9 Months!

Day by day my little baby boy is turning more into a toddler. It is so sad. But also sooo much fun. Jaxson is just such a good baby and we are so lucky he is in our family. (I probably say that everytime I do an update) but it is so true. So here's the update on our 9 (almost 10 month old).

Stats:
21 lbs - 70%
29 in tall - 76%
Head 18cm - 82%

So he is thinning out a bit, but is still very strong and abusive :)

Facts:
- He loves to hit, bite, punch, pinch... anything that hurts really bad, he is really good at
- When he's not in one of those moods, he is such a sweet boy and loves to cuddle
- He is walking all over when he has something to hold on to. He can stand for about 15-20 secs, and he takes one or two steps between objects to get to the other one
- He loves to dance and dances EVERY time he hears music
- He loves to clap and will anytime you clap, or say yay!
- He eats only table food now and is doing well with that. He doesn't like to feed himself though so I still have to feed him every meal which isn't very fun for me.
- He loves loves loves his bath and will drop whatever he is doing and take off for the bathroom as soon as he hears the water. Whenever he goes in the bathroom during the day he will stand at the tub and just whine and whine.

There's probably a lot more little things I could say, but that's the jist of who our little babe is these days. Words cannot describe how much I love this boy, and I am love watching him grow up and learn new things.

Love those gorgeous eyes (and he found a pen)


such a stud

he loves Ellen

baller!

just chillin


LOVE this picture of Jax and gpa

my 8 month old

Since I've been severely lacking on the bloggage, I haven't updated about my sweet perfect baby in a while. Jaxson is now 8 months old (well, 8 1/2 now). I know everyone says it, but seriously, where does the time go? This little boy has been such a blessing in our life and we love him so stinking much.

8 month facts
- He weighs 20.6 lbs and is in the 75% for height and weight
- He can crawl, but doesn't really like to. He prefers to stand and try to walk.
- He's slept through the night since he was a newborn and still sleeps 12 hours like a champ
- He still sucks at taking naps and has no schedule with them. Sometimes he sleeps for 3 hours, sometimes for 45 minutes.
- He loves to eat and is now on stage 3 foods and eating off of mom and dad's plate a lot
- He can clap, give kisses, loves it when you sing to him especially songs with hand motions, and he laughs when you laugh.

We are constantly getting comments on what a sweet disposition he has and how happy and sweet he is. We love him so stinking much and are so glad he is ours forever.



We call this his playboy pose. He spends a lot of time like this

Halloween festivities

Halloween was fun this year having a child to dress up. But it will be even more fun when he knows what's going on and can participate. Since Jax could care less about getting a pumpkin, we went to this free "patch" for the church and they just ask for donations for the education fund. And then on Halloween mom had her annual party for all the grandkids and we went about two blocks of trick or treating with Jax before he was ready to go home and go to bed. Utah got really lucky this year with the weather. This is the first halloween in a long time that I remember the weather being ok. It's usually freezing and often times snowing.







cutest little tiger ever!


Jax and Cam with grandpa




bingo


cake walk


Kay and Jax


Baylie and Avrie bobbing for apples


Sabra was such a cute little witch


all the Utah grandkids

Baja Cruise 10/17-10/21

James and I had the great opportunity to go on a cruise last week. Neither of us had ever been on one and didn't really have any idea what to expect. Well, we are both now big advocates of cruises and would recommend one to anyone. We loved it so much and are already planning on another one for our 5 year anniversary. I also need to send a BIG thanks to Lori and Jodi for watching Jax for us so we could have that time together.

We got a certificate from James' sister last year which covered a good portion of the cruise. We chose the one we did because the coupon covered it and we didn't want to spend too much more money. Next time we will go to a different place for a longer period of time. So we went on the Baja Cal/Mexico cruise. We ported in Long Beach and left Monday evening. We spent the day Tuesday on Catalina Island, Ca. Wednesday we spent the day in Ensenada, Mexico. Thursday was a full day at sea, and we got off the boat Friday morning back in Long Beach.

