It's Almost Christmas!

We are so excited for Christmas to come! Jaydon is at the perfect age, young enough to be in awe at the lights and snow! And not old enough to want specifics for Christmas so shopping was easy!
We were outside and Jason took him into the snow and he was really worried about it sticking on his boots, and certainly didn't want it on his hands! One day I was shoveling and he didn't want to come in. So, I lured him into the garage and shut the door. FINALLY, he came in after playing with some sidewalk chalk for awhile. He also has a "I love Santa" shirt we put him in. It is a little girly and perhaps it's sending the wrong message for Christmas, but he did get a few comments while wearing it! He is all boy and loves sports and so hopefully Santa will find him and give him something to occupy his little mischievous mind! Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and lots of fun!

Thanksgiving week

Jaydon has just realized that when he says water, he gets a bath. The other night we were eating dinner and he hands me his plate. I said to him, "Are you all done?" and he nodded while saying "Water, water, water." So, he's extra clean lately!
We went to visit grandma and grandpa (and everyone else) for the weekend too. Aunt Shay had a guitar out in her room. When she showed him how it made sound, he was not shy at trying it out, he loved it!

With so much family around, I didn't watch Jaydon as well as I do at home.

The 1st night we were there, he realized there were Barbie's upstairs. He and Addy were up there playing for awhile one night. He must have thought all of the Barbie stuff was pretty cool, because we don't have them at home. (Nor will we until we have a little girl.)

Jason was also helping Jaydon play air hockey. He really didn't "play" but he was laughing and having a good time.

Jaydon is too spoiled to talk about. This is him in our bed one Sunday morning. I needed to get ready and since Jason's at meetings Sunday morning, I put in Barney, gave him some milk, and the remote. It kept him entertained for quite awhile!

Like I said, he is spoiled! But a couple weeks ago when Jason was gone, I was getting out chicken nuggets for dinner. He saw the ice cream and wanted that instead. So, he had ice cream for dinner! (Don't worry, he ate real food later.)

Halloween Day!

It was the nicest weather on Saturday, and we took Jaydon out for quite the trek. 1st, we went to see by boss so she could see the costume, then we headed to the mall. We weren't going to stay but off in the distance was a fire truck, or a "cuck" as Jaydon would say. So we stayed and waited in line so Jaydon could sit in it. He was a little shy though...
Afterwards, we went and saw family, went to a neighborhood trunk-or-treat, then headed home after he was worn out and we watch the scariest movie ever, "The Sixth Sense" (it was the most I could handle). Then we were off to bed after a long fun-filled day. HOpe everyone had a spooky day!

Lately...

I can't believe that my baby is 18 months already! It's a little wierd because I still call him my baby, but then I see moms with baby babies and realize that Jaydon is not the tiny little thing I used to snuggle with, he's still a snuggler, but almost a 30 pound one at that. We took him to nursery a few weeks ago and suprisingly I wasn't sad about it. Everyone told me that that would be hard to do, because you then realize just how big they are getting. But, after chasing him in the halls for the last few months, it was a relief for me, and for him that he could go play instead.
 
Jason with Jaydon before church
 
Me with him after. (He spilt the water he got at nursery all over him, and that is why he's getting dry clothes!)

We also went to the Pumpkin Walk last Saturday and it was cold. Jaydon looked at the displays, but once he was down, he ran off and played in the middle. The witch at the end was a little scary, it was fun to see Jaydon's face looking at her. My camera batteries died before I got any good pictures, but I do have one of Jaydon and Jason "bundled up" and carved pumpkins that were displayed. I wish I would've charged my batteries, but there's always next year, right?
 
 

Grandma's Halloween Party

Jaydon went to his 1st Halloween party a couple weeks ago! My mom has one every year and the beginning of October worked out best for everyone to come...it was a cold day and so I thought Jaydon would be comfy in his little dragon costume, but he didn't really like it, he had more fun without it on...maybe I should put it on him a few times before Halloween, I don't know!?
He loved the bean bag toss, or more specific, the bean bags...he had a hard time sharing so everyone could have a turn...

These are the cute NON-MESSY pumpkins that the kids decorated, just felt eyes, nose, and mouth!

A pic. of all the grandkids in costume...grandpa had to keep throwing the ball to Jason so that Jason could throw it back, otherwise Jaydon was out of there...

