Mother’s Day

Posted by Rachel on May 14th, 2012 in mama | 0 comments

{2012} Paxton, 2 years - Weston, 4 months

I had a lovely Mother’s Day! There was no breakfast and bed, flowers or gifts but it was lovely.

While grocery shopping Saturday, John David treated me to a Caramel Frappuccino {there’s a Starbucks in our Kroger!}

I accidentally slept in Sunday morning {due to the rain!} I woke up at 8:45 for the 9:30 service! That doesn’t leave much time to nurse a baby and get two little ones ready for church by myself. We finally left the house around 9:25 and I called John David hoping he wasn’t doing a specific task so he could get the boys out of the car so I wouldn’t have to walk a block or two in the rain with my littles! Thankfully, he was available and got the boys out of the car for me! I also enjoyed the rare treat of having my hubby sit with me during the service {it happens about twice a year!}

After church, we came home and ate lunch and enjoyed a lazy, restful afternoon. It rained all afternoon and we snuggled up on the couch and I nursed and nursed and nursed sweet Weston.

We did decide to venture out in the rain and went to our favorite local pizza place for dinner…yum!

A look back on past Mother’s Day’s:

{2011} Paxton, 12 months

Last year, I secretly celebrated as a mama of two! I had taken a pregnancy test just 4 days before which was positive!

{2010} Paxton, 3 weeks

On my very first Mother’s Day, I had been a mama for 3 weeks!

April

Posted by Rachel on May 11th, 2012 in baby, brothers, Paxton, Weston | 0 comments

Here’s a few of my favorite pictures from the month of April:

Beyond precious. Nothing like a chunky baby boy in nothing but a diaper sucking on his fingers!! LOVE!

He certainly has a good appetite (and rich milk) to maintain this chunkiness!

Paxton sometimes wants to sleep on ‘daddy’s bed’ I let him nap here one afternoon and he enjoyed the extra space. (Also, this is proof of how John David and I end up hugging the sides of the bed when Paxton does sleep with us. That little boy sleeps in the middle and sprawls out!)

Precious little one!

Love the chin!!

We propped Weston up on the pillow and he fell asleep so Paxton had to got get babies and a blanket for him! And then Paxton laid down too and pretended to sleep…complete with fake snoring!

Precious baby snuggled up with his brothers babies!

Love this little bitty man!

Impromptu reading in the kitchen floor during supper prep!

Weston does some reading too these days!

And he does lots of chewing…the boys loves his hands!

Nannie and Pawpaw came for a visit to celebrate Paxton’s birthday!

Sweet little Weston in one of his precious rompers!

Hope you enjoyed these precious pictures of these two sweet boys!

Four Months

Posted by Rachel on May 9th, 2012 in baby, Weston | 0 comments

Weston was 4 months on April 22 {and that’s when I took these pictures!}

We’re falling more and more in love with this little boy with each passing day. It’s really like he’s always been here and I cannot imagine life without my sweet Weston!

Milestones from Three Months to Four Months:

Still sleeping through the night! {I am so, so, so thankful for another amazing sleeper! In fact, he’s often the last one in our family to wake in the morning!}
Exclusively breastfed!
He loves, loves, loves to nurse! He’d suck and soothe all day if allowed I do believe.
He is a mama’s boy. There are many moments when nobody but mama will do.
Loves to be held. Most of the time it doesn’t matter who is holding him as long as he’s being held.
Doesn’t like to be alone. If I walk out of the room he’s in for just a minute or two, he knows he’s alone and does not like it one bit!
In the largest bumGenius setting.
Wearing a variety of clothing sizes! Some 0-3 still fit and he’s now wearing mostly 9 month rompers since they’re a little bit now with some room to grow into this summer! And we’ve got a few 6 months pieces in his wardrobe too.
Drooling like crazy and chewing on his hands. {I don’t think he’s teething, Paxton was drooly like this when he was about this age too.}
Weighed 17 pounds 4 ounces at his 4 month check up. {That means he’s gained a whopping 10 pounds 6 ounces from his birth weight of 6 pounds 14 ounces in a mere 4 months!}
Is interacting with a few of his toys. So far he loves his bear lovie, a taggie blanket and his Sophie giraffe.
Smiles and laughs the most for brother. It’s so much fun watching the two developing a relationship.

Laughing at his big brother!

More giggles for brother!

Bubbles!

Chunky man!

Brothers.

