Matching

John David and Paxton dressed alike!! Paxton’s shirt is from his grandmother and John David’s is from his nana!

My two men! Isn’t Paxton just adorable?

He loves this!!

Having fun with dad!

Our handsome little man!

Our Wonderful Life

We may not be wealthy by world’s standards but we’re wealthy when it comes to family! We’ve been so blessed with our little man and life is just wonderful! Here’s a glimpse of our day.

Ready to go out to the mailbox! Paxton’s wrapped up snugly in a Lotus Hold in our Moby Wrap! I just love this wrap, it is so comfotable!

What do you think, do we look alike? There was no denying he looked like his daddy when he was born but lately more and more people are commenting that he looks like me! He undoubtably has my reddish brown hair!

Silly mama and baby! I love his chubby cheeks and double chin and little smile!!

We had a fabulous trip to the mailbox! The walk was very nice, it was warm but not too hot! And we had a package, a new Comfy Rumps diaper that I’ll be reviewing soon on Frugal & Simple Living! (New cloth diapers always make mama happy…cloth diapering is so much fun!!)

After our walk we played a little and read a few books in the nursery!

I suppose he’s such a big boy now that he no longer needs mama to rock him!

I’ve found our Bumbo makes an excellent little prop!

I love this picture! Notice his fuzzy hair…love it!!!

After a little bit of playing, it was time to eat, he was hungry (you’d think the kid never ate the way he fusses when he remembers he needs to eat!)

Before we knew it daddy was home!!

I caught these two watching a show on the iPad! Doesn’t Paxton look like such a big boy?

Look at this kid! (It’s so hard to believe that just 4 months ago he was a teeny tiny sleepy newborn and now he’s almost sitting up by himself!)

Then we ate dinner and enjoyed a few of our favorite TV shows while Paxton ate and fell asleep in my arms, I love holding my sweet sleeping babe!

Four Months

Paxton is now 4 months old! We’ve had our precious bundle of joy for 1/3 of a year! Wow!

This month’s milestones:

• Talking, talking and more talking!
• He’s starting to play! He really loves his bunny rattle, stuffed puppy rattle and his US Navy teddy bear (from his Great Uncle Ray who is in the Navy!)
• Laughing! Oh my goodness, talk about melting a mama’s heart! I could listen to him laughing all day long!

• Still wearing his Bum Genius diapers on the smallest setting!
• When he wears disposables, he’s in a size 2!
• He’s 26 inches long and weighs 16 pounds 3 ounces! (He’s only grown 1 inch since his 2 month check-up!)
• Still wearing mostly 6-9 month onesies and rompers (since he’s only grown an inch in two months!) but is also wearing some 12 month onesies which have plenty of room to grow! As far as pants go, he’s still in 3-6!

• He’s drooling…a lot! He goes through bibs and onesies like crazy because they’re all wet!
• He’s still sleeping all night long! He typically goes to bed around 9:00 and sleeps until 7:30 or 8:00! Yesterday, which was daddy’s day off, he slept until 9:00!! We’re thinking he likes to sleep like his mommy & daddy!
• He traveled a lot as a 3-month-old! He went to visit his Nana and Papaw Cobble and then went to Virginia to meet his Great Grandmother and Grandpa Clark and all of the Clark family and also went to Jonesborough! He’s a wonderful little traveler!

• He loves daddy! Especially when daddy flies him in the air (of course he almost always drools on daddy!)
• He loves his play mat! He now plays with all of the toys on it and even is moving around on it!
• Enjoys sitting in his Bumbo!
• Still enjoys bath time but hates having his neck washed!

• He loves his mama! Mainly because I’m the one who feeds him! I’m still breastfeeding him exclusively and he’s doing just wonderful!
• We’re enjoying our Peanut Shell sling, it’s perfect for the grocery store! I can have my sweet babe close to me and have plenty of room in the cart! Today he slept the entire time I was grocery shopping!
• We love taking a walk out to the mail box with him in the Moby Wrap almost every day!

• He does not like to be cradled unless he is nursing or very, very sleepy!
• He looks at John David and me when we’re walking around!
• We’re enjoying meals as a family now! We sit Paxton in his high chair while we eat dinner and he does so good!
• He still loves his swing but he’s really outgrowing it!

• His feet are absolutely precious to me! They are growing, he outgrew his adorable baby tennis shoes but is growing into some of his others (although he rarely wears shoes because he doesn’t really like them and it is so hot!)
• He loves being read to! He listens and reaches for the pictures!
• He is so serious when he is in new surroundings or interacting with people he isn’t around much.
• He’s not reaching for anybody just yet.
• No signs of separation anxiety…we’ve made conscious efforts to pass him around at church so he (hopefully) doesn’t become too clingy (especially since I stay home with him!)

• We think he is so handsome/beautiful/precious!
• God has blessed us with the sweet baby boy! “Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him.” -Psalms 127:3 NIV (And are hoping that we’ll be “rewarded” with several more children!)
• It’s amazing how fast time is flying with this little guy! I often find myself getting sad that he’s growing up but I try to tell myself daily that he’s supposed to grow up and that he’ll never be as little as he is today so cherish him just like he is!

Paxton’s pictures from past months:

Three Months

Two Months

One Month

When Daddy Dresses Me

When Daddy Dresses Me

by: Paxton

When Daddy dresses me, I look like a man! I wear cool tractor shirts, blue jeans and even get to wear my camo bib (much better than the baby blue cottony stuff mama prefers, although I do admit it is very comfortable!)

When dressed like a man, one must act like a man…no grinning for your silly mama!

Until she says pretty please and reminds me that she is the one who feeds me!

Don’t laugh…I know my grin is cheesy but I’m cute and no, I’m not watching what I eat nor am I exercising. I do think I need to start moving around more, people are beginning to refer to me as chunky and pudgy and solid!

She caught me off guard here, thus the silly face!

Laughing for mama! (I think she really likes it!)

[I really cannot believe how much he is changing and growing and how chunky he's getting...he has rolls on his legs and arms! And I really do love the laughs, I think I could listen to him laughing all day long!]

First Father’s Day

John David had a nice (but busy) first Father’s Day! After church we went out to lunch at Taco Express! He loves it and we haven’t ate there together in months…plus it was not crowded because everybody else took their dad’s to nicer places! We enjoyed a relaxing afternoon before heading back to church to get ready for VBS!

We took some pictures after church just like we did on Mother’s Day! (It is amazing how much he’s changed since then!)

I wrote John David a letter and Paxton and I gave him some money! We appreciate all he does for us! Daddy works hard to take care of us, he takes his lunch every day to help save money, he wants mama to stay home with Paxton and most importantly he loves us very much so he needs a little spending money!!

My love and my little love!!