Wow! It's been awhile!

So- I am not the great blogger that I thought I would be! I am really going to try to update my blog atleast once a week.

Where does time go and is it really October? Dax is 18 months now and is learning so much. He is my little parrot and has learned about 30 words now. In the car, at the house or just out he will tell you an entire story. Man- I wish I knew what he was saying. Every night when I put Dax to bed we say the Now I lay me down to sleep prayer. Last Sunday, we said the prayer and at the very end he took his paci out and said "Amen!" It was so sweet!

The first weekend of October officially started hunting season! I am a true "Hunters Widow!" Don is such huge hunter. I don't think I will understand how a Man could enjoy hunting and sitting in the woods getting eaten by mosquitoes.

Stayed tuned for Halloween pictures and what Dax will be this year!!

Falling Behind on Blogging!

I thought I would be pretty good at keeping up with a blog but I have proven myself wrong! It has been over a month since I have blogged anything but that does not mean we have not been staying busy!

This past weekend was a very special weekend. We celebrated my Grandparent's 60th Wedding Anniversary! Wow...60 years of marriage. My Grandparents are so special to me and they have truly been a love story throughout the years. I can't wait to spend 60 years with Don...6 down and 54 to go! We had many out of town guest visit! My Aunt Doris flew in from Wyoming, my brother Brian came in from Florida, Great Aunt Maggie came in from New Orleans. What a wonderful day. We renter out a room at Pappas Seafood and there were about a total of 45 friends and family.

Friday before the party I managed to lock Dax in the car! YEP- I locked Dax in the car and it was not running. Just as soon as we figured out the doors were locked and my keys were sitting on my seat the mall security guard drove by. Wow...what perfect timing. I ran after him and started banging on his window. I scared him pretty bad! The fire department was pretty prompt and he was only in the car for max 10 minutes! After they got him out of the car they gave him a fireman's hat which was super cute!

Father's Day was great. Don has been begging me to go to the neighborhood pool and I have been dreading it. Finally, since it was Father's Day I agreed and actually had a great time. Dax also loved it. They have a great area for little kids. Dax is still a few inches short of making me feel some what save. He thought it was funny to fall down and go underwater! Mommy on the other hand did not think it was funny. He also went down the slide. What a dare devil. We finished the day at my parent's house with both brothers and families! Nice relaxing evening!

Here are a few pictures to catch you up!

I am so lucky!!

I am one of the luckiest Mothers around!! I have the greatest boys in the world and so thankful they are in my life! We did not do much for Mother's Day but be a family which is the most important thing in my life! Don gave me a gift card to my favorite shopping place, Ann Taylor. It's already burning a hole in my pocket! Then....Dax and Daddy where behind the wall and I hear Don tell Dax "Go give it to Mommy!" He comes around the corner with a bag in one hand and a card in the other. He was laughing and smiling the whole way to me. It's amazing how fast they grow and how fast he is picking up on everything. My Mother's Day present from Dax was a beautiful ring with Dax's birthstone in the middle from James Avery.

Thanks Boys for everything you do. You guys always make me smile when I think about you!!

Uncles, Florida, Mickey & More

Meeting Mickey!

The Gang!

Brian at Work!

Us infornt of the Castle

Dax's first plane ride!

Don went to Africa for a Safari hunt so I was not going to just sit at home! Dax and I thought what a great opportunity it would be to visit Uncle Brian in Florida! I braved Dax's first plane flight alone. I went back in forth deciding whether or not I was going to buy him his own seat or just hold him for 3 hours. All of you that know Dax, know that he is VERY active. The best money I ever spent was on his own seat. I borrowed a carseat/stoller all in one and from the time we got to the airport until we got to Brian's house Dax never left his carseat. It was great. Dax did very well on the plane. He slept for part of the flight and we played the other part. On the way there we sat next to a really nice lady and the way back the man with the worst body odor in America sat next to us! I think the smell knock Dax out and he was sleeping before we left the ground!!

