Speech School

As I have mentioned in previous posts, Paxton is behind in his speech.

Ever since his last set of tubes were put in, he has been hearing great.

His vocabulary has grown tremendously since then, but he is still behind.

We met with the school district so he could be evaluated for speech therapy services.

He qualified for services, and we were told about a twice a

week speech class that was recommended for him.

We enrolled him the following Monday, and now Paxton gets to go to school twice a week!

He goes Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00am-10:00am

at the elementary school in our district.

 

The class is taught by two speech therapists and

consists of story time, arts and crafts, snacks, and playground time.

We are very excited for Paxton to have this opportunity.

He has already gone this week, and he comes home in the best mood.

Waking up that early is not the easiest thing for him though!

 

We literally live two minutes away from the school so it is very convenient.

I love that he will be able to make new friends,

and that we are getting some help with his communication skills.

It's so cute to walk him up to his class with his little backpack on.

We are so proud of him, and we love our Paxton!

Yay for speech school :)  

 



What a Lovely Night!

 Why is this little gal so happy??

BECAUSE SHE SLEPT THROUGH THE WHOLE NIGHT!!!!!!!!

WOO HOO!!!!!!

That's right guys, this little lady slept 12 hours without waking up!

I put her cute bum to bed last night around 8:15, 

and she didn't wake up until around 8:15 this morning. 

I think her Mom might be just as excited as she is in these pictures!

The last post I wrote said that she wasn't very great at the sleeping thing. 

I guess she showed me!

It was the perfect night for her to sleep all night too.

My first night back to work (since November) was Saturday night, 

and I was in major need of some extra sleep.

(I work one night a week as a nurse 7pm-7am.)

I will also mention that she only woke up once for her Daddy while I was at work.

He was very thankful for that.

I came home Sunday morning, slept two hours, and then woke up to feed her.

I then proceeded to stay up the whole day, 

and I didn't go to sleep until after I put Maebry to bed.

So, thank you Bee Bee. 

It was a lovely, wonderful sleep.

I'm not getting my hopes up that this will last.

I just wanted to celebrate the moment. 

Now, if only brother didn't climb into our bed at 3:00 in the morning.....

One success at a time I guess! 

Four Months

This beauty is four months old! 

I can't believe how fast it's flying by! 

Maebry's talents include rolling over, drooling, and looking dang cute. 

I love the girly sounds that come out of her too.

Ben says she screams like a girl.

She will be playing and just let out this high pitched squeal. 

She is a pretty great audience too.

She loves to laugh. 

I forgot how hard it is to find a place to set down a rolling baby. 

Life was easier when she just stayed put. 

She is absolutely in awe of her big brother. 

She loves to watch him.

I will be trying so hard to get her attention, but if Pax is in the room, I can't compete. 

Maebry's still not super awesome at the sleeping thing, but we'll keep her anyway :)

 She will probably get teeth soon because the drool is endless.

She will also chew on anything that gets anywhere near her mouth.

Her short friendship with the pacifier is pretty much over as well :( 

I could tell she wasn't super committed. 

Nicknames: Chunkers and Bee Bee. 

When Paxton says her name is sounds like he's saying Bee Bee. 

I have started calling her that, because I hear it so much.

Chunkers comes from my hope that I will have a rollie pollie, chunky baby.

Her 90th percentile height (just like Paxton's always was) seems to be in the way of that.

 I have also started referring to her as Mae Baby. 

I said I would never call her Mae, but I also said I would never call Paxton Pax....

We love our little gal regardless of her size :) 

She has been such a great addition to the family. 

We are so grateful for her in our lives! 

Paxton's Third Birthday Party!

Paxton's third birthday party was last weekend.  

Last year we had a ton of friends invited and played at Jumpin Jungle. 

So, this year we had a smaller party at our house.

We invited our family to help us celebrate, and of course the theme was Toy Story.

Here is the birthday boy and his favorite pal, Woody. 

I saw the cutest Woody shirt on Etsy and decided that Paxton needed one for his birthday.

I ended up sewing one just like the Etsy one, and I was so excited with how it turned out. 

Here is how the table looked:

A few weeks ago, Paxton and I went on a "Mommy/Son" date to The Mud Room.

I ended up painting a plate to go along with the Toy Story theme. 

The plate was the center piece for the table. 

I actually baked for the party!!!

This is a big deal because I usually don't usually like to bake. 

I'm working on my cooking skills so I decided to give the cupcakes a try.

I found cute alien cupcakes on Pinterest, and I just copied them. 

It was actually super easy.

Paxton picked out the Buzz Lightyear candle when we went shopping for party stuff. 

I made pigs in a blanket in honor of Ham (the pig on toy story).

We also had Pizza Planet pizza and fruit. 

Naturally, I had to make a few triangle banners. 

One for the table and one for the wall. 

I decorated another table for the party favors and presents.

I framed the invitation because that is one of my favorite parts of getting ready for Paxton's parties.

I love making the invitations. 

Here's what the invitation looked like:

Me and my Cowboy. 

I love this picture of Ben and Paxton. 

Here is the fam.

