Paxton and Daphne

This is Daphne, she is our Yellow Lab! She is a PUPPY! And I think that says it all. Anyways, Paxton LOVES her. He will sit at the door laughing and giggling as she plays or gets into whatever mischief she can get into. As a general rule, she is pretty good with him. Most of the time she just lays there while he pulls and climbs all over her. These are just some the cute pics. So, Enjoy!

Oh What a year !

Last but not least, Paxton wants to wish all of you a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Aww! That wonderful point in our life where we discover that unrolling the toilet paper is the BEST thing EVER!! Needless to say, toilet paper is going very fast at our house!

For Halloween Tucker wanted to be Woody from Toy Story. The costume was a little big, but he had a great time running around the house in the costume. Again, Tucker refused to smile or even look at the camera, so this is about as good as it gets folks!!

Paxton did not have the pleasure of being able to pick his own costume, so mom picked it for him and he was a Dalmation puppy. He looked rather cute in the outfit, but he felt inclined not to smile or look up for the pictures. This was the best we got!



For Halloween, mom let the boys choose. Preston wanted to be Mr. Incredible. I can't tell a difference in the two, can you?? haha

Preston had a great birthday this year. He had a big party with all of his aunts, uncles, cousins (except for the ones who live in North Carolina :( ) and friends from school. It was a mad house!!! We had an Incredibles Jumper in the backyard, and we each decorated our own little train cakes. It was a huge success. And how do I know that, cause mom was pooped at the end of the day!

Tucker and Abby on the crop dusting airplane ride.

Preston and Walker on the crop dusting airplane ride

In October we did our tradition of going to Schnepf Farms with our cousins Becka, Abby and Walker. Both Abby and Preston where born in October so it is always a great time to celebrate both birthdays as well. We enjoy going every year, infact we look forward too it every year. And we look forward to it again next year.

Oh what a year..the summer months

It has been a long time since I posted anything, so I guess it is time for an update. This summer was fun and busy.We had two sessions of swim lessons. Which was a lo0t of fun for Preston and Tucker but not so much for mom and paxton sitting out in the heat. And by the end the boys got pretty good at swiming. I just hope they remember when it come time next year! ha ha Preston started his last year of Preschool in September. His teachers name is Mrs. Rebekah and we love her. Preston is always coming home with great art projects and fun songs to sing. Tuckers language skills are getting better all the time. We understand just about everything he says. Paxton learned to crawl and started the wonderful time of teething! He now has 2 teeth on the bottom and 4 on the top!

Tucker ready for church
Preston on his first day of school

Preston and Tucker enjoying a Graham Crackers and Milk snack

Preston swiming

Tucker swiming

Tag You're it...5 things

5 Things I was doing 5 years ago

1. Working for my dad full time
2. Getting ready to have Preston
3. Living in Gilbert
4. Aaron was in School
5.

5 Things on my to do list

1. Make posters for my Church Calling
2. Continue with my year supply efforts
3. Make so hard core decisions
4. Get the kids to pick up their toys
5. Continue to organize and clean up

What I would do with a Million dollars

1. Pay off debt.
2. Pay off our houses
3. Go on a serious nice vacation
4. Pay for Aarons Master Program and other schooling
5. A new wardrobe for the family

5 Places I have lived

1. Mesa, AZ
2. Chandler, AZ twice
3. Gilbert, AZ
4. Queen Creek, AZ
5. Austin, TX ( someday hopefully)

5 Things I want to be doing in 5 years

1. Have aaron out of school with his Masters degree
2. Be living in Austin
3. Having our family complete
4. Back to my pre-pregnancy size
5. have an adaquate year supply that actually gets rotated!

TAG YOU'RE IT TO EVERYONE

Umm..Maybe not a fan

Since Paxton is 6 months old, he is ready for baby food. So, this morning I got out my handy dandy Babycock to give him his first taste..Bananas! How did it go you ask?? Well, I think that the pictures speak for themselves! Enjoy

The End!

Maybe we will try again in a few weeks.

A good start

I have decided that for Paxton I am going to make my own home made, very healthy baby food. I took this zucchini from our garden and made his first vegetable.
I used this handy dandy baby food steamer and chopper. It does everything in 15min. It is awesome!!

And this is the finished product! We haven't tried him yet, but we will this week. I hope he likes it!

Yes..Mom can do it!

This year for Memorial Day we went up to Grandma and Grandpa Chapmans Cabin. And we had a great time. We where only able to stay one night but we had a great time. The boys had so much fun playing with there cousins,uncles and aunts. Preston, Abby, Rebekkah, Walker and Tucker
Tucker and Jared

Preston and Diana

Tucker and Diana on the motorcycle in the rain!

Preston and Tucker in their sleeping bags in the tent. They loved it ! Yes, mom slept in the tent too. I don't have any pictures to prove it, but I have witnesses! :)

Last but not least this cute little boy smiling, because he got to sleep outside like everyone else. That face right there is why mom slept outside!!

My little Jonas Boy!

Preston does his hair every night and this is what it looks like, a jonas boy, from the Disney Channel. And now Tucker has started doing the same thing. What funny kids!

Our Little Graduate...2030??

Tucker found Aarons Mortor Board and decided that it looked pretty good on him. And we agreed!

Tree

To help make our backyard look a little better and provide more shade Aaron planted this tree.

It is a Indian Laurel Fig tree. Little did we know that the leaves fall off very easily and that tucker can run it over in the power wheels truck. So, we will see if it survives!

An afternoon in the Park

For a family activity last month, we went to the park here are just a few pictures from that exciting afternoon.

Tucker, Dana (diana- sister in law) and Walker (cousin)

It's Offical

It's Offical Aaron graduated from ASU on Thursday May 14, 2009. He has his Business Administration Degree. This has been a long road for us. But here we are. Next stop... Masters in Legal Studies.. Another 2 years! But we can do it.We are very proud and so excited to have reached this milestone in our lives. Yay!

My new love

I just wanted to do a post on how much I love my little Paxton. He brings so much joy and happiness to my life.
I love that he smiles at me whenever he sees me
I love that he laughs at me and Preston
I love that he wakes me up in the middle of the night to eat by making little baby noises
I love that he is part me and part aaron (not that the other boys aren"t, haha)
And I love that we spend may hours of the day swaying "dancing" together.

Happy Easter

Every year on the saturday before Easter my moms extended family does an Easter Picnic, where we hide Easter Eggs, have breakfast and play baseball. Well this year Tucker was a little more into the opening the Easter Eggs and eating the candy rather than hunting Easter Eggs. Sorry these pictures aren't very good. The kids got ahold of our camera and I haven't figured out which settings they change, yet!

Preston and his collection of Eggs.

Daddy and Tucker. Tucker looks so happy to be there at 8am!

All the boys in matching shirts, ties, and pants.

HAPPY EASTER