tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29141559508019522792024-03-17T02:21:56.063-07:00Bringing Home BabyAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-39599088571542727082014-03-29T00:35:00.000-07:002014-03-29T00:35:01.288-07:00Another Month DownOnce again, I'm terrible about updating the blog. It's been another month, so at least that means we are a month closer to moving back home! Hooray!!<br />
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The biggest change since my last post is that we received all of our furniture. It arrived mid March, after Jake had left on his DET so it was left up to me to unpack it all with the crazy kiddos running around. So for literally 48 hours straight all I did was unpack boxes, break them down and take them down to the garbage room. It was extremely exhausting, but I did it! I don't know how, but I did it! Our apartment feels more like home now that we have our own things. The only thing I haven't unpacked is Jake's big screen tv. I'm not taking responsibility for that thing if it breaks so it'll wait until Jake comes back home! Jaxon didn't seem to really recognize our furniture at all. My best friend was watching Jaxon while the movers brought everything into our apartment. When Jaxon came back to our own place the first thing he saw was his red tricycle so he rode it around all day long. (He still doesn't know how to use the pedals, but he's getting close.)<br />
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As I mentioned earlier, Jake left for a DET. He'll be returning home in a couple weeks. The kids and I have been going crazy without him. I really can't take Jaxon too many places because he just runs away. We've explored a nearby park that is absolutely amazing, but Jaxon throws a big fit when we have to leave.<br />
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We've been working on potty training Jaxon since we arrived. He's done so well! We only wear diapers during naptime and bedtime now. He does like to run around in the nude all day long though and when he does have clothes on he'll tell you he needs to go potty just so you take his clothes off. He's something else!<br />
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Eva can sit up like a big girl. She has it mastered! She still has yet to roll over from her back to her belly even though we practice everyday. And she has no interest in trying to crawl either. Since we got our furniture I've been trying to get her to sleep in her crib but that is proving to be very difficult. Jaxon won't let me be alone with Eva for longer than 5 minutes before he starts screaming for me, waking Eva up and then we're back to square one. So that's something else we'll be waiting to continue until Jake gets back home.<br />
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Eva has been trying new foods, though. She's eaten avocado, broccoli, peas, sweet potato, carrot, banana and spinach. She's doing really well with all these new foods and seems to like them all so far.<br />
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I have 18 credits left until I finally graduate with my Bachelors Degree! I'm so excited that I almost can't believe it. It has been such a long, hard road. If they offer enough summer classes, I'll be graduating in December. I'm planning on applying to Arizona State University's graduate program and hopefully, if accepted, will begin this time next year. I'll be getting my Masters in Education Curriculum and Instruction in Applied Behavior Analysis. After it is all said and done, I'll hopefully be providing therapy for military children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. PS- did you hear that it's now affecting 1 in 68 kids in the United States?<br />
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Jaxon has an evaluation April 1. They're mainly evaluating his speech to see if he needs to continue speech therapy, but they'll also be looking for other delays as well. I'll keep you posted what they say. I'm 90% sure they will advise us to continue speech.<br />
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There's just a quick update on us. We'll be going out to explore the island a lot more when Jake is actually here and can help me manage the kids. I can't wait to check out the beaches. It's beginning to get hot. For example, today was 79 degrees with 70% humidity. In the summer it'll be in the 90s with 90% humidity. As my friend put it, it's hotter than Hades in Okinawa.<br />
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I'll add a couple pictures now that I have uploaded a few to my computer. Enjoy! Love and miss you guys!!<br />
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<br />Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-47451658280919365872014-02-18T21:49:00.001-08:002014-02-18T21:49:50.007-08:00Hello from JapanHello all!<br />
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Wow! It has been such a long time since I last updated the blog. There has been so much to happen since August that I don't even know where to begin. I guess chronologically is the best method to approach this.<br />
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First, I gave birth to Evalyn Jane Lester on September 5th, 2013. She was 7lbs 12.5 ounces and 21.5" long. My mom arrived to California a little over a week before I gave birth. We, of course, were hoping that it would have the perfect timing like Jaxon had so Nana could maximize her time with Eva. Even though Nana was there for the birth, she almost missed it! I had my last OB appt in the morning on September 5 where my doctor swept my membranes in hopes to induce me. On the way home from the appointment I started having contractions and they increased in intensity to the point where I went back to the hospital a few hours later in hopes to be having my baby. Once in triage, my contractions decreased in intensity and I was checked for dilation. I had made zero progress from my OB appointment in the morning so I was sent home even though I was having regular contractions. Instead of going home, we walked around Lowe's (Guess whose idea that would be? Not my husbands, right?). I got to the point of barely being able to stand or walk so we went back to the hospital where I had dilated to a 5! Hooray! Labor was finally happening. Eva was finally going to be here!! To make a long story short, I received my epidural, labor slowed down and I had an incompetent nurse. We sent my mom home to let our dogs out and then return to the hospital. We thought we'd have plenty of time for my mom to make the 20 minute drive home and back because the last time the nurse checked me I was dilated to 8cm, I believe. Well, while my mom was gone I was checked again and fully dilated! The nurse told me to give a practice push to see how well I would do and when to call the doctor. Turns out, I'm a pretty good pusher. She yelled at me to stop and she had to call the doctor immediately. Jake was trying to get a hold of my mom to tell her to hurry back to the hospital. After all was said and done, I'm trying to hold Eva in because my mom wasn't there. The doctor shows up, my mom walks in literally a minute later and two pushes later, Eva was born at 11:26 pm. I got to hold my princess right away and noticed her long, skinny fingers like her Momma has and how well she held her little head up.<br />
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Beautiful Evalyn easily fit right into the family. Big brother, Jaxon, had a very hard time accepting the fact that he wasn't mommie's one and only anymore. He was quite mean to Eva and frequently hit her. Jake left for training when Eva was two weeks old, so I didn't have much time adjusting to two kids. It was very, very hard balancing the two. Eva was colicky and would get overtired very easy which led to an exhausted, screaming baby for hours on end. That led to a jealous, needy toddler who didn't understand why mommy had to spend so much time with this baby that just cried all the time and why Daddy wasn't home. Just typing that out gives me anxiety all over again.<br />
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But as they say, this too shall pass, which it did. We all got into a routine, Daddy came home, we had Grandma and Great Aunt MaDonna come visit and Evalyn was baptized. It certainly wasn't easy, but it was better. I forgot to mention with all this going on, we also got official word we were moving to Japan so we were trying to get everything ready last minute to get paperwork and health documents together for the military. Oh, and we were also selling our home. Wow! Talk about a lot on our plates!<br />
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We had our good friend, Eric, sell our house. Man is he a miracle worker! He was able to sell our house with only one showing and it wasn't even on the market yet! We were very blessed to receive a full-price offer on our house and we just count our lucky stars that that turned out to be a smooth process. If you happen to be in the San Diego/Inland Empire area, please use Eric Tomlinson as your realtor. He is truly the greatest! <br />
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I finished my last class of the semester in early December, oh ya, I was also still taking classes with all of the above mentioned. Then finally it was vacation time!<br />
I flew with the kids by myself to our hometown to stay with our families for a month before our big move overseas. Jake (and Shawn) had a little more work left, such as packing up the house, before they drove back home with our dogs. Being home was such a jumble of emotions. I was so incredibly happy to see everyone and introduce Eva to her family, but at the same time I was devastated because I knew it was the last time I'd see them for three years. (And here come the water works just thinking about it) I can say without a doubt that we have the best families. Our immediate and extended family have been so supportive of us and we're so lucky to have so many people that love us and the kids. I'm so happy everyone got to meet Evalyn and that Jaxon got to spend much quality time with family as well. As most may know, Jaxon was in speech therapy in California. During our short month home, he exploded in his vocabulary and understanding. It was a night and day transformation. All he needed was to be around his family, apparently. I also think while we were home he realized that Evalyn was here to stay and he became so nice and gentle with her. That was another huge transformation I was impatiently waiting for. But, as you know, all good things must come to an end. So our days were ticking in Kansas City and the day to say "see ya later" arrived. Let's not discuss all those emotions because I've already cried enough just typing all this out.<br />
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We stayed in San Diego for a couple days before our international flight and got one last chance to say goodbye to the United States.<br />
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Now we're lllleeeeaaaavvviiinnngggg on a jet plane. <br />
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We flew from San Diego to LA (30 minutes), LA to Tokyo (13 hours) and Tokyo to Okinawa (3 hours). The military can be a very frustrating and dumb organization. Whoever booked our tickets had all 4 of us separated during every flight. Who puts a 4 month old baby by herself on an airplane? Anyway, we were able to rearrange some seats, but in the end it wasn't perfect. The flight to Tokyo was a rough one. Jake was with Jaxon in the very last row and I was with Eva three rows ahead of them. Jax had a really hard time getting comfortable so he slept for maybe an hour the entire flight. When he wasn't eating, he was whining. He would whine for whichever parent wasn't sitting by him. Jake and I switched off a few times throughout the flight. Poor Jaxon just isn't used to be constrained for such a long time, especially with how active he is. But we survived and then we all slept the entire 3 hour flight to Okinawa. Our best friends, the Schmidts, greeted us with their beautiful, smiling faces at 9pm in the airport. Believe me, I'm leaving out many, many details, and maybe I'll go into depth some other time but I'm one busy momma nowadays! <br />
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So now we've been in Okinawa for over a month! (Wow that went by fast!) It took about a week and a half to fully adjust to the time change. We've learned to drive on the left hand side of the road and not turn our windshield wipers on when we mean to use our blinker. We have the most beautiful ocean view from our apartment. It's cramped, but it'll be doable. We have yet to still receive our furniture that the military packed for us. Hopefully we'll get it the second week of March. Jake leaves on his first DET since joining the new squadron on March 5. He'll be gone for about 6 weeks. There's many ways to define strength, one is: grocery shopping with a baby and a toddler who runs away, by yourself, in a foreign country. <br />
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One day I'll update with more details to the stories and pictures. I thought I'd let you all know that we've arrived. We're safe. We still don't know Japanese. And most of all, we miss our families more than they'll know! xoxox<br />
