Chef Paxton

So this past weekend was conference weekend, and I spent Sunday over at my parent's house as usual. Between the sessions we were in the kitchen cooking. I, of course, had an assistant. Meet Chef Paxton!

This spatula was his tool of choice.

Here he is searching for the right utensil for the job.

"No, none of these will do! I must find another!"
As you can see, he is very serious about his job.

Haha. I think he created more mess than help but isn't that what babies are for??

favorite new toy

What could be making Paxton so happy??

Well it just so happens to be his new toy :)My sister Nicole has been letting me tag along with her when she goes garage saleing lately, and I have found Paxton some pretty great stuff! This was my new find. I had been looking at these at the store but didn't want to fork over the cash. Then I stumbled on this one at a garage sale and walked away with it for only $10.00! I was so excited to get it home and let him play with it. (I spent a good half-hour scrubbing it down first of course.) I just added new links and another toy to hang off of it. It pretty much looked brand new by the time I got done with it!

He was successful at getting the whole duck in his mouth. :)

The lights and music work on it and everything!


Thanks Mom!

He was very studious at first. haha.

It is so fun to watch Paxton with new toys.

Almost 7

Just take a second to enjoy the beautiful, deliciousness that is my almost 7 month old baby boy. I took him to the park the other day, and got these adorable pictures. I love my kid. That's just all there is to it.

The level of cuteness is just ridiculous. :)

Big Boy Stuff

So I'm trying to catch up on blogging and MAYBE do a post a day.

Here are some pictures that prove just what a big boy Paxton is nowadays...

I decided to try out a booster seat when I went to lunch with my sister.

I figured it would help him get better at sitting up.

He didn't last the whole time we ate, but he loved it.

He put his hands on the table like he was ready to eat.

While we were at my sister's house to watch the game,

Paxton and I went to play in his cousin Spencer's room.

He even got to sit in Spencer's big boy rocking chair.

Is that not the cutest thing ever?

Here is Paxton riding like a big boy in his stroller.

He has been riding this way for a while,

but now that I mall walk he gets to do it for longer periods of time.

I usually walk for about an hour, and he was so happy the whole time.

When he was in his stroller the baby way he never lasted that long.

He just likes to see whats going on!

(He is wearing the baby leg warmers I made him.)

My baby is already working on tooth #2!
He got a lower one last month and is about to get the other lower one some time soon.
Paxton is usually just the happiest baby, but this tooth thing gives him hard times.
The other night he was very fussy, and I was trying to think of ways to cheer him up.
I finally remembered something my sisters and I used to do with
our brother Preston when we were little.
So, I put a pillow in our laundry basket, tied a blanket around it,
and pulled Paxton around the house in the basket.
I really didn't get huge smiles from it, but he stopped being upset and just enjoyed the ride.
It was so cute how he was totally content being pulled around.

At first Ben was making fun of me and saying,
"Ummm....What the heck are you doing putting my kid in a laundry basket?"
But after he saw that it worked like a charm, he wanted to pull Paxton around too. haha.

Mom knows what she it doing Dad!

Although it is tough seeing my little baby growing up, it is also fun seeing the new things Paxton gets to learn and do. This month we get to start eating veggies! We will see how it goes!

The Fair

Rick, Lesla, Ben, and I took our babies to the fair this week.

I'm not gonna lie, I can't wait until he can actually ride the rides.

They did however, get to see all the animals.

Here is a picture of Paxton and Cosette parked while their parents ate food.

Paxton got to see the big bunnies!

(Notice the serious face. He is sooo close to getting his second tooth,

and he is just not the same right before another one pops up.)

He was very interested in the animals though.

Daddy decided he would show him some animals too.

The way Paxton is leaning in this picture is so funny.

It's like he is leaning away from the Sheep.

Paxton also got to see a cow.

Overall the fair was hot and expensive. haha.

I am glad that Paxton got to see all those animals though.

New things!

I haven't been very good at blogging lately.

However, we have been very busy with things like...ummm....

GETTING A HOUSE!

We are completely excited for our first house! I will definitely show pictures when we move in and get settled. I also have a ton of pictures of Paxton that I have not blogged. It just might take me forever to catch up. I have been putting a lot of the pictures on facebook so look there.

Till next blog!

Drastic Fantastic

For a while now I have been experimenting with different websites in order to post my crafty endeavours and things that I love. I tried different kinds of blogs but ultimately came back to what I know and made another blogspot blog. This blog allows me to document things separately from this private family blog. This way I can protect pictures and such of my family, but still share my individual projects with everyone. I pretty much always have to have some sort of project going on, so this will be where I show what I'm up to.

Just go to http://www.thisisdrasticfantastic.blogspot.com/

or click on the blog button I created on the left hand side of this blog.

Funny timing because my sister just created a blog for her crafty stuff as well. Her website is http://www.smallsimplethingswithlove.blogspot.com/ so go there too! I also made a blog button for her webiste which I posted on my blog Drastic Fantastic.

Yay for all things creative!

love them :)

You can often find Ben and Paxton just sitting outside together.

Paxton Catch Up

I am constantly taking pictures of Paxton, and it has been a while since I posted a lot of them, so here they are:

I made this hat before I had Paxton so I didn't know how big or tall to make it. The hat fits him but is way too tall. I found it in his winter stuff and had to try it on him. We were cracking up about how it looks. I decided if it was red and green it would be the perfect Christmas Elf hat.

What an adorable kid.

Here's my Pax man watching Yo Gabba Gabba one morning so I could put my makeup on. That show is pretty crazy, but it has really cool music.

Here are some cute dipey pictures:

We have known Paxton was teething for a month or so now, but these past few days have been especially cruel. He has been waking up every two hours like he did as a newborn, and he has wanted to be held all the time. I knew a tooth must be close in coming so last night I was looking and found his first tooth popping through! I knew there had to be a reason for the madness! My boy is growing up so fast :( He's already going to be 6 months!


He has also been taking a passie all of the sudden. It helps him calm down and even fall asleep. I have kind of been wondering who this child is and what he did with my Paxton!

Teething is no fun, but most of the time he is still my fun, sweet Paxton. I feel so lucky to be his mommy.

Nakey Bum

Some day Paxton will be mad at me for posting these.

However, I think he will agree that he had a nice tush.

:) Cutest thing ever.

"Ummm, excuse me!"