Addy and Jaydon in costume...

Me and the dragon before the party began...

Thanks honey!

 

We've been busy lately with all of the end-of-the-summer projects. Jason's travel time hits heavy this last quarter and so I've been making him do stuff for me before he's gone! He went to help his grandma out last Saturday and hauled hay for her, only to come home and help me buy and organize our food storage. Then this past weekend we decided Friday night to carpet clean our cars and house, finish painting the garage, and mow the lawn. His mom was going to come help Jaydon as he has a thing with vacuums. (He "helped" me vacuum last Friday and it took us 32 mins. and we don't have a lot to vacuum! Those pics. are on our camera) Well, Saturday morning rolled around and his mom called and asked if I'd going into town with her and instead of being gone an hour, we made a few other stops and didn't get home till 3 hours had past! Jason had finished painting the garage so we no longer needed grandma to help entertain Jaydon. I carpet cleaned both cars, and Jason mowed the lawn and organized stuff in the garage, we went inside to carpet clean our floors, and still made it to "Up!" that night. Only to turn around Sunday and have our pictures taken by his sister. (Thanks Jessica, they turned out great!) So, last night after the busy weekend I realized just how lucky I am to have a hard-working husband! So thanks for all you do! (I haven't down loaded the pictures from my camera yet, but here are some of the pictures from Jessica!)

Hogle Zoo

I haven't been great at posting new stuff on here, but we've had a fun summer. We also got a new computer and I'm still trying to get used to the new programs and such. Jason is getting into some of his busy times at work and has already traveled for all or part of the last 3 weeks. He'll be home for a little while so that'll be nice! BUT, we did make it down to Hogle Zoo for a Satterthwaite Reunion with all of my siblings and it was fun. We went a couple weeks ago when it was 100 degrees so after spending much of the day there, we headed back to my parents hotel to swim and cool off, then drove home after an exhausting fun-filled day!
A picture of all of the cousins...

Jason and Jaydon posing by the rhino...

We saw this tiger and it was standing right by the fence and in front of the glass. It was a crowd-stopper, and I can see why. This tiger was really big...

Jaydon probably had the most fun visiting the giraffes as they were eating and he got to see them up close. We were up top for a long time...it was pretty cool too!

Regional Champs!!!

 

Jason and I played on our ward co-ed softball team for the regional championship games. We were gone playing games Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night, sometimes double headers- it was fun! We even got these extra large t-shirts for winning and a "team photo" afterwards. It reminded me of way back when we used to play. Jaydon had a good time too, playing with all of the kids and loving the drinking fountain! We've been busy this month playing while the sunshine is still out and even took Jaydon the the Logan Aquatic Center. He liked it more that I thought considering he isn't a fan of being sprayed with water by the sprinklers. Lots of time spent at the park and on walks and anything outside. Gotta love summer!

I'm just venting...

Ok, kids are a lot of work and it wasn't like I didn't know this...but sometimes I just want to scream and throw my hands up in the air! Lately Jaydon has been pushing the limits. I think he likes to see just how far he can go before I throw a "mommy fit". The other day he got under our kitchen sink, took out a paper towel roll, unwrapped it, then picked up the plastic and threw it in the garbage. At 1st I was thinking "Smart kid!" But there was still some plastic on the floor so I asked him to pick it up and put it in the garbage. He did it, and then I told him "We don't need new paper towels yet, lets just put them back until we need them." I took him over to play with toys and the next thing I know he's in the bathroom....and guess what he found...toilet paper! The best part is when I thought I should document this so he can see just how much I picked up after him, he tried smiling at the camera! AAAHHHHHH! Then I think ok, I'll just give him a paper towel, if that's what he really wants, RIGHT? Well, then there is the little trails of itsy bitsy pieces of paper towel that he's broken off. And I mean itsy bitsy. Then he's off to the paper plates, then cotton balls, and it's really fun to open the wipes and pull out 13 at a time! 13! No wonder people tell me they vacuum everyday.
 
