The Bader Boys...AND Madison!: September 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The Boys' Stats

We visited the doctor last Friday. Mason had his 3yr check-up and Jaxon's 5 mth check-up (really his 4mth, but we got started a mth behind!!). First, let me say that Mason was such a big boy compared to his first trip to see Dr. Ambrose. The first time was just for a new patient visit and he wouldn't get up on the scale or do anything without having a total meltdown!! This time he did everything he was asked, had to get a flu vaccination and didn't even cry (eye's filled up w/ tears, but that was it!!). He got some gummy bears from the doctor and a treat from mom after we left. Jaxon had to get 2 shots and sobbed his eyes out. I felt so bad for him, but once mommy could pick him up he quickly stopped.

Okay, so onto the stats!!

Mason is 38 3/4 inches tall and 34.5lbs. That puts him in the 75% for both height and weight for his age group.

Jaxon is 25 1/2 inches tall and 18 lbs 13 oz. That puts him in the 50% for height and 90% for weight!!!!! No, it's not a typo... we have a short, fat little guy!! I thought those thighs were getting chunkier, but I was guessing atleast 20lbs! He has started eating baby food, so we'll probably be at 100% at the next visit... Right after Thanksgiving!! Hopefully, his "rolling around the room" exercise will start to melt off some of the lbs!

So, it looks like we have some ABOVE AVERAGE boys on our hands. Dave's excited that we can breed some BIG BOYS for the football team!

Speaking of which, over the weekend we went to the city league football games. Two of the kids in the neighborhood play on the teams, so we went to watch them play. You could see Dave's mind working on which plays he would run if he were coach! A few more years and Mason and he will be out on the field in their football uniforms! Dad screaming at Mason, the quarterback, to throw the ball!! Oh, a dad's dream come true!

Monday, September 22, 2008

Peek-A-Boo

Peek-a-Boo... I see you!

Recently, Jaxon has been rolling everywhere until he runs into something that blocks his way... this makes him VERY ANGRY! The picture above, he had somehow rolled underneath the ottoman, but turned himself around. The other time I found him in the kitchen up against the refrigerator!

More September pictures added

I have added more Sept pictures to the link in the September Pictures post. They are of Mason's birthday and our visit w/ the Bader clan!! Enjoy!

Mason's 3rd Birthday

I cannot believe our little Nugget is now 3 years old! Oh, where does the time go!!

We had some special weekend visitors... Mimi, Pops, Aunt Jana and Uncle John ! They all flew in to celebrate Mason's 3rd birthday. We had a wonderful visit with lots of food, wine, golf and football! Everyone was happy!

Mason got lots of neat gifts... the Tag pen with lots of books from Mimi and Pops, a basketball hoop that count and talks from Aunt Jana and Uncle John, an Elmo Plug-n-Play TV game from Grammy and Grandpop, a cool football guy that kicks fieldgoals from Ma-Ma and Claire-Bear, and a big boy bike from Mommy and Daddy. We had a football birthday cake that Mommy made. Not as cool as the Caillou one, but mommy did her best!!

Aunt Jana gave him this egg that would "hatch" and produce a turtle. Mason must have spent 2/3rds of the visit sitting at the table checking on "his egg." It finally hatched today and he picked it up out of the water and said, "Aww, my turtle!" and gave it a kiss!! It was so cute!! He carried that turtle (sponge) around w/ him and put in on his lap while watching TV. He came running in to me crying and layed the turtle down... it is now headless! He was so upset that the head broke off and he wanted me to tape it back on!

Below are some pictures from the birthday weekend:

Monday, September 15, 2008

Big Bully!

Mason, you just wait until I'm big enought to kick your butt!!

Ogie and Papa's visit to Cali!!

Ogie and Papa just flew back to Dallas, but we had a wonderful visit with them! I don't know who wore who out! After they left, Mason slept from 2:30pm until 5:45pm. He was just so excited to have his Ogie and Papa here that he didn't want to miss anything by taking a nap or sleeping in!

Friday we went to Riley's Farm. It's this really old orchard/farm up in the mountains. We picked apples, rasberries and strawberries, saw some animals and went on a tractor ride.

Saturday we took Ogie and Papa up to Lake Arrowhead which is up in a different mountain. Mason got to go on the Merry Go Round, the Train, and feed the ducks.

Sunday we went to the LA County Fair. We ate lots of yummy food, went on some rides and saw LOTS of animals... goats, pigs, horses, rabbits, birds, dogs.

Whoo, hoo... this bumble bee ride is wild!

Once again, I'm stuck in this stupid stroller!

After the fair on Sunday, we came back and had an early birthday party for Mason. Ogie made this AWESOME Caillou cake. Mason loves Caillou!

Hi, I'm Calliou!!

Look at all of my cool stuff from Ogie and Papa. I got a Caillou doll, these cool candle sunglasses and my own sports bag for all of my baseball stuff.

Vegas Baby Vegas!!

We made our first trip out to Vegas with Eaton the weekend of September 5th and stayed at the Monte Carlo. Let's just say it was a different experience having 2 kids with you!! We didn't make 1 bet and were in bed asleep by 10pm! It was nice to "relax" by the pool and what I mean by relax is swimming in the wave pool and lazy river with Mason! It was a nice trip away from home and Mason had a blast sightseeing at all of the hotels. They both were really good and it went a lot better than I had expected.