Monday with Cousins 12-02-08

We are now in California, and me and Mom are having a great time. Dad had to stay home and work, so me and Mom are going to party the whole week through. Sunday we caravaned to California with Uncle Ryan and his family. The traffic from Arizona back to California was SO BAD that the drive that should normally take about 6 hours took 10. I had my DVD player and watched lots of Backyardigans, and all in all, I did REALLY well for being in the car for 10 hours. I was really happy when we got to my cousins' house and got to run crazy and play. I especially like that their apartment is on the 3rd floor and running up and down the stairs!

Yesterday (monday) we drove to Anaheim and played the morning with Aunt Sarah, and cousin Noah and Katya. We brought Cousin Hailey with us because her mom had a Dr. appointment. We had lots of fun playing at the park and then eating lunch at the Islands Restuarant!




Cousin Katya
Cousin Noah and Aunt Sarah

Me and Aunt Sarah

I'm a talker! 11-26-08

This is an exerpt from a weekly email that Mom gets from Babycenter talking about the average progress of a toddler my age...

"The typical young preschooler picks up new words every single day and will soon be able to string them together in sentences from two to four words long."

This is what I said to Mom and Dad last night at dinner...(you can't say I don't think things through...)
(this monologue is about a 3-tiered dessert server that is on our kitchen table at the moment)

"Mom- dis is made out in glass? If I knockee over, it would break and it would hurt me?...and I might bleed, and I would cry and cry?...you would be mad and angry at me...and I would have-a go to time out? Daddy would have-a keen it up?"

Throw Sequence 11-23-08

Here is a throw sequence from our Family photoshoot. I usually love to have Dad throw me in the air, and Dad really chucks me up there.

Dad digs down deep into the legs for maximum throwing height. You can tell I am enjoying it-

Ready! Set! GO! (I am still having fun)

I think it would be funny to hold onto Daddy's hand- obviously I can't, but it throws me WAY off balance-

HEAVEN HELP US!!!

Is this considered a safe landing? All's well that ends well I guess-

Now I won't let daddy even throw me one inch in the air. If it looks like he is going to try I holler my head off until he puts me down or mom saves me!

Overheard by Mom 11-2-08

(This story is from Mom's point of view!)
Yesterday I took Jaxon over to his cousins house to play while I went the cannery and canned for Amber and I. Anyway- Before I left I was chatting with my sis and the kids were outside. I thought I heard Kalle (4) say something a little strange, so I said to my sister,
"I think Kalle just said, 'Jaxon, can I hammer these nails into your hands?' "
Amber: (Laughing) "Oh! We just watched the Lamb of God video yesterday, I guess that's where she got it!"
About 3 minutes later Kalle came in with a Fisher Price hammer and two sticks about 4 inches in length.
She said,"MOM! Jaxon won't lay down on the ground for me!"
We thought it was pretty funny, because we knew exactly what she was going to try to do, and Jaxon was smart not to go anywhere near her!

Crankypants and the photoshoot 11-21-08

This is what happens when Mom tries to do a little shoot of me while I am still in my "incredibly cranky and not sleeping well due to the loss of Paci' Stage- Oh dear!

"DON'T tell me not to pick my nose!"

"NOOOOOO!!! I DON'T WANNA SMILE!"

Valiant effort: The fake Smile

"WHY ME?"

"I'M SO MAD AND ANGRY! DEES PANTS AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO ME!!!"

(I wanted to roll them up and they weren't staying...)

From Mom 11-20-08

This is Mom's version of the days after taking my Paci away...I think she might be regretting it a little bit?!?

"Is it really this easy" was my ridiculous thought on taking Paci away from Jaxon! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!! CALGONE TAKE ME AWAY!!!! Seriously, Jaxon has been the crankiest, crabbiest, most cantankerous kid you ever met in your life. He talks back, whines, cries, complains, hits, bops, whacks, tackles and rarely cracks a smile! Oh and those naps and bedtimes that he used to adore..? FORGET ABOUT IT!!! Now it's 20 straight minutes of hysterically crying, bargaining, and made up maladies to get out of bed! Naps are now usually 20 minutes of crying, 45 minutes of sleeping, then a fresh round of hysterical crying as he jolts to wake with no paci to pacify and lull back to sleep!... Followed by at least an hour of extreme crankiness, followed by the rest of the day of run-of-the-mill regular crankiness! AND!!! As an interesting side note, after that first night he never even asked for Paci again- IT'S ME THAT MISSES PACI! OH PACI!! WHERE ARE YOU????? When he was in bed Yesterday night - he was hysterical for about 45 minutes screaming our names at the top of his sobbing lungs, only to tell us such things as we forgot to kiss Bumble, put the covers over Pablo, or put his socks in the hamper!! We searched high and low for a night-light to no avail, so we improvised with a wicker basket over a flashlight, and it appeased him enough to let his tired little body go to sleep.Today we got him a nightlight, and things in the nap department seem to be going a little better, but how do you stop a 2 year old from constant back-talk? I mean seriously, who does this turkey think he is??
He has taken to yelling things at me like,
" You say sorry to me RIGHT NOW LITTLE GURR!"
"You don't tell me to stop it! I tell you to stop it! STOP IT MOMMY!"
and my personal (least) favorite- '
NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!" yelled at the top of his lungs, like after I have asked him to hold my hand in a parking lot, stop shaking and spilling his sippy cup on purpose, or when asked to share his water bottle with his cousin Oakley! I give up. I love this kid with all my heart, and I will REALLY LOVE IT when this little phase is O-V-E-R!!!

Family Pictures 11-

One of Mom's legs, and one of Dad's

Mom is sure I will think these pictures of her and Dad are gross, but she also knows it's important for me to know how much they love each other! (And it's A LOT!!!)