 
BUT, he's a darn cute kid and I thought I shouldn't just post negative stuff about my motherhood dramas. SO, the other day Jason, me and my sister were outside painting a door frame on our garage. It was getting hot, so my sister and I took Jaydon in and we both got a drink and I handed him his sippy cup of juice. But he wanted a BIG cup so I gave him mine when I was done. Then he and my sister were taking turns sucking on the cup to get it to stay without holding it. Whenever my sister would do it, he thought it was hilarious and he'd try too. Everytime I see this picture of him laughing it makes me chuckle. Even thought he drives me nuts and I think I'm more of a neat freak then I thought, he really is being just a kid. And I'll keep reminding myself everyday:)
 
 

4th of July

 
We had a fun 4th of July and came home tired as ever. We decided spur of the moment to leave for Idaho Falls on Friday night. We woke up the next morning to hit the Idaho Falls parade. I wasn't looking forward to it, with the hot weather and endless floats, but it was better than I thought. Then Jason and Jaydon along with my mom and sister went to the Mini Bazar (crafty stuff)...and Roberts. We went home to take a much needed nap, play and have dinner before heading to the Fireworks. Jaydon did pretty good, it helped that Addy and Peighton were there to play with him. They played with the rocks and a few things we brought, and we also gave lots of candy to them to keep them near by. We have a great spot to watch the fireworks and afterwards, headed back to my parents to sleep. We stayed for Sunday and headed home that night, sleeping in on Monday! It was really fun and busy, but we had fun getting away for a bit and seeing my family. Happy 4th to everyone!

Father's Day

 
These are a few pictures of Jaydon that I took for Father's Day. I bought Jason a little basketball frame and thought I'd try taking a cute picture for it. Jason's mom found this little outfit, and you might not be able to tell, but it has #32 on it- Karl Malone's number. Anyhow, Jaydon was making a sorts of faces and poses, but we got one to work and Jason loves the picture and will take it to work for his desk! We had a good Father's Day and hope Jason felt like the #1 Dad that he is! We love our Dad!

Lots of fun!

 
We've had lots of fun lately with everything going on. I love this time in May with Mother's Day, our Anniversary, and my birthday all together. When I got home on Wednesday after work, Jason had a little gift for me, then we went to dinner. We used the DVR for American Idol so we wouldn't miss anything exciting! We came home and Jason got Jaydon ready for bed while I talked to everyone who called me! (Thanks for all of the birthday wishes, everyone!) We were so happy Kris won, a little suprised too! Then Jason came home early for us to spread mulch throughout all of our flower beds. It took a good part of Thursday night, as well as Friday to get it all down. We were also suprised to hear that my parents were coming down on Memorial Day. We spent the day at Willow Park and visiting the little zoo. It was fun to go and Jaydon loved the birds moving around. The city worker also got the snake out and Jaydon was able to pet the snake! He was ok with it the 1st time, then he wasn't so sure after that! It was a fun four day weekend and kind of hard to go back to life. Oh well, we'll have lots of fun through out the whole summer!

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband. We've been married for 5 years today! These pictures are completely random, but I was trying to find pictures of us and him, and we weren't too good at getting the camera out before Jaydon came along...
  Our 1st Anniversary

 
A trip we took down to St. George a couple years after we were married.
 


 A picture we took of "our family" when my family got together for family pictures.

He is the best dad ever so I had to include this picture of him playing with Jaydon!

Since Jason is in SLC with work today, we are celebrating tomorrow by going to Park City. It'll be fun and exciting as we decided to take Jaydon with us! Thank you to my loving husband for 5 great years, and many more to come! LOVE YOU!!!

Happy Birthday Jaydon

 

Jaydon had his birthday yesterday and it was a busy, fun-filled day! I started frosting Jaydon's bear cake while he was napping, but his nap only lasted 40 minutes. So I gave him a mini spatula and sat him on the counter while I finished. He loved dipping the spatula into the blue frosting and eating it...it was all over his face, but it was his birthday so I let him have at it. It was really nice outside so we went out in the afternoon so he could push his little tonka truck around. He loves being outside and loves pushing that little truck around so we had a good time. Then we came inside and got dinner ready, Jaydon got lots of cheese to eat while I was doing that, which he loves too! Then we had our neighbors and family for cake and ice cream. Grandma Sleight brought a little chair over for Jaydon and he liked that instantly, he also loved all of the balls he got too. He loves anything that he can throw, and has a good arm too... He wanted to grab the candle the moment it was lit, and Jason showed him how good and messy cake is! We ended the night by a bubble bath before bed! We love Jaydon lots and lots and it's hard to believe it's been a year! We can't imagine life without him, we're so glad he came to our family! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAYDON!!!