Toot toot

So this evening, in the middle of the store, Jaxon lets out a tootie; then he feels the need to shout " STINKY"!!

Sicky Bug

Jaxon is finally getting better after his visit from the "Sicky Bug". The "Sicky Bug" showed up unexpectedly (when does he ever announce his arrival?) a week ago today and most definitely over stayed his welcome. I will spare you most of the details but poor Jaxon's tummy got the worst of it. Not that this is new news, but having a sick toddler can be very unpredictable.

First, Jax doesn't understand "how" to be sick meaning that when he first started throwing up he must not have felt sick because he still demanded to roam freely around the house and play. Which meant I was left chasing him around cleaning up his puke trail. Then we he finally gave in and accepted the fact that he was sick he didn't understand that he should vomit in a bucket or at the very least in ONE direction. The only thing that he was sure of was that he needed to be held, resulting in me getting showered in puke more than once. The only good thing about that was I got lots of cuddle time. The down side was that I too got a visit from the "Sicky Bug".

The second part of unpredictable toddler sickness is not being able to predict if Jaxon is actually better or not. Sometimes his behavior and actions are not telling the whole story, so if he is feeling great, good, so-so, or just a smidge better I can't tell. I can only guess. So when I thought that if he WANTED to eat pizza after being sick all day that he could- I thought wrong. Or when I thought he was active enough to go out to visit friends or public places- I thought wrong. In fact, during my trial and error I think I was wrong more times than I was right. He seemed perfectly fine and he would go all day being fine until that one opportune moment of the day. These moments happened when you least expected, like the time when we were literally walking through the front door after being out, or the time when we were driving down the road or best of all, when we were at Olive Garden in the middle of lunch. I hate that I couldn't tell if Jaxon was feeling good or not and I was dragging him around town and offering him food that his tummy wasn't ready for. If nothing else, I learned a lot about being a Mommy from this "Sicky Bug" visit.

All in all, I have to say that even though I do not like it when my little guy is sick it was nice to just be able to spend all those days caring for him and loving him. Together we watched a Sesame Street marathon, sang songs and cuddled under the covers. I don't like the "Sicky Bug" but his visit can't be ignored and he does make you slow down and sit awhile.

Parent Magazine Photo Contest

Jaxon's photo has been selected to become one of nine finalist for Parent Magazine's Parent Photo Fave's Contest!! Wow!!! It would be greatly appreciated if everyone voted once per day between today, 11/15 and Sunday, 11/21. Click on the link below to vote.

http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/584359

Thank you,
Excited Momma

A Lovely Fall

This has been a lovely Fall. Jax has gotten to do a lot of fun and exciting things.

In September he learned how to blow. Then he started blowing on everything from hot food to dandelions. Sometime during the month he also decided to try sleeping like a big boy outside of his crib with his mattress on the floor (although a few nights were successful, this was a short lived event).

In early October, we took a weekend trip to Door County, WI with April and Kieran. Despite Jaxon kicking the trip off with a massive nose bleed, we all had a great time. It was a much needed get-away. Jaxon also started "school" (aka daycare)at the first of the month. It took him a little getting use to but now he really likes it and is learning a lot.

In mid-October Jax and Mommy went to Petrifying Springs Park for a fun photo-op; that was an experience! First Mommy forgot the SD card for the camera, so we had to go to plan B and use the phone. Then Jax had no understanding of all the dangers lurking around the park (for example: the creek, the bridge, the cliffs, the road...)so that made it difficult to focus on taking pictures. However, we did manage to get a few good pics. We also spent a fun Sunday afternoon at Stade's Pumpkin Farm. The weather was extremely hot @ 88* not the usual Pumpkin patch weather. It wasn't a usual Pumpkin patch either, it was awesomely fun! Jaxon has the best time playing in the corn pit and tunnels and with farm animals and sliding down the highest of slides and riding the tractor pulled hay-ride. Fun times at the patch!!

As usual, Halloween came around at the end of the month and Jaxon dressed up like a little red dragon. He was so cute and loved, loved, loved his costume. We met up with Jax's neighborhood friends, Grayson and Jacob, and with Katie and Maddy from next door and of course his best bud, Kieran and off we went trick-or-treating. Jaxon had the best time going house to house ringing door bells and getting fun treats put in his bucket. He trick-or-treated for the entire hour and a half that we were out. Then he came home and crashed an hour earlier than his normal bedtime.

It has been a great Fall so far and it's not over yet. Thanksgiving here we come!