I was really excited to see my brother and for him to get to visit with Dax. We did not have many plans once we got there other than hangout. We shopped a lot and ate a lot!

Brian is a deaf interpreter and I have never seen him work so he worked on Saturday and Dax and I watched. The cool thing is he works sometimes at Disney. What a great opportunity to bring Dax to meet Mickey. We packed up the car and headed to Disney. Brian's first show to work was the Lion King show. He does an amazing job and Dax just pretty much watch Brian the whole time. We got front row reserved seating. After the show we waited in line to meet Mickey Mouse. Dax was really excited to see Mickey from about 10 feet away. He actually had so much to say to him. Once it was our turn Dax wanted nothing to do with poor Mickey.

Dax was running a fever the Friday night before Disney so after about 4 hours we went to Brian's friends house for a couple hours so Dax could take a nap. What a life saver. He slept for 3 hours and then we went to Magic Kingdom. We rode a couple rides and let Dax run around. We had so much fun. Would I ever take a 1 year old to Disney just to go, NO! Dax just wanted out of the stroller and to run around. There were so many people I could not just let him loose. While waiting in line for about 30 minutes each time we had to entertain him. It was hard work.

BUT... we did have fun and it's memories with Mommy and Uncle Brian! We sure do wish he would move closer to us so we can visit him more often. We miss you and love you! Thanks for spoiling us!

Easter Bunny was not to bad!

We took Dax to see the Easter Bunny last night! Dax did really well visiting Santa when he was 9 months old but since he is older now I thought he would cry with the Easter Bunny. Mom was wrong again. Our friend Sloan was in town from Atlanta and stopped by the house so he took the ride with us to see the Easter Bunny and Aimee was at the mall so she stayed to witness the experience.

When we got to Mr. Bunny they were not in a rush by any means. There were only 2 people infront of us but it took forever it seemed. I let Dax walk around and be social. He loves people and just talks and smiles at everyone. (I'm not sure where he got that from!) So, when it was his turn I put him down and he walked right up to the Bunny. He actually had so much to say to that Bunnny. He was talking away and pointing. I only wish I knew what he was saying. After he had his conversation with the bunny I put Dax on his lap. He was smiling and checking him out. After about 4 minutes of sitting on his lap Dax had enough and wanted down. I am not sure where the lady that was taking his picture was when he was smiling but when he was wiggling away from Mr. Bunny she came and took his picture.

He did very well and there were no tears! Dax will talk to anyone if you let him.

OK- Dax got a TRIM!

In an earlier post I said Dax was not going to get a hair cut after he turned 1 but his hair was in his eyes. We decided to get him a little TRIM so he could see out of those pretty blue eyes. I had wanted to take him to the little kids place but we took him to Sports Clips so Daddy and Dax could get a hair cut together. I had envisioned Dax sitting on our lap and trying to get down since he hates to be confined. Well- that is not how it went at all. They took out a booster seat which I thought he would fall off of while getting a hair cut. Dax was perfect. He sat on the booster chair with his smock on and did whatever the lady told him to do. He was really interested in the guy getting his haircut next to him. Dax was trying to talk to him the whole time. He looked like such a big boy sitting in the chair.

Dax's 1st Birthday Bash!

We survived Dax's 1st birthday bash! Of course, it's your first child's first birthday so why not go all out. Dax and I talked about it and he wanted a crawfish boil and all his little buddies. :) Boy was that a lot of work! We boiled 150 lbs of crawfish and had lots little friends running around. Bounce houses were such an awesome invention to keep the kids entertained. We had a face painter come and she was great. I was busy with other party details Dax did not get his faced painted.

The birthday cake was a hit! There was not ONE piece of cake left. Dax was pretty slow digging into his cake. I finally stuck his fingers into the cake and he went to down. Note to self: don't get colored icing for baby's smash cake. He was colored head to toe with red icing.

My parents were kind enough to let us have the party at their house. They have such a beautiful backyard with lots of room.

Next year we are doing pizza at the park!! HA!