Independence Day

I have a disclaimer to put out first before I begin any sort of writing for the day.  I am not good at spelling nor grammar.  If there is a misspelled word somewhere in my blog or a misplaced comma, please excuse the dummy. 

I was going to make this a sappy, make-you-wanna-cry post but I decided against it.  It's Friday for goodness sake.  I looked at the calendar today and realized that Jaxson is almost 7 months.  We have accomplished sitting in our high chair without assistance, he has moved into size 2 diapers, he is sleeping in his OWN bed for most of the night, and we are no longer taking a bath in the bathtub "net" as I like to refer to it.  I freak out every time he passes one of these milestones.  Part of me wants him to stay a baby forever and not grow up.  I feel like it's happening so fast.  I remember the first night we brought Jaxson home from the hospital.  Neither Landon nor myself would sleep for fear that we couldn't hear him breathing.  I laugh to myself on occasions on how paranoid we were that first week.  Jaxson slept in the bassinet right beside Landon's side of the bed and he still insisted on sleeping with the baby monitor by his ear!!!! 

Last week we decided to eat out for dinner.  I felt Jaxson was ready to sit in a big boy high chair at the restaurant. It's getting a little hard on me to eat my dinner and hold him while he tries to grab EVERYTHING on the table.  I found the key to this is keeping a toy strung to the highchair so he can't throw it on the ground. Otherwise we just have a very unentertained child who gets slightly moody.  Who would have thought......

On Saturday we went to Home Depot to buy some new blinds.  I figured if Jaxson was physically stable enough to sit in a highchair then we could definitely sit in a shopping cart.  I did buy one of those things that you drape over a cart or highchair that keeps him from sitting on the direct seat.  Genius I tell ya!  It was a good thing I had it because Jaxson tried to put the handle of the cart in his mouth...GROSS!

I cannot wait for the next milestones and tricks that we are able to accomplish within the next upcoming months.  Jaxson is developing into a wonderful little person who is a perfect fit for Landon and I.  I couldn't have made a better baby if I say so myself.