This is Jaxon trying to figure out how to suck his thumb. Only problem is, he can't figure out which finger it is.
What do you know he actually figured out how to get his thumb in his mouth, but this time he can't figure out how to curl his figures so he just leaves them on his face.Jaxon loves his bath time. It's the cutest thing when we take the wash cloth and squeeze water on his head. He makes this face as if he was floating on a cloud.
Who would of thought that parenting could be so tiring? Jaxon is actually a pretty good baby. He only wakes up once throughout the night, usually around 4 or 4:30 am. The thing that is so tiring though is when he does wake up; he is a wake for like an hour and a half. After I feed him I change his diaper before I lay him down again. His favorite thing he likes to do is pee all over the place, I think just so he can get an extra 20 minutes alone time with mommy before he goes back to sleep. He is so thoughtful! During the rest of the night, he believes it is very important to keep his voice box strong even when sleeping. Here and there he will do a few puppy dog barks or baby goat sounds. Also, he likes to throw up and try to swallow it, which leads to choking noises. That just gives me a heart attack every time. So you can see that with a baby there doesn't come much sleep. This leads to black circles, wait no that is not right, I'll say black, giant, bags under my eyes and exhaustion during the day time. Like I have said before though, it is all worth it! Plus, I love to see the little moments like this...
What a happy family!
Don't mind me, I look like crap! Oh I think part of the reason could be that I just pushed a 7 pounds 7 ounces human out of me! That was a lot of work.
Poor guy! He was so beat up!Here I was about 36 weeks along with the pregnancy just dying to not be pregnant anymore. Everyday i would wake up hoping that day would be the day Jaxon would come. Well about 4:30 in the morning on May 15th, 2009 I had been woken up by horrific pains. These contractions were nothing i have ever experience before during the pregnancy, they were more painful than i could even begin to explain. I knew it was time. I told Jared it was time to go only to here the response of, "Really, but I am sleepy". Not exactly what I was wanting to here at that moment. Realizing how not very happy I was, Jared was out of that bed in a flash. Weeks ago this was what I was looking forward to, but at that time the thoughts that were going through my head were different. On the way to the hospital all I could think about was how much pain I was in, was I really ready for this, how can I be a mom, I wasn't meant for this. By the time we got to the hospital I was already dilated to a 7. Within an hour and a half of being at the hospital my water broke, everything went pretty quick from there. Then, 8:26 a.m. rolls around and there he was! The most precious thing in the world was handed to me and placed on my stomach. At that moment all those negative thoughts were gone. Everything that I thought was so horrible the past 9 months, the tiredness, the feeling sick to my stomach, the weird cravings, looking in the mirror feeling like an oversize elephant, the pain, everything was all gone. That baby was a miracle to me and that is when I knew I was, really ready.
Jared's parents took us on a adventurous trip for a week to Lake Tahoe. I have never been and didn't know what to expect. Man was it gorgeous!!! We drove up Sunday night and stayed at a hotel in Las Vegas. We then finished the rest of the drive to Lake Tahoe Monday morning. Like I had mentioned before Jared's parents are very good at finding great deals on Condos, so we ended up staying in this really nice Condo in Lake Tahoe for the week. On Tuesday we drove up to Reno to visit Khyl and Danielle, Jared's brother and his wife. Tuesday was the day that they throw me the surprise shower. Wednesday we took an awesome Snowmobile tour in the mountains at Lake Tahoe. I was a little hesetent at first to go because of how far a long I am, but it turned out to be a lot of fun! Those pictures will be posted later, we haven't received them yet. Thursday we spent half the day in Lake Tahoe walking around the shops and stuff. Then we ended up in Reno for the second half of the day hanging out at Khyl and Danielle's house. Friday we packed up our stuff at the Condo and headed down to Reno to stay with Khyl and Danielle for the night. On our way there we stop off at some shops. Jared brought some really nice cowboy boots that took him over an hour to decide on buying. That night we went to the beautiful Reno Temple. We headed on our journy home early Saturday morning. The trip ended up being a lot of fun! Thank you so much to Mom and Dad Halbert for making all this possible. They are such sweethearts.
My wonderful Mother in Law and Jared's Sister in Law decided to throw me a surprise baby shower while we were in Reno. I was not expecting this at all! Jared's grandma and his two aunts and cousin came all the way from Utah to Reno just for my baby shower. They are such sweethearts. The baby shower was a blast! They put so much hard work into this and I felt so special. And can you believe this awesome cake that Jared's sister in law (Danielle) had made. Jared's side of the family are very talented, they made me some wonderful things for Jaxon.
My wonderful family and I had the opportunity to go to Sedona for the weekend about a month ago. Jared's parents are great at finding really good deals on Condo and things all around the U.S. They found a good deal in Sedona and allowed me and my family to go and stay there. It was so nice to get away for the weekend. The weather was perfect! And who new that Sedona could be so beautiful? My mom of course loved it, she is such a nature freak! We were able to go on a really nice hike to veiw the gorgeous mountains. Also, we went on a little tour of the Indian Ruins, that was neat!
I would have to admit, my belly is a little bigger than I hoped for being 6 months a long. That's ok though, I have been having a wonderful pregnancy and I can't complain.
Jared and I went on a little weekend vacation to New Mexico. Jared's friend, Phillip Killian, lives on a Ranch up there that his family owns. They own about 74,ooo acres of land! We had a blast learning how to live like a cowboy for a weekend. Hanging out with the cows, bulls and horses was great, but the best part was hanging out with Phil and his sweet wife. Thanks so much you guys for letting us come over on such short notice and showing us a wonderful time.
Jared learning how to ride, cowboy style.
Me and Joey (Phillip's baby horse)
Jared and Phil
Looking good!
Jared learning how to rope.
Me and Poncho Villa (Phillip's dog)Ok, Ok! Once again we have failed to update our blog. It has been a while since our last post and we have been chewed out a few times now for not updating. We have came to the conclusion that we better update or we won't be able to show you all how exciting our lives are. So here's whats been going on behind the scene of the Halbert household.
Just recently Jared and I found out some exciting news. Once we were married we decided to take the next step in our lives, maybe a little earlier than we expected. A few weeks ago I decided to pee on a stick. Well that stick happened to be a pregnancy test. To my surprise it showed up positive! I decided I wanted to surprise Jared that morning when he got back from feeding our neighbors dog. I created this scavenger hunt for him. When he walked in the door there was a paper that said, "Solve the clues that will lead you to your surprise." In each room there was a clue telling where the next one would be. Finally it lead to our bedroom where I had laid a paper saying, "Congrats you are going to be a father," with the positive pregnancy on top of it. He was shocked! We both can't be any more excited and we are looking forward to being parents. Wow, that sounds so weird!
One thing Jared and I have been really busy with is weddings. I can't believe how many people have got married in the past few months. It has been a crazy few months. We even have a few more coming up in the next few weeks. Jared has been shooting a few weddings lately. His pictures look amazing! If anyone needs pictures done give Jared a call. He can do anything from family photos to weddings, you name it. One wedding I particularly enjoyed was one of my very best friends Caitlin Owens, who is actually Caitlin Beach now. I am glad to see my friends settling down and starting a life with their soul mate. On Caitlin's bridle shower invitation there was this saying that I love. It read, "You don't marry someone you can live with, you marry someone you can't live without." At least I think that is how it went, somewhere within those lines. This I agree with 100%.
