Little catch up!!

So my little man is now 13.5 months old!! When we last took him to the Dr. after the 12 month post, he weighed 24 lbs. 6 oz and was 31.5 in long! He had to get 4 shots and he was such a champ!!

He also had his first run in with little baby hives at Christmas time...we are thinking from all the animals that he was around!

There are so many new things that he has experienced. He now has a total of approximately 5 new toofers that are all deciding to poke their little heads out all at the same time which totals to about 12 teeth!! Wow to say that out loud...that's alot of teeth!! He has also chipped a tooth!! Oh my poor little man!! His was bending over to pick something up off the tile kitchen floor and his stinkin' socks slipped out from under him and BOOM! I went to pick him up and the little chip was on his little lip :( Broke. My. Heart!! The dentist said that as long as it doesn't turn color and it doesn't hurt him it should be ok!!

He is wearing size 18 month clothes. He is also ranging in shoe size from 5 double wide to 5.5 wide to 6...depending on the shoe!

The newest adventure that we are embarking is the throwing self down on the ground when we don't get what we want. The trick I hear is just to let him get it out of his system and to not give in...so far it's working!!

He has also started going to the sitter's. He is going to the same babysitter that I had when I was 6 weeks old and up which makes me really happy! Letty is wonderful and I know that he will have a great time with not only her but her 7 grandsons...Jaxin just so happens to be the youngest by just a couple of months!! He's a Baker...he can hold his own :)

Probably the most exciting thing that has happened to him, well maybe not exciting but biggest experience in his 13th month was his first haircut!!! He was such a big boy and he did not even cry...well until it was all over...



That long baby hair....and yes, I'm crazy, I saved it all and the chipped tooth, ha!!

Yep...the gel must have hurt his new baby hairs...

All happy now :)

Mommy's Bday :)

Welp. I'm officially half way up the hill! I turned 25 years of age on December 19th! Let me just say that I have learned so much this first 25 about family, friends, life, and love! I'm so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life who I couldn't imagine where I'd be if it weren't for them....So here are a few things that I'd like to say to the most beautiful women in my life:

Mom- There are so many things that I want to say to you!! The most important is that you have taught me so much about life and the type of person that I want to be!! You truly are the greatest mom and I love you with my whole heart!! And don't forget that "Eh. Vry-body. Needs. Some-body. To. Be blue. With you :)

Sister- You truly are an inspiration and I could only hope to some day be the woman that you are!! I'm so blessed to not only have you as a sister but as a friend and I can't wait for brefis :)

Goo- Gooberbeanfrogb****sLAYDAAAAY!! Oh I heart you friend. I'm so so SO happy that you are my BFF. You and your family are so beautiful and I am SO looking forward to sharing the journey of expanding our little families and watching our babies grow up and to be little BFFs together!! Oh yeah. I said it. FROG!!

Anywho...these are just a few pictures from my birthday bash at my Momma's...

Jaxin wanted to try out Momma's new cup :)

Aaaand he wanted to have a little "taste" of Momma's new wallet...apparently :)

Say what...Momma got footie jammies!!!

Oh how I LOVE my little family!!!

Christmas 2010

Ok. Wow! Yes..."better late than never" is probably my most favorite saying when it comes to my blog :) I've been pretty busy with the new job and it seems like I have very little time with my men now that I am gone during the day so I don't even get on the computer until after Jr. goes to bed if I get on at all. I will try to be better...promise :)

So we had 6 Christmases...yes that was not a type-o...six!

We started at Aunt Martha's on the 18th...

All the little kids in front of the tree...Jaxin, Cass, Xavier, and a step cousin who I only see once a year and cannot for the life of me think of his name right now :/

Jaxin got a sweet lookin' shark robe!!

And he just adored his cousin Jarrett :)

With his Papa Crabber...

Aaaand he thought it would be fun to get in the gift bag...

which

was

shortly

destroyed!!

Three generations...

The Crabtree clan :)

Sissies :)

Great Aunt Wilma with her great nephews...

Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa Baker's house on Christmas Eve!! Jaxin just loves it when the boys get out the guitar...

Could not. believe. ALL. the presents under the tree!!! They seriously took up half the living room...

Auntie Amy and Dillion...

Waitin' in the car to attempt the trip to Granite City for the Baker Christmas...we made it to Lincoln then turned around and stopped at Wal-Mart to grab a ham for dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Baker's house...in a matter of 3 hours we had accumulated about 4 inches of snow with more to come for the rest of the evening!! No way were we goin' to not get stranded in Granite...which is by St. Louis!! Don't worry, our baby was safe and secure in his seat before we took off :)

Christmas morning was great!! Mommy and Daddy got up before Jaxin so we decided to open a couple presents just the two of us before Bubba got up and we started in on all of his new stuff!!

My poor baby had his first run in with allergies! His poor little eyes were crusted shut on Christmas morning so before he could actually see what Santa had brought him, we had to get a warm wash cloth to get rid of the crust...poor baby!!

Our next stop was to Nan's house for Christmas with Mom!! We took scraps to wrap her present so she had one piece of every kind of Christmas wrapping paper we had with a matching bow for each :)

Then we went to Papa Crabber's for the Crabtree Christmas...my poor baby's eyes just kept getting worse!! Daddy did run to Walgreens for Infant Benedryl which helped substantially!!

Auntie Cass reading Bubba his new book :)

Auntie Cass was being a "mushroom" with her beanbag!

Our final stop was back to Nan's Sunday after church because Uncle Mikey had his girls so we then had the Turner Christmas!

We had such an amazing Christmas because we got to spend it with all of our families and we wouldn't have it any other way--minus the crusted, purple eyes, and runny nose of our little man!!!