All About Pax

Just want to quickly document what Pax is doing these days. He is 2 years and almost 3 months old. He can count to 20 in English and 10 in Spanish. He loves to play with playdough. He goes crazy laughing when you tickle him. He just transfered into a 'big boy' bed and loves it. When he wakes up, he politely sits there with his 'green' (blanket) and after a few minutes (20 or so) he says "mommy, daddy come get me please". He's got great manners saying "no thanks" and "thank you" and "please". He knows all of his colors, numbers, shapes, animals, and letters. He is a problm solver and a thinker. He know to press 9-1-1-on the phone in case of an emergency. He knows what type of car mommy, daddy, aunt Jess, and all the grandparents drive. He loves watching Sesame Street and Praise Baby and probably would for hours if we allowed him. Time outs are working as a form of discipline; at the end of every time out we tell him what he did wrong, he says "sorry" we say "I forgive you" and we hug and kiss and say "okay let's be happy now" and we go play. I am currently woking on teaching him the days of the week and what Thanksgiving means. He still loves Cheerios. Oh, and he kisses the baby (mama's belly) everyday.

Eating

Eating is something I am still struggling with. Don't get me wrong, when I'm not preggers I love to eat, but during pregnancy, it is a bit of a challenge. At least one time a day I feel absolutely starved and then go to get something to eat and every single thing looks and smells disgusting. It is the weirdest/most annoying thing. I am hopeful this phase will end soon.

Here is a list of some things the baby likes to eat for his/her first four months:
-Pears
-Apple juice
-Purple grape juice
-Anything with cheese (especially warm cheese)
-Crackers
-Golden Grahams

Pax and Bajis Applepicking

Oct. 2010

Here's what's going on in a nutshell. We are preggers again. WAHOO!! We sold our house on the Westside and we bought a house in the Eastside. This all happened in a matter of two weeks (well not the pregnancy--hee-hee). Needless to say we are blessed and a bit overwhelmed. Pax is awesome and very funny! Will write more soon.

Paxton and Daddy Duo - Shake Your Booty

The boy has the rhythm and timing down . . . he just has to control those random burps!

Gammie and Pax are Twins

If you look close, Pax and Gammie have the same outfit on!

Kiss Me Rylie!

The Life of An 18th Month Old

I realize that I say this every month, but I love this age. Being the mother of an 18 month old is really so incredibly fun! I can't help it, it keeps getting better and better.

What is Pax up to these days? Everything. We can't keep this boy inside. He loves going to the playground, climbing on things, and just being outside in general. It is a whole new world for him. He also loves to stack things. He has a special cabinet that has seveal different shaped and colored containers that he enjoys making towers out of. He loves to be pulled around the house in his train (a.k.a. a laundry basket with a scarf attached for pulling), he loves to talk on the phone to anyone who is patient enough to wait minutes for him to say what he has to say and who doesn't mind hearing loud chimes when he presses the buttons. He hugs and kisses our friends and family and occassionally the stranger in the store (that's always akward). He can identify so many things I just can't believe it. Every week we bring home 5 different books from the library after story time and man, I just can't get over how fast he learns. While reading him a book, if you ask him where the ______ is, he is happy to point to the object and occassionally verbalizes it.

His newest trick is jumping. Okay, we are not talking a Lebron vertical or anything, but it is so funny to watch him attempt this. He is also so close to being able to do a summersault without assistance.

Sanjay and I took him to the Childrens's Museum in Cleveland and he absolutley loved it. He played in the big red barn room, he played with the sand and at a water table and drove as many cars as he could get his hands on.

Sleep: Pax is still enjoying his sleep. He still goes to bed around 7:00 and wakes around 7:20. We transitioned into one long nap during the day normally from 11:00-1:00 or 12:00-2:00. For some reason, when Sanjay is home with him he tends to sleep for 3 hours (go figure).

Eating: We call Pax "Senor Never Miss A Meal". I know we are mean, but it's true. His favorite foods are sweet potatoes, cheerios, oatmeal banana waffles, peaches, and spaghetti.

Comfort: Our friends Chris and Jen bought Pax a little orange fishie which Pax was very attached to for a while and would not go anywhere without it. Now, he is very attached to his green lizard blankie that our friends Victor and Robbyn bought him for his 1st birthday. He cracks himself up when he coveres his entire face with is blankie and walks around the house running into things. It is pretty funny.

Paxton's first attempt at producing a movie

Ok - perhaps Pax will be the next Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, or even M. Knight Shyamalan! His first video is featured above, and it starts about 45 seconds into the video when he grabs the camera. Noticing that he had it pointed at himself, I said let's make the "Daddy's going to get you video!!!" --- and we were off ; ) I think this is a novel use of the first-person/third-person hybrid perspective!