Holiday with the Huntington's

Here's some more from our Christmas trip to Vegas. This also marks the first time Jax flew on an airplane. He did great on the way down but turned into special Jax on the trip back to Reno. Luckily it was only an hour flight!

Ron & Sharon had flowers blooming in their front yard on Christmas day. Hard to believe!
NanEvelyn loved being with Jax.

Jax got passed around as he met lots of family. Grandma Sharon & cousin Kelcie

L=Great Great Auntie Barbara and R= Great Aunt Kathy & Uncle Buddy and cousin Jessica

It was fun to see Justin's brothers all together.

Merry Christmas from Las Vegas

We flew to Las Vegas on te 23rd to spend Christmas with the Huntington's. This is Jax's first Christmas and everything has been so very nice.
















Checl out the huge stocking Grandma Sharon made for the three.....J's??????
hahahaha
Love ya Grandma Sharon!

AGU 2010

Last week we made the drive over the hill to San Francisco for the annual American Geophysical Union conference. Jax slept the entire ride over--all 4 hours!

Justin was an invited speaker...very sweet and Jax & I tagged along. I tried to visit a few posters, but mostly Jax & I walked around checking out downtown and doing some shopping. We put some quality miles on the stroller and logged time in the front carrier. Jax & I were able to see Justin speak and he did very well.

After going the conference for a few days we all rode a cable car over to Fisherman's Wharf for some clam chowder. We walked back through Chinatown...funny we were the tallest people on the street!

In Memory of Josh Lynn

Recently we tragically lost a friend of ours. He wasn't a super close friend, but a friend none-the-less. I met Josh at St. Teresa's church here in Carson several years ago when we was selling handmade nativity sets. He explained to me that he had worked in Nicaragua helping local residents at a saw mill. My cousin Manon had also worked in Nicaragua and it turns out Josh & Manon not only knew each other, but had lived in the same rustic house down there!

Justin and I knew both knew Josh. A good friend of ours, Keith, was Josh's best friend since junior high. Both Keith and Josh came to Justin's weekend mountain biking/camping/bachelor party.





This is Josh on the left and Ian on the right. Ian is now my cousin Manon's husband, whom she also met while in Nicaragua.

A poem that Josh wrote:

The bright and shiny things of spring

realize with a gleam in my eye

Are for living, laughing, loving

And feeling the wind in our hair

What a joyous caprice

The birds in the trees and weeds at our knees

And the smells of the season

As we watch the sunset

Turn into Dawn

We'll miss you, Josh! May God's angels meet you at the gates.

It wasn't me!

Cookie maker

My Dad always used to call me "the cookie maker" because I loved to bake cookies. I found that I was kinda good at it. Chocolate chip were my best cookie. Lately I've been trying to get some Christmas cookie baking done, but Jax doesn't always cooperate. But alas, I found a work-a-round! He likes being held--and that front baby carrier seems to do the trick to keep him happy while I get to keep baking...

...although he tends to end up wearing a little of whatever I'm making!

The Boyz

Jax and the big man

Last week we attended the Big Brother program Christmas party. Santa made an appearance and somehow he knew Jax was there. Jax's name was called and he got a personalized gift from the big man himself!

Active boy

I swear--Jax has to be the cutest kid alive!

Strong neck

Jax is growing and developing so fast! His neck is doing awesome these days. He's outgrown the newborn sized diapers and is dipping into his 0-3 month clothes. This may be the last time he can wear the monkey shirt...the monkey is getting tight!

We were at the doctor this week for his 2 month appointment and Jax now weighs 9lbs and 4 oz. Almost double his birth weight!

Holiday Home

Our buddy

Belated Thanksgiving

I'm a little behind on blogging. We had Thanksgiving dinner over at our friends' Mark and Sarah's house. Here's what it looked like.

sleepy head