Weston at One Month

Weston at Two Months

Weston at Three Months

Weston’s Dedication

Posted by Rachel on Apr 29th, 2012 in baby, church, Weston | 0 comments

Last Sunday our church held a baby/child dedication.

There were 30 something babies and children dedicated on this day but it was a lovely, intimate feeling dedication and amazingly quiet with that many babies in one room!

Each child and family was recognized, a scripture was read and a few pictures were shown of the child. It really was lovely!

Even though we don’t believe dedications are necessary {we’re committed to raising them for the Lord from the moment we know we’re expecting}, our boys’ dedications have been reminders of the huge responsibility we have in parenting.

Our little family! {And everybody is looking at the camera with no limbs obstructing faces…victory!}

‘I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living according to the truth.’ 3 John 1:4

Turning Two

Posted by Rachel on Apr 17th, 2012 in birthday, Paxton | 1 comment

Paxton’s birthday was today! We’ve been celebrating him turning two throughout the month {we took him to the Aquarium of the Smokies two weeks ago} but we really celebrated this weekend!

Friday we let him choose dinner! He wanted a hot dog so we took him to Five Guys! He ate all of his hot dog and enjoyed his fries!!

After dinner, we went to church for movie night! They were showing The Wizard of Oz and Paxton sat through the entire thing! John David said he was mesmerized by the movie! {I missed watching him watch his first movie since Weston was fussy…beginning with the opening music!}

Saturday we went to town and bought Paxton his first pairs of big boy underwear! We’re starting to slowly encourage him to potty train so this was the first step! He liked his underwear, especially the pair with the monkeys! He also picked out a ball while we were grocery shopping. {It’s amazing how much joy a simple ball brings a little boy!}

Sunday we went to a birthday party at a playground for one of Paxton’s friends who turned two last week! He enjoyed being with his buddies, sliding and eating a yummy cupcake! Then the day got even better when Papaw arrived to visit for the evening. He played outside with Papaw and then we had pizza for dinner! {“Piz-e” is one of Paxton’s favorite foods!}

And today has been full of celebrating:

Paxton woke up at 8:00 saying, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy.” His daddy went and got him and brought him back to our bed and we snuggled with our birthday boy!

Around 9:00 we let him open one of his presents from his Mimi:

A guitar shirt!! And there was another shirt with a monkey playing guitar!!

Wearing his guitar shirt and big boy underwear while hanging out with brother!

We watched the clock for Paxton’s birth time!!

Blowing out his birthday candle after we sang Happy Birthday to him!!

Daddy lighting the candle again! He blew out the 2 candle 2 times on his 2nd birthday!!

Eating his yummy birthday brownie and ice cream!

A birthday mess! After he was finished he was ready for mama to get him cleaned off.

Around 3:30, we left and headed to the local children’s museum where we have a membership. Since they close at 5:00 and we arrived around 4:00, there were very few people there so Paxton was able to play without worrying about sharing with other kids {which is a big deal for a 2-year-old! }

Playing in the water!!

He loved the boats!

Weston even got to play during this visit! The other two times we’ve went I’ve nursed him and worn him in a wrap the whole time but today he was able to play. He enjoyed touching the water and Paxton made sure he had some boats!

Paxton had a blast sliding and playing in the huge climbing area!

One of Paxton’s favorite spots is the preschool area that has a little kitchen. Today he made brother some food!

He went digging in the sand for dinos for the first time today too! The last time we tried this, he was very disturbed by the sand!! We also put Weston’s toes in the sand today!

Weston hanging out with Daddy!!

After we finished playing at the museum, we called Papaw who was in town for a conference!

Paxton and Papaw share a birthday so it was so fun that they were together on their birthday! {They’ve been together for every one of Paxton’s birthdays so far!}

Birthday boys at dinner!!

Our family!

My sweet 2-year-old!!

Paxton and Papaw!!

Cheesy grins from the birthday boys!!

Love this!!

He adores his papaw!

Once we arrived home, we video chatted with Aunt Jill, Nana and Pawpaw and then with Mimi. Then we gave Paxton’s birthday hugs and goodnight kisses and put him down for the night!

Then Aunt Beka called and cousin Emmy wanted to tell Paxton happy birthday! Since he wasn’t asleep yet, we let him talk to them {and he actually talked back on the phone!}

And then it was really goodnight for the birthday boy!

Paxton’s past birthdays:

Birth Story

1st Birthday