BIG Summer!!

Its been a big summer for us! We moved Jax into bunk beds and he is sleeping great in his new room! He's not a baby anymore and everyday I wonder where the time went because he has gotten so big. He is talking all the time and it is so fun to hear what he comes up with. Jax has the sweetest disposition and loves being around anybody and everybody!

We also found out we are expecting a baby at the end of January! Jax is going to be a big brother! I'm finally past most of the morning sickness and have transitioned into what I like to call the "eating phase" quite nicely. :0) We are going to have another boy which is going to make me seriously outnumbered but I'm excited for the craziness!

Here are some of the highlights of the summer!

Here's Jax with some goggles he found and wore non stop when we went to visit my sister and her family over in Hilton Head.

And more goggles.....we did a lot of that this summer!

Beach time!

Jax did summer camp for 5 weeks at his preschool. He had a blast! Here he is showing off his kicks before camp one day.

We spent a lot of time on the boat (before the morning sickness set in).

My sister and her family came to town and the boys went tubing!

My parents also came to visit! We loved having Mimi and Papa here!

David and I went to dinner at Ruths Chris to celebrate the day we found out we were having another boy.

Jax and I went to Mississippi for the week to visit David's parents. Here is Jax on the plane. He loved "riding the big airplane"!

Playing golf with Aunt Melissa!

Jax went fishing and really loved splashing the water with the fishing pole....Papa caught the fish despite all the splashing! :0)

We went to Papa's work and Jax got to sit in all the big trucks! He was amazed to say the least!

And we got to spend a little time with Daddyjack, David's grandfather.

New pictures!

Here are some pictures we had taken of Jax about a month ago. He was really serious but Meredith managed to get some good ones! More to come! :0)

He's growin' up!

He's 2!! Its been a crazy couple months with Jax! He's talking more and more and is just the funniest little guy. He's a joy to be around!

Jax had a great birthday at the playground with friends. The weather was beautiful and he loved the cake and pizza!

More Cake!! :0)

Reagan and Riley (Jax's cousins) enjoying the cake!

We went to a farm for an Easter egg hunt with Jax's aunt and uncle and cousins. Jax had a blast!

Uncle Mac and Jax

Funny picture because of the makeshift cow train but mostly because Jax is sitting on Riley's lap and he is just as big as her!

Jax's 1st professional haircut!

Before

Sitting in the boat watching Barney and eating a sucker! He was in heaven!

His friend Adam and Adam's mom met us at Doodle Doo's so Adam could get his hair cut too....see Adam in the background....Hilarious!

And after.....Jax doesn't sport the faux hawk very often but his friend got one so we decided to style Jax's the same way just for pictures. :0)

Random pics from the last month!

Here are some pictures since the last time I posted which has been a while! Enjoy!

Jax chillin in his bikeseat!

Here was our halloween crew! Marshall, Mathis and Jax....aka Batman, Buzz Lightyear and Huck finn (holding a tennis racquet)

And last but not least...... David took Jax to Home Depot to "pick up some things". :0) They ended up staying and building a wagon together in the kid's workshop. Here is a picture of their handywork!

Happy Halloween!

This was one day that it was actually kind of chilly....very nice!

Jax is diving into the terrible two's head first (at 19 months)! Its been fun and challenging! I'm missing the days when Jax was easier to handle (and hold) but very much enjoying the new spectrum of funny things he does! He loves to dance to everything including the songs in his head and he babbles endlessly about God only knows what. :0) He also tries really hard to say words that we are trying to teach him. He has quickly gotten into the habit of holding hands with us and praying before we eat dinner and thinks its hilarious. He has not yet gotten the hang of holding hands and walking with us in public. We are working hard on that skill!

We've learned a lot about his personality in the last couple months. He is extremely strong willed.....my mother-in-law reassured me that because of that, he will be a leader and a very determined person. (Very encouraging words to hear and I remind myself of them when I can't get the kid to eat his vegetables.)

On a more superficial note, Jax has a wicked combover that we might finally cut in the coming days. I'll post pictures if that actually happens. :0) I've been putting it off because I LOVE his red hair and can't bare to part with any of it!

more Jax goodness to come......

More pictures....less words :0)

I know my posts are getting shorter and shorter but I don't seem to have a lot of time these days to write a lot! So here are some pictures!

Here is Jax on his first day of school (mother's morning out)!

We met up our good friends Dan and Betsy while they were in town. Little Mary Beth is a cutie! Yes, that is drool on Jax's shirt! :0)

At the beach!!