Crown Center

It is a tradtion that my mom, sister and I visit Crown Center every year for Christmas.  It started when we were little.  We would visit Santa, walk around, and eat dinner at the Hyatt Terrace (I still can't believe it is not the Hyatt any longer).  The tradition evolved as we got older to eating sushi at Crown Center and shopping at Victoria Secret or Finishings for Her.  Now that Madilyn and Paxton come along, we visit the Crayloa store, walk around and this year we ate Milano. 



Why are my pictures sideways??



Best Christmas Ever

Sweetest Christmas present we ever received!

Christmas at Grandma Dena's house.  He giggled and played with Jackson and Abby! 

Counsins at Papaw and Mama Neece's Christmas!

Christmas at Nancy's.  Surprisingly Paxton partied until 11:00.  Seriously, wasn't fussy, he enjoyed every minute of it!



All of his Christmas presents (and we didn't purchase one of them).  This makes me wonder if we are teaching him the true meaning of Christmas?  We will need to work on that in the future. One thing is for sure, he is a lucky little guy! 




Our Christmas morning surprise for Paxton was a ball pit (Jami-I stole the idea from you!) Also, he's wearing a one piece swimsuit to prepare for his upcoming swim lessons!!  I had no idea that they made one piece swimsuits for boys, but I love it!



Grandpa Welch's 80th Birthday

Grandpa Welch turned 80 and we celebrated at Kobe.



Pax was cheering the Cowboys to a victory in his Cowboys gear and he loved watching the chef cook in front of us!



"Happy Birthday to you.."

LFD Family Christmas

The Gilder's hosted LFD Family Christmas and it is ALWAYS so much fun, good food, good drinks and good company!

Cousin LOVE

Madilyn is patting his head saying, "It will be okay!" because Pax is starting to get upset.

The same weekend we went to First Baptist Church to watch First Christmas which is an awesome Christmas production!  Grandpa Dick came with us!  Paxton really seemed to enjoy all the music, lights and people.  We have started a new tradition with Grandpa Dick! We love having them in Kansas City!

LFD Christmas Lunch

LFD has a Christmas BBQ (yup, hamburgers in the middle of December!) and Paxton had the opportunity to see Santa again.  This time, he could keep his hands of his beard!

6 Months Old

Memories 5-6 months:
Rosey, red chapped cheeks.
Drool and a red chin to prove it!
Sitting up all the time.
Baths in the sink instead of the tub because he won't lay down any longer in the bath to bathe:).
Yelling, just to yell.
Laughs and giggles when we hide and say "boo!"
So assertive about needs and wants
Grabs at anything in his reach
So far he has eaten avocado, sweet potato, butternut squash, oats, bananas, carrots (that his dad pureed)
Likes his car seat, the cover makes it warm and comfy
Loves going places especially in his Baby Bjorn
Wakes up at night and drinks a bottle
I stopped nursing about 5 1/2 months
Wakes in the morning and happily plays in his crib
Loves to snuggle in our bed in the morning on the weekends until 8:30-9:00

Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

We told Santa he was really good this year!



Waiting in line!



Paxton's Christmas Tree for his room!



Rub-a-dub-dub Paxton in the tub

He doesn't like to lay in the tub any longer. I am trying to get creative about helping him sit up!

Emma Turns 1!

Emma turned one!

Playdate

Finn and Emma came over to play with Pax!  They had so much fun!  I also started the tradition that the day after Thanksgiving, we stay in our PJ's all day!

Finn 4 months, Emma 1 year and Pax almost 6 months

Getting so good at sitting up!

Thanksgiving!!

We have so many things to be thankful for and Paxton is the number one thing I am thankful for.  Still, to this day, I cannot believe how lucky we are to have him!  This Thanksgiving is special for Pax because he ate table food for the first time!  Sweet potatoes!

Here's the video of him eating...(yes, we are really that obsessed, videotaping him eating  sweet potatoes!)




We also enjoyed Thanksgiving at Uncle Ken's.  Paxton played with his cousin Chloe, they giggled at each other for a long time!

And it's this picture that made me realize how stinkin' chunky he is!!  It's so funny to think we were worried about him gaining wieght in the beginning of his little life!  He may be ready for size 3 diapers!

Stacey's in town!

When Stacey is in town from D.C. we always get together the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and this year there were so many babies!  Since Pax is home with Ashley during the day and doesn't have much socialization with other kids I look forward to times when he is around other kids and he had a blast playing with the older (1 1/2 year old) boys! 





One of my favorite outfits!




Playing with his buddies!



The Pelvic Thrust

The video below cracks me up!  Paxton is a heck of a dancer!

Happy Birthday Bob!

Bob celebrated is 32nd birthday!  Lauren, Clay, Madilyn, Paxton and I brought Waldo pizza and apple crisp up to he station for the guys.

5 months old

Paxton is 5 months old! Some things to remember about him at this age.
He loves the song "if you are happy and you know it!" and "happy birthday"  He smiles every time I sing it.
He loves his pacifier-you can hand it to him and puts it in his mouth backwards, sideways, anyway he can get it in his mouth
He is just so happy and sweet.
He drools constantly.
When he inhales he makes a noise.
He loves blowing raspberries. 
He still eats every 3 hours
He wakes one time at night to eat and sleeps until 6:45-8:15
I still nurse him in the morning always, and sometimes in the afternoon and night
He is ready for solids, he intently watches us eat and drink.
He is starting to sit up on his own for a minute or so.



I couldn't help take a picture of him crying.  I think it is such a sweet crying face :).



LFD visit

Pax got a kick out of checking out every inch of Bob's fire station (literally we walked the entire station so that he would be entertained). Bob turned the firetruck lights on and Paxton barely noticed. While were there they got a call. When the tones go off in the station it is pretty loud, so I figured it would scare Pax, but it didn't. He is already brave like his dad.

Sleeping babies and PJ's

I have a slight obsession with taking pictures of Paxton sleeping and in his PJ's.



I could stare at him sleeping all day long, but I don't because I am too afraid to wake him.:)



Halloween!

Pax and Bob carved a pumpkin on Halloween. 

We spent Halloween night driving from one family members house to the next, we made a total of 5 stops.  Our little puppy didn't wear out until the last stop at Grandma Neece and Papaws.  He looked so stickin' cute in his costume and we didn't capture him in it that night.:(

Swinging away!

His first time swinging.  He was pretty indifferent about it.  He mostly enjoyed watching the other kids play on the playgroud equipment.

Halloween Party!

Amia, a teacher at TUE, invited Paxton to a Halloween party!  Below are pictures of the fun we had!

Fall favorites



I would say that one of my favorites memories of fall is picnicking at the park. We often take Paxton early in the evening, lay out a blanket, and play! He loves the fresh air, different environment and we love it too!



Starting to sit up..sort of :)



I never thought there would be a day that Paxton would be out of a swaddle while sleeping and this pictures proves that he can sleep swaddleless!  AND I love the way he looks laying, innocently in his crib sleeping.