I thought about making Maebry a cute Jessie outfit, but changed my mind.

I really wanted Paxton's party to be all about him.

Look at that stink face. He was not interested in taking pictures. 

This birthday was really fun because he actually cared about opening presents!

He has never cared to open gifts before, even this past Christmas, but he loved it this time. 

It was exciting for him to see his new toys. 

He also blew his candle out this year and got really excited after we all clapped for him.

This blowing out the candle picture cracks me up.

The party was fun, and Paxton really got some great presents! 

One of my favorite parts of the party was a photo slide show my hubby put together.

It played Toy Story music and scrolled through all our favorite Paxton pictures.

It was fun to see baby Paxton and all the funny moments we have captured through the years. 

Paxton's cousins are party animals :)

There was trampoline jumping, cupcake eating, and even a dance party! 

These kiddos have some pretty sweet dance moves.

We are so thankful to all our family for being there and helping us celebrate Paxton.  

Today is Paxton's real birthday, and we took him to Toys R Us to use his birthday gift card.

I bet you can guess what he bought with it.

Another Woody toy.

Now he has an even bigger collection of Toy Story toys! 

YEE HAW!!!!
(Yes, he thinks he needs to wear his Woody hat all the time now.)

We love this boy, and even though it's sad that he is getting bigger, it's fun to see him grow!

Happy Birthday Paxton!

Today is our Paxton's third birthday!

We sure love this kid, and life wouldn't be complete without him.

He has truly made every day a happier day. 

Happy Birthday to the smartest, funniest, coolest, cutest, sweetest, most lovable kid ever!

(Birthday party post coming up soon.)

Miss Independent...Sleeper

 Well, it's official!!

This little gal sleeps in her own bed :) in her own room :)

It has only been two nights, but she has done absolutely fabulous!

She was sleeping with Mommy every night so it was bittersweet to send her off on her own.

I miss having her there to cuddle and love on.

I don't miss how much room she took up when she sprawled out!

We did the transition slowly to make it easier on her.

She started taking naps in her own bed before we tried all night.

I'm not gonna lie, I had anxiety about it.

I kept changing my mind about if I was ready for her to leave me! 

She wasn't a fan of it at first, and she woke up a lot looking for me.

Now she goes right to sleep when I put her down.

It has also given me a lot of time back.

She doesn't rely on me to sleep, so I can just put her in the bed, 

and leave the room to get other things done.   

I kicked Paxton out of my bed at three months as well.

I just feel like three months is the magic age when babies get easier.

She doesn't wake up as much to eat, so having her in another room isn't hard.

She has done an amazing job, and it has made life a little easier around here. 

It also means the newborn baby phase is over :(

That realization was definitely part of my anxiety over the whole thing.   

I'm also pretty sure this girlie might be a thumb sucker. 

Almost every time I check on her, while she's sleeping, she has her hand in her mouth.

All in all, I feel like this transition is better for both of us.

More sleep, better quality of sleep, and more time for Mama to spend with Brother or Dad! 

Hairography

I have always wanted a kid with curly hair. 

Even before they were born I wished they would have tons of curls.

Paxton's hair came out stick straight.

Maebry's hair is pretty straight too, but after her baths, 

just for a moment, she is the curly head child I will probably never get. 

And I'm obsessed with it...

When it dries, it is straight again, but when it's wet I sit and play with all her curls.

She thinks I need to get over it. 

Now, on to Paxton.

His hair was shorter than I like for his pictures.

Why? Because every time this kid gets a hair cut he acts like it's the end of the world.

I'm talking, sobbing, snotting, gagging, screaming.

He almost always throws up because he gags himself while crying.

So, every time I go to cut his hair, I almost always end up buzzing it.

This is because I never want to cut it again.

I dread it. 

I sent Paxton with his Dad to the salon to get a haircut once.

I had high expectations.

I thought maybe if he saw Dad get a haircut too he would be ok with it.

Nope. Dad never wants to take him again.

Apparently he had a similar freak out in front of everyone there.  

I've pretty much tried every thing me and Pinterest can think 

of to make this a better experience.

I'm assuming this is something he will grow out of.

Until then, he will have either really long hair or hardly any hair! 

Good thing he's so cute and it doesn't matter!

(Here is a pic of super long hair.)

Snow Day

Well, I naturally have to blog about snow day.

70 degrees the day before and a blizzard the next day.

Not only was it cold and snowy, but it was super windy.

That meant ice chunks in the face. 

Me and the little guy had some fun in the snow despite the blizzard.

I didn't have the camera out for very long because of how wet we were getting. 

But seriously, look at those lashes. 

Notice the Buzz Lightyear figure he clutched the whole time we played in the snow. 

Some character of Toy Story is present at all times. 

His favorite part was throwing snow balls. Of course. 

Snow day reminded me of those few times school was cancelled
due to snow when I was growing up.

Those were some of the best days ever.

Nothing sounded more fun than a snow day. 

It's also fun now that I have my own kiddos. 

He had a blast, and I loved being there to see it.

(Maebry did not participate in snow day. Maybe next year.)