We can't say enough how much we enjoyed this experience and how grateful we were to spend it together.


our cozy little room




Catalina Island


Sea lions on a buoy


dolphin 1 foot away from me





this describes the whole feel of the island, its a retirement community with 4 roads and everyone drives golf carts. it was a cute little place


bald eagle


scorpion


4-wheeling in Ensenada


bear


seal rock in Catalina


view from our room (we were on the bottom deck)


And here is a highlight of the trip, a wild dolphin excursion we had on Catalina Island

life these days

James - still working full time for Utah Imaging Associates. He loves his job and they treat him really well. He just got called to be a Bear den leader at church.

Kiley - Still enjoying being able to stay home with Jax. Planning on going back to school in the spring for some type of x-ray tech, ultrasound tech... something of the sort. Nursing school is on hold for the time being because we don't have the money or means right now - hopefully in the future. I just got called to be the relief society pianist.

Jax - just turned 8 months old and is still the happiest baby ever. He's huge and strong and he makes us laugh every single day. He's got 8 teeth, can crawl when he wants, gives kisses, and claps. We love this boy so stinkin much

attempt to update

I love blogging. But ever since my laptop died and I got an Ipad, I do not get on the computer anymore. James promised he would get my laptop fixed cuz it has all my pictures on it and it's how I like to blog (sitting on the couch) but he has yet to fix it. And getting on our desktop really sucks because of who James is it is a huge pain and I have to go back and forth between operating systems for blogging and pictures... needless to say I haven't had the motivation to do so. But now that our computer is in the living room (instead of our bedroom) I have a little more motivation. AND, today I have the bug to blog.

Not like any of you cared about all that, but I felt like saying it anyway. So here is my attempt to update, don't know what order it's gonna be in or what, but here we go.

Have a smile

We sure do love this sweet little boy. And his laugh is the cutest thing ever!

Laughing baby from Kiley Summers on Vimeo.

Kale Chips

So, this blog has obviously been taken over by Jaxson cuz one, he's just stinkin cute and everyone should want to see him. And two, he is my life. All I do is stay home and take care of him all day, so he's really all I have to talk about. So this post is just a teensy bit different today.

After two months I have finally decided to start working for real on losing this baby weight. (And I've lost 7 pounds in a week :)) I decided to share this super quick and easy recipe which I think is a gem. I actually heard about these from Gwyneth Paltrow on Ellen last week. She said her kids love them and they taste just like potato chips. I didn't quite believe that but decided to do some googling and research on them and found a lot of the same reactions. So, I tried them. I certainly wouldn't compare them to potato chips, but they are definitely a good substitute. James looked at me like I was crazy when I started making them and he was very hesitant to try them. But, like me, after you eat one you just keep eating them. They are like potato chips in the way that they are crunchy and just a really good thing to munch on. I only bought one little bushel of it and made it all at once, and it was gone right after it was made. So, if you are like me and always feel like you need to be munching on something, try these little babies :)

They are super cheap, super easy, and super healthy. The perfect snack.



Ingredients

1 bunch kale
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon seasoned salt

(I didn't measure the olive oil or the salt, you just kind of do what you feel)

Directions

1.Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a non insulated cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2.With a knife or kitchen shears carefully remove the leaves from the thick stems and tear into bite size pieces. Wash and thoroughly dry kale with a salad spinner. Drizzle kale with olive oil and sprinkle with seasoning salt.
3.Bake until the edges brown but are not burnt, 10 to 15 minutes.

What year is it?

Oh yea, it's 2011 and this is what kids do these days...



We were about to go on a 10 minute ride to Ihop and this is what the girls looked like the whole way there. Baylie has my Ipad, Avrie's got grandma's Iphone, and Kay has grandma's Ipad. Kids these days are so spoiled :)

2 months!

I know everyone says it, but I really cannot believe my baby is 2 months old already! I have found that I am actually ok with him getting bigger cuz I love watching him do new things and learning stuff, I just wish it would go a teensy bit slower.

