Shum Shstuff

 First things first: Here is my hubs, he is cute AND he got a new job!

Hallelujah!

 So we're sittin' pretty pretty in these parts. We were only jobless for a nerve racking 2 months--which I realize is not bad for this economy.  We feel very grateful and are really excited. We have had so many little random blessings since he lost his job; we are so thankful for a watchful Heavenly Father. 

Downside: Jax is going to miss not having his dad around. He went from never seeing dad, to seeing him all the time; I can tell the seeing dad all the time is greatly preferred.

 Mom is going to have to get real cool real quick. :)

Never ending homework...oh wait,
 ends this December!!! 

Never ending house projects...

Secondly: Rod started sitting up about a week ago!

We have started to get Jax library books--he really likes it. We haven't done much with the library until recent because I was nervous about how he would treat their books; but he seems to be doing pretty good now. His favorites books have been books on trains, garbage trucks, fire trucks, sharks, and dolphins.

 And this is Jax playing gayagry birds(angry birds). This is not my fault. I blame my mom and Justin. My mom is a sucker for letting him play with her phone--any game he wants, and Justin just plays lots of games on his phone and Jax LOVEs to watch. Either way, he ask's to play all the time...

Also wanted to document that Jax constantly wants to watch the "tooeey". It means watch a show on the TV. He talks pretty well, but some of the words he use's crack me up. "Watch the tooeey mommy, watch the tooeey?" Over and over, really fast and urgently.

We try and not let him watch a ton of TV, but that doesn't stop him from asking.

Also, Jax went poop in the potty 2 days ago. And pee in the potty 2 months ago. Two different singular events. Here's to the kid ever getting potty trained.

Rod gets tightly wrapped like a burrito with one of those velcrow(sp?) swaddling blankets every time he goes to sleep. At night, he wakes up at least once, usually twice. because he gets his hands out and is trying to eat them. It makes me crazy because he is not necessarily hungry every time--but I never really know, so I just feed him anyway (prop a bottle up on a stuffed animal for him:). I think I might try one of those zip up ones and see if it will work. We had this problem with Jax and just had 2 weeks of sleep hell teaching him he doesn't have to be swaddled. I'm not ready for that with Rod. If i can find a way this kid might be swaddled till he's 2! :)

Remember how when you take pictures with a flash babies make this face? Hehe.

The sudden drop in temperature warrants the dawn of the winter coat. Nutty weather. Cute kid.

Jax playing in our "yard", by himself...poor first child.