Some Christmas Videos

Enjoy a few videos of Axel's Christmas. He had a BLAST!

We went to see some Christmas lights and try the "santa" thing again. Good news... by the end of the night we were able to get within 3 feet of Santa~ Hopefully next year he will not be sooo bad :).

As the time flies by I am taking a page from Melanie's book and writing down Axel's best "words" of the month. I know these will leave me as the years fly by and hopefully the internet lasts forever... :)

Da - Dad

Ma - Mom (or Grandma)

Mo - Grandpa (his favorite person, he has pushed passed people to get to "Mo" who are in his way!)

Si - Sid

Sa - Sam

woof woof - obvious

meo meo - Meow Meow

Mi - Milk

Ca - Car (follow by "voom voom")

Cacke - Cracker

Qua Qua - Duck or quack

Bea - Bear

ssssss - Answers to what does a snake say

Mo - MORE MORE

Ba - Bottle (but those are only for babies now)

chee - cheese

mooooo - Cow

No - NO

Nos - Nose

I - Eye

to - Two

hmmm. I know I am missing some, but this at least will jog my memories as time goes by.

Then there are the looong sentences of gibberish and non-sense songs that we really cannot figure out, but I am sure they will some day!

Shopping Carts

Axel loves to ride in ca cart. Big or small!!

Santa

So, remebering last year when Axel thought Santa was interesting was a fun memory. This is the photo we got of him on MY lap with Santa next to me. It did not go well...

November

Why buy gifts.... really all they want to do is play in the boxes.

Axel loves to be outside. Even in the cold winter months. Following Dad around to pick up poop is a good time any day!

Getting the Christmas Photo

Trying to ge the new photo for the Christmas Card is nearing impossible. We might have to call in the pros!

Funny Yellow Boots

Shopping

Axel loves to shop. Axel just found out that Petco has "kids carts". That was a huge hit.

Where is October???

With the move and lots of mayhem, I seemed to have lost October!
Well, I have found the computer cord and now we are back on track...

Axel was home sick this week... can't you tell?

Bathtime is always a BLAST!

September.

The Engman family came for a visit to surprise Mom for her B-day. Family pictures are hard...

We are moving this week! Axel has had a great time playing in the boxes. I am glad one of us is!

All I can say it this made me laugh.

Axel loves putting things around his head. Even grocery bags.

The Cat... and other fluffy things

Axel loves all things furry these days. Laying his head on a stuffed animal, to just relaxing on the cat (much to Motley's sadness).

Oh the places we go...

As Axel has entered the "age of exploration" (that is what the doctor has called it...), he is into more every day. The cupboards, playing the piano, and biting the cat. All fun new things to do....

First Birthday's are fun!

Axel had a great first birthday party with cake, toys and of course fun in the sun! We BBQd in the backyard with family and friends. He had a blast opening presents and playing in the yard with his new wagon! Aunt Mindy, Sierra and Cameron even made him his own table and chairs for playing in his playroom.

Camping in the rain

Well more camping has been the story of June. We have been out many times and Axel loves the dirt, lakes, bugs and all of the camping essentials. He also learned how to eat breakfast in the rain. Thanks to grandma, he was enjoying a fancy umbrella covered toast and eggs...

Camping

So far we have been on 2 camping trips... just overnight, but still a great time in the new RV. Axel has seemed to love it, but the mosqitoes love HIM even more. Poor kid is coverd in bites on his forehead. That forehead will be legendary for the boo boos in the coming years... I just have a feeling.

eatin spagetti-os

No words necessary.

Visiting Seattle

We headed out on our first road trip with Axel this weekend. Whew.... we are tired! It was a great trip with a stay in Bellevue Friday night, the day in Seattle on Saturday and a night with Great Grandma Fello Saturday night. Axel loved to hang out in town and see all of the sights. He even got to ride the carosel on a big boy horse!

Growing Horns

Well, Axel is growing like a weed.. and like the devil. Yes, he is growing horns.
kidding. He decided that scraping his head on the playpen at naptime at Aunt Mindy's was a super good idea. Not so good for his looks. They say we will laugh about this in the years to come. Right now I am just trying not to have too many people stop me at the grocery store to ask what happened.

Sleeping for the Cure

Axel went on his first "race" today. The Susan B. Coman Race for the Cure! He slept through most of it as he was recovering from a bug, but he is sure enjoying that free T-shirt! (I do not know why the photo is upside down....)

First BBQ of 2009

When the weather finally turned this year, Matt called it BBQ time. The weather was still a bit chilly, and the patio furniture under the house, but we were bound and determined to BBQ. Axel had a great time on his blanket on the patio. He was waiting for his burger too....

9 months!

Axel is 9 months old today. It seems just like yesterday that he was not sleeping through the night and I was sooo tired. Wait. that was yesterday.. LOL. The stomach flu is a super thing. Axel is doing great and growing more every day. I love his outfit in this shot. Getting ready for his days at the country club.