The Sad Story of the Paci

"Hey Mom! Give me that green thing you are always trying to get me to like!"

"I'm not sure what is so great about pacis. Mom has tried every kind of pacifier known to man, and this is really the only I can even stand. I guess I'll just suck on it to make her happy."

"Wait! I forgot I HATE pacifiers!"

"Bleh! There. Much better. No more of that!"

"WAIT! I still need something to suck on!"

"Well, this looks promising."

"Now, if I could just get my thumb away from my other fingers and in my mouth...."

"Almost there..."

"Oh well. I'll just take the whole fist!"

"There. Much better than what Mom was trying to give me."

"What do you think of THAT Mom?"

Hey Paxton, at this point I am cool with whatever. Be a thumb sucker.

(He is actually getting way better with his pacifier. He doesn't keep it in very long though. He has also been trying pretty hard to get that thumb in his mouth. Whatever works.)

Mother's Day/ Blessing

May 9th was an exciting day for the Benavides family!

Not only was it my first Mother's Day being a mom, but we blessed baby Paxton at church as well. Ben and I also spoke in church which pretty much made it the 'Benavides Show' in Sacrament meeting. Here are some pictures of everyone right after the meeting.


Here we are with Grandma and Pa

Here is Grandma and Grandpa B

Now, why can't you see Paxton's blessing outfit, you ask? Well, immediately after the meeting Paxton had a major blow-out of poop all over his cute little shorts. Yes, poo everywhere. (That includes my skirt!) That is seriously the LAST time I will make the mistake of using Huggies. I swear, every time I use Huggies they just can't handle the blow-outs that Paxton has. Anyways, so Paxton pooed all over his adorable outfit before I could even take a picture of him in it! Well, I put some pants on him and wrapped a blanket around him. After the pictures I fed Paxton and he threw up all over the top part of the outfit. haha. So typical. I did get a picture of the outfit on my phone that I sent to Ben to show him what Grandma B and I picked out. It was so adorable!

So, with one Mother's Day outfit down, we put him in this cute little outfit.

I think it was very appropriate.

I had a wonderful first Mother's Day, and I am so extremely lucky to be Paxton's mom.

This last picture made Ben and I laugh forever! It really looks like he is hitting himself in the face. Man, he's cute. haha.

Videos

We used our video camera a lot while Paxton was in the NICU, but haven't used it too much since he has been home. I am trying to be better about that. In this video I was trying to catch his smiles on camera. Please try and ignore my annoying, high-pitched voice. He doesn't give a whole lot of smiles, but I wanted to get used to posting video.



This next video is just Paxton and our dog Gus. Kinda boring but I posted it to show what I was talking about in the other post about Gus loving to be around Paxton. I think it's cute. If you know Gus, you know that he is really hyper and clumsy. I was worried about this when we brought Paxton home. However, when he is around Paxton he gets calm. It's sweet.

Bath Time!

Here are some bath time pics. I posted these because he's so freaking cute, and I wanted everyone to see this little gut Paxman is getting. It's such a cute little belly! Now, how is this first picture not the cutest thing you've ever seen?!

He makes the funniest faces.

He hates getting out of the bath!

Property of Mom.

Check out the shirt. Nuff said. haha.

I sure love my little man.

(This picture is also proof that he looks nothing like me. :( Oh well. I guess Ben would be the next best person to look like. haha. People at church call Paxton Ben's "mini me.")

Phone Pics

Sadly Ben cannot be home all the time with Paxton and me. So, while spending the day with my number one baby, I will often snap a picture to send it to Ben. He gets these pictures on his phone while he's at work, and I feel like that helps him keep up with what we are up to. Now I realize the quality of these pictures suck, but that is just how it is with my Blackberry. I miss my Iphone for the camera quality. ANYWAYS, here are some pics that I have taken of PaxMan.

This is one of my FAVORITES. I feel like he just looks so serious about relaxing. haha.

Here are some cheesy face pictures that just make me smile.

This next one was an attempt at getting my dog Charlie to acknowledge Paxton. He will sniff him every now and then, but mostly Charlie wants nothing to do with Paxton. In this picture I put a wrist rattle on Paxton's arm that Charlie was very interested in. I think Charlie is in denial still. (Our other dog Gus is very interested in Paxton. He is always sniffing him and trying to lay by him on the bed.) Paxton has also started being aware of the dogs. He watches them a lot now.

This is just Paxton in his cute church outfit.

Here he is at church in his other cute outfit. This one is him just smiling up at Grandma.

Handsome little boy. He gave me this smile after I asked him if he was going to be trouble during the church meeting. lol. Snappy dresser eh?

Paxton is getting so big. I can see little parts of personality coming out. He is much more aware of what is going on around him. I will look up and see him watching me or Ben from across the room. He is getting so smart! We are so lucky.

Faces

Paxton Lately...

Paxton has started to enjoy his baths. When we first started giving him baths he would scream through the whole thing. Now as soon as I put him in the water he stops crying and gets calm. He kicks around and runs his hands through the water. It is so cute. We tried to get a picture of his hair floating because we couldn't believe how long it looked! What a stud!

