keeping our sanity...

well, lately has been tough in the Hamady home. We have had sleepless nights for 3 weeks now... We tell our sweet Jaxson its a good thing he is cute, cause this hasnt been easy. What I am learning is every parent deals with this at some point along the way... they just never talked about how hard it was!!!! Well, we love this boy... so we will do whatever it takes!!!!

getting help from grandparents! Jaxson never got out of his jammies that day!

Koda- looking for food while we visited

bought a high chair... thought we would just practice, but turns out - we use it daily now! In effort to sleep more at night daddy and I have decided to supplement a bottle of formula a day and a little rice cereal at night. This took a lot of thought on my part, and maybe a few tears to mourn the beginning of my letting go process, but all in all - its been ok. Jaxson is a big boy and in need of a little more substance. Doctor says its a good thing, so I guess mommy needs to let this boy start growing up!

but he is still my sweet baby

one of our sleepless days (yes, he wasnt napping either) I put on Yo Gabba Gabba on the computer. This is HUGE favorite of our cousins Ryder and Bentley. Glad they introduced it to us because this video gave me fifteen minutes of much needed free time!!!! HAHA

funny thing is... if you look in the back ground Daddy is doing the same exact thing!!!!haha... only he is watching football. I had fifteen minutes of quiet all over the house!!!! hehehehe

stroller rides help too... for baby and koda!

first bites of rice cereal- HE LOVED IT!!!!!

this is the cutest video ever!!!!

quite the traveler...

Well, in a few weeks we will be attempting a flight to Maui with this little guy... but having a trial run to the LA area was sort of nice ;) Jaxson flew like a champ... the flight was less than an hour, but still he did great. It was mommy and daddy that everyone needed to worry about. We were nervous and slightly frantic... all for nothing.

San Jose Airport... hanging in the carrier!!! He loved it!

Our trip to LA served a few purposes... One of which was Cory's Wedding!!!

Way to smile honey!!

Pastor Barney very excited about the Champagne! hehe!!

ok, maybe we were a little excited too ;)

handsome brothers!

family shot

and one more of the sweet peanut!!!!

Hangin with mommy

I know he is still little, but we do everything together. And now I am starting to introduce him to one of my favorite things... baking!!! Hoping that as he grows he will still hang out with me in the kitchen!

"Really mom... you trust me with the chocolate?!"

mmm... pumpkin chocolate chip muffins!

thats my boy!!!!

When he is older he can have a dab of batter on that spatula;)

yes, I still make him wear the owl hat...I just had to stretch it a bit to fit that growing head!

Happy as can be on a stroller ride with mommy and Koda Bear!

and the newest sweetest thing.... reaching out for our faces!!!!

1st Halloween !!!

Of course I wanted to take Jaxson out trick or treating (clearly to get candy for myself!!), but Dirk convinced me that it would look funny asking for candy with a four month old!!!! haha!!! So I settled for hanging out at my parents house and just eating their candy! I had candy and Dirk had wine... sounds about right ;)

Love that man... and that little man!!!

mmm.... look at that!!

Just like his mommy!!!!

can I?!?! can I?!?!?

Gramps and Monkey Man!

I can just hear him saying... "seriously mom, why am I wearing this thing!!!???"

full body shot, with the tail ;)

if you look closely he is actually trying to eat the candy! Good boy!

next year... we will be walking and getting some candy (for mommy) hehe!!!