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Much love,<br />
The Lester FamilyAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-90836396799794404732013-08-07T14:14:00.002-07:002013-08-07T14:14:22.467-07:00Life and Family UpdateIt has been quite a while since my last update and a lot has happened between now and then!<br />
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First off, little miss Evalyn Jane is gearing up for her big arrival! I'm 36 and a half weeks pregnant and she is about 6 lbs and 18" long by now. I had an OB appointment yesterday and I am a fingertip dilated and 50% effaced. I was more dilated and effaced this time last pregnancy with Jaxon, so she might stay in there longer than he did. She is quite the little dancer still, always moving and bouncing around. Unfortunately, her head isn't as low as expected and she's sunny-side up, like Jaxon was when he was born. That means if she doesn't flip over soon I am going to have horrible back labor again, which I wouldn't wish upon anybody! Her nursery is slowly coming together nicely. I have sewn her curtains and one crib sheet for her. I have yet to even start on her crib skirt, and I'm not sure when I'll find time to with Jaxon running around! I should probably start packing my hospital bag, but I've been procrastinating on that as well. Ready or not, she's coming soon!<br />
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A lot has been going on with Jaxon since the last update as well. Some people may know this already, but Jaxon was evaluated after his 18 month check up and found to have a speech delay. He was at a 12 month old level and was recommended to start speech therapy. We have a lovely lady come to our home every Wednesday to work with Jaxon for an hour and he has progressed so much in the last 5 weeks! Jaxon went from only saying "dada" to now saying dada, mama, ball, bubble, dog, and poop (which is extremely helpful!). He can also say some other words, but really only Jake and I know what he is talking about when he says them, such as: Leila, truck, and duck. Jax is also signing a lot more words now too like: please, help, more, eat, and shaking his head yes. We are so proud of Jaxon and the progress he's made lately. He is quite the chatter box now and will tell everyone he sees his life story, which is a world's difference compared to a month ago! He still isn't technically caught up to his age yet, but we expect him to be there soon. Also something we've been keeping under wraps lately is that Jaxon has a mass on his back. Jake and I noticed it around 15 months or so and I forgot to mention it to his pediatrician at his 18 month check up. Well, it started growing a bit so we took him in to get checked out. Neither pediatrician at his office knew what it was so we were referred to a surgeon who could tell us whether we needed an ultrasound or MRI to look at the mass closer. The surgeon thought an MRI would be best, so on August 1st Jaxon went into the local children's hospital and had an MRI done. He was such a good little boy that I can't speak highly enough of him. His MRI was scheduled for 10:30 am and he wasn't allowed to eat any foods after midnight the night before and no more liquids after 7:30 am. Oh, and we had to check into the hospital by 8:30 so I was just imagining this horrible day where I had the grumpiest toddler in the world that I had to keep restrained in a little waiting room for a couple hours. To mine and Jake's surprise, Jaxon was a complete angel!!! He did start to get cranky a little but we were able to easily distract him. I would've been way worse than he was if I were in that same situation! Well, finally around 11 we went back to talk to the anesthesiologist because they had to put Jaxon to sleep in order to keep him still for the test. The nurses told us that all kids hate when the mask is put over their face to make them go to sleep and to expect a tantrum to occur, but of course our little boy was a trooper and did fantastic! I'll admit that that was one of the hardest things I've ever had to watch. As Jaxon was breathing in the gas he started making weird noises and just before he fell asleep he turned to look at Jake and I. Geez, I'm crying just replaying that memory in my head. Jake and I were told to leave at that point while they gave him the anesthetic through an IV. A little over an hour later Jaxon was done and awake and as happy as could be! He was such a brave little boy and we couldn't be more proud! As far as results, we won't know until the 19th, but we're thinking that must be a good thing because if it was serious we'd be seen much sooner. Overall, Jaxon has had a very busy last 6 weeks and we're hoping things will calm down a bit soon. Hahaha! Joke is on me! We're about to have a newborn!!<br />
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Jake's unit left for deployment in mid July so he is now with a new unit until we leave for Japan in January. In a way, he got a promotion at this new unit, just in terms of more responsibility but not in pay. <i>darn!</i> He is the head crewchief in the shop and helps write up the flight schedule for the whole unit. Pretty much what this translates to is working a ton and leaving often. It is so sad that he barely sees Jaxon now because he doesn't get home until after I put him to bed. Right now he is gone for the week, but hopefully this is the last time he leaves out of town until after Eva arrives. We are just taking things day by day and hope each day that Jake will be home in time for dinner or bed.<br />
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We had maternity pictures done last weekend and I should be getting the CD back of those within a couple days. I do have a couple sneak peeks to show you all that I'll add at the end of my post.<br />
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All in all, the Lester family has been extremely busy and things are about to become more hectic in the next couple weeks as we finish preparing for our daughter's arrival! I hope everyone is doing well and I'll try to remember to update more often. (I say that a lot, don't I?) <br />
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Lots of love,<br />
Lester familyAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-17519035173571803722013-06-10T12:19:00.002-07:002013-06-10T12:19:38.723-07:00Third Trimester!Well, we've finally made it to the third and final trimester! Evalyn is a little over 14" long and weighs over 2 pounds. She's blinking now and putting on some fat for her big debut. She is still a little ballerina who likes to practice all day, every day. She definitely reacts to Jaxon when he is squealing or kissing her. She is in love with her big brother already and Jaxon is already in love with her. I bought some fabric to make her bedding since I couldn't find anything that I was in love with that didn't cost an arm and a leg. I still need to purchase a ruffler foot for my sewing machine so I can make her ruffled, tiered bed skirt. I'll be sure to add pictures of it all when I'm finished. I keep putting it off but I realize Eva can really come any week now so I need to get myself in gear. <br />
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Jaxon has his 18 month check up on Friday. I can't believe my little man is almost a year and a half! I think we're going to give him a cupcake for his half birthday. Let's face it, who wouldn't want a cupcake on their half birthday?! Jaxon is quite the sprinter. He can run pretty darn fast for his age. He's also mastering all other motor skills. He can climb onto ANYTHING and he has recently learned how to do a somersault, so he likes to do those a lot.<br />
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My family surprised me the other week. I thought my Dad and Debi were flying out to visit Jake, Jaxon and I but it turns out it was my Dad, Kyle, Missy and the kids! Everyone was a part of the surprise and they all kept it for a long time. I have no idea how they pulled it off, but it was a dream come true. We went to the zoo and Disneyland while they were here. Everyone had a great time and left with amazing memories.<br />
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We officially got our new Japan orders. We'll be reporting to Okinawa in January 2014. We have a few months to get all of Eva's paperwork and passport in order before we leave, which is great because I was really stressing about not having enough time to do that. It's still surreal that we'll be moving to another country, let alone continent on the other side of the world! Our good friends, the Schmidts, leave in two weeks for Japan. We'll miss them a lot, but we'll see them in a few months. I'm glad we'll all have at least one friend out there before we take the plunge! I better start brushing up on my Japanese and Kanji now. The plan right now is that me and the babies will fly home in early December and Jake will stay back at the house with the dogs until our house is packed up and the movers come get our things. Jake will then drive back to MO with the dogs and we'll all be home for a little while before leaving for Japan at the first of the year. <br />
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We just participated in a garage sale with our friends to get rid of some of the things we don't use anymore. This effort to downsize for the move helped a little bit, but it really just made us realize how much stuff we really own! I have no idea how we accumulated so much. We'll have another sale when it gets closer to moving time.<br />
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Baby Eva is telling me she's hungry so I better go feed her. ;) We love you all!<br />
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<br />Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-48718428619737352292013-04-15T15:34:00.001-07:002013-04-15T15:34:43.207-07:00Halfway there, sweet baby!First off, I'd like to say that we all need to say a prayer for the people in Boston today. I can't believe something like this has happened on US soil again.<br />
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Next, we are so proud to announce that Jaxon is going to have a little SISTER! We had an early elective ultrasound done on March 7. The ultrasound tech knew within 30 seconds that we were having a sweet little girl. I cried, of course. Jaxon couldn't have cared less at the time and Jake was overjoyed as well. Here are some pictures we took to announce that baby Evalyn was on the way:<br />
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Here are a couple of the ultrasound pictures. None of them are great quality, but we will have more ultrasound pictures in a couple weeks as I have my level 2 ultrasound on April 30.<br />
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Well, today marks 20 weeks of pregnancy. That means I'm halfway there to meeting our baby girl and can't believe time has flown by so quickly. Little Miss Evalyn Jane Lester weighs about 10.5 ounces now and is about 10 inches long from head to toe. She is quite the little squirmy wormy in my belly! I started feeling her move around 15 weeks, but I wasn't 100% positive it was her until 16-17 weeks. She is also such a little kicker that Daddy can feel her already!<br />
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Jaxon and I visited Jake in Yuma over Easter weekend. He only had Sunday off, but we arrived Saturday evening and left Monday morning. It was great for Jaxon to see Jake again since he had been gone for several weeks at that point. He is due back April 29, just in time for our next ultrasound. Also over Easter weekend I started getting lovely Braxton Hicks contractions. I got them frequently with Jaxon starting around 22ish weeks I believe, but they started earlier this pregnancy.<br />
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I signed up to compete in my first race on May 19. It is a 4 mile run over the Coronado Bridge. Once I started training for it, I realized something wasn't right when I went running. My uterus would get so sore and crampy after only a minute or so. It would then be sore the entire next day, sometimes two days- just like a sore muscle would feel like after a workout. I talked to my OB about it and she said that I was going too hard and that I shouldn't be running or jogging anymore. So now I'm back to doing low-impact exercises and will be pushing Jaxon in his stroller on race day.<br />
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Still no official word on Japan. We turned in a Naval message to delay our orders since Eva is due right after we're expected to arrive on the Okinawa island. We're hoping it pushes our orders back to December/January time. We will be putting the house up for rent at that time and pray that we find good quality renters and that our house isn't vacant for long.<br />
