day but Dan and I agreed on a plan and we were prepared for a tough night. He must have heard us talking that day because he slept till 5am that morning! Since he went 10 hours, I fed him and put him back to bed and he slept till 8:30! It felt like heaven. It's so great to wake up before your baby.

He continued this wonderful pattern for a week and I thought that was his new little routine. He lasted 6 nights and then he somehow fell back into his old routine. I think he might be going through his 6 month growth spurt right now so I'm going to give him a few days, and then attempt the 5-10-15 thing again. Lets hope it works! :)

the italians would be proud

Gwen, a very thoughtful and sweet lady from our church heard me say that one day I would like to find a pasta machine to make my own pasta, and at Christmas time she handed us a nicely wrapped box with a brand new pasta machine in it!

So this morning Dan and I decided to play around with it and make lasagna noodles for our lasagna tonight. It's actually quite easy to make your own pasta, and so much fun!






After we got bored making lasagna noodles we decided to try some spaghetti......I felt like a little kid with a play-dough machine....very fun. I would like to think that the thousands of Italians in Sault Ste Marie would be impressed.

happy vawentines

to my mommy's friends
mommy thinks I'm napping wight now but I just had to sneak into the office to put these pictures on her blog and wish you all a happy vawentines day tommowow.

I better get back in my cwib before my mommy catches me!

wuv,
JAXON

first food & visit to Goderich

After realizing how good Jaxon was at drinking a sip of water from our cups, we decided it might be time to try giving him some rice cereal! It was quite fun introducing him to his first real food, and he did pretty good! He knew what to do right away, but it was a bit messy........ :)





he's also teething off & on right now so he's doing a LOT of chewing.....
I thought this picture of him in the car seat was so cute....his teething buddies in each hand.




Last weekend Jax & I had the awesome opportunity to get a ride to London with Brian & Carol since they were going anyway. And it just HAPPENED to be my sister Karen's birthday that weekend so Jax & I surprised her! It was so much fun. We stayed with my parents and had a nice weekend together.

stretch time in the van!



Happy bday auntie Karen!

great resource

Hey moms out there........I found this really interesting website for parents with ALL KINDS of resources you can use. Check it out : http://www.familyeducation.com/home/

to the cabin

On Thursday we went to our friends Brian & Carol's cabin for lunch! It was sooooooo beautiful out there. It was about -25 that day but everything was so white, crisp, sparkly and beautiful that it was worth braving the cold to get there. We enjoyed the heat of the wood stove once we got inside and stayed nice & toasty. After being in the city for a long period of time, it was so nice to get out of the busyness and into the peaceful woods!

did you know??

Did you know that kiwis have more vitamin C in them then oranges? I've been eating lots of kiwis these days trying to get rid of this cold! Just thought I'd pass this along since it's definitely cold season!

this & that

Jaxon is LOVING his jolly jumper now. We started him in it about a week ago and at first he would just hang out in it and bounce the odd time. Now he's starting to figure out his rhythm and he's getting better at bouncing. He gets so proud of himself when he has a really good bounce.


Dan walked out the door for work one day last week and saw this! haha.........we were pretty sure we knew who did it and it was confirmed when pictures showed up on Facebook! We had to laugh. Our poor neighbor called me that morning concerned that something had actually happened.




Jax helping dad fold diapers :)


We've found something that helps us get through Jaxon's evening fussy time..........massages! Actually, I think he just likes being naked and the massage is just a bonus. He'll be all fussy and as soon as I lay him down on that blanket and take his clothes off he's a happy boy! It's definitely his favorite time of the day and it gets him through till bedtime!


A question for all you moms out there.........how do I keep Jaxon's little arms warm at night? I put warm sleepers on him but he doesn't keep his arms in his swaddle and they get kind chilly at night. Any ideas?

finally some Christmas pictures!

I'm finally taking a few minutes to post some more pictures! These pictures were taken by our lovely friend Grace at the end of November for Jaxon's Christmas photo shoot. These are only a few out of many!



thank you Grace!


Here's some pictures from our time in Goderich. We were there for almost 2 weeks. It was very busy but good to visit with our families.


Jax discovered that it can be fun to stick his finger inside his soother :) so cute.


Christmas morning at Dan's parents. We're all looking a little tired. Jax is sporting his Christmas outfit from his Grandma. He doesn't look too impressed. :)


we were able to spend some time at the pool so we could get Jax in the pool for the first time! I think he liked it but his lips spent a lot of time quivering so we didn't keep him in there too long.

mom & baby class

For the past 6 weeks I've been going to a mom & baby program at the health unit here every Wednesday. This week was our last week and we took some pictures. It was really fun to meet other moms with babies pretty much the same age as Jaxon.



some babies having meltdowns........Jaxon held it together till the end and then started to cry :(


this poor baby is getting beat up. It's sad but funny.