Jaxon at 6 months

Jaxon is now 6 months old. He weighs just over 16 lbs and is 27 1/2 inches long. He is wearing size 9 months in most things and 12 months in others. The funny thing is that while he needs a 9-12 month one piece outfit, he can still wear pants that are size 3 months. His length is mainly in his torso. He has developed little chubby thighs and a little chunky butt...so adorable!


I'm amazed at all he can do. He communicates his wants and needs very well. He grabs at my shirt or buries his head in my chest when he wants to eat. He has a sort of fussy sound he makes after he poops that lets us know when he needs to be changed. He hates to have a dirty diaper! He makes a different fussing sound when he wants to be held. He certainly knows how to get what he wants!


He is moving around in his own little way. He crawls on his belly, mostly using his legs to push himself. He is pretty quick at it, especially on the hardwood floors. He is trying to pull up on the coffee table from his stomach. I think that he really wants to just skip crawling and go straight to walking. He cannot sit unassisted yet. I think that may be because I'm holding him so much and when I put him down, I always put him down on his tummy. So I'm trying to sit with him more on the floor to give him practice sitting up.


He adores balls and cars. He's such a boy! He loves to watch his big brother crash cars into each other. He just laughs and laughs. 

Playing on the floor of his brother's room

He also loves bath time. LOVES IT! He likes the pool, too, but there's something about the bath that just makes him so happy. He loves to be naked and being naked in water seems to be a great combination for him!

That red blur is his bath toy that he's waving around - he gets so excited!

He is terrified of hand dryers in public bathrooms. He gets a scared look on his face and bursts into tears every time he hears one. It's pitiful! 


He is much more tolerant of his sisters and brother than he used to be. He seems to actually enjoy their antics as long as he's not tired. 


He is not more tolerant of the car. He really does not like being strapped in for more than a few minutes and car rides are still not that fun for us. 

Smiling in the car seat -this is a rare sight

We have kind of taken a break on solids. I noticed he was spitting up more when he ate solids. So I felt like maybe he just wasn't quite ready. He still gets tastes of things sometimes but I'm not giving him solids on any regular basis. He does  love anything he can hold and eat or gnaw on. I found a Gerber snack called little crunchies that kind of dissolve in his mouth and he likes to hold those and munch on them while we are eating. 


He has no teeth yet, and I'm okay with that. He has an adorable little gummy smile! I'm going to miss it when he gets teeth. 

Irresistable!

He can say mama, which comes out more like "a-ma" but definitely refers to me. He usually only says it when I'm not in the room, as if he's calling me. Because he doesn't say it when I'm around, it took me more than a month to finally hear it once he started saying it and it is adorable. He can also say dada, but he doesn't do it often. I think he likes to hear his daddy beg for him to say it! His newest sound is a b sound that comes out as "bah", "beh", and "buh." I'm not sure what it refers to, but it's a cute little sound! And when he combines it with his mmm sound, which he often does, it sounds like he's singing Mmmbop by Hanson. It's hilarious. Then he laughs at us when we sing Mmmbop back to him. I love hearing him talk. It's probably my favorite part of this stage that he's at. 


I just can't believe he is growing so quickly! I wish he would slow down a little! It's all going by way too fast!

Our Van

The day before we left for Disney World, we had an accident. It was just Jason, Jaxon, and me in the van. Thankfully, we were all okay, though Jason's chest was hit by the steering wheel and he was very sore for a few days. I hit my leg and it was sore for a few days as well. Jaxon was safe in his car seat and cried when we hit but I think that was mostly in response to my reaction (I was sitting next to him and gasped). 

We were in a construction zone on the interstate trying to merge into oncoming traffic. The truck (a huge Best Buy delivery truck) went to merge, and so did we, but then they slammed their brakes on and we rammed right into the back of them. Hard. 

This is what it looked like:

Ouch.

I thought it looked worse when the truck moved and you could see the damage.

Our first thought was that our Disney trip was over before it had even started. The accident happened late in the afternoon -we were scheduled to leave the next day. Our van was definitely not driveable. We waited for the tow truck and then waited for a ride home.

We tried to rent a van, but since it was a weekend, we had some trouble. We drove an hour to a rental location that was open on Sundays. But when we got there, they wanted a copy of a utility bill (they had not told us that on the phone). Who knew? Apparently, they want to be sure you live where you say you live so that they are able to come to your house and get the car in case you don't return it. We didn't have a bill with us and didn't have time to get back home to get one and get back to the city where the rental place was, so we had to skip that. 

Thankfully, my husband's parents have a minivan that they loaned us so we were able to make our Disney trip after all (more on that in later posts). 

While we were at Disney this past week, we got the call from the insurance adjuster. <Side note: we use Geico and they have been really great through this whole process.> Anyway, so the adjuster told us that our van is totaled. They are sending us a check in the mail. Thankfully, they were fair with their price. My brother (who works for Honda) said I wouldn't want a rebuilt van, because anytime something has been damaged that much it's never the same once it's been fixed. But I am still sad. I think it will be hard to find a used replacement that's as nice as what we had before. On the plus side, the van had over 120K on it, so we might can get something with lower mileage. 

So now we are car shopping. I would like a Honda since that's what we had before and loved. But Hondas have pretty good resell value so it may not be in our price range, not to mention all the ones I have found so far are in terrible colors. The catch here is that we have to get something pretty quickly because right now we can't all go anywhere together without borrowing a car because we can't fit the 6 of us in our other car.  

If you have a minivan, what kind do you have and what do you like (or not like) about it? 

Winner of the Fuzzibunz giveaway!

Congratulations to Heather Mahan who won the Fuzzibunz one size cloth diaper! She has already replied and sent me her address, so I'll be getting that in the mail to her today!


A lots of you guys were very excited about the diaper giveaway so I'll be doing another one soon. What type of diaper would you like to see me give away next?  


Also, don't forget that the Lovable Labels and Babybond giveaways are ending this week! Both are low entries right now so you have a great chance at winning!




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Lovable Labels Review and Giveaway

When my kids were in daycare, and later, in elementary school, I had to label everything. Bags, bottles, sippy cups, jackets, a change of clothes, notebooks, binders, folders - everything has to be labeled. I bought permanent markers to write my daughter's name on everything, but quickly got tired of how it washed off her bottles, bowls, and cups. 


I searched online for the answer and found a great company in Canada who solved my problem. I ordered a pack of labels for my daughter and one for my then newborn son. That was 7 years ago - I've been using Lovable Labels to label their gear ever since. The labels stick on your kids stuff and they don't come off until you want them to. No more losing things or repeatedly labeling things. We still use our labels, for everything from their water bottles to their iPod headphones (to tell them apart). This lets me know who is leaving their headphones laying around on the coffee table. 

I was recently sent a pack of Lovable Labels new "Book Worm" labels, just in time for the new school year. This pack of 36 labels is meant for labeling books, but you could easily use them to label binders and notebooks. 

We have a family library of books, but each child also has their own special books. Alex loved being able to label all her books! I'll probably have to order labels for each of the other kids once they realize her books have personalized labels inside!

The newest products from Lovable Labels include address labels, Date It Labels for labeling things like food in your freezer and Toddler Toes. I love the Toddler Toes - they go inside each of your toddler's shoes to help your child learn their right from left foot and the label also provides a place for your cel phone number to be printed in case of an emergency. Whatever your labeling needs, Lovable Labels has you covered!


WANT? You can purchase Lovable Labels on their website at www.lovablelabels.ca 


WIN! Want to win some labels of your own? Lovable Labels is offering one of my readers their very own personalized Book Worm labels!