Graduation!!! 6 months late...

As most people know, I finally graduated from SUU with a bachelors in Criminal Justice in May 2010. This was a