Happy Birthday To ME!!

I just wanted to share the beautiful flowers my special little man (and Daddy of course) got me for my Birthday.  I had a bad day at work yesterday and came home to find these on the table for me.  It made my day.

And today Jaxon and I enjoyed morning play time with the tunnel.


Here I come Mommy





His I'm not so sure about this face

 

Discovery Center

On Tuesday Michelle and I took Jaxon and my niece Brynna to the Discovery Center in Gage Park.  It was a blast.  This was Jaxon's 2nd time.  The 1st was not a good experience, it was packed with kids running and screaming everywhere.  He was just overwhelmed as well as scared to play.  This time school is in and there were about 5 kids including our 2.  He took his time warming up to each new area in the center but once he decided it was safe he really opened up and began playing.




Exploring



Jaxon has never done well with paint.  I don't know if it's the smell or just the slimy feeling on his hands but usually he starts gagging.  Well this time he couldn't let Brynna show him up.  He had paint on his hands, glasses, and in his hair.  He was loving it.  I tried to take the brush away because he was slinging paint everywhere and he threw a fit.



Look How Big I am




Drivin the Tractor


Medical update:  Jaxon had another seizure about 2 weeks ago.  This time I just called an ambulance.  I didn't like that driving him to the hospital myself, it was scary.  So after they got it stopped and another MRI we were discharged.  We have a follow up appointment with his neurologist in 2 weeks to discuss treatment options at home.  I'm really hoping we can get medication at home to stop them.  I will sleep better at night.  And then in October we meet with a new Neuro-surgeon.  Our previous one left Kansas.  Right now we have no real idea why he has seizures.

Yellowstone 2011

In August Jason and I went to Yellowstone for our summer vacation.  We didn't think Jaxon would be very interested in a 17 hour car ride and looking at scenery so we scheduled the week for him to stay with all the grandma's in addition to the normal babysitter during the day. 

We had a great time, missed the little guy like crazy but it was wonderful to get away.  We've been trying to go to Yellowstone for a couple years now.  I'll just share a few pictures below.  The 1st night we stayed with my uncle George in Colorado, and then we went to Jackson, Wy (Jackson Hole) for the 2nd night.  We spent the day in Jackson and seeing the Tetons and finished driving to Yellowstone that afternoon.  So I don't keep up on all the cool places to go, but I guess Jackson Hole is one of them I'm told.  We had a really good time there.  Its a neat little town, with lots of little shops selling everything from $5 t-shirts to $55,000 statues.  We stayed in Teton village.  There is a tram that is used as a ski lift in the winter and for parachuters and sight seeing in the summer.





The Tram we rode to the top of the Mountain



 We decided against camping and I'm so glad we did.  We got up at 6 one morning and it was on 28 degrees.  The other mornings were at least in the 40's but wow I'm not into freezing my butt off in a tent.  We also went white water rafting but we didn't get any pictures since we couldn't take our camera.  The best part of going in the raft was the 8 year old little girl with her parents.  She was freezing from the water but was never gonna admit it.  During the calm parts of the trip we were able to jump in the water.  If you wanna get your heart racing, jump in.  It was freezing, but fun.  Jason made a deal if I jumped in, then he would do it.  So I jumped right in.  Well lets just say I had to call him out, because he tried to go back on the deal.

We were already planning our return trip in the future with more hiking and fishing.