Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Our family had a great Thanksgiving this year...we have so much to be grateful for! First, we are so thankful to have Jaxson in our family. He has been such a blessing, and we are thankful for him and also for the amazing family that helped him join ours. We are also thankful for a warm home, good jobs, and wonderful family and friends. I know that is just a start and we have so much more to be grateful for...but I just wanted to post a quick note expressing my gratitude. We hope that everyone else had as good of a Thanksgiving as we did!

Blog Challenge, Day 28

Today's topic is to post about what is in your purse. Typically, my purse holds my wallet, a small make-up bag (filled with lip gloss, lotion, floss, etc), pens, cell phone, and gum. Right now, I have transferred most of the contents of my purse to the diaper bag. :)

Two Weeks!

I can't believe that Jaxson is already two weeks old! It has been so fun to get to know him better. He is becoming more and more alert, and it is fun to interact and play with him.

Yesterday, he went to his two week check-up and everything went really well. The doctor said that he looks healthy and beautiful. He now weighs 8 lbs 6 oz and is still 20.5 inches long.

Some of Jaxson's recent accomplishments include being able to move his head from side to side when he is lying on his stomach and holding his binkie in his mouth. He also loves to smile, and his smiles light up his whole face. He is such a fun and cute baby, and we love having him in our family!

Blog Challenge, Day 27

Today's challenge is to blog about one of your worst habits. I don't necessarily know if this would be considered a habit, but the first thing that I thought of is that it is really hard for me to tell people no. I always feel obligated to do whatever favor is asked of me, even when I don't want to or don't have the time. I am slowly getting better, but it is definitely a work in progress!

Blog Challenge, Day 26

Today's topic is to write about your week in great detail. Since most of the details of my week have been the same each day, I am just going to do a summary without going into a ton of details.

Sunday: Sunday was our first day home where it was a little more quiet. We didn't have to go anywhere, which was really nice. Derek and Jessica brought us over a delicious dinner (chicken tacos) and Jaxson was able to meet his cousin for the first time.

Monday: Monday was pretty low-key as well. My family came over on Monday night to watch the Jazz game.

Tuesday: We had our first post-placement visit with our caseworker. Everything went really well. We also took Jaxson to meet Mike's grandma and aunt. They were so excited to meet him, and he did great with the car ride.

Wednesday: I don't really remember what happened on Wednesday, besides the normal. I think that we watched "Toy Story 3" and "Grown-Ups", as well as the Jazz game...wow, that is a lot of TV for one day!

Thursday: I went grocery shopping and we went to see a sneak premier of the new Harry Potter movie. My mom and sister came up to watch Jaxson, and I have to admit that it felt really weird to leave him behind. Even though I knew that my mom would do fine, it still made me a little nervous to leave him. Fortunately, he did just fine and was in a great mood for his visit with Grandma.

Friday: Nothing too exciting happened during the day yesterday. Last night, we went out with some friends to Firehouse Pizza and then came back to our house to watch the Jazz game. It was good to get out with friends!

Blog Challenge, Day 25

Today's topic is to post about your day in great detail. So, here is how my day has gone so far:

I woke up with Jaxson at about 2:30 this morning. While I was feeding him, I watched last night's episode of America's Next Top Model - thank heavens for DVR! After Jaxson finished eating, burped, had his diaper changed, and went back to sleep, I went back to sleep, too. Mike got up with him at his next feeding, so I was able to sleep in until about 9:00, when I got up with Jaxson again.

After I got Jaxson ready for the day, I played with him for a little while, had some breakfast, and then got ready to run some errands. I went grocery shopping, went to Papa Murphy's, and returned a book at the library, while Mike stayed home with Jaxson. I was so stoked because I got some awesome coupon deals!

Once I got home from running errands, I got online to order more contact lenses, check my e-mail, and update my blog. :)

So, that is my day so far...nothing too exciting, but still a great day!

Blog Challenge, Day 24

Today's post is to blog about where you live. In my opinion, this is one of the more boring challenge topics. Rather than getting too specific, I will just say that I live in the Salt Lake City area. I have lived in northern Utah since I was three years old, and Mike and I have been in our current home for just over three years. The location of our home is great, because it is close to both of our jobs, has convenient freeway access, and we are pretty close to downtown SLC. The only thing that I wish I could change would be to have more stores closer to our house...we have to drive about ten minutes to get to a grocery store.

We live in a nice house, but it is nothing too special. We have an unfinished "basement" and our backyard is mostly finished. I love that our house has so much storage. The house is mostly decorated in browns, green, and black.