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Mr. Jaxon is such a big boy now. He was 23 lbs 9 ounces and 30 3/4" tall at his 15 month check up. He turned 16 months old yesterday. He is so smart and understand so much of what we're saying. He can follow some simple 2-step instructions too. He is a little behind in his speech. They wanted him to be saying one word other than mama and dada consistently at his 15 month appointment. He still calls everything dada in one form or another. At his 18 month check up if he doesn't have 3 other words besides mama or dada they're going to get a hearing test done and look into some options for us. So far everything is still dada but he is using mama more frequently. No new words besides that, though. Like I said, his comprehension is terrific, he just has trouble with the vocal part of it all. One thing Jaxon is great at is being a big brother! I can ask him where his sister is and he'll lift up my shirt and give my belly a big kiss. Well, lately, he's been blowing raspberries on my belly instead of giving Eva kisses, but I'm sure she loves it either way. He's only got a few more months to practice until she's really here!<br />
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I'm planning our first trip to Disneyland. We had it planned out to go in early November, but Jake just got word that he might be back at WTI in the Fall to be an assistant instructor. Hopefully that is not the case because he would be leaving shortly after Eva is born and returning late October, early November. Sometimes I think the military has an evil plan to always keep us separated!<br />
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My school is going well. The two classes I'm taking now end in May. I am wanting to take 15 credits this summer to get as much out of the way before Evalyn arrives, but Financial Aid will not be disbursed until July, so I may have to scale back on those 15 credits since we'll be paying out of pocket for them. I'm hoping to graduate in the Spring, as long as I can juggle a toddler, newborn, husband, dogs and a house. It won't be the end of the world if I have to finish up during the summer, but I'd really like to get my Bachelors degree ASAP.<br />
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Little Miss Eva and Jaxon both woke up from their naps. I've got one kicking me telling me she's hungry and one standing up in his crib throwing his stuffed animals out in protest. I really will try to keep this updated as much as possible. I'll leave you with a couple pictures. The first is of my belly today with Evalyn and the second is a side-by-side comparison picture of my belly 20 weeks pregnant with Jaxon and Evalyn.<br />
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Jaxon is going to be a BIG BROTHER! Yes, as a surprise to us all, God has blessed us with another bun in the oven. We found out the night of my last blog post, but have been keeping it a secret until we knew baby was healthy and doing well. I'm currently 12 weeks pregnant, as of Monday. I've had one OB appointment and little one has a strong heart beat and looked great during a quick ultrasound. The baby is measuring a full week behind, which is okay. The doctors aren't wanting to change my due date though, so September 2 (or probably earlier) we will be expecting the arrival of a little brother or sister.<br />
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Speaking of brother or sister, I'm pretty sure this baby is a boy. So far everything with this pregnancy has been really similar to when I was pregnant with Jaxon. I even crave the same foods: Wheaties and oranges. Yumm! Excuse me while I go fix myself another bowl of cereal. The only thing that has been any different this time around is that I have been breaking out on my face like a teenage boy. I have about the same amount of nausea this time, but I have actually thrown up once this time. So who knows, maybe I am just one of those lucky people who don't really get sick during pregnancy and I am actually having a girl! Jake and I are getting an early elective ultrasound done right before Jake leaves for Yuma, AZ. I'll be 14.5 weeks along during the ultrasound so we're hoping they'll be able to tell us the sex of the baby.<br />
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Speaking of Jake, he's going back to Yuma, AZ for WTI in early March. He'll be gone for 7-8 weeks again, but he's hoping he'll be able to come home for Easter weekend and I'm sure Jaxon and I will go out there to visit him again. The new baby will change our orders to Okinawa. It seems like the date we will have to leave is getting pushed back and we're hoping it'll be after the holidays. We are still trying to get our orders cancelled in all though, but so far it's not looking like that's going to happen. We'll be sure to keep you updated on everything.<br />
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Now onto big brother Jaxon!! He is growing like a weed! I'm guessing he weighs about 24-25 pounds but I'm not sure how tall he is. He is finally WALKING too! He is almost done crawling 100% but every once in a while he'll fall when he walks then just continue to his destination by crawling. He's already trying to run and we have to constantly remind him to slow down or he's really going to hurt himself. He already loves his baby sibling so much too. We can ask him where his baby is and he'll rub his belly. We'll then ask him, "Where is Mommy's baby?" and he'll kiss my belly and lay his head down on it. He's so stinkin' cute! He is still babbling away and talks all the time. He says dada, mama, bye bye and ni-ni (for night night). He still calls many things dada consistently too, like the doggies are both 'da' or 'dada' and he likes to dip his food into ranch, bbq sauce, ketchup, etc... and he calls the dipping sauce 'dada' too. He understands so much of what we say it's crazy. "Hey Jaxon, go let Lucy inside" and he'll walk over to the door where he can see Lucy on the other side and bang on it trying to let her in. We are very proud of the little boy he is becoming and the BIG personality he has already.<br />
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I'm sorry I don't update as often as I used to. It's hard work keeping up with Jaxon, taking college classes and keeping the house looking decent with the dogs and toddler. I'll try and do my best to keep you all in the loop through the blog.<br />
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Talk to you all soon,<br />
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Love,<br />
Mommy, Daddy, Jaxon and BabyAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-52712554365137954392013-01-07T12:47:00.001-08:002013-01-07T12:47:22.017-08:00I'm ONE!Sorry for such a hiatus from my blog. It's been pretty crazy around here lately. My "little" boy turned one in December and now is almost 13 months! He has done nothing but bring joy to our lives this last year and I can't wait to see what this upcoming year has in store for us.<br />
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At Jaxon's one year appointment he weighed 22 pounds 3 ounces. He finally grew too! He was 30.5" long which is a huge sigh of relief since he was "stuck" at 28 inches for many months.<br />
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We're still working on Jaxon being able to stand by himself. He gets jello legs when you hold him up to stand and he just refuses to try. I think he's just perfectly content with crawling and he's going to stick with that for a while. Jaxon did say Mama a total of 3 times now! Everything is still Dada around here. He primarily says Dada and Ya. He understands what we say to him but he just isn't good at communicating back with us. He does finally have down the ASL sign for "all done", which is what he'll do when he's done eating and sometimes he'll do it during bath time. All we can do is continue working with him and hopefully he picks up some more words, or at least sign language soon.<br />
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I want to thank you all for such a successful birthday party! Jaxon had a blast and the pictures prove it! His airplane theme turned out so fun and I'm glad so many family members and friends were able to attend. I'll add pictures to the blog down at the bottom.<br />
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Well, it seems as if Jake's orders for Japan are here to stay. It'll be a crazy, stressful, fun, and overwhelming time in our life. We're set to leave in August and be in Okinawa for 3 years. Jake does get 30 days of leave before we're supposed to check into his unit, so we'll be home in July for at least a couple weeks. I am extremely nervous about a 15+ hour plane ride with an 18 month old. Hopefully he sleeps most of the time and realizes he can't get up and run around.<br />
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I should find out if I'm accepted into nursing school here within a couple weeks! So if by some fat chance we don't end up going to Japan I'll be able to go to nursing school here. I plan on getting an online Psychology degree while we're in Okinawa and then when we come back to the States I can attend an accelerated nursing program. (fingers crossed that that plan works out)<br />
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On a totally different note, Jake and I are remodeling our kitchen! We bought new kitchen cabinets and granite countertops this past weekend. Hopefully install will happen later this week. We're so excited to spruce up our old, outdated, damaged kitchen and ugly tile countertops. I will definitely post before and after pictures after renovation is complete. We also are installing new flooring for our whole downstairs. We also bought that yesterday. Jake is installing that himself, so it'll be more than just a weekend project. I'm so excited to have more countertop space and more storage in our kitchen!!<br />
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I'll end this post with some pictures from our trip home and Jaxon's birthday party. Thanks for hosting us, KC!<br />
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Until we see you again,<br />
Alycia, Jake and Jaxon<br />
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<br />Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-5222047147845768062012-12-01T10:42:00.001-08:002012-12-01T10:42:44.587-08:0011.5 MonthsHappy December, everybody! Can you believe this time last year we were all anxiously awaiting the arrival of little baby Jaxon? Boy does time fly!<br />
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Jaxon is 11.5 months old now. I forgot to update a couple weeks ago when he turned 11 months. I did weigh him on the 14th and he was 22lbs exactly. I'm not sure how tall he is, but I still don't think he's grown any taller. This will be something we'll discuss with his pediatrician at his 1 year well-baby checkup. Jaxon absolutely loves talking now. You will hardly ever have a peaceful moment unless he's getting into something he's not supposed to. He still calls everything "dada" but he's back to saying "ya" and "hi". I swear he's never going to say "mama"! Jaxon enjoys walking his toys around the house and rearranging furniture. He's currently pushing the dining room chairs around. He's so silly! His new found love is the keyboard. He loves to play away and press all the keys to make music. We've gotten Jaxon to stand a few times on his own. If he has his hands occupied, like holding onto food, he will stand for about 10 seconds on his own. I still think he's a ways from walking, but that's just fine with me. He's as perfect as can be and I can't believe in less than 2 weeks he'll be ONE!!!! That makes this Mommy sad. :(<br />
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I'm not sure if many of you know, but I fell down the stairs a week ago. I was carrying Jaxon and the dogs hit my leg and the perfect moment and it sent Jaxon and I tumbling down. Luckily, I was able to hold onto Jaxon really well and he didn't get hurt. The same does not go for me. I believe I broke my tailbone in the fall. I haven't been able to sit all week without being in excruciating pain. I can't get down on the floor and crawl around with Jaxon which is what I miss most. I can't workout at the gym because it gets really sore if I walk and I can't sit to do any machines either. Overall, it's a really <strike>crappy </strike>unfortunate deal. Everything I've read says it takes months to heal and even years after the incident people still have troubles sitting for long periods of time. I feel about 50 years older than my actual age right now. To make matters worse, on Thursday I had my nursing entrance exam which entailed a one hour of essay writing and 3.5 hours of testing. That was a lot of sitting, but luckily the instructor let me bring in a boppy pillow to sit on. Okay, enough of my pity party...<br />
