What an "almost 20 month old" can do in a matter of minutes!

Here is Jax's toy area like it SHOULD be...



And after Jax has been there for just a FEW minutes!!! Grrr!!!

New Words and Current Favorites!

Food: Beans, Olive, Chicken, Bread, Milk, Cheese, Chip, Cracker

Other: Waterfall, Bike, Swim Swim (his code word at swimming that he is going under water), Clap, Please, Thank You, Out

Animals: Duck (and he says Quack Quack), Cow, Elephant (this one is really funny!),

Sayings: "Ready, Set, Go!"

He know does "If you're happy and you know it" and can clap, stomp his feet, and yell "Hooray!". :)

He LOVES hugging lately...it's beyond cute! He will walk up to you and say "Hug" and he gives you a HUGE hug...I love it!!!

He has started giving Eskimo kisses too...another mommy favorite. It sounds like "eckamo" when he says it but it's pretty darn cute!

His favorite songs for Mommy to sing are "If you're happy and you know it", "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", and the ABC's. :)

Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary to my Grandparents! :)

60 years together...what an amazing accomplishment in life and love. We feel so very blessed to have such amazing Grandparents. Their love for each other and our family is something to be celebrated. We had so much fun spending time together on their recent trip to Portland.





Jax with his Great-Grandparents! :)


We are all here because two people fell in love! :)

Family Pictures by Davina Simms

We recently had family pictures taken...here are some of my favorites!

Zoo Day! :)

Our SUPER FLOATER!!! :)

Jax earned his SUPER FLOAT award at swim today! :) This means that he can fall into the pool (or be pushed by mom...sorry Jax!), go under, float back up to the top, and stay on his back for a full 5 minutes...all while completely clothes...shoes and all! :) We are so very proud of this amazing accomplishment! He has been in swim lessons at Swim Babes since he was 4 months old...and at only 18 months, I know that if he accidently fell into a pool that he would know how to survive! WAY TO GO JAX...Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you. :)

Silly Daddy!

Here is a funny story:

Scott put Jax down for bed the other night. He was taking forever to come out of his room so I finally went in to check on them and this is what I found! Scott was snoring and Jax was totally content having Daddy in his bed with him! Moments like this melt this mama's heart! :)