Birthday Boy!

Jax is officially one year old. I am not sure how I feel about it... that year went so fast and I already feel like I'm losing him! I just adore that kid. I can't imagine life without him.

So, we threw him a birthday party up the canyon with some family and friends and it was so much fun. We are so lucky to have some amazing family and friends. Anyway, just wanted to put some of the party pics up here and hopefully a video my good friend Jen made for Jaxy too.

Jax we love you sooo much! Happy, happy birthday!!!

When he finally got into his chocolate basketball cake (the cakes were cute thanks to Brook!)


In his plastic bag . . just protecting the cute birthday outfit.


Before he dug in. He wasn't quite sure what to do for a few minutes, we had to help him along.

This was on the way to the party. We had to wake him up go so he was a little out of it at first.

Few more things

Just had to put a few more pictures in here. We just had a great visit with Brandon and Sarah and their cute boys and have some fun pictures from that. The boys were so good with Jax! We're glad he has so many cousins to look up to and grow up with.

Cute nephews Sterling and Hyrum at the Dinosaur Museum

Jax and Sterling playing drums in the kitchen together - and then, Sterling made that spoon a weapon, and then, he killed me

Hyrum and Jax looking at fossils. Hyrum totally reminds us of Jax in a year or so, busy and so cute!


Everyone waiting in line at the Dinosaur Museum (that's not the only thing we did the whole time, just what I have pics of!)

And lastly, below, a picture of Jax standing on our hike, that's a continuation from the last blog post, it wouldn't let me add it there for some reason.......

New adventures

We are in our new home! We've been here for about a month and it really does feel like home - I think that's Jaxy's doing since he's crawled in every corner and cupboard and spread his toys in every room - I love it! We feel really blessed to be here and feel like we're in the right place. Jax already has some really cute friends next door and we're settling right in. We are soo grateful for all the help we had from family and friends to get here, you'll never know how much that meant to us. Thank you so much!!

Jax is also almost one year old! I can't believe it. He's growing up so fast I didn't think it was possible to love him more but Bryan and I adore him more every day. He is so fun and just so special, we are so lucky to have him, we really had nothing before him, sounds corny, but so true! He's just amazing. He is really trying to walk these days, he's getting more brave every day, but he usually needs to hold a hand to stay steady. It's so fun watching him get his balance and gain confidence though. He's trying to copy some words too, like "choo choo," he's says "too," and he always points at things he's watching or trying to figure out and he'll grab our hands and hold them up and make us point too. He loves life. We took him hiking last weekend and he stood the entire time in the backpack and just checked everything out. Here are some pictures of him lately:


Jax loves being outside and putting his face (and snotty nose in this case) on the window.



Bryan and Jax exploring the creek in Hobble Creek Canyone by our house. Jax loved the water and didn't mind the cold at all, he never complained - he actually just kept trying to sit in it - brrr







Jax with a little gel in his hair. Can we really cut that? Oh it's so cute. We're having the "cut or not to cut" debate right now....



Jax helping daddy clean before the big move