Visit with Mimi and Papa

Such a big boy!

Loving on Papa

Brad and I had our 2nd Alta Tennis match today, so Mimi and Papa came to keep Paxton. They even did all our laundry for us!! We just love them! We played pretty well, and we won, too! Wahoo!!

Paxton is also 9 months old today!!! So big!!

Tooth #3

Tooth Number 3 finally arrived today! That explains why he has not been sleeping well the last 3 nights, as well as why his eating has been very off schedule.

It's not very easy to see, but if you look closely you can see his upper right-hand tooth in the pictures.

Tennis CAN be fun!

So, Sunday, Brad and I had our first ALTA match of the season. It was my first time playing in a VERY LONG time, but I actually had FUN! I didn't play that bad, and our team took all five points, making it that much more fun!

We have been practicing the past 3 weeks, and Paxton has become a tennis baby. He has come with us to the courts every time, and we've either paid someone to come watch him there, or Dad has come to watch him. Mom is our tennis coach, making babysitting a little difficult! He seems to have fun. In fact, last night for practice, we paid a friend to sit in the back of my car and play with him since it was REALLY cold!

Brad and I are actually playing together this Sunday, so we'll see how it goes!

Visit With the Tyson's

Andrea, Matt, and Paxton



1. Catch
2. Chew

3. Throw

Brad's college roommate and his wife came to visit with us, and do some car shopping. Matt and Andrea were unsuccessful in finding a car, but we had a wonderful time catching up with them. They are so sweet with Paxton, but we don't get to see them very often because they live in Birmingham.

Paxton decided he would play catch while they were here. So, we captured some cute pictures of that, too! This was perfect since Brad and Matt played baseball together!

Good Morning!

Pax says, "Good morning!"

Saturday mornings are wonderful, because we can wake up at our leisure. This morning, Paxton woke up and was just playing in his crib. He didn't cry, just woke up happy as can be. It is so cute to see him on the video monitor standing and playing, patiently waiting on us to come get him.

It has officially been one week that he has slept in his crib the entire night!!! That doesn't mean we don't have to go in periodically throughout the night, but he hasn't ended up in our bed one time!!! It's amazing how much better Brad and I can sleep without him between us!

Grandma helped us establish a bedtime routine that actually works. I was trying other things, but they weren't working before. Here is what works for us: he nurses, then I get his paci and his blanket, we read a book (sometimes he's too tired for that, even), turn the lights out, then I sing one song (sometimes 2 or 3) while I rock him, but then he's ready to be put down. Once the lights go out, he immediately puts his head on his blanket that I put over my shoulder. It's so sweet. Then I lay him in his crib, and usually he doesn't even move. Some nights he'll get up and play on the side of the crib and cry a little, but then lays down himself and falls asleep. I am really loving bedtime now, whereas it was such a battle that I dreaded! I know that we will still have those nights that nothing seems to work (or the nap times that we had yesterday), but it's just much easier now.

These pictures are just some snapshots of him rocking in his chair one night. We have to strap him in because he slides. He loves it, though.

How big is Pax?

SOOOO BIG!!!

Even when Paxton was an infant and could barely move, Grandma would take his arms and play this little "game". She would ask, "How big is Pax?" and then take his arms over his head, and say in a high pitched voice, "Soooo big!"

Well, tonight, he started doing it himself; and, after many attempts, I was able to capture it on video.

Here are some still shots taken tonight.

SOO big!

sitting in the toy basket

Uncle Adam

I love my Uncle!

New Year's Get-Away

Me, Suzie, and Pax with the incredible view from our deck

Playing tennis on the Wii

Dance, Dance Revolution

Suzie, me, Summer, and Caroline

The group on a hike

Pax and Aunt Jenny

This was taken as we were ringing in the new year.

Pax had been asleep, but woke up just in time to celebrate.

I guess we were a little too loud! Sorry, buddy!

mmmmmm, carrots!

The planners

Happy new year! We spent the last 3 days at a house in the Northwest Georgia mountains with a group of my friends. There were 7 couples and then Paxton, too. We had a fun time, and the place was beautiful! Caroline and Blake planned the whole thing, and even planned and cooked the meals! It was fantastic! Thanks for all their hard work!