We love this little boy so much. He has brought so much love and happiness into our home and is by far our greatest blessing. Jax is such a good baby. Everyone has told me that you need to have a good one first so that you'll want to have more and we definitely got a good one. We don't have insurance until May 1st so he hasn't had his 2 month checkup yet so therefore I don't have his stats yet. But I would bet he's probably close to 12 pounds. He's actually turning into quite the little chunk which I am totally ok with. So, here's all about Jaxy boy at 2 months old.

- Jax loves to eat. It's funny because it was actually a problem the first 2 weeks of his life and made me a nervous wreck. But it certainly isn't a problem anymore. He eats 3-4 ounces every 2-3 hours and sometimes even 5 oz at a time. He's starting to get some thunder thighs and I absolutely love it.

- Jax does not take naps. His naps are like 30-40 minute power naps and that's about it. Occasionally he will take longer ones if we are in the car long enough to knock him out.

- However, he is a great sleeper at night. He goes to bed at different times depending on what we're doing, but he sleeps 6-8 hours, eats, and then goes back down for another 2-3 hours which is soooo great! I would much rather him not take good naps and do this than take good naps and not sleep as long at night.

- He's very good at being by himself. Of course he loves to be held but on days when I can't hold him a lot he is very good about just chillin. He likes to spend most of his time in his bouncer with the vibration on, or just flat on the floor. He is so good about this and makes it really easy for me to get things done when I need to.

- He loves to be naked. This could be a bad sign for the future :p but for now I'm perfectly ok with it cuz he is a stinkin cute naked baby.

- Along with being naked, he LOVES his baths. We make sure he is starving and tired for bedtime and then he gets his bath before eating and as soon as he touches the water it is like an off switch to his crying and he gets really happy. I love just letting him chill in there for a while cuz he loves it so much. I should post a video.

- Jax is such a happy baby. He loves when you just sit there and talk to him and will just smile and coo at you forever. Even when he's just laying by himself he is just constantly smiling and talking. This boy makes me soooo happy!

- The only thing that has put any bumps in his happy demeanor is the fact that he gets really really bad gas. He pretty much gets multiple doses od gas drops a day cuz it is so common. It's really sad to see him in pain and I really wish there was any easy fix to it.

- He can almost hold his head up completely, is following us around a lot more with his eyes, and absolutely hates tummy time.

There's not much else to update on a 2 month old. He is a great baby and we are so happy he is here with us!


Here is just a random picture that was actually taken on his 2 month bday :)

a day in my life

Ok, so not really a day, but I got a video of my happy baby and a video of my mad/sad baby which describes his mood all day. He really is so good and I'm really lucky that this is pretty much as loud as he gets unless he is just absolutely starving.

Happy boy - 90% of the time

happy boy from Kiley Summers on Vimeo.

Sad/Mad boy - 10% of the time

mad/sad boy from Kiley Summers on Vimeo.

need a laugh?

This picture just makes me laugh everytime I look at it so I thought it might do that for you too. I love how his gums look like teeth :)



Another thing that makes me laugh is Jax when he sleeps. He is sooo loud! He moans, he laughs, he grunts... just makes all kinds of noises and I think it is so stinkin adorable. Last week in Relief Society he got quite a few laughs because of how loud his cute little noises are. I've been able to snag this one video of him moaning. There is no picture cuz he's asleep so it's dark

loud sleeping boy from Kiley Summers on Vimeo.

visiting Riley

Lori cuts mine and Jodi's hair, so when Jodi needs a cut I go over there and watch/play with the kids while Lori and Jodi are busy. Kayhlen and Riley both just adore Jaxson. Everytime we see Kay she is just all about Jax and wants to see him and hold him and love on him. Riley calls him Jack Jack which he got from the Incredibles movie cuz that's the baby's name. He's been calling him that since before he was born and it's really cute. Here's just a few pictures from like 2 weeks ago of the 3 of them.

She kept bringing a whole bunch of toys and putting them on his pillow for him, it was really cute