Flash back....

I can't believe that a whole year has gone by already! What a year.... Axel has changed so much.

Birthday Pictures

Man it's hard turning one!

Yumm cake!!

Cake #1 made by Grandma Rapp!

Sharing with great grandma Rapp.

Axel and Ethan waiting for cake.

How does dad do that?

I finally got time to share Axel's first birthday pictures. I could post a million but here's a few. We had two parties for him so he got two cakes. He loved the cake's! Thanks to all of our family for sharing his big day with us.

Sad news

I have some sad news to pass on. I just found out that the my cousin Travis, who is 24 years old, died last night. I can't believe that some one younger than me died. I haven't seen him in three years, since I lived in Cannon, he would come over for BBQ's once and a while. I'm bummed that I had to work Christmas and didn't get to see him then. I guess from what they can tell his death was related to drugs. It's very unfortunate that his life was cut short because of such a stupid thing. Man, life can get away from you. I hope that all my family is well and is doing okay with this cruddy news. Life is to short....

New pictures!!

Axel got his 1 year pictures done last week and they are ready to view! He was a little crabby, which kinda bummed me out because he's not like that normally, but they turned out pretty good anyways. All I had to do was strip him down! Go to Jess's web site and check them out. http://www.digital-ink-studio.com/ Enter the site, click on the client button (on the bottom right) and type in the password axel. Enjoy! They should be online for 1-2 weeks.

CODE BROWN!!!

So we had our first Code Brown in the bathtub last night! Axel and I wear splashing around like normal and then all of a sudden he gives me this look and .....bloop bloop...two logs comes floating up!! It was SO funny and Gross! Brian was in the garage so I had to yell for him to help me. He came running in the bathroom as I'm yelling CODE BROWN, he looks into the tub and looks back at me and says what is their a pickle in the tub? (Axel really likes peas!!!) Then he realizes that no pickle just poo! I get Axel out and Brian (being the daddy that he is) cleans up the 'pickles'. So from now on when ever Axel gives me that look in the bathtub I guess I should hold him over the toilet or something? At least it wasn't on the floor. To funny...

1 year Stat's!

Axel had his 1 year check up last Monday. He had to get 3 shots. OK I'm going to get on my soap box little for a moment-I HATE that they pin my kid down to give him shots. He turns red, his legs are pinned to the table and he just looks at me like Mom what are you letting them do to me!? Where I work (Pediatrics inpatient) we have some thing called comfort holds!!! Which allows the child to still be in their parent's arms and safely be able to give them a shot. I asked the nurse about comfort holds and she told me that he was to little-WHATEVER!!! Lame, I know that we use them on kiddo's his age. Next time I'm going to be crazy mom who demands that he doesn't get pinned to the table. Grrr.... (maybe I'm over reacting, but I did not like how it was done!)
Okay, I'm stepping off of my soapbox now. Axel checked out great! He's getting another tooth so he's been drooling and has a runny nose. He has been pretty healthy this year, besides a few colds. So that is pretty sweet! Axel weighed 18 lbs and 12 oz and was 28inches long. He's little but very proportionate. He is like at the 2% for weight and 11% for height. He keeps growing, just slowly. He's a great eater so we'll just have to keep offering him good fatty foods! No more problems with the milk, he drinks whole milk like a champ!
Oh..we started a new daycare last week. Axel was at a center but now he's at a home daycare. He's teachers name is Cassie and Axel seems to be doing really well. The two youngest kids at the daycare are boys who are close to his age so he will have a few new buddies to get to know. Daycare is such a stressful decision.... but it's good. (I'll leave it at that or I could go on forever!!!)
Axel is getting so mobile. He walks along every thing and loves to climb up and down the stairs-over and over again! I took down the gate the other week because he is SO interested in any thing that he knows he shouldn't get into. When I showed him the open stairs he crawled to them and turned around right away to go down! It's crazy how smart they are. So now each night we have stair time. It makes me a little nervous that he brings his blanket with him, but I keep a close eye on things. He is so much fun!! Man I'm a sucker for him!! We had pictures taken again from Jess last week. I can't wait to share them with every one!!

First Christmas

It sure has been busy the last few weeks! I hope that every one had a great holiday season. We had an amazing holiday season. I can't believe how different things were this year compared to last year. It was so fun watching Axel this year. He sorta tore into his presents. He really liked the wrapping paper any ways! He is such a good boy and loves watching other kids. He has cousins on both sides (all the youngest are boys) so he was learning all kinds of kid stuff to do! We had fondue at the Rapp's. Axel liked the green peppers and of course loved banana's in the chocolate fondue! At the Hamblin Christmas (my side) he ate the ever famous Norwegian meat balls!! Which he dug along with mash potatoes. So all in all is was a good year for food and family time. Most of my family go the stomach flu the day after Christmas. Luckily Brian, Axel and I have not gotten sick yet. (Brian thinks it's because we got the flu shot's but I told him that's a different kind of flu) Anyways...we have enter the new year with our health!! I hope the same to every one out there.

The next big thing coming up is Axel's 1st Birthday!!! Wow can you believe it?! I know I can't. We have his parties this weekend and his big day is Monday!!! Wow!! My computer isn't working at home but it should be soon so I'll up date you with some pictures as soon as I can.