4 Months

Jaxon had his 4 month appointment today and he did great. He was all smiles and chatting away with the doctor and the first nurse. Then the nurse came to give him his shots and he wasn't too happy, but he only cried for a second then he was happy and back to smiling and talking. He is getting bigger but still a little on the smaller side, he weights 12.1 lbs. which puts him in the 5th percentile, and he is 24 1/2 inches long putting him in the 25th percentile for height. The last week or so he has been a little fussy, I think that he might be teething. Other wise he is a very healthy, happy little guy.

Jaxon never really enjoyed tummy time, so I never really did it as often as I probably should have. Last week he rolled over from his back to his tummy, and decided it wasn't so bad. Now if you lay him down on the floor it's pretty much a guarantee that within seconds he will have rolled right over to his tummy. Now he just needs to figure out how to get back to his back; he did it a couple of times but that is it. Other than that Jax is still talking all the time, laughs when you laugh and when you tickle him, loves going for walks in the stroller, and starting to kick and splash in the tub.

Family Pictures

While we were visiting family in June we were able to get family pictures taken; here are a few of my favorites.

When we had the pictures done it was right when Jaxon was suppose to be taking his morning nap, but he did really good and I'm glad we were able to get some good ones.

More Jaxon

A few weeks ago Jaxon hit the stage where he thinks that anything and everything belongs in his mouth. Usually we can tell when naps are over because you can hear him sucking on his hands. He isn't normally satisfied with a thumb or just one finger, he prefers his whole hand, two if he works a little harder. He can be seen trying to stuff both of his fists into his mouth on a regular basis.

Also now that Jax is holding his head up so well we have discovered that he really enjoys hanging out in his Bumbo. He loves to sit and play with his toys while I cook dinner.

Time just keeps flying by Jaxon will be 4 months in just a few days.

Life Lately

June was a very busy month for us. Brent spent most of the month studying like crazy for his boards. Once those were out of the way (the next day) we packed up and moved; we just got a bigger place, which is very nice, we feel very fortunate to have such a nice house to live in. Then just days after moving we went on a quick trip to visit family. Before our trip the only family that had ever met Jaxon were our parents, so this was a good chance for us to see everyone and for everyone to get to meet Jaxon. Also while we were visiting and family was there we decided it would be a great time for Jaxon's blessing. It was so good to see everyone and spend time with family.

Here are a few pictures of Jaxon and some of his cousins. All the kids were very excited to play with him and get a turn holding him.

We had a nice 4th of July at home and we were even able to enjoy lots of fun fireworks right from our living room, even Jaxon seemed to enjoy watching until it was time for him to go to sleep. I would imagine that some of the people in our neighborhood had to have spent quite a bit of money on their fireworks; I have never seen so many aerial fireworks that weren't part of Fourth of July show. Even though the fireworks went on until about midnight and were very loud Jaxon slept right through them. Now that July is here Brent has started back at school. The next two years are going to be a lot different than the last two, the last two years were spent in classes and doing book work, now it is time for the more hands on part of school. Brent seems to be excited to get going in his rotations and hopefully get a better idea what field of medicine he might enjoy pursuing. I'm very proud of him and all his hard work.