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My entrance exam was Thursday! The thing I've been looking forward to and dreading for the last several months. Well I'm happy to report that I did really well! My essay was great, but I won't ever receive the score I got on it. A committee of teachers will each read the essay and grade it and that score is part of my overall score to get accepted into nursing school. After the essay was the test. I had purchased a book that had 5 practice TEAS tests in it. I did the first one without studying and I scored horribly! After a day of studying I did a second test and got a whole 12% better. Then stupidly, I didn't look at the book for a month and picked it up a few days before my test date. I did the other 3 practice tests and didn't score near what I liked. I studied hard the night before my exam date and took my notes to class. The test was all online. The first section was reading- which I knew I did well because I always scored high during the practice tests. Next was math. I thought I was doing really well during it too, because I'd always calculate an answer and it was one of the given multiple choices. The third section was science. This is my forté, so I thought I didn't really need to worry about it. Boy, was I wrong! They asked me questions about things I remember learning about but of course they were buried so deep in my brain that I couldn't remember. For example, it asked me about the retention of water in the renal nephrons and what was the process called that brings the water back... umm... umm... C? I recognized all the possible answers, but I couldn't recall which one was correct. It was questions like this that left me stumped. The final section of the test was English. I'm really good at grammar (even if it doesn't show in my blog) and spelling so that was pretty easy as well. I'll tell you what though, my heart has NEVER pounded so hard in my chest than it did the moment I submitted my test and my grade was loading. Of course it took the computer a full minute to load, too, so I thought for sure I was going to have a heart attack. Then it popped up, 88%! Holy cow! I did it! I know with that score I won't have a problem getting accepted into the nursing program. The printout I received with my results on it said the national average for this test is 64.3%. The average for the people who get into this specific nursing program is 70.6%. I mean, come on, it's in the bag! I won't find out for sure if I'm accepted until mid-January, but I have a good feeling about it.<br />
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As you all know, when one thing goes right in my family, something must go wrong. Yesterday, Friday, while Jake was at work he text me the words that I was not expecting. "We got web orders to Japan. We check in there on August 14, 2013." Wow! That's all I could say. The higher ups in Jake's unit don't want Jake and his friend, James, to go to Japan because they are great assets to the shop. So up the chain of command went one person talking to the next, trying to get Jake and James to stay in the shop. The last stop is the monitor. He is the one who ultimately decides their fate. Well, we will find out Monday what he decides, but as of right now it's not looking too good. We researched our base yesterday and tried to find information about housing, vehicles, pets, etc... We won't find out much until we know for sure whether we're going or not, but we don't think we can take a car, we can't take our dogs, we can't take a lot of our furniture because housing is much smaller there. After the initial shock set it, and I got to think about it all, I don't think it's the worst thing in the world. Yes, it was terrible timing with my school. I won't get to go to nursing school now. Yes, we'll be on the other side of the WORLD for 3 years. Yes, we just bought a house and will have to rent it out. But after all that, I think it'll be a great learning experience. This will probably be my only opportunity to see Asia. Jaxon is young and he won't be taken out of school and away from his friends. I've always wanted to experience another culture and compare the American way of life to everyone else's. I won't be going alone, my friend Sarah will also be going with her baby Holleigh. Overall, I'm not completely upset about it. I knew something like this would happen eventually, my husband IS in the Marine Corps for goodness sake! We'll probably fly home once or twice while we're there, so you won't miss out on Jaxon and everyone will just have to get a Skype account so we can see each other often. And who knows, maybe all this freaking out is for nothing and Jake's monitor will say that he can stay in the unit and they can find a replacement to go to Japan. Hurry up and wait, that's the Marine Corps motto.<br />
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On a better note, we'll be home soon to see you all. We'll be celebrating Jaxon's first birthday there. Just an FYI, if you read this, we messed up on the invitations. It says the party is Sunday. It's really Saturday. The date is correct, the day of the week is not. You'd think staring at these invites for a week that I'd realize the mistake, but apparently not. I hope you all can come!<br />
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I probably won't update until after we come back to San Diego from KC. I'll have pictures from our visit and Jaxon's first birthday!<br />
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We can't wait to see you all<br />
Love,<br />
Alycia, Jake and JaxonAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-53312549469977569922012-10-30T11:42:00.002-07:002012-10-30T11:42:43.848-07:00Just a Minute to BragI just wanted to take a moment and brag about how smart my boy is! Jaxon has been saying 'dada" nonstop now for at least three weeks. He says 'baba' and 'dada' but it's amazing that he knows WHO dada is even though Jake has been gone for the last three weeks. We have pictures in our staircase of Jake, I and the family. Every single time we go up or down the stairs Jaxon points at a couple pictures with Jake in them and says 'dada'! And he puts his finger right on Jake's body or his face when he says it. I'll have to try and video record it sometime so you can see how smart he is! When Jax and I picked Jake up yesterday Jaxon was all smiles and started saying dada right away! It melted my heart. :)<br />
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Another thing to add to my list of things to brag about is this: <br />
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Jax and I were playing with the tennis ball about a week ago and he accidentally rolled it under the chair. He bent down, looked under the chair to see if he could see it. He reached his little arm underneath as far as he could, but couldn't quite get the ball. To my amazement, he sat up, turned around the crawled to this white Wii baseball bat. He grabbed it, took it over to the chair, stuck it under the couch and swung it back and forth and hit the ball from under the chair (with a little spotting help from Leila). I swear, I didn't give him any hints as to how to do that, I don't think he's even seen me do that before. When I finally realized what he was doing, I had to grab the camera to capture this because I knew no one would believe me. We have a mini Albert Einstein on our hands!<br />
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And lastly, Jaxon figured out how to fit through Leila's hole in the baby gate so now he just tries to climb up the stairs any chance he gets. He's so sneaky!!<br />
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Here are some pictures I took of Jaxon when he turned 10 months old and a little before then since I've been slacking on adding photos. I'll add some later of Halloween and Jaxon painting his pumpkin, which we're doing tonight!! :)<br />
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I am 10 months old!!!</div>
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Hope you all enjoyed the update! Talk to you soon! Love you!Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-58825354123647518292012-10-14T16:48:00.001-07:002012-10-14T17:42:13.914-07:0010 Months OldJaxon has turned 10 months old today. Can you believe only two months until it is his first birthday? Has it flown by so quickly for everyone else? I can't believe God gave us such a perfect baby boy last December!<br />
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Jaxon has learned so much since my last post in September. He claps, waves bye-bye, and points with his index finger at things he wants. He gets into everything in the house! One of his favorite things is to open up the pantry and take out all the food on the bottom two shelves. He also opens up the bottom drawer in the kitchen that has plastic baggies and he dumps them all out. He crawls as fast as lightning when you open the refrigerator. He is just too silly. My mom bought him a toy that he can stand up and walk behind. He cruises around the house pushing that thing everywhere. He can even turn corners with it! I'm not sure how tall Jaxon is this month but I weighed him yesterday and he weighs 21 lbs 6 oz.<br />
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Jaxon has moved past all the baby foods and is now eating big boy food. I pretty much give him whatever I make for dinner and cut it up into super small pieces for him to chew. He's pretty good at feeding himself. He's a mess whether you use a spoon to feed him or he picks it up himself, so I figured I might as well let him practice self-feeding. I haven't found a food that he didn't like. I even gave him a slice of a lemon at a restaurant and he LOVED it! He didn't even make a sour face. He kept trying to crawl across the table to finish it off.<br />
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He now has 6 teeth. 4 on top, two on bottom and I'm pretty sure he's working on #7 (a lower tooth). I brush his teeth every night during bath time. He loves to play with his toothbrush and cries when you take it away from him. Speaking of bath time, it is Jaxon's favorite time of the day! That boy could splash,play and shrivel up to a complete prune if I let him. <br />
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He still isn't sleeping through the night. We were down to waking up only once, usually around 4 am, but then the past week and a half his night wakings have increased to 2-3 times/ night. One day Jaxon and I will get a full nights rest!<br />
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Jake has been in Yuma since early September. He's due back soon though and he'll be here just in time for Halloween! I'm so glad he'll be able to go trick or treating with us. Jaxon is dressing up as Mickey Mouse, a costume a friend let us borrow. Jaxon's girlfriend, Holleigh, is going as Minnie Mouse. I'll be sure to post pictures of those two!<br />
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My mom was able to visit for a week and a half earlier and we had fun going to the San Diego Zoo and up to Los Angeles. My dad and Debi also came to visit a couple weeks later and we went to Balboa Park and to the Safari Park. I'm really glad they were able to come visit us! We miss them all already.<br />
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Jake and I do have some news for everyone though. There is a chance we will be stationed in Okinawa, Japan as soon as Summer 2013. Nothing is for sure yet, and things in the military change everyday, let alone months in advance. There is a unit in Japan that still has the old helicopters and they'll be transitioning to the new ones (Jake's current helicopter) soon. They need guys who have certain qualifications with the new helicopters to help teach the other members of the unit. Well, Jake has almost all the qualifications he can get in his job, he's actually over-qualified for what the new unit is requesting. Since Jake just reenlisted, he has enough time left on his contract to go to Okinawa. As of right now, the new unit just needs names of people who could potentially go and since Jake fit the mold of what they're needing his name got put on the list. So much can happen in the next 8 months though, so we aren't counting on going. We think our names are on the list more as "place holders" until someone else comes along that can take the spot. Jake and I have discussed being stationed outside of the country before, because that is a reality when you're a part of the military. We always said if we were to do it that the best time would be when the kids are younger so we weren't taking them out of school and away from friends. We'd have to rent out our house and we aren't sure if we can take the dogs with us or not, so that's another hurdle we'll have to consider. We would be stationed over there for 3 years I think it is. Once the 3 years is up we'd come right back to the unit we're currently with. It'll definitely be a HUGE change and it'll really stink being away from family for so long. The only good thing is that they have military flights called Space A where military members, even dependents can fly for free on military aircraft. It's different than scheduling a reservation with Southwest airlines, if you're going home as a "vacation" you're the lowest priority for boarding the plane. You have to be extremely flexible with your departure and arrival dates because you could be bumped off the list if someone else needs that spot. At least it is free, so you can't complain too much. As for my schooling, I'm not sure what I'll do if we are chosen to go the Japan. I'm not sure if I would have to "settle" for an online degree instead of pursuing nursing like I really want to. There are colleges over there but so far with my (little amount) research the colleges don't offer any healthcare related degrees, mostly general ones like accounting, business, etc... But as Jake always tells me, don't stress about it because we aren't even sure if we're going, let alone when we're going. <br />
