AXTEN'S FIRST HAIRCUT!!

Axten has been needing a haircut for quite a while now, but I didn't want to loose his curls in the back, so we kept putting it off. Plus, I wanted to keep my "baby" for alittle while longer!! But, it was getting out of control, so it was time.

Here's the "before" shot from the front.....

...and the back.

Wetting it down to get started!!

He did not like it at all!! The hairdresser did reassure us that he was actually doing pretty good compared to some of the kids she's cut.

We thought giving him a drink would calm him down. But that lasted for about 30 seconds.

Almost done!!

Daddy can make it all better!!

Afterwards, I took Axten to the bathroom to change his clothes because he ended up with hair all over him. He caught a look in the mirror!!

And here's my little man. He looks so grown up now, and it makes me so sad!!!

SWIMMING IN THE WINTERTIME!!

Aunt Tiffie & Steve had a great idea to take the kids to Raymond Park's indoor pool!! It was so much fun!! Although, I didn't get in the water with Axten, because he is still fighting an ear infection. But we definitely will next time!!

Trentin is FINALLY tall enough for the water slides!!

She's such a silly girl!!

SHE SHOOTS, SHE SCORES!!!

Haille's team has not lost a game yet!! With two more weeks to go, hopefully they can finish the season undefeated!! (I need to get a better video camera.)

TRENTIN-ISM

Last week, Trentin tells me that his friend Brianna had a secret & wouldn't tell him what it was. I said, well, then she probably wants to keep it a secret!! So here's our conversation on Monday in the car on our way home from daycare:

Trentin: Mom, guess what?!?!? I found out Brianna's secret!!

Me: You did? How did you find out?

Trentin: With the help of my friends (named them but I can't remember who)

Haille: She likes you!!!! She likes you!!!!

Trentin: She doesn't just like me, she LOVES me!!

Me: (laughing) She LOVES you??

Trentin: Yeah, and that's when I really FREAKED OUT!!!

TRENTIN'S 1ST GRADE PROGRAM

The first graders had a program for all the parents to come see!! They all made sunshine t-shirts & wore sunglasses & sunvisors, so needless to say, the program was all about the sunshine!!

Trentin got to stand up and tell a joke. He was so nervous, but he pulled it off!!

HAILLE'S 2ND GRADE PROGRAM

The 2nd grade held a program for all parents. It was a patriotic theme, and they sang all of America's songs. My baby girl is now 8 years old. When am I going to stop getting so emotional at these things?? I teared up watching her because she's becoming such a little lady!!



Haille is the third from the left in the white sweater. The 2nd grade is learning to read music, and they did a great job!!!

LOOK WHO'S WALKING!!

Axten is walking!! Although he's not completely steady on his feet, he will stand up and walk before he crawls. YEAH!!!!

This is the icicle that was hanging on our front porch. It was pretty neat!! When we got home later that day, it was actually attached to the bush below, but the kids broke it off before I could get a picture.

And, yes, those are our Christmas lights still hanging. Horrible, I know!!! But they have since been taken down, I swear!!

My night was alittle rough. How was yours??

TRENTIN-ISM

While having lunch with Tiff today, we were laughing about how funny Trentin can be, and all the funny things he comes up with out of the blue. I told her I need to start writing these stories down because it just captures his unique personality, and I'll remember the funny stories to tell him as he gets older. There are quite a few, but here's the one that had us laughing today:

I pick up the kids from the babysitter and ask my usual questions "how was your day?" and "what did you learn at school?" you know, just standard everyday conversation.

Haille: Logan got in trouble today, mom.

Me: Oh yeah? What did he do?

Haille: He said the "B" word and got in trouble.

Me: The "B" word, huh?

Trentin: (from the back seat) Can I say it, mom?

Me: Say what?

Trentin: Bitch, mom, he said BITCH!!!

Me: (couging to hide my giggling) Kids shouldn't talk like that. It's not appropriate.

Trentin: Is it against the law, mom?

Me: (still coughing/giggling) No, it's not against the law, it's just not nice language.

Trentin: Whew!! Then I don't have to go to jail!!!

Me: Outburst laughter

SPAGHETTI FACE!!

These pictures do no justice to the actual mess he made!! Spaghetti is Axten's favorite meal!!

OOPS!!!

