Axton is already a very deep sleeper and if he doesn't want to wake up he won't without some major convincing. Greg decided to climb into the crib with him since he wouldn't wake up. That did it. Axton wanted his own space and kept trying to get away from Greg. I was afraid Greg was going to break the crib now that he's pushing 200 lbs!!
Axton has been trying to walk for awhile now and can take a few steps on his own but then he gets unsure and sits down. We thought that he would like one of the toys that he can stand and walk with and boy were we right! The only problem is that he can't turn it around so he starts to whine when he hits a solid object. Sometimes he knows it is going to happen and he whines before he even gets there! I created a lot more work for myself by introducing him to this toy!

Home Sweet Home

Greg has been dying to get rid of Axton and I so that he can go golfing. Well he finally got his wish. Axton and I went to San Diego on Monday for the week to stay with the fam (Greg's). He did pretty good on the car ride there, although he didn't sleep as much as I would have liked. Trying to hand a kid treats and toys when you are driving is kind of tricky but we figured it out. He loved all of the attention that Grandma gave him even though it turned out to be a crazy week for everyone! He wasn't quite as sure about Grandpa but that was probably because he wasn't around as much. I never realized how busy you are when you are bishop, only 4 more years (maybe)!!

Kim and Josh (Greg's sister) have decided to move to Gilbert! We helped them get everything loaded in their U-haul and on their way here. They moved into the same apartment complex as us so we should be seeing a lot of them! More people to swap babysitting with! That makes 4 of the 6 kids living within a mile of each other. I am so glad that we moved here and have so much family near by. I don't think I could have handled Las Vegas by ourselves.

Greg flew in Thursday night to spend the weekend with us, since he is obsessed with San Diego. The best part was when Greg got in the car and Axton flipped out. You would have thought that Greg was a stranger by Axton's response. He screamed for a good couple of minutes and was trying so hard to get out of his carseat and in to my safe arms. It was so funny! We went to the beach (no camera) and Axton got to taste the wonderful salt water. He also managed to take a huge bite out of the seaweed while we weren't paying close enough attention.

The highlight of the week was getting to read books! Greg would strongly disagree with that though, he wasn't thrilled that I spent Axton's naptimes reading and ignoring him! Good thing he didn't get there until Thursday and I didn't have a house to keep clean. He hates it when I find a good book because I can't put it down and other things get ignored. My sister-in-law Katie convinced me to read the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyers, so I read 3 of the 4 books in about 4 days (that's almost 1800 pages). Now I have to wait for her to finish the 4th so I can steal it from her. I am dying to find out what happens and if Bella doesn't end up with Edward I'm throwing the book in the trash! Don't hate me if you don't like the book, truthfully I like just about anything since I am so reading deprived these days, and I never have been very picky about anything.


Sorry there are no pictures, we really didn't do anything to exciting but it was a great week to relax with the family. I am looking forward to our next get away at the end of the month. I tell ya what that is after it happens.

Axton's new ride

Just Trying Out Smilebox

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

My Little Climber

Axton is such a climber. He loves to climb on anything and everything. He especially loves to climb stairs although he still insists on going down them head first despite our trying to get him to turn around. Following are a few of his recent climbing experiences.



This was taken a few days ago. He loves to play in his room and since there isn't anything that he can really damage or be hurt by I let him while I clean up the living room or kitchen. When he becomes really quite though that is my que, like most parents, to go see what he's getting into that I didn't think about. Somehow he managed to get out his container of books and climb on them in order to try and reach/climb on the next level of his changing table. I watched him for a while before getting the camera because I was so amused so the picture isn't very good. He had just fallen because he was standing on the side of the container and it tipped.



This picture was taken this morning. Once again he was playing in his room and I decided to check on him. I grabbed the camera this time as soon as I saw what he was doing! The second he saw me he burst out in a huge smile to show me that he was proud of his recent discovery. Boy do I have my hands full. Some of the other things he loves to climb on are the laundry baskets with clothes in them, if they are by the couch, because he knows he get onto the couch that way. Also we had some boxes stacked next to one of the couches and he would push them JUST RIGHT so he could climb them to get onto the couch. One of these days I'll try to get a picture of his couch climbing skills. He is obsessed with the couches!

Mud!

Every year the city of Queen Creek hosts a mud/water day. We decided to go check it out since we are considering moving there and also had nothing better to do. It was so much fun! I can't wait until Axton is older though and can do a lot of the things himself! The first thing we decided to do was the mudslide, so we could get all dirty and then get washed off on the other things before we had to head home.









Greg's splash was bigger than mine! They also had mud volleyball which I would love do if only we had something to do with Axton! Maybe in a few years!!

Greg took Axton down the slip and slide. Axton wasn't quite sure what to think of all the water going in his face. While you're standing in line waiting for your turn there are firefighters spraying you down with their hose. Well I had our bag with our phones and camera, etc, in it and I guess one of the guys thought I was the perfect target. I kept running back and forth to get away from the water, and hiding behind people but as soon as I would come out they would get me again! Finally I managed to get out of reach of their hose but everything was soaked! Luckily nothing got ruined and we had fun.



When we left Greg still had the record for the day for going the furthest on the slip and slide.

They also had some fun things for little kids. Axton had fun except for the fact that he was tired from not getting much sleep the night before.






We will definately be going again next year!

Greg's Promotion

I just wanted to give a shout out to my wonderful husband who is a great provider and a very hard worker (and maybe a little lucky too!). Greg got promoted at work after only 2 months! He used to be an assistant project manager but was just made one of the project managers. Gone are the days of him being bored at work! Now he gets to solve all of the problems on the jobs he is given. He was given a job that is already $100,000 over budget, but he is pretty sure that he can get them back under with a solution he came up with. Hopefully it will work. It's a huge blessing to us because with the promotion came some incentives like a great car allowance and a cell phone, so we can stop paying for his phone and gas to work, and if he does good then he'll get a payraise and hopefully a good bonus. All of which will help us since we are looking to buy a house and as everyone knows those don't come cheap. I am extremely proud of him and want him to know how much Axton and I love him.

But I can't let Greg have all of the attention!! Here are a few pics of Axton! They were from May and I forgot to post them.



Axton wouldn't sleep past 5am when we were in San Diego so one morning Shari took him for me and decided to rock him in their hammock swing. He loved it and he went right to sleep. He had some pretty awesome red marks when he finally woke up!