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We are still unsure if we'll be home for the holidays this year. It's still up in the air, but I'll be sure to spread the word as soon as we find out.<br />
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Here are some videos of Jaxon:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmnUS2uenJM&feature=plcp" target="_blank">Jaxon Misses Daddy</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS61VPpPvDY&feature=context-cha" target="_blank">Jaxon using his walker</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr5MqOELn1U&feature=context-cha" target="_blank">Jaxon has never laughed so hard!</a><br />
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We love and miss you all and hopefully we get to see you soon!<br />
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Love,<br />
Jake, Alycia and JaxonAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-81324231376417001492012-09-16T09:37:00.000-07:002012-09-19T20:38:35.505-07:009 months oldSweet baby Jaxon is now 9 months old and taking over the house! He is so small, but yet has the biggest personality! He loves to practice pulling himself up on all the furniture: coffee table, couch, chairs, toys, drawers, you name it he's probably done it. He will pull himself up, sit down and then pull himself right back up. He can stand for a good amount of time, well over a minute, if he wants to. His legs are getting so strong! His two top lateral incisors have finally cut through the gums so we now officially have 6 teeth total, and I am pretty sure another one is going to be coming soon. I also have one very chatty little man. He loves to babble all day long. He does this silly thing where he almost whispers and goes through all the consonants he knows and adds "a" at the end of them. For example, he'll whisper, "da, ba, pa, ca" over and over again. The one word he definitely knows how to say is "hey". You can say "Hey Jaxon!" and he'll say hey back. It's the cutest thing. He's talked to Jake a couple times on the phone and when Jake starts taking Jaxon will say hey to him. Jaxon has also learned how to clap and loves to practice doing that as well too. His 9 month pediatrician appointment is on Tuesday, so I'll update this to let you all know how much he weighs and his length.<br />
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My mom came out to visit for a little over a week. We had a great time going to the San Diego Zoo and up to Los Angeles to the wax museum and walking around Rodeo Drive. She bought Jaxon a toy that he can pull up and try to push around the house. He's taken 1-2 steps by himself already!! I was hoping Jaxon would wait to walk until Jake was back home in November, but it's looking like he might have his own plans.<br />
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Jaxon's separation anxiety is not getting any better. I can't even walk to the kitchen without him fussing and following me. The poor little man can't control his emotions and thinks everything is such a travesty. It's very hard to see him get so upset, but I know it is just a phase and soon he won't even want to hang out with Mom anymore so I'm enjoying this small amount of time he does.<br />
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Just in case anyone was wondering, it is impossible to change his diaper now! What should be a 45 second ordeal has now turned into a 10 minute job. As soon as you take his diaper off he is rolling away, arching his back and making a run for it. I think I'm going to be trying out those new Huggie Slip-On diapers and see if that makes it any easier because right now I dread each diaper change.<br />
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With Jake being gone I am planning on trying to stay busy with some DIY projects around the house. I want to paint our nightstands in our bedroom and possibly even build a sofa table. I've never worked Jake's drill before so we'll see if that actually happens or not.<br />
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I can't remember if I told you guys about finishing my second online class on September 1st or not. It was the biomedical statistics class and I got an A! I applied for the nursing program as soon as I received my final grade so now I am just waiting to get an email with my testing and essay date (probably late October/early November). I need to start studying for the test, though. I should check out our local library and see if they have any books on it.<br />
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Jake and I also bought a new (to us) vehicle since my last post! We traded in my Suzuki XL7 for a 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid. It is very nice and clean and so far it is getting great gas mileage! My old SUV was getting about 16-17 mpg and this one is getting 30 on average. When I am just doing city driving I can get upwards of 36 mpg and Jake said he's even gotten 40! When we purchased the car it came with a 1 month/1000 mile warranty from the dealership. Well multiple times now the entire cluster has gone out while driving. The first time it happened to me I was sitting at a stoplight and noticed everything on the dashboard turned off and my speedometer was stuck, but everything came back on within a minute and worked fine afterwards. About a week after that, Jake wanted to take my car to work so he drove to a friends house in the morning to pick him up and he said the cluster went out when he was almost to the house. When he shut the car off, it was unable to start and so Jake had to end up taking his car to work that day. At that point we decided to take the car into the dealership to get it looked at and of course, since it happens so intermittently, they couldn't find anything wrong with it. They had my car for a week and that's what they told me. Well, yesterday after dropping my mom off at the airport I was driving home on the highway and the cluster went out again!!! Before it had happened on non-busy roads and side streets, well the highway is completely different. Better yet, instead of it just going out for a minute like it had previously, it was off for 37 minutes total! Turns out, if the cluster isn't working the a/c in the car doesn't work either, so Jaxon and I were so hot on the drive home since it was 100+ degrees here yesterday. This time I took a picture of the dashboard to show to the mechanics on Monday and hopefully they will find the problem this time. It is so disappointing to get a new car and you have problems with it within a week of purchasing it. <br />
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Well, enough about my car rant. I haven't uploaded pictures from my camera for a few weeks so when I do that I will make another post with lots of pictures!<br />
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EDIT:: Jaxon weighed 20 lbs 14 oz and was 27.75" at his appointment on Tuesday. He did great with his shots! <br />
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Miss you all,<br />
Alycia, Jake and JaxonAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-84972619854906291902012-08-16T09:51:00.002-07:002012-08-16T10:35:09.882-07:008 Months OldIt's now August, which means that it's the month Jaxon turns 8 months old. He used to be a little baby that I could hold with one hand and now you need both hands and ALL your arm strength to hold big boy up!<br />
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Jaxon has really progressed quickly the last month or so. He pulled himself to a standing position all by himself for the first time yesterday. I was sitting on the couch and he scooted over to me, put his hands on the couch and all the sudden he was just right there! He tries to do it with all the furniture now and especially when I'm on the ground with him. He is also cutting his 4th tooth as we speak. It's the top left tooth. You can see the white dot in his gums and I can kind of feel it, I hope it doesn't cause him much pain the next couple days. He has been drooling like crazy with this tooth. The past teeth he didn't drool too much, but this one he is just soaking his shirts and slobbering all over Mommy and Daddy.<br />
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Jaxon is also SO close to crawling. He can take a few crawling steps but then he falls down. He's had several head bumps the last couple weeks. Usually they don't bother him, but he's shed a few tears. He still loves to chase the doggies around the house. He finds them both to be hysterical. He loves Leila's tail and Lucy's paws. They're both doing really, really well with him so we are very thankful about that. Another thing that Jaxon has mastered is going from a scooting position to sitting position. He mastered that about a week and a half ago. Now he likes to wake up at 3 am thinking it's play time and he'll sit up in his crib and hit the rails. We need to lower his mattress now that he can stand up! (making a mental note now)<br />
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A fun new thing that we have done is swim lessons!! I signed Jaxon up and they are two weeks long. We go everyday, Monday-Friday for 30 minutes. This is our second to last day today. I was so scared that Jaxon would be the kid that screams as soon as we get in the water (much like he did at the lake or the baby pool we bought for him at the house) but he's done SO good! If I hold him on his tummy and put a little rubber ducky in front of him he'll kick his legs to try to get it and sometimes he'll use his arms to propel himself forward too. We also go underwater and he loves it. We count "1-2-3-under!" then blow in his face so he'll hold his breath then we take a quick dunk under the water. Only a few times did he swallow a little bit, but now he's a pro! He anticipates in now and holds his breath while I'm starting my count and he comes up from the water all smiles. It's so cute. We also learned to "jump" into the water. What he really does is sit on the edge and I count "1-2-3-jump!" and pull him in, but he still enjoys in nonetheless. I'm so glad I signed him up for these classes. They say you can never start too early with swim lessons and Jaxon is learning water safety all at the same time. It's been great.<br />
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As for me, I'm in the second week of my second online class. I got an A in my first class and hopefully can get an A in this one too. This class is called Biomedical Statistics. I haven't taken a math class since high school, so it's a little bit of a refresher course. In October is when I'll be applying for the nursing school and I'm really hoping I'll get accepted. But right now I'm really, really enjoying my time with Jaxon during the days. It makes me so happy to be able to spend all day with him and not send him off elsewhere. I don't miss any of his milestones and he still gets to socialize with other kids and adults when I go to the gym and he goes to daycare there. I can't imagine starting school next week like I originally was going to do if I followed through with the Kinesiology program. I'm also glad I didn't do that because we are still on the waitlist for daycare on Jake's base. We would be paying twice as much for daycare at any other place.<br />
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Speaking of Jake, he is still really into his RC airplane hobby. I believe this is the longest he's ever been into a hobby before. He usually changes his interest every month. I bet we have at least 10 airplanes in the garage. It's absolutely ridiculous. But anyway, Jake leaves to WTI in Yuma, Arizona just after Labor Day. He'll be gone until the end of October. We're really hoping he'll be able to make it back home in time for Halloween. This is a great opportunity for his career. There are only three other people in his shop with this qualification that he's going to be getting in Yuma. It looks great in his record for promotions and being able to stay in the military as a career. Oh, I totally forgot! Jake reenlisted for 4 more years last week. He signed the dotted line and is the Marine Corp's property until 2016, so yay for having job security for the next 4 years!! Minus the deployments and time spent away for training, the military hasn't treated us too bad. We're so grateful for the health benefits and job security that we get with the Marine Corps. Not to mention, Jake really enjoys his job, which is most important.<br />
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With his reenlistment he got 21 days of leave. Unfortunately he has to take all 21 days at once and we don't know when they "expire". We aren't sure what we're going to do. We really want to go on a family vacation, since we've never been on one (not even Jake and I), but unfortunately we have to save all the money we can to pay for Jaxon's daycare. We also thought about coming home, but we can't leave our dogs for very long and somehow we still spend a lot of money when we go home too. (cough cough Jake!!) hahaha! So it looks like we'll be stuck in the house. I was joking with Jake that this will be a good test of our relationship because we've never been cooped up in the house for that long together. We'll see how it goes and when he decides to take his leave.<br />
