First Long Trip

During the week of April 12 - 16th we travelled to Olympia for a training course for work. Jaxon and Daddy had lots of great adventures while I attended my classes during the day. Jaxon is such a great traveller and slept the entire way over (with just one quick diaper change and bottle in Ellensburg) he stayed right on his routine each day and was in a great mood - even while teething. We explored most all of the city including lots of great parks, the State Capitol, Cabella's, great restaurants and driving through some little towns with great scenery. I have posted lots of pictures of our trip below. The week ended with my 31st birthday, and we went to the Rainforest Cafe for dinner. I think Jaxon thought the animals were real, but they didn't scare him at all, he just stared in amazement. It was a great week for all of us. Although I could have done without some of the days of class and more time with the boys, they had a great week together exploring Olympia and the surrounding area.

Birthday!

The Rainforest Cafe has lots of great things to look at! Jaxon loved it.

Playinbg patty cake with Mommy, he love this right now!

Hanging out at the table with Daddy.

Checking out the colorful fish! I don't think he quite knew what to think.

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Another Day at the Park in Lacey, WA

Washington State Capitol

Jaxon and Daddy on a tour of the State Capitol. Jaxon was very attentive and listened to the tour guide the entire time, didn't even make a peep - just listened and learned!!

Excited to be spending the day with Daddy.

A little worn out from the adventure!

Beautiful view of the capitol from a park downtown.

Extremely tired at the end of the day. All that learning made him sleepy!!

First Time on Playground Equipment, Lacey, WA

First time on the slide - with Mom's help of course!

A different slide.

Now with Dad!

He sure loves his Daddy!

Now trying out the swings. He wasn't sure at first, but then he loved it!!! We definitely need to get him one for our back yard! That would be hours of fun.

more Easter 2010

We had Easter Brunch at our house. Jason's Mom, brother, Grandma and Grandpa, as well as my Dad and sister came over for the morning. We had a great brunch, then we colored easter eggs and made the traditional bunny cake. A great morning! Then we headed up to the lake (forgot our camera of course) but had a great Easter Dinner with my Dad's family.

Family photo.

Jaxon sporting his new hat. Of course Jason had to pick out a fedora for him!

Jaxon was very tired after Brunch and took a nice nap before coloring eggs.

First time coloring Easter eggs.

He was pretty excited about his first Bunny Cake - he'll be even more excited next year when he gets to taste it! YUM!

Jaxon's First Easter - 2010

It's so fun to experience the holidays with kids! It's like being a kid all over again. So, it was so exciting to have the Easter Bunny visit our house this year. Though, he didn't have to try hard to hide the eggs (four eggs hidden right in the middle of the living room floor) he did leave a special basket with eggs, banana baby food, and a dancing/singing Donald Duck dressed as the Easter Bunny - which Jaxon thinks is hilarious and Bubba is not too sure about :-)

Jaxon seeing his Easter Basket for the first time.

Of course, everything goes straight to his mouth.

Working hard to chew on the plastic eggs!

Watching Donald sing and dance in amazement!

Donald also moves closer to you as he sings/dances.