Saturday, October 11, 2008

What I've Learned

Rather than boring you with all of the details of our long "blog break." I'll simply give you a few highlights of things I have learned in the last month.

Boys need 2 things to be happy: A pair of Cars shoes and a cape (courtesy of Kari, thanks Kari!).

The Cars shoes is funny to me. Carter is very observant. Everywhere, I mean everywhere we go, Carter can pick out any little boy who has a pair of Cars shoes like him. They instantly become his "friend." He says, "Mommy, he has Cars shoes! He's my friend." Now if only making friends was as easy for me! The cape on the other hand is just a fashion statement. I think it is so adorable and I simply think every little boy should have one!


Strawberries are apparently best eaten by taking one bite out of the strawberry and putting it back in the container.


The other day I found a few half-eaten strawberries by the strawberry container. I thought to myself, "that little bugger Carter." Then I proceeded to look through the strawberry container and found 10 more strawberries that Carter had taken a bite out of and put them back in the container. I couldn't help but laugh, especially since I was standing in the same room talking to him while he did it but I just hadn't noticed.



I never quite get the reaction I expect to get from my kids when put in a certain situation:


We celebrated Jaxon's 1st birthday (horray) on September 24. I got this ingenious idea to make a red velvet caking thinking he would make a huge mess and we would all get a good laugh. As you can see in the comic strip above, it did not quite go like that. Even though I think the cake turned out cute and it actually tasted "okay" Jaxon wasn't into it. I guess we really do never get the reactions we expect or want!

Whether you have a cosmetology license or not, cutting a 1-year-old's hair is nearly impossible!


I'm exaggerating a little bit, but it really was difficult getting Jaxon's hair to look good. I decided it was finally time to cut Jaxon's hair after receiving various comments about how cute "she was" and no, I don't dress my boy in pink! Jaxon was actually pretty good the entire time, but towards the end got a little restless, hence the really high cut above his ear! I put him in his high chair and gave him a cracker to keep him entertained as Jaxon could be happy eating all day (I hope he didn't eat too much hair!). Doesn't he look handsome?

5 comments:

Talai said...

Welcome back to the blogging world. You did a great job on Jaxon's hair. What a handsome boy. And, I wish I could make friends as easy as Carter too.

Jill said...

love the doo jaxson! did it make you ache to cut his downy soft baby hair? especially the stuff at the nape of the neck. that's my favorite spot.

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Skye O. said...

Hi Jessica! It's Skye from the ward and from work! How are you gusy? I found your blog through Nicki's. Your boys are so sweet! I have two boys too and a little one on the way. I think of you a lot becuase YES, I'm stil doing Dr. Hubbard's dictation and I'm REALLY getting sick of it. I'll have to email you and ask some other questoins. Check out our blog and i'll chat with you later. Fun to see you guys. You look just the same!
skye-o.blogspot.com

bloggingchristy said...

I love those kids, they are adorable!! Carter makes me laugh so hard. Sorry Jaxon didn't like his cake, but at least you got a cute comic strip from it! The cake turned out very cute!