He is definitely going through the bad skin phase. It makes me sad because he is so beautiful, and I don't like to see his face red and bumpy. Paxton has also started to smile all the time. I love his smile. Most of the time it's a little crooked smile which is so cute, but sometimes you can get a big open mouth smile. Ben is really good at getting this one.

Is it bad that sometimes when I change him I leave the shirt or onesie on his head while I change his diaper, because I think it is the funniest thing? Look at that! You would do it too. I just crack up at his turban. Also, notice the little belly and double chin he's getting. Ben and I were in his room being sad while we took all the newborn sized clothes out of his drawer. We remember when those newborn outfits were too big for him. Man, he's growing fast!

Paxton loves to sleep on his tummy. I know you aren't supposed to let them, but he always acts so uncomfortable on his back. I only let him sleep on his tummy when he takes naps and I am right there with him. I am sure most new moms are paranoid like I am about their sleeping baby. Here he is just looking so peaceful!

Paxton loves his swing! He still won't do the pacifier thing so when he gets all worked up, the swing is one of the few things that calms him. If I know he is tired and fighting sleep I will put him in his swing, and he's out like a light.

We finally took Paxton to church last Sunday! A few Sundays ago I took him for just the first hour, but this time we were there for the whole thing. He did great! I was also able to finally put him in the cute church clothes I got him because they fit now. It's nice to be in my parent's ward again so if Ben isn't there one Sunday I have help.

So that is what is going on with Paxton lately. I love seeing his personality start to come out. I will be telling my Mom about stuff he does and she always says, "That is exactly how you were." She has been telling me that a lot lately so I figure I am raising a version of myself. I feel like I deserve that. Haha. I guess he will look like Ben and act like me. This could be dangerous. :)

this 7 pounder calls all the shots

So today I woke up and got all ready for church. I also got Paxton all ready for church. This takes some time. I was once able to get ready in 30 minutes and be out the door. Not so much anymore. I was just planning on going to the final hour and a half of church. I still don't feel ready to do all three with him yet. Then, just as we are all ready to go he starts screaming that he is hungry. AND since I breast feed him I had to stop and feed him. SO I didn't get to go to church today. I guess I should just plan on going to all three hours and hopefully be able to catch one of those! I told my Mom what happened and she said "Welcome to the next 18 years of your life." 18 years? Wow. This little 7+ pounder calls all the shots around here! lol. I decided to take a picture of him afterwards because he looked so cute. I think he looks quite pleased with himself. haha.

(He weighed 7.3 lbs last time we went to his pediatrician, but that was at 2 weeks old. He must weigh more than that now. Maybe even 8 lbs? He definitely looks bigger than he did at 2 weeks.)

Pacifiers and such...

*Paxton is advanced. haha. At least that is what they told me at his developmental screen. Yah. My kid is advanced...and I am already the mom that brags about her smart baby.

*Pacifiers are not Paxton's friend. I have been trying to get him to like them because he always tries to use me as a pacifier (if ya know what I mean), and that just wont work when we are not at home. He sucks on a pacifier for about 2 seconds and then realizes nothing is coming out so he ditches it. So day 2 of "you know you love this pacifier" has begun.

*I have been trying to go to the gym and just walk on the treadmill, but even that is too much sometimes. I'm bummed because I am just ready to feel like myself again. I want to run again and be at the gym and just enjoy it. It's hard not being able to because of how much I love doing that. I feel like it has been forever since I have felt like myself.

*I got Shape-Ups, which are the Skecher shoes that are supposed to tone your lower body. I have grand ideas of going for walks with Paxton and Charlie when I get to feeling 100%. We will see how they work.

*I have some great people in my life.

*I spend a lot of time just staring at Paxton and being completely in love with him. I also love him more every day which seems impossible...but its true.

*Mother's Day is coming up and I'M A MOM NOW!

*Ben is such a huge helper when it comes to Paxton. I caught him singing to Paxton the other day. It was so cute. He's a good dad.

*My nephew Spencer called me a poopy diaper the other day. haha. When I asked him if Paxton was a poopy diaper he acted offended and said, "No! Paxton's not a poopy diaper! You're a poopy diaper!" Cracked me up. I guess its just me then. lol.

*I absolutely LOVE that song "Break Your Heart" by Taio Cruz. It is a fabulous workout song. I usually don't like songs like that, but I love this one. Play it. You will want to shake it.

*Paxton is going to have a new cousin in just a few weeks! Cosette will be arriving May 7 and no doubt she will be beautiful and wonderful! I know Ben's brother Rick and his fiance Lesla are so excited for their new addition. We are excited too. I love that Paxton has cousins so close by!

Paxton the model

Our little boy is already 1 month old!

That is crazy! He is also my little model.

Here are a few pictures I took of him recently:

This was him holding himself up! I was so proud of him being able to hold it for so long!

This one makes me laugh cause he kinda went cross eyed.

RAWR! He's gonna eat you!

Eventually he fell over. haha. But he looked happy about it!

I took this one because it showed his cute shirt.

And this last one has got to be my very favorite. It looks like I said something that really offended him and so he gave me this look:

"Why would you say that mom?!"

Oh man. What a cute kid. I might be a little biassed though :)