Paxton's Birthday!

Sunday my little boy turned 2. I cant believe how fast time goes. This is Paxton wanting to drive to his birthday party.

My Dad made him and awesome cake. This is Brewster from the show Chuggington. Paxton's favorite show. Every morning he wakes up and begs to to watch his choo choo show.

Opening presents with Dad. He just wanted to play with whatever one he opened and not open the rest. Apparantly he would of been fine with just one present.

Playing with his little wheel barrow Grandma Jane gave him.

Paxton loved his birthday and everyone spoiled him. I love how much Paxton is changing and becoming a little man.

Easter

Paxton and I went camping this weekend for a couple of days with my family. He had so much fun. I couldnt get him off the four wheelers or come inside.

My mom and dad had a little easter egg hunt for him. He thought it was soo much fun finding all of the eggs. Everytime he would find one he would say "wow!"

He loves to ride his little four wheeler and he has finally learned to steer it all by himself instead of running into things.

He loves to play up on the bunk in Grammy and Papa's trailer. He climbs up and down the ladder all by himself.

Easter morning he woke up to see what the easter bunny brought him. He was soo excited.

The dogs were trying to get in on the action too.

He just wanted to open all of his eggs and pour his candy on the ground. Easter was great this year. It was kind of mellow both of our families were still out of town on Easter so we have been just chilling as a little family.

At home

I am sitting at home in the middle of a Tuesday. Which is unusual for me because I work 8:30 -5. But my poor little boy was up all night with 104 temp and throwing up. So I made him an appt to take him to the doctor. I dropped him off at my mother in laws at 8:15 like normal and told her I would be back at 10. She offered to take him to the doctor but I felt like I am always pawning my motherly dutys off on someone just so we can make a little extra money. But lately I have realized life is too short and my little boy is going to be 2 soon and the time has flown by. I have myself wondering have I been a good mom? Have I played with him enough? Does he know I love him more than anything? Sometimes I just get to wrapped up in the wordly things. Am I skinny enough? Did I work out today? Is the house clean and laundry done? All these things have been bothering me lately. And I didnt realize that I probably miss out on alot of things. My mother in law has been watching Paxton twice a week since he was 6 weeks. And a few weeks ago she said she needed more time for herself and wasnt going to be able to watch him as often. And at first I was mad, but then I realized I am the mom. Paxton is my priority and it is about time I start acting like it. My mother in law raised her kids as a stay at home mom and its not her responsibility to raise mine. So lately I have dropped everything for him. So here I sit and he has finally fallen asleep and looks so peaceful. And instead of stressing that work isnt going to survive without me or that I am not going to get to go to the gym today on my lunch break. I am going to count my blessings that I have Paxton in my life and spend every second with him because there is going to be a time when he doesnt want me to hold him anymore. Or lay in bed with me when he isnt feeling well. I am grateful for him and my wonderful husband.

St George with the girls.

We had so much fun on our girls trip to St George. It was much needed even though I missed Paxton and Brandon. We did hair, facials, and nails.

All of us going to go shopping and out to lunch after we worked out hard at the gym that morning.

Pigging out on our Arbys. None of us watched what we ate while we were gone. We pigged out the whole weekend it was great!

After lunch we went to the mall and each of us picked out 2 prom dresses for eachother to try on. It was so much fun. Although I didnt post the funniest picture of us because it is really inmodest and because Teresa would kill me.

We went hot tubbing both nights we were there. It was great to just relax.

On our way home we stopped in Beaver and got icecream and took pictures in this big chair. Dont we look like a bunch of tourists? Well the trip was so much fun and I cant wait to do it again soon.

Who gave you a sucker?

Well I took Paxton with me to the bank and I always let him have a sucker. He always does really well with it so I wasnt worried. We got home and he had been rubbing it in his hair and all over his face and clothes. He was so sticky. It was all over his carseat what a mess. I had no choice but to go in and give him a bath. Oh well boys will be boys!

Ok here we go 2010! I am super excited for this year. Although I think my new years resolutions list is a little bigger this year. For starters I have put on a few pounds during the holidays so back on the band wagon for that. My goal is to get back into shape. Because I have to say since my half marathon I have kind of let myself slide and I can totally tell. Im getting a little flabby and my clothes fit a little tighter and I am out of breath a little easier when working out. I dont want all of my hard work from 2009 to go to waste. Also I would like to be a little more on top of things this year. I am the worst at letting laundry stack up. Then when I get around to it, it takes me 2 days just to catch up. So I am going to be better at that. Next my goal is to at least cook dinner 4 or 5 times a week. Brandon works a ton of hours so the least I can do is have dinner ready for him when he gets home. Im not promising anything great will be cooked since I suck at it an absolutely hate to cook. Then I need to catch up on Paxton's scrapbook. I used to be really good at it and now I hate to say I am about 8 months behind. Im old school and love to add my little touches to his pictures otherwise I could say myself alot of time and just do books on the computer. And last but not least I want to finish the book of mormon by april conference. The bishop had given everyone in our ward a challenge to finish it by then and thats my goal. I just have a feeling 2010 is going to be an amazing year.