Love Hate Relationship

Daxton and the washer and dryer have a love hate relationship. He LOVES putting anything and everything in the dryer, the picture with buzz, blanky, and who knows what else is whatI find daily. He loves trying to get in the dryer but can't quite do it himself, so I help him get in with a loving push, and he hates it. He loves to turn them on and off ( I can't say that I love that. He tends to pause or stop loads in the washer when I'm not paying attention. I think because they are front loading, it causes the hate. He hates watching his blanky, doggy, and buzz get a "bath"- we must call it that or it is a complete melt down, before we called it a bath he would sit in front of the washer and dryer and just bawl and cry out for them. He still isn't fond of the fact that they have to have a bath, but he can deal with it a little better.

ABC's

Dax loves counting and his ABC's. Even though he can't really sing or say the ABC's, and just knows a couple of the letters, which is still great. I saw this idea on How Does She, I found it here. I have been trying to decorate the boys' room in robot, since it is little boy like, bright bold colors, and hopefully will last awhile and wont grow out of it. I can always switch the robot stuff with cars,airplanes, monsters, super hero's, whatever they are into in a couple of years. I made my abc's a little different. I just screwed them into the wall, because I am no measurer ( if that is a word-apparently not, it has a squiggly red line under it!) The screws added to the robot feel. I could paint the screws black, but I actually like them. I started hanging these up one night myself. I got the A and the B up, but Cole could here me yelling. I get putting tiny holes in the wall. Dax then picked up "Gosh Dang it!" or "Dang it!". The Cole came in to rescue me, and finish hanging them up. Thanks hun! The boys' room is coming along very slowly, but getting there. I am getting excited about how it is looking, and so is Dax. He can now look at the "E HE A's" now anytime he wants. (usually when he is going to bed, we can hear him singing "E HE A's, E HE A's"

"white and dirdy"

Dax loves to try hats and glasses on. He has broken 3 pairs of mine...yes...perscription ones. The ones I can wear now are crooked, because of this "dird". When Dax put these on Cole and I were cracking up. Cole kept saying he was white and nerdy from the Al song song. Dax cant always say his R's, and he was having a hard time saying nerd. He was saying white and dirdy, which sounds like dirty. This little bugger is lucky he is cute and funny sometimes, I think right now that is what's getting me through the days.

Kai Smiley

I always call Kai, Kai Smiley because he is truly a happy baby. Dax was a happy baby, but he needed constant attention..he wasn't just happy on his own laying on the floor, or in the swing. Here are some random pictures of Kai. I love his contagious smile. I am thankful for this little guy, Dax definitely put me to work when he was a baby.

Big Boy Bed

Since Dax turned 2 he has been sleeping in his big boy bed. I found this bed on craigslist up north for $40 dollars. Dax is obsessed with anything that has wheels, so I thought this would be a good bed for him, so he would be excited about not sleeping in the crib. I soon want to put Kai in Dax's crib, and have then share a room...not sure how that will work.... Thanks to Hammy for going out of her way to pick up the race car bed for Dax! I had to include the pic of Cole pretending to "leets" as Dax calls it.

Dax's 2 yr pix

My amazing friend over at AleciaDawn Photography took Dax's 2 year old pictures. We all had a blast. I absolutely love how all the pictures show Dax's animated personality. There is definitely no dull or quiet moment with him. I feel like I can just hear his quirky little laugh and giggles when I look at these. I would recommend anyone to to get their pictures taken by this wonderful photographer. I love how she captures Dax's personality to a T! Check out his other pictures over at her blog!

"THE purple hat"

Let's just say wow.... Dax is really into hats, any hat. While grandma was babysitting i showed up to pick him up, and this is what he was wearing. I couldn't get him to take it off so we "borrowed" it for the night. I couldn't resist laughing on the ride home everytime I looked in the rear view mirror. He looked so serious with this hat, coat, and sunglasses. He then jumped out of the car, and was strutting around the front yard. Our neighbors must think we are from the circus.... That night when we were babysitting Dax's buddy Jax, he had to give it a try... Let's just say that hat went straight back to grandmas. How could I chance having to go to the park with Dax wearing that, or the splash pad, or wal-mart???? This boy sure does not lack confidence... I love the "over the shoulder" look.

