Walking: The First Phase

Technically he was pushing a toy but he was walking by himself around the room.

Yesterday Jaxon finally figured out how to use his Playskool Step Start Walk n' Ride toy to walk around the house. He was pushing it while walking across the living room back and forth. It took several attempts to get his pacing down but once he got into the groove he was on the move like he had been doing it forever. He had the biggest grin on his face and was so proud of himself. Today he became a little braver in his attempts to let go of the couch to cruise from place to place. I think he may be walking anytime soon. What a big boy!

I will try to upload a video this weekend when I find my camera cord.

10 Months!!!

Baby Jax is turning into a little boy. He is slowly losing his baby face and is starting to become a toddler. He is cruising around the furniture like a madman and is testing his balance with short "look ma, no hands" stunts. He is babbling up a storm and is known on occasion to say mama, dada, up, yoda (we think), and baba. He understands all the signs we use with him and sometimes will use one back when he's really wanting something (mostly the sign for "all done" at meal time). He can play peekaboo with a blanket and is learning how to manipulate the sound coming out of his mouth with his hand (what is nostalgically referred to as the "Indian Call") in a call and response pattern. He is attempting real food at dinner time such as whole chicken pieces, bread, cheese, beans, and anything and everything mommy and daddy are having that is safe for him to have. He has 8 teeth! Yes 8! His hair is slowly but surely coming in and he is definitely gaining weight (I call him Buddha Baby). He loves to flip his toys over and throw his Oball around and fetch it. He loves bath time which makes me happy since I want him to be at home in the water like his mommy. He is growing up so fast and is just so much fun right now. He really is the happiest baby and just a complete ham. He makes me laugh all the time. I am so glad I get to spend the next two months with him during my summer vacation. :)

Here are some 10 month pictures:

Car Show

Jaxon went to his first car show today. We went to visit Grandpa Starr and Uncle Bryan who had vehicles entered in the show. Jaxon liked all the shiny cars and visiting with my family.

Jaxon Goes to Camp

I went to camp over the past three days with my 6th graders up at Warm Beach in Stanwood. During the day Drew would drive up with Jaxon so that I could see him. He came up twice over the three days for a couple hours at a time. Jaxon had a blast visiting with all of our 6th graders. We hiked and went to the pool. It was a good experience for him and the kids. :)

Moving Day

Just some cute pics of Jax while we were packing and moving this week.

A Few Good Men

Jaxon is so lucky to have such great male role models in his life.

Head Evaluation Update

We went in for Jaxon's head evaluation at Children's Hospital today. We saw the craniofacial doctor to determine if he had positional plagiocephaly and needed either physical therapy or a helmet. The reason we were going was our pedi had some concerns about Jaxon's head shape (and we did too). He has a very prominent metopic ridge in the center of his forehead. You can probably see it in some of his pics (see the mohawk pic below). We wanted to make sure that his head was developing properly.

I was very nervous as this can be mild to severe and treatments range from PT to a helmet to surgery. When we got there we were treated wonderfully as usual. Children's is AMAZING. We were seen very quickly. They took his measurements and then quickly did an evaluation of him. While he has slight asymmetry (most people do) and a slightly large ridge, she said it was not outside the range of normal and would continue to "seem to disappear" as his other skull bones develop thickness and he gains more weight. She said she was not concerned at all and was surprised we were referred. She said it is always better to be safe than sorry and not to worry about his head. She said he was so handsome and super charming. He was Mr. Flirty as usual. Drew and I thought it would be bad if she came in and saw our baby and recoiled in some way like he was a freak or something. I am sure she says all the babies are cute or handsome to make the parents relax a little. We didn't get too excited when she said he was handsome. We were more complimented by her comments on his personality as they seemed genuine.

So it looks like we can stop worrying about his head shape. My husband still says he looks like a Klingon from Star Trek but he is still my cutie pie. :) He will outgrow it apparently so that is good.