So things have been happening lately and I've failed to write about them. I'm going to play a game of Catch Up with you.
We bought a boat! For the longest time, my hubby has been talking about getting a boat. He wanted something big enough that Jaxson and I could tag along and go for rides with him. About a month ago he asked pretty please and I said yes. How can you deny a man when he says "pretty please"! On a side note, I probably enjoy the boat just as much, if not more, than he does. We've taken Jaxson on the boat 3 times. Not a big fan of his life jacket but he wears it without a fuss. He has found that early morning fishing excursions are the best for napping. Landon and I took him fishing last Sunday morning. We crawled out of bed at the wee hour of 4:30 to load the boat. We woke Jaxson up right before we left. Talk about confused!! Not only was it still dark when we left the house, but I left him in his pajamas to ride out to Keith Lake. In fact, I left him in his PJ's the whole time!!! Once we arrived at our first fishing spot, I cracked open a Nutrigrain bar for Jaxson to eat for breakfast. Nothing like breakfast on the water.
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Thirty minutes later the breakfast bar was gone and so was Jaxson. He fell asleep and didn't wake up until we were about ready to get off the water. My little man loves to be outside. I've said it many times that he would sleep outside if I let him and this boat outing proved it!! Turns out the life jacket makes a pretty good pillow.
Note: To anyone who is about to blast me because his life jacket isn’t zipped and fastened:
1) the boat was stopped and anchored
2) the boat was turned off
3) this was a photo opportunity
4) the rest of the ride it was fastened
Another new item we have added to the Wright house, specifically to Jaxson's room, is a toddler rail for his crib. I'm sure I've written about this before but we are struggling with Jaxson to sleep in his own room. I am an enabler. I admit my mistakes. I haven’t been firm with this sleeping in your own bed deal. I gave up trying to get him to fall asleep on his own in his own room. I then gave up trying to move him into his crib because he would wake up every time I laid him down in his bed. I don’t let him cry it out. It hurts me just as much as he thinks it is hurting him. SO my solution was to basically make his crib into a big boy bed so that I could lie in HIS room with him until he fell asleep and then ever so softly crawl out and into my bed. The only glitch in this perfect scenario is Jaxson’s exit strategy. Instead of sliding out of the side of the bed when he wakes up, he tries to crawl HEAD FIRST over the toddler rail, resulting in what could be a head injury. I’ve already been to the emergency room one time in the past 2 months for what we thought was a head injury and I’m not going back. I guess we are going back to a full crib. Plan failed!
I am patiently awaiting Jaxson to form words. He's a busy little boy with a whole lot to say, he just doesn't know exactly how to pronounce it yet. Mama and Dada are pretty much concrete in his dictionary and I think he either says Nana or Nene (one of his grandmothers and his caregiver) but nothing further. My dog is about to have a nervous breakdown. For the first couple of days after Jaxson's birth, I struggled with the relationship (or lack thereof) that the dog would have with him. Boy I was so wrong about this. Poor thing can't even retreat to her safe place (her kennel) without Jaxson bombarding her. Jaxson is growing taller by the day. He can reach things that I'm not ready for him to reach just yet. I'm about to label the kitchen a danger zone. All items have to be moved to the center of the kitchen table. Little fingers can reach a plate of food in no time!
I have a bagillion pictures that I need to upload and post one day. If definitely would have helped with this whole catchin up idea I had.