When Daddy Babysits....

ok, Dax would have done this whether I was watching him, or Cole. But I like to say that it was because Cole was watching him, and this is Cole's child, especially when Dax does things like this. Dax thinks that everything that sprays (besides otta bottle -water bottle) and things that come out of a tube, are for your hair. Even a&d ointment for diaper rashes....lovely. Cole came out into the living room while Dax was "doing" his hair, saying"Hair!"
You can imagine what it was like getting that out of his hair! Lets just say his hair looked slicked down, and like a Ken doll for a couple of days.

Dax's Birthday...

I know, I know. No need to say it. I have been such a slacker when it comes to blogging. I just hate waiting for the pictures to upload. For some reason on my computer, its like molasses. Anyways.....
This post is about Dax's birthday. Last year we pulled a prank, since it was April Fool's day. We told everyone we were pregnant, that Dax was going to be a big brother (look at the post from last year...) Karma.... I ended up being pregnant! We found out within a couple of weeks. So this year we decided to do some more light hearted jokes. First one, super glue a quarter to the front porch. Cracks me up every time someone comes to the door. EVERYONE tries to pick it up. It's still there....we have quite enjoyed it. The second one was to fill chocolate cookies with tooth paste instead of frosting. Yuck. Dax enjoyed one..... until I made him stop! Grandpa ate one too hahaha.... Since we weren't having dax's party on his actually birthday we decided to have cupcakes. He didn't like us singing to him. I guess we are that awful! He enjoyed his cupcake thanks to 25 Main!
I cannot believe how old this little bugger is. The first 6 months of his life were a blur. An adventurous blur. By his first birthday I couldn't believe how fast the time had gone, now that he is 2, I feel like I blinked and now he is this funny, animated, smart, stinky little boy, who every day makes us laugh, smile, and feel loved. I am so thankful to have been blessed with Dax.
Things that Dax likes:
chocolate milk (shoclat mute)
Baths (Baa's)
Grandpa's Truck (bapa's dutch)
Doggies
Buzz Lighter (buzz!!)
Almost all food especially fruit snacks
airplanes (diedie) kinda creep that he says diedie for airplane, but whatever...
Garbage trucks, fire trucks all trucks are pronounced with their own unique mumble,and then the word dutch for truck.
Kai his baby brother (he calls him Dai) and his baby toes (baby toes but with a d instead of t)

Funny things he says:
For his Grammy, he callers her Hammy
Love you (la low)
Peace (holding up all 5 fingers)
"hi" over and over again to strangers or anyone we see, and buh-bye when we leave.

I couldn't even jot down all the cute things he does or says, or everything he likes. He is truly a happy boy. He loves everyone, adventure, and is so sweet. I can't believe my baby is 2!

Brothers

Dax loves Kai. He really hasn't done anything mean to him! I'm shocked! I thought by now Dax would have done something to Kai!! He did try to pick him up tonight, and that didn't go too well, but Dax wasn't trying to be mean. Dax always brings Kai his "juice"- his bottle. And his binky- though Kai isn't a binky baby. Whenever Kai is asleep in his bouncer Dax has to sit in front of Kai and stick his face into Kai's and Say "BABY!!" with a big smile on his face. He also pats his lap when he sits on the couch, meaning he wants to hold Kai, but usually for only a second, it doesn't last. He also kisses Kai, and always ending with the response of "awwwww!" since that's usually what is said by someone after he kisses his baby brother. These pix were taken when Kai was 2 months, to the day. I love these boys....Though some days I wish I could go back to 5 years ago...childless....oh freedom, I must say it seems like FOREVER ago that I had some of that good stuff called freedom.