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We have Jaxon's 9 month pictures scheduled for Sept. 1! I'm really excited about them. I think they'll turn out great since he can sit up on his own now and he is just full of personality. I'll be sure to post copies of the pictures on here when we get them back.<br />
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It's been super super hot here lately. Like high 90's, low 100's for at least the last week and even the 10 day forecast still has temperatures that high. There's no end in sight! I'm so ready for Fall, sweaters, jeans, soup, pumpkins, the leaves changing colors and Thanksgiving dinner!!! :)<br />
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I hope everyone back home is doing well. We miss you guys soooo sooo soo much and wish we could visit more often. Luckily, my mom will be here in a few weeks and my dad and Debi will be here in October. They'll have to send back Jaxon love to everyone else.<br />
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Here are some pictures to hold you over until next time you get to see little man:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to crawl </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJl8Fe-Vzoq3HR07QEo_ENE0O1MHlEOhtX08I2fGbYefctmQluNqz4Mg6E1etQGraYaBNF9ti7ArVIBXdKj_v8dd1YdOBRgA15RRxcqW_niL8W_9XbHgM3HJ6xZ0zxVDkaX5X1_iMxnA/s1600/IMG_2430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJl8Fe-Vzoq3HR07QEo_ENE0O1MHlEOhtX08I2fGbYefctmQluNqz4Mg6E1etQGraYaBNF9ti7ArVIBXdKj_v8dd1YdOBRgA15RRxcqW_niL8W_9XbHgM3HJ6xZ0zxVDkaX5X1_iMxnA/s320/IMG_2430.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Playing the "drums" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-9NWsFpLYFWzNwgygTTY64-40fBW0CNOtDrXsmZcE6ciSl3gZfYJgdixcKtMFAtJRUmv_H_y5yzseqcgISpSQxbemYU4PBVzB9RKSafifCMOLjyFCXRqOlGoBkYhPfSFVm9TnQ-3FXQ/s1600/IMG_2466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-9NWsFpLYFWzNwgygTTY64-40fBW0CNOtDrXsmZcE6ciSl3gZfYJgdixcKtMFAtJRUmv_H_y5yzseqcgISpSQxbemYU4PBVzB9RKSafifCMOLjyFCXRqOlGoBkYhPfSFVm9TnQ-3FXQ/s320/IMG_2466.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Lucy! Why can't I get you? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhPRAhCcqRNecXCaLGZ-sxSTfGOb5Ot_7oQwdzeXMOhrfbgEmlXbYIsqO792tSBkj8h6ZS1mmaeuO3DxLtYxrBCkM_uYbY3X-rsqCkDtjYckVnWM-41Wfk0KyujYLiwHMUFFxE6DvyaU/s1600/IMG_2482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhPRAhCcqRNecXCaLGZ-sxSTfGOb5Ot_7oQwdzeXMOhrfbgEmlXbYIsqO792tSBkj8h6ZS1mmaeuO3DxLtYxrBCkM_uYbY3X-rsqCkDtjYckVnWM-41Wfk0KyujYLiwHMUFFxE6DvyaU/s320/IMG_2482.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Tug-of-war </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7TL0nsu6r72D2fcKVQgVLaUSgbJrG9wvdN6sWsKY7lDwmUD-ErkRBS5kwETwqooNfiI55J1xMTGAOttDUd8-pILTdEZ2pEQ-lx7NzWEDGeqecmWQbdMHSutEt0NC-BS0FueXtFGCHrw/s1600/IMG_2518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7TL0nsu6r72D2fcKVQgVLaUSgbJrG9wvdN6sWsKY7lDwmUD-ErkRBS5kwETwqooNfiI55J1xMTGAOttDUd8-pILTdEZ2pEQ-lx7NzWEDGeqecmWQbdMHSutEt0NC-BS0FueXtFGCHrw/s320/IMG_2518.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Mommy lets me play with my food </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpRSjH8RoL8pobGyBC-wqacmdE-OtsCSYXpr-_KZAnyE0WrK4t3kmxbU213YCQE08UJ6XOOE3ByOUGgIWUcvSYAunitvR5Zc4R2JpUmKQ-MkmcOI6VNDt13G1wsriCP6y0pkcLKnqIk4/s1600/IMG_2531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpRSjH8RoL8pobGyBC-wqacmdE-OtsCSYXpr-_KZAnyE0WrK4t3kmxbU213YCQE08UJ6XOOE3ByOUGgIWUcvSYAunitvR5Zc4R2JpUmKQ-MkmcOI6VNDt13G1wsriCP6y0pkcLKnqIk4/s320/IMG_2531.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Splashing in my squash </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9x4zsulD_4I_WyVVlEreW07WE9tgcsn_fAUJJrkmQHzg76GfzZ-IeL8WOui4hUIVRJwx9NOKf_ukRlk35d3K73pZqNIipIY_dfOodMSVmNBZpMLkrNSvQ3yZAzLCm_rarImHr3TLeUg/s1600/IMG_2532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9x4zsulD_4I_WyVVlEreW07WE9tgcsn_fAUJJrkmQHzg76GfzZ-IeL8WOui4hUIVRJwx9NOKf_ukRlk35d3K73pZqNIipIY_dfOodMSVmNBZpMLkrNSvQ3yZAzLCm_rarImHr3TLeUg/s320/IMG_2532.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Nakey baby </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWpg9Ug3B6Ck1t0caW226fTF1jxenETu8yJ_MLpSiSCb1GuYEgkfAgNHQM7c6cVQQFRYccLxmV2AbZ_ksMuNGLNAHgjkbbw__dO-92PUB72a7JR22Tw8xu84xUEFVRmYWjLTFI-ubJGs/s1600/IMG_2534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWpg9Ug3B6Ck1t0caW226fTF1jxenETu8yJ_MLpSiSCb1GuYEgkfAgNHQM7c6cVQQFRYccLxmV2AbZ_ksMuNGLNAHgjkbbw__dO-92PUB72a7JR22Tw8xu84xUEFVRmYWjLTFI-ubJGs/s320/IMG_2534.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Daddy, do you have milk too? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeTy2AJfepBTPnno6yCZbmP5NvhzTwIuLclKeD_i3Db8mDFyI1I-KtL0tqg9brw4TCh4fEyWz7EY4IlJU9cQVDwxPWkol4Ouu8K26muhfpSEd1bWCgGxgcVsRHQLuybxsIrSjwMCBbeI/s1600/IMG_2542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeTy2AJfepBTPnno6yCZbmP5NvhzTwIuLclKeD_i3Db8mDFyI1I-KtL0tqg9brw4TCh4fEyWz7EY4IlJU9cQVDwxPWkol4Ouu8K26muhfpSEd1bWCgGxgcVsRHQLuybxsIrSjwMCBbeI/s320/IMG_2542.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Getting ready for swim lessons </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSSjcKyvPwvOTj9vuN_-Id6TsrSF5tjbTcD6k0MKulAt9bJegbi4cpjKjTmFojQF09Ye5a4oGBYRmLrPGKyUvFCsr2dcIlawbJX0zATCJY0IWvlkeRkjnyHZdpmVWeEkcjM0gdojOIHY/s1600/IMG_2545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSSjcKyvPwvOTj9vuN_-Id6TsrSF5tjbTcD6k0MKulAt9bJegbi4cpjKjTmFojQF09Ye5a4oGBYRmLrPGKyUvFCsr2dcIlawbJX0zATCJY0IWvlkeRkjnyHZdpmVWeEkcjM0gdojOIHY/s320/IMG_2545.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Pretty blue eyes </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeqxj99HNzYVuKzeBCxbfjtpsms-LcG8TYZ2aeb-KHKQZWVdstdhVTKissx44z2t0H7gs0O8hKUNRKuGvSTkRMMIMZOcRAxJ7er7u4uUdOT9n-NFj4eiTcJ0fKPcsgJSFkqOVbvdSwvg/s1600/IMG_2556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeqxj99HNzYVuKzeBCxbfjtpsms-LcG8TYZ2aeb-KHKQZWVdstdhVTKissx44z2t0H7gs0O8hKUNRKuGvSTkRMMIMZOcRAxJ7er7u4uUdOT9n-NFj4eiTcJ0fKPcsgJSFkqOVbvdSwvg/s320/IMG_2556.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I'm handsome and I know it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfX_o8OxnoCRVv-1rpKLfe3adqOp-NVsKwQo8PEpXrJu6KuscsyB3hV6X6O32ILkVP-l-RtLu2AXUi-bjHEUf9DvxCuUELMwV68IUjSGV-MPZqNrLQCMXLZ4TAxE-15M-kgKw4K8RQXc/s1600/IMG_2599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfX_o8OxnoCRVv-1rpKLfe3adqOp-NVsKwQo8PEpXrJu6KuscsyB3hV6X6O32ILkVP-l-RtLu2AXUi-bjHEUf9DvxCuUELMwV68IUjSGV-MPZqNrLQCMXLZ4TAxE-15M-kgKw4K8RQXc/s320/IMG_2599.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">My first time pulling myself up! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYumgmF1oTuD2bbQv9eXLKHysyb5Kji1Eu9AdUSQAWxeqntfWBNZo9x2iy_OSwpsxpqntVwaUPTkbE1LLUU_pR_k1lbrM4t8BrzSMX7LP9GMFJ3nvgs198bhg7W3klZopMN2mC3iC-UI/s1600/IMG_2611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYumgmF1oTuD2bbQv9eXLKHysyb5Kji1Eu9AdUSQAWxeqntfWBNZo9x2iy_OSwpsxpqntVwaUPTkbE1LLUU_pR_k1lbrM4t8BrzSMX7LP9GMFJ3nvgs198bhg7W3klZopMN2mC3iC-UI/s320/IMG_2611.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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Love you all,<br />
Jake, Alycia and Jaxon<br />
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Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-22748106929083345712012-07-29T18:06:00.001-07:002012-08-01T14:42:05.835-07:007.5 MonthsWell, it's been a very long time since my last update. A lot has happened in the last 3 weeks!<br />
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Jaxon turned 7 months old on the 14th. He is such a big boy now! He weighs 19 lbs 3 oz and is 27 inches long. Jaxon is exploring the house more and more everyday. He can get into absolutely anything! He loves Lucy's water bowl and goes straight there almost every time we put him down now. He actually ventured into the kitchen for the first time today. (I guess I should start baby proofing the house!) He gets up on all 4s and rocks back and forth. He also can get into the crawling position from sitting, so it really only is a matter of time before he's actually crawling instead of scooting everywhere. He finally started sitting up on his own a couple weeks ago. He also has 3 teeth now. His third one cut through his gums last week. He was a little cranky so I'm glad that's what was causing his discomfort. <br />
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I've been teaching Jaxon a little bit of sign language, mostly the basics like milk, more, food, and drink. He can't sign back yet but a few days ago he understood when I signed milk to him! It was so exciting to see him make the connection and be able to understand me. <br />
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Jaxon is SO interested in the dogs lately. He will pull on Leila's hair, grab at Lucy's face and crack up when he sees Lucy playing fetch. The dogs don't mind too much, but there are times they just get up and walk away from him because they're tired of their paws being touched or Jaxon screeching in their face. (As I type this Jaxon is scooting around chasing Lucy and Lucy keeps hiding behind the table. It's so cute!)<br />
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****Important Message!**** I just got word that my nephew Xander Michael Lester made his grand entrance into the world today! He was 8 lbs 6 oz and 20 inches long! Both mom and baby are doing great! Congratulations Alex and Donielle!!!!!<br />
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Jaxon had another laser treatment done on his hemangioma on Friday. He did a great job and I think it looks better every month. It is pretty much flesh colored now so all you really notice is that his lip is slightly larger and bulged out more where the hemangioma is. We are so happy with the results and very glad we chose this treatment option!<br />
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I have one week left of my first online course at National University. It's a class about writing research papers and such. So far it's going great, even though it is just a lot tedious work. I will admit that I'll be happy when it's over.<br />
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Jake has been flying nights an awful lot lately. He'll go into work around 2 pm and then come home around 2-4 am. It's nice because he gets more time with Jaxon this way, but it is messing up Jake's sleep schedule a lot. Jake will be gone to WTI in Yuma, Arizona starting around Labor Day. He went to this back in 2009. It's about 3 months long so Jaxon and I plan on making several trips out to Yuma to visit Daddy.<br />
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Here are a couple videos of Jaxon:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcMR2pgxvis&feature=plcp" target="_blank">Jaxon sharing a nectarine with Lucy</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzQsKQCfhLA&feature=context-cha" target="_blank">Jaxon scooting at 6.5 months</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpIwoT-JKKk&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Jaxon laughs at Lucy playing fetch</a><br />
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Jake has a super short work week this week, only going in to work on Monday and Friday. (Jaxon and I love extra Daddy time!) On Saturday we went over to our friend's house and ate dinner and watched the big fireworks display that the nearby casino puts on every year. It was a pretty long fireworks show, so I could only imagine how much money a big production like that costs. On Wednesday the 4th we invited some friends over for some of Jake's smoked ribs and to watch the fireworks that the city of Temecula puts on. Well, we forgot about watching the fireworks because we were all inside playing a game together. I'm still not even sure if we could have seen them from our house or not. While our friends were leaving for the night, I opened up the front door and a bird flew into our house!! It was pretty hysterical watching the boys sprint up the stairs and try to catch this bird to get it back outside. After a couple minutes the bird was finally caught and put out back, but it did provide some last minute laughs.<br />
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Yesterday Jake and I went to test drive a couple cars. We first went to go see a Toyota Camry Hybrid and really liked it. The dealer there wasn't giving us as much money as we were wanting for our SUV as a trade so we went to the nearby Hyundai dealership and drove around a new Elantra. That car was really nice but not quite as big of an interior than the Camry. They basically wanted to give us the same amount for our trade-in as the first place so we walked away from that too. Our SUV is currently posted on Craigslist but we haven't had any serious inquiries about it yet. We'll take it into Carmax maybe this weekend or next and see what they're willing to give us for it. The first dealer we went to go see said it was hard to put a price on the car because there just aren't any out there for sale. If he had some to look at and compare he would have been willing to give us what we were asking for it. Even though that does stink, it is true. Not even a single Carmax in the nation has a 2008 XL7 which is weird. Oh well, when the right time comes we'll get a different car.<br />