Ask Trentin who accidentally knocked his front tooth out?? That would be ME!!! And I feel horrible about it. Here's the story: Trentin was laying on his stomach with his hands under his chin, watching tv on my bed. I had a basket of laundry which I was going to fold on my bed, and as I walked by him, I was playing around, and pushed his head in a joking way. Like I have done thousands of times before. That's just how we are!!
All the sudden, he sat straight up and his front tooth fell out of his mouth, along with some blood. Apparently, as he had his hands underneath his chin (watching tv) his two pinkies were in his mouth, and I'm sure you can imagine what happened. I apologized a million times, while we were getting a washcloth for his bleeding mouth, but he was actually laughing!! And he tells me "don't worry, mom, you don't have to be sorry cuz' the tooff (tooth) fairy is coming!!" Bless his little heart!!! The next time you see him (unless his new tooth has come in) ask him to say SALLY SELLS SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE - it's hilarious!!!

AXTEN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!!

Everyone came over to celebrate Axten's first birthday!! We started the day with some pizza snacks, and Axten LOVED them!!

Check out my new ride!!!

Of course, Grandma made Axten his first birthday cake!! It was delicious, as usual!!

And she even made Axten his own special cake to "eat"!!

MMMM.....He loved it!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AXTEN!!

My youngest baby is now ONE!!! WOW!! It's so hard to believe how fast this year has gone. Axten has brought such joy to all our lives. He is so easy going, with all the running around we have had to do with baseball/softball, football/cheerleading, and now basketball practice and all the games, I couldn't ask for a better baby!! He just has the personality as if he's saying "okay, let's go, just don't forget my snacks & toys!!"

He's SO CLOSE to walking!! He can easily hold his balance, and can even take quite a few steps, but then he goes to the ground and crawls!! Each day he is getting more brave and taking even more steps than before. Pretty soon, he'll be running like a wild child!!

Axten has been battling an on-going ear infection for quite a while now. We're on our 4th antibiotic, and he'll be on this one for 3 weeks. We've been through amoxicillian, augmenten, and a shot of rosefin (am I spelling those correctly??) all of which have not healed his ears completely. So now we're trying sulfatrim. At the end of the three weeks, if he still has fluid in his ears, we'll be heading to the ear, nose & throat specialist for tubes. We were hoping to avoid that route, but in the end, if it helps prevent ear infections and hearing loss, it's definitely worth it.

We have also broke free of the bottle!! His favorite cup is the Nuby, which is basically a glorified bottle with a silicone lid, but at least it's a step in the right direction!!

I love this baby with all my heart, and thinking back, I feel guilty that I was upset when I found out I was pregnant with him. I could not imagine life without him, and I'm so glad the stupid Nuvo-ring failed!!

BACK DOWN HOME!!

One of Jason's old high school buddies got in touch with him and invited him to play in the Annual Alumni Basketball game for South Dearborn High School. Apparently, every year the alumni basketball players play the recent graduates to raise money for the current basketball teams at the high school. They have games all day long, from all different graduating classes. Even from back in the 80's!! It's a real neat way to raise money for the school!!

The best part for me is I got to see the high school Jason attended before I even knew him. And I got to meet all the guys he used to hang out with. I've heard many stories of these guys, and now I finally have faces to put with the names!! We had fun going out with them for drinks after the game and catching up!!

Before the game started, Jason took me around the town of Dillsboro, where he grew up. It's a real small town, very different from what I'm used to. I mean, the nearest Walmart is like 25 minutes away!! But I really enjoyed seeing where Jason came from, and it's amazing to me that him and I are even together. I had no idea there was a Dillsboro, Indiana, and if he had not gone to Franklin College, we never would have met!! I told him on our way home, it was fate that brought us together!!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!!

CHRISTMAS DAY!!

Trentin was the first one up on Christmas morning around 6:30, and he was so excited!! I told him to wait until Haille and Axten woke up before we could open presents, and he said "I just can't WAIT to open all my presents!! I GOTTA open them!!" This is the same child that I have to beg to wake up in the morning, because he is "just so tired." He was wired Christmas morning!! But that's totally expected!! I told him to go back to his room & put on a movie or something until they woke up, but he kept coming back into our room literally every 10 minutes, until he woke Axten up, and Haille got up shortly thereafter.

Santa couldn't go wrong with getting Haille some Bratz dolls!!

And Trentin wanted G.I. Joe and Lego stuff this year!!

Axten did a pretty good job at opening his presents, too!!

Since Trentin opened his gifts in record time, Haille said he could open the present that was for both her and him. It was the best present of all!!!

The Wii is SO MUCH FUN!!! Jason and I even play it all the time!!!

After we opened the presents Santa brought, we got dressed and headed over to Aunt Tiff & Grandma's house for a delicious turkey dinner, and of course, more presents!!! Thank you Grandma and Aunt Tiff for the wonderful gifts!! The kids were really spoiled this year!!

Here's Haille taking a picture of me taking a picture of her!! She loves her new camera!!