Who knew?

All he needed for fun was an empty

Sprite bottle?

I guess I forgot how easily entertained babies are...

BEST. TOY. EVER.

Whoever invented this jumper is a genius!

Jax LOVES it.

He jumps and plays for so long!

Yesterday he stayed in it for an hour, its amazing! It took him a few weeks to figure out

how it worked, but now he's got it down. His little legs are powerful, and

his feet finally touch the ground. What a sweet little guy!

Poor man's Red Robin

Psh.

Who needs to go out for gourmet burgers when you can easily make them at home?

STUD MUFFIN

Silly Silly Girly

Doughnuts.

My girl will do ANYTHING for doughnuts.

Apparently I didn't put them up high enough...

because all she had to do was scoot this chair over while I was busy feeding Jax.

LOVE YOU AVE!

Oh...and disregard those chic neon sweat pants from

her Halloween costume a year in a half ago....

BINKY?

It's a

MIRACLE.

That lasted about 2 seconds.

"Jaxy, just take the binky" is a common phrase used in our house.

I've bought just about every binky there is... & none have worked.

He plays with them, chews on them, spits them out.

This day, he chose to trick me...I was SO HAPPY that he'd finally suck on one...

but it lasted about as long as it took to take these pictures.

5 months! & a girlfriend.

Jax is 5 months old!

Can you believe it? I can't.

Let's see....

Jax is 16 whopping pounds. At least, that was about a week ago.

He laughs a little easier now & still smiles every time he sees me.

He's such a sweet baby!

He can roll over when he's on his belly, but has a hard time when he's on his back, his whole body turns, except for his head & then he gets mad. Dang that big Watson head!

Still adores Avery, they are bff's.

Jax has recently acquired a new little girlfriend, Brielle, who is a month older, but has the tiniest features compared to Jax. We watched her a few nights ago & compared their feet, Jax's heels are like an inch thicker than her dainty ones, so funny!

Jax can literally jump out of your arms! You gotta be careful if he's on your lap, he'll leap off if you're not holding on tight!

He loves watching little kids/other babies, just like Ave did.

He sneezes at least 3 times in a row.

He LOVES to be held. Like all night long.

I swear, if I keep having amazing little babies like the past two....I just may never stop.

WE LOVE YOU sweet, little JAXY!!!!

A little family getaway!

This past weekend, we went to Des Moines, IA with our friends Chris & Tani! We were so excited to get out of Omaha for a few days.

Tani's parents live there & were so nice to let us come! The second night we were there another family came, the Walker's & we had a blast getting to know them too!

I met Tani through Katie & am so glad I did, this girl is awesome!

And luckily even though our hubby's had never met, they got along great.

We ate great food, stayed up way too late chatting, played games,

& hot-tubbed it up, even baby

Jax got in the hot tub & L.O.V.E.D it! He was so

relaxed after both times, he slept the best he ever has!

We totally need a hot tub....

Avery met their sweet puppy, Moose, & was entertained all weekend!

It was SO FUN, hopefully we can go back soon!

Sadly, these are the only 2 pics from the whole weekend....

we drove past these windmills & they reminded me of home, they're HUGE!

And where's Avery you ask? She was having a hard time

leaving...& threw a fit for about an hour as we packed & cleaned up...

so she's sitting in the car waiting for us.

Us, Chris, Tani & Brielle, the Walker's

A tasty new discovery

Hmmmm wonder what those things are...

Oh, I can grab them...maybe just maybe they

can reach my little mouth..

That's the way...almost there..

Wow, these are amazing!!

Mmmmmm...hmmmmmm!

Oh! Hi mama, I wasn't doing anything.....