First Day of Preschool....

I can't believe it but my baby girl actually started preschool last week!  On Tuesday morning I took the morning off work to take her to orientation to meet her teacher, etc.  Then on Thursday she went by herself for the first time.  My mom had to take her since I worked that day & it didn't really make sense for me to take off a whole morning just to drop her off since they wouldn't let the parents go in anyway.  She woke up before I left for work and she was so excited!  My mom said when she dropped her off she went right in without a problem...I didn't really think my little miss independent would have a problem anyway!  She had a great first day & had chosen a Halloween book (random!) to take for her first show-&-tell.  She made an ice cream cone out of paper and when I asked her what she did at school she said they ate ice cream and played with blocks.  She has been asking me everyday since when she gets to go back to school...it is hard seeing my little girl grow up but I'm glad she loves school and has the independent personality that she has!

(Orientation day...she insisted on wearing a dress!)

Go Utes!

Tony, Paxton, and I were able to go the first Utah Utes football game of the season against Pitt.  We had good seats, the weather was awesome, and it was a great game with Utah winning by 3 in OT!  Paxton was a little sensitive to the loud crowd at first, but ended up falling asleep!  We had so much fun!

The Zoo

I took the kids to the zoo a couple of weeks ago.  It was such a nice day and even though we love going with friends it was kind of fun to just go the 3 of us....Macie got to be in charge of what animals we saw and how long we spent at each one.  We had a good time!

 Baby Zuri...so cute!

Macie was most excited to see the tigers....she overheard me telling Tony about a tiger that had jumped it's fence at a zoo the day before and I think she thought that maybe one would jump the fence at our zoo!

This is what happens if I don't strap Paxton in...he tries to escape!

Dixie's 60th Birthday

Tony's mom turned 60 this year so we had a little surprise party at the park for her.  It turned out nice, even if Dennis brought her 20 minutes earlier than he was supposed to!  Happy Birthday Dixie!

Dixie with her grand-girls

Dixie and the girls blowing out her candle

Dixie's parents Orvel & Joyce came into town for the party...they don't come up very often anymore since Orvel's health isn't good, so it was a nice suprise that they came!

5 Months Old

Paxton turned 5 months old last week!  He is getting so big!  At 5 months old he weighs 19 lbs (Macie barely weighed that at a year!)  He is rolling all over, starting to sit alone for a few seconds at a time, and is already trying to crawl!  He gets up on his knees and does the rock...it won't be long before he's all over the place!  He is eating every 2-3 hrs still, and before bedtime eats some oatmeal mixed with pear juice- he wouldn't eat much else and the only stuff he would eat was making his tummy upset so the oatmeal with pear juice has been a good transition and I think he's actually starting to like it! (Thanks Wendy!) 

He still isn't sleeping through the night, but I've been trying to get him to go a little longer between feedings if I can, and I've been trying to keep him in his crib the whole night rather than bringing him in bed with me (which is so much easier!)  He also takes AWESOME naps during the day...usually a short one in the morning then a 2-3 hr one in the afternoon!

He is very grabby and will grab anything in sight and stick it right in his mouth!  He especially loves to grab hair...I think this is the reason I ended up cutting my hair when Macie was about 10 months old.  He gets Macie's hair a lot, too.

Anyway, he is "talking" a lot and spitting and is so fun!  We love you Paxy boy!

Laughing at Macie

Macie's First Day of Dance

Macie started her first ballet/tap class last week.  She absolutely LOVED every minute of it!  Her teacher is darling, she only has 5 other girls in the class, and they seem to be fun but professional!  She has been showing us her moves ever since!  She's been to 2 classes now and has done so good!  I can't wait for her recitals, she'll be so fun to watch!

Bouncy Boy!

A few weeks ago Paxton figured out how to jump in his little jumper....he has been loving it ever since!  Sometimes I'll put him in the doorway of the bathroom while I shower & get ready....one day he was super tired and when I looked down he was sound asleep!  He had bounced himself to sleep!  It was too cute!

So Tired!