What Happened in 2009?

2009 was a very eventful year for Jaxin. He was privileged enough to get to visit many places for the first time this year. From A -aquarium to Z - zoo, he loved them all. He was able to visit with family from Indiana on numerous occasions as well and developed a great admiration for Uncle Brian & Aunt Tabetha. He adores his Aunt Michelle and loves for her to read to him. He loves to laugh with/at both of his Grandpas. He loves his cousin, Piper, and is excited to meet his new cousin this year. Aunt Mimi Isaacs will always have his heart. Nana is his bestest friend ever & Pop-pop is his sports go to guy. Our lil man grew up a lot in 2009. He lost his baby fat and is now skinny! His vocabulary is astounding and he amazes me every day with new words and longer sentences. He says the silliest things and makes us laugh every day. Can't wait to see what 2010 has to offer!

January

-Language peaked
-Began saying his first sentences: "Where's Daddy at?" "Is Bobby on?" "Me eat"
-Learned to make several animal noises
-Had a huge interest in reading books this month
-Tried Girl Scout Cookies for the first time

February

-Wanted to do art activities constantly
-Went to Bounce U for the first time
-Learns his colors & shapes
-Learns to "swim" in the bathtub
-Likes to help Mommy cook

March

-Starts saying please & thank you
-Covers mouth when coughing
-Has huge interest in shoes (can put on/take off his own)
-Likes to splash/stomp in rain puddles
-Won the Beautiful Baby Contest & a $50 savings bond
-Has his first Easter Egg Hunt & colors eggs for the first time

April

-Turns 2 years old & has birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese
-Grandpa Isaacs comes to visit
-Great Aunt Susie visits as well
-Terrible Two's begin and the attitude/temper starts to show
-Can jump off the ground with both feet
-Loves to be outside (really enjoys the park)
-Uses sentences up to 6 words long
-Personality is silly, goofy, stubborn, clownish, artisitic & loveable

May

-Says goodbye to the binki (pacifier)
-Gets his first pet (a beta fish named Sushi)
-Loves to work more complex puzzles
-Loves sports of all kinds

June

-Loves to play in sandbox
-Becomes a daredevil
-Likes to play his guitar and sing songs
-Had a visit from Uncle Brian & Aunt Tabetha
-Discovered what milkshakes were (Thanks to Daddy!)

July

-Aunt Michelle & Piper visit
-Went to Dutch Wonderland, The Please Touch Museum, & The Crayola Factory
-Went to a petting zoo
-First trip to an aquarium
-Wore his first tuxedo (for Nana's birthday pictures)
-LOVES going to the pool

August

-Enjoyed his first ice cream cone

-Has tons of energy and is very active

-Visited family in Indiana (saw Grandpa Smelser for the first time since we had moved to Pennsylvania)

-Went to Kings Island for the first time and rode his first roller coaster

-First trip to the Zoo

-First trip to Monkey Joes
-Huge leaps in vocabulary again

-Uses sentences up to 10 words long

September

-Discovers Disney movies and enjoys them (especially Dumbo)

-Begins to pee in the potty regulary

-Is a Daddy's boy this month

-Daddy got a promotion this month

-Developed a love for dinosaurs

-Begins using pronouns in sentences

October

-First trip to the dentist

-Learns to ride his tricycle

-Says his full name

-Went trick-or-treating as an Indian

-Lots of imaginative play this month

-First family pictures are taken

November

-Takes his first train ride

-Can count to ten

-Begins classes at MyGym

-Daddy has a week's vacation and Jaxin was really attached

-Helps Mommy & Daddy decorate the Christmas tree

December

-Understands who Santa is and is excited to sit on his lap and ask for toys
-Grandpa Isaacs visited with his two dogs

-Mommy & Jaxin drove to Indiana by themselves to visit family

-Celebrated "first Christmas" with family in Indiana

-Made pizza from scratch with Uncle Brian

-Loved playing with Aunt Tabetha & Uncle Brian's cats

I'm Makin' A Pizza

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This may have been Jaxin's favorite part of visiting in Indiana this time (other than seeing family). He absolutely adores his Uncle Brian and talks about him frequently. He's already been asking me when we can go see him again and make another pizza. :)

Christmas in Indiana

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I am beyond thankful and grateful that I was able to spend Christmas with my family this year. Jaxin definitely remembered everyone. This was the first time that Jaxin & Piper were able to spend the holidays together. It was a lot of fun watching Piper open her presents. Jaxin & Piper got along pretty well this time around. She didn't hit him at all this time but was a little bossy (which was kinda funny). Jaxin had a bit too much fun scaring her with a baby dinosaur that she had gotten for Christmas. She was afraid of it and he kept chasing her around the apartment with it and ended up making her cry. They seemed to have fun playing together for the most part though. He also loved having my sister read to him at night. He won't let me do it much anymore, but absolutely loves it when she reads to him. It was cute to see both Piper & Jaxin sitting on Michelle's lap intently looking at a book together. :)

Jaxin had a ton of fun with Uncle Brian and Aunt Tabetha too! He loved sitting in Uncle Brian's lap helping him play games on the computer. Do I sense a future gamer? I love the way he says "Aunt Tabetha"....it cracks me up every time. He really enjoyed playing with the cats too. Pumpkin was his favorite, but I think Mirabel was a close second! I think his favorite thing about staying at their house was making pizza with them!

Even my Dad's dog, Jasmine, enjoyed the attention from Jaxin. She barked at him a couple of times, but never growled. She was jealous because he was sitting on Grandpa's lap. She wagged her tail a lot whenever Jaxin would pet her though. Jaxin had a lot of good laughs with Grandpa!

Thanks to everyone for making this Christmas extra special! :) We love and miss you all!

Christmas Day 2009

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We all had a very wonderful Christmas this year! Jaxin was at that perfect age where he understood who Santa was and that if you were good you got presents. Thanks to Dora the Explorer, he also knew that if you were bad that you ended up on the naughty list like Swiper. Jaxin had lots of Christmas spirit this year. He had a blast helping put candy canes on the tree, enjoyed helping me pick out presents for a few people, learned to sing Frosty the Snowman (well part of it anyway), watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for the first time, and was excited to leave milk and cookies for Santa! He received more presents than we knew what to do with! His favorite toy from Mommy & Daddy was his trampoline I think.