Grand Canyon Road Trip

Austin just finished up with another rotation, so over the weekend we decided we needed to take a little family vacation and get out of Glendale for a few days. We have tried planning trips to northern Arizona before, but always came up with an excuse not to do it. Well this time we were going to be adventurous! Austin finished up with a test Friday morning, and then we were off to Flagstaff for the night! This was Paxton's first road trip and he did great :D He slept most of the time which made for a nice drive.

It was so crazy as we made the two hour drive to Flagstaff how much the landscape changed! One minute it is cactus and desert, and the next it is beautiful trees and forests. 

Paxton had never really experienced anything below 70 degrees, so arriving in Flagstaff and feeling the cool 40 degree air on his face was quite a shock! He did get to use some of the cute sweaters that grandma got for him though :D

Saturday we got all ready and made another short drive to the Grand Canyon. It was absolutely beautiful once we made it there. We made it to the first look out point and all the sudden Austin tells me not to turn around. I then hear a few people exclaiming that there was a tarantula!! Those nasty spiders are my BIGGEST fear! Everyone around was look and taking pictures, but I just wanted to get as far away from it as I could! After that we had a great time walking around and taking lots of pictures. We only went to one lookout point, but you could literally spend days going to all the different sights.

We had to try out our panoramic feature on the iphone

Happy Boy at the Grand Canyon!

We really did have such a fun time making memories together as a family :) 

A Name and a Blessing

Over the weekend we were blessed to have so much family in town as we celebrated Paxton, and his blessing. My family was the first to arrive, followed by Austin's family, Jason, Nell and Wade. This was the first time that Austin's family got to meet little Paxton. It was so fun, and kind of crazy at times cramming everyone into our little apartment to just enjoy time together as a family :)

On Friday, my friend Sadie was so nice to come take some last minute family pictures for us. These are just a few of my favorites :)

 I can't even begin to describe how much I love these boys!! 

Everyone getting to meet and hold Paxton for the first time!

Wade didn't get in until later Saturday, so earlier that day we all took a walk down to the park to feed ducks, and play at the park!

Apparently the ducks didn't want to be fed at that time, so we fed the fish instead haha

Getting a ride home from Uncle Austin

The girls were dying to go swimming at the pool, even though the water was a little chilly :)

Sunday was the big day! Paxton looked absolutely adorable in his blessing outfit. Austin gave a beautiful and very touching blessing. He was even able to make it through without getting too emotional. Pax was great and didn't even cry :D It was so surreal listening to Austin bless Paxton, and knowing that he is our son. I hope that throughout his life we will strive to be the best parents, and examples we can be to raise him close to our Heavenly Father.

The whole fam!

 Love my son :) 

 Afterwards we had a nice lunch hanging out with family and friends

 I think Brookie enjoyed the cupcakes haha

 Before leaving Paxton decided to show off some smiles for the family, and my dad was able to catch a few pics! 

 Paxton being Paxton haha His blue steel model pose ;)

 Cousins!! :D

The weekend went by way too fast, and we were sad to see everyone go... Luckily we have the holidays coming up right around the corner, so we know we will get to see everyone again soon :D

Checking in at Two Months

Holy cow, I thought August flew by but September went by even faster!! We are trying to soak up every second we get with Paxton. He is such a cutie, and for the most part a great baby. We really can't complain, besides the dairy allergy... At around two months he started sleeping through the night, which has been a huge blessing. I think Heavenly Father knew that I need my sleep in order to be the best mother I can be haha. We usually put him down between 8:30-9:30 and he will sleep until 5:00-5:30. I'm hoping that as he grows that wake up time will become later, but as for now I will take it!! He is starting to like bath time more which is great, but he hates having lotion put on him. He screams bloody murder like I'm torturing him haha he must take after his mother on that one cause I don't like lotion either... Every day he gets more and more personality which is so fun! Everyone is so mixed on who he looks like. Half the time people say he looks like me, and then other half think Austin. Now that he sleeps more at night, he is awake more during the day so we have to find new ways to keep him entertained and happy. His favorite things is to bounce and dance with dad. One night he was throwing a fit and would not stop crying, so Austin started doing arm curls with him. He automatically calmed down haha He hates being stuck in doors all day, so I always try and plan at least one outing every day to keep him happy. Sometimes we will put him in his car seat to go, he will start freaking out and as soon as we walk outside he is instantly quiet. We are going to bless him at our church on Sunday, and we have lots of family coming out. We are so excited for everyone to meet Paxton, and see how much he has grown!! 

Austin doing Pax curls 

We had to get his two month old shots... I was so worked up about it, but he took them like a champ! Cried only when they stabbed him, and then he was fine the rest of the day. I think he liked getting the cool spiderman bandaids haha

 We are raising a BYU fan!! 

And a Rams fan!!