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Monday the 9th is when I start my school back up! I'll be taking an online class from July 9- early August then I'll have another online class that starts a couple days after this one ends. It will also be a month long. October 10th is when I turn in my nursing application to school. From there I'll take the TEAS test, which is similar to the ACT or SAT but it is only for prospective nursing students. After the test we have an essay we have to write. They only accept 50 students during each application period (there are 4 application periods per year). They rank the applicants based on their grades, GPA, TEAS test score and the essay. My admissions adviser told me that the TEAS test is usually the hardest part and you pretty much have to score an 85% or higher to even be considered. I need to order my study materials for the test so I can prepare for it while I'm taking my online classes. If I get accepted into the nursing program from the October application period then I will start the nursing program in April 2013. The whole program will take 22 months to complete so I will be finished in February 2015. That seems so far away and right now I already am sad just thinking about putting Jaxon in daycare while I'm at school. But this is what is best for Jaxon, Jake and I and nursing is what I've wanted to do for so long now (thanks Grandma!)!<br />
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I've done enough rambling for today so I'll end this post here. Thanks for reading! We love and miss you all back home.<br />
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Love,<br />
Jake, Alycia and JaxonAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-70340555328098795642012-07-05T21:23:00.004-07:002012-07-06T09:23:30.940-07:00Bargain ShopperWell, I thought I'd let everyone know some cool new sites I found out about.<br />
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The first is Swagbucks. You use it as a search engine, like Yahoo or Google. Some searches will earn you points and you can turn in your accumulated points for prizes. I already received a $5.00 Amazon gift card!! It's an easy way to get free things! You can sign up <a href="http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/AlyciaLester" target="_blank">HERE</a> to start earning rewards too.<br />
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I also found if you're in contact with different companies they oftentimes have free samples they'll send out frequently or different coupons for their products. I hear many companies' Facebook pages do this, so if you have Facebook go 'like' a bunch of companies to earn free stuff. One recent one I heard about was getting a free apron from Presto's Pizza. It seems like it would be worth it! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PrestosPizza/app_128953167177144" target="_blank">Presto's Pizza Free Apron </a>I also had a few friends get a free beauty gift bag from Target through their Facebook page. <br />
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Another way to get coupons in the mail or email is just to send different companies your opinion on their products. Be honest about how you feel. Do you like them? Do you use it often? Have you recommended it to your friends? Most companies love to hear feedback, whether good or bad, and will reward you with coupons!<br />
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What are some of your money saving tips and tricks?Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-34291026945746927792012-07-01T13:08:00.001-07:002012-07-01T13:08:20.426-07:00Picture OverloadFinally, here are the pictures I promised from our vacation back home. It may take your computer a while to upload them all because there are a TON! I didn't even post half of what I took while we were home. Hope you enjoy!!<br />
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<br />Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-1904898421910622172012-06-19T11:31:00.001-07:002012-06-19T11:31:19.152-07:00Happy 6 months, Jaxon! Plus our trip back homeHappy half-birthday to the most handsome, smiley, smart, and funny little boy this world has ever seen. Jaxon turned 6 months old on the 14th while we were home visiting our family and friends.<br />
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Jaxon did great on the plane ride to KC. It was another full flight so every seat was taken. The good thing about this was that the plane was FULL of little kids. I'm guessing there were about 20 kids under the age of five on that flight. We were greeted at the airport by my mom and dad. On the drive home we surprised Jake by eating at Jess and Jim's steakhouse. My grandparents and Jake's parents were there at the restaurant to surprise him again.<br />
The rest of the time at home was spent running around and visiting as much with our families as possible. Jake's whole family, all his other 8 brothers and sisters, were in town too. It was a mini-Lester family reunion. It sure was great to spend so much time with our families while we were home. Jake hadn't seen most of his family for a year prior to this trip back to KC. We got to see our friends for a little bit while we were home, but not as much as we had liked. I did get a Momma's night out while home and went out with my best friends. Jake and I also got our first date night while we were home too. Man, I miss good ol' barbeque already!! We had family pictures taken with Mom, Dad, Kyle, Missy and the kids in Loose park. I think they're going to turn out great. I can't wait to see them when the photographer is done editing them! I also went out to the driving range and played a few holes of golf with my dad while I was home. I haven't picked up a club in a couple years but I did pretty dang well.<br />
On the flight home from SD to KC Jaxon didn't do as great as the first time. He was so overtired he fussed for probably 10 minutes on and off before finally giving in and falling asleep. But we landed and arrived at our house and got the doggies. They were so excited to see the three of us! I bet they were starting to think we weren't coming back for them. Thank goodness for great friends, Sarah and James, who watched them for us while we were gone!<br />
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Jaxon had his 6 month well-check visit yesterday. He got three shots and one oral vaccine. He weighed 18 lbs 3 oz and was 27 inches long! The doctor said he is super healthy and is pleased with all of Jaxon's milestones. Jaxon got his first tooth the day after he turned 6 months. Jake noticed in in the morning and by the next day you could feel the sharp edges poking out of his gums. It's located on the bottom right side of his mouth. Jax never had a fever or acted really cranky while teething so hopefully the rest of his teeth will be a breeze too. Jaxon has become quite the rolly polly. If you put him on the floor he just rolls back and forth constantly. It really cracks me up! He can sit unassisted for a little while before toppling over, but he still needs some practice. Jaxon can also scoot a little bit on his back. He just digs his heels in the floor and moves that way. While on his belly he can move a little bit by pulling himself along but he doesn't get very far doing that. He is still just as smiley and funny as ever! He laughs at everything and gives his big cheesy smile to the people around him. He also thinks his cousin Grayson is the funniest kid around. While we were at the lake, just the site of Grayson would make Jaxon crack up!!<br />
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Speaking of Grayson, he finally said my name while we were home! My heart melted when I heard UH-LEE-SHA!!! Grayson also knows who baby Jaxon and Jake are. Kensley and Jax were as cute as can be together!<br />
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We were so happy to be home and see all of you! I wish we could have stayed another few days to spend a little bit more time socializing and sharing Jaxon with you all. But we love you and will see you in December when we come home next.<br />
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I'll upload some pictures of the trip in a separate post.<br />
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Love you all,<br />
Alycia, Jake and JaxonAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-85843912855957749262012-06-05T17:28:00.002-07:002012-06-05T17:28:54.678-07:00Happy Father's Day!Well technically it isn't Father's Day yet, but we'll be traveling on Sunday the 17th. Jaxon and I already gave Jake his gift and it was a big hit! Jaxon got Daddy a new electric razor since he's been needing a new one for well over a year now. I pretty much got a fantastic deal on it too! I walked away paying half price for it using the store's sale price, a manufacturers coupon and they also gave a $30 mail in rebate. Score! Jaxon also made Jake a cute card! I'll post pictures of it below!<br />
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It'll be nice spending a couple hours of the day with our Dads on Father's Day. Since we live so far away we usually aren't home for these holidays.<br />
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Well, I hope all you Father's out there have a great day next Sunday! And here's to a special Father's Day to Jake, my dad and my father-in-law!<br />
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We traced one of Jake's shoes then cut it out from a piece of scrapbook paper. Then painted the bottom of Jaxon's foot and stamped in on plain printer paper. Cute, huh?<br />
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<br />Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-18435957503034299672012-05-19T17:17:00.000-07:002012-05-19T17:17:08.830-07:00Buffalo Chicken Braid BreadIf you're anything like my husband and I, I had you at buffalo chicken! We love anything with that spicy buffalo sauce so I decided to try something new. On Pinterest I found a bread filled with spaghetti and it turned out really good so I thought why not try stuffing bread with other things. Ding! Buffalo chicken!!<br />
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<li>Ranch dressing</li>
<li>shredded mozzarella or co.jack cheese</li>
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1. Thaw frozen loaf bread according to packaged directions</div>
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2. Coat your shredded chicken with your buffalo sauce. I used about 2-3 tbsp.</div>
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3. Roll your dough into a rectangle. To make things easier on yourself, if you have a slipmat, roll your dough on there and then you can just transfer the slip mat onto a baking sheet.</div>
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4. Using a pizza cutter or a knife cut strips along the long sides of the rectangle. The cuts should be about 2" in, leaving about 4" along the middle.</div>
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5. Spread some ranch dressing along the bottom of the bread. About 1/4 cup should do. Be careful not to put too much dressing or when the bread is baking you'll end up with a soggy bottom. If you want to add a little more flavor, sprinkle some pizza seasoning (oregano, basil, parsley..) over the ranch.</div>
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7. Starting at one of the ends, start "braiding" the flaps across the top of the pizza filling. Pull the left flap to the right side, right flap to the left side, etc...</div>
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I love this braid recipe because it's so versatile. You could add ham and cheese, pizza sauce and pepperonis, or steak and peppers for a Philly cheesesteak style bread. Like I said, endless possibilities!! </div>
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The rash under his chin was like red, raw skin with a lot of bumps. About a week after the rash started I noticed small red bumps all over his chest and stomach. We went to the doctor's office the same day (a Thursday) to get it checked out. The pediatrician said that under Jaxon's chin was eczema and on his belly was dry skin/beginning of eczema. I was told to put lotion on him and use hydrocortisone cream under his chin if he needed it. Well about two days later those little bumps spread to his entire body; I'm talking legs, arms, scalp, ears, even the soles of his feet. I did some more research online and found pictures of "prickly heat rash" and thought that looked exactly like what Jaxon had. So i stopped lotion immediately because if it was heat rash that was only making it worse. Well Monday came around and he still had the rash from head to toe so we went back to the doctors. Even a second doctor came in to look at Jaxon's rash and they told me they aren't quite sure what it is. It could be eczema, it could be viral. Great. You don't know, so I don't know what to do to help my son. By this time the rash had started making Jaxon itch. He even has a few scabs on his chest and back of his head from scratching so hard. Usually about twice a day it would flare up and get really red and then it would calm down again in several hours.</div>
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Well now it's a week after our first doctor's visit and the rash is getting better, but it's still not gone. His neck looks a lot better. It's still red with bumps, his chest and belly still have some red bumps and the rest of his body still have bumps everywhere except now they're flesh colored so you can't really see them. </div>
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Jaxon went to the doctors today and he weighed 17.12 lbs. Can you say big boy?! Despite never getting his tongue tie fixed, he is still gaining weight like he should be and that makes me so happy!<br />
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Other great news, Jaxon finally rolled from his back to his belly. He did it for the first time in his crib and has become quite the rolly polly during bedtime. He'll do complete circles in his crib, roll around, put his butt up in the air... you name it, he does it! But this means that he is now a tummy sleeper and even though babies are supposed to sleep on their backs there is no way we can force him to do so anymore. For a few days before he could roll over he would sleep on his side but once he rolled all the way to his tummy he refuses to sleep any other way. Thank goodness for the video monitor!<br />
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So we can add rolling back to belly, finding his feet, finding his thumb and starting cereal to his 5 month milestones! What a big boy, huh?<br />
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I had a great first Mother's Day yesterday. Jake made me breakfast in bed, I got a couple gifts and then he made me a yummy filet and lobster tail dinner! It was delicious! I hope all you other Mommy's had a great day as well. I wish I could have been with my mom on this special day, but luckily only a few more weeks and I can see her and the rest of my family and friends!!!<br />
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I haven't taken Jaxon's 5 month pictures yet, so I'll do that once he wakes up from his nap. I'll upload those pictures later.<br />
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The countdown is on! See you all soon!!Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-69983889642313580432012-05-08T10:05:00.001-07:002012-05-08T16:44:13.090-07:00Inspired by PinterestI got the sudden urge to do all things crafty yesterday. So where would I look for inspiration? Pinterest of course!<br />
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First, I put together a cheap bookshelf I bought from Walmart. To add some color, I used scrapbook paper for the back splash of the shelves.(I just used Mod Podge to "glue" in on and to finish it on top.) I figured I'd put this in Jaxon's room or my craft room. Oh, and I must give Jake credit for the scrapbook paper. He picked it out all by himself!<br />
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And if that wasn't enough, I also bought a decorative curtain rod. Installed it all by myself using Jake's power drill (it took me a while to figure out how to change out the bits) and then hung pictures from it! I'm not crazy about how the two pictures of the side hang, so I'm going to redo those later today when I buy some more ribbon.</div>
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The baby is waking up so now I gotta go!!Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-10660764994667181002012-05-08T09:49:00.001-07:002012-05-08T14:20:17.705-07:00Eating CerealWell, I did finally end up giving Jaxon cereal. It was a big debate that I had back and forth in my head whether I should or not, but ultimately I chose to do it. Mainly the reason I did was because I wanted to make sure Jaxon was getting enough iron in his diet and since I always have a lower iron count in my blood I was just being cautious in case he inherited that from me.<br />
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The good news is... he loved it! I chose to not feed him the rice cereal since of the recent arsenic reports that have been circulating in the news and instead he got oatmeal cereal. I believe the brand is called Earth's Best Organic. Jax only gets cereal once, during dinner, and I feed him right after to make sure he still is getting plenty of milk. We mix about a tablespoon of the cereal with a couple tablespoons of milk and he gobbles it right up!! He does SO well with the spoon. I thought it was something he'd have to get used to, but he opens his mouth as wide as he can as soon as it leaves the bowl and is heading towards his mouth. I am going to hold off on giving him solids for another month probably. I want his little digestive system to be more mature than it is right now and to make sure he can handle it.<br />
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Of course we took tons of pictures of him eating his cereal for the first time and I took a video but for some reason the video won't upload. Just imagine Jaxon kicking his little legs in the highchair while the spoon comes towards him and he's kind of grunting at the same time. He's so cute!!<br />
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P.S.- Jaxon found his thumb the other day and now sucks on it when he gets sleepy. It's pretty cute!!<br />
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Mommy, Daddy, JaxAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-65594562262425505312012-04-29T16:54:00.002-07:002012-04-29T18:47:00.479-07:00My Baby is Growing Up Too Fast :(It hit me today how much Jaxon has already grown up. It seems like every time I put him in his pj's for bedtime that they get a little more snug with each snap of the button.<br />
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Although I hate that he'll never be tiny ever again, it makes me happy that he is growing and learning new things every day. I love waking up in the morning to his smiling face and him talking away to himself. Jaxon has taught me to truly cherish each and every moment in life because in a blink of an eye they're all grown up.<br />
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Jaxon's personality is starting to show through. He has become such a little giggle monster! He loves to play peek-a-boo and laughs at every funny noise you can make. I can tell I'm going to have a man who likes to throw temper tantrums though. The past couple of nights at dinner time he keeps arching his back when I try to put him in his high chair and he starts to fuss looking at Jake and I eat. I spoon fed him some milk and he did a pretty good job with it! He'd open his mouth real wide when the spoon got near him. Even though more than half of it ended up on him and not in his tummy, I think he's ready to try cereal. When Jake gets back from San Francisco we'll give him some oatmeal cereal.<br />
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Jaxon is also becoming a lot more interactive. He can play with all sorts of toys and he loves his jumperoo. He can finally reach the toys on there and he likes to spin the color wheel and bounce up and down. He will tolerate sitting in his Bumbo seat for about 5 minutes at a time but then he wants out quickly after that time is up! And speaking of sitting, he can sit by himself for about 2 seconds until toppling over!! I just can't get over how big he is!! Oh and he LOVES bathtime now too! We took out the newborn swing that was inside of it and sat him in the tub and he just reclines in there and kicks his legs and splashes around. He doesn't cry anymore and it seems like he looks forward to baths now. Oh, Oh! And little man found his feet two nights ago. He won't let go of them now. It also makes changing his diaper more of a challenge because he is so squirmy!<br />
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Jax can now put himself to sleep! Sticking with sleep training took a lot of work and consistency. We had to change our method once when it seemed like what we were doing just wasn't working at all or just making him more upset. Now he rarely cries when being put to bed. Sometimes he'll fuss for a little bit but usually he just talks himself to sleep. It's so sweet, but it also makes me a little sad.<br />
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Jaxon loves to look at Mommy and Daddy! It's so cute because we'll all be sitting on the couch and he'll just look bath and forth at Jake then I then back at Jake.<br />
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My little boy is growing up so fast! He needs to slow down a bit because I'm not ready to let go of the baby stage.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5phVEIEMdfo&feature=relmfu" target="_blank">Jaxon playing in his jumperoo a month ago</a>Alycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914155950801952279.post-25661704544147385342012-04-23T10:42:00.002-07:002012-04-23T10:42:54.265-07:00A little lateSorry it's been so long since I've posted.<br />
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Since my last post Jaxon turned 4 months old! What a big boy he is becoming. We had the 4 month check up at the pediatrician's office and he weighed 15 lbs 13 oz and was 25 inches long. Jaxon did really well when getting his shots, he was just a little extra sleepy the rest of the day. Our pediatrician gave us the green light to start solid foods. I originally wasn't going to give Jaxon cereal at all because from my research it was used more as just a filler and I thought if my breast milk was satisfying him then there was no need to add cereal to the mix. Our doctor told us that my milk starts to drop in iron content around this time so if Jaxon doesn't take a iron vitamin then we should start cereal or real baby food because he could become anemic. That really made me think twice about cereal, so I went out and bought a box of organic brown rice cereal because to me that seemed like the healthiest option for him and had the most nutritional value... come to find out rice absorbs a lot of arsenic in the ground! I didn't want to chance it having even a trace amount so we're not using it. I'm glad the boxes of cereal are only a few dollars a piece! So maybe this week or next we'll give him his first taste of cereal and we'll pick up the oatmeal kind.<br />
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Jaxon has joined us for dinner now! We used to put him in his bouncy seat on the ground by our dining room table while we ate dinner but I finally put together his high chair so now he can see us better and can see our food. Now that he's higher up he is SO interested in the whole concept of big people food. He watches us pick up our utensils and put them in our mouth. I gave him a little baby spoon to play with while we eat so it keeps him entertained and to feel a little included.<br />
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As far as milestones, Jax is right on track with his development. He's great at rolling over from belly to back and is starting to show interest in rolling from back to belly. He arches his back all the time now like he wants to go somewhere. I don't think I'm ready for him to be mobile yet! I like how I can lay him on his blanket now and know he's not going anywhere, but that will soon change. He has a lot better hand-eye coordination now and likes to put everything in his mouth. His fingers must be mighty tasty because they're always lingering around his mouth. ;) <br />
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Jaxon is still being a pretty bad sleeper. I want him to be able to self-soothe and put himself to sleep. We had been nursing him to sleep and then slowly move him to his crib so he wouldn't wake up, but he really needs to go to his crib awake and be able to fall asleep on his own. Naps are even worse though. He will only nap while nursing so I have to hold him the entire time. If I move he wakes up and won't go back to sleep. If there is some miracle where he does nap by himself he wakes at the end of his sleep cycle which is between 30-45 minutes long so he is just never really rested enough. It's a vicious cycle of over-tiredness. Because of all of this I started sleep training him. It has been pretty awful so far. I haven't seen much of an improvement over the last 4-5 days so I think we'll have to try a new method or tweak ours a bit. I feel bad because Jaxon is asleep when Jake leaves for work and he's only up for maybe an hour when Jake gets home before we start our bedtime routine. So pretty much Jake sees Jax for maybe 10 hours a week (for weekdays) and I feel like a single parent doing this all on my own.<br />
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We have another laser treatment scheduled for Wednesday. I'm anxious to see how it'll effect his hemangioma. Last time it made the discoloration in the middle a bit bigger so maybe that'll happen again. We think it might still be growing though, as in puffing out more from his lip, not necessarily getting wider. The dermatologist isn't real accurate at measuring it so they wouldn't be able to tell. I just hope at the end of all this he doesn't end up with a disfigured lip since it's right there on his face. We get compliments all the time about how gorgeous he is but then they're usually followed up with questions about his lip.<br />
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I don't have any pictures for this update because Lucy broke the adapter that plugs into the computer so I can't upload any pictures from the camera. Anyone want an American Bulldog???<br />
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Until next time,<br />
Alycia and JaxAlycia Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422189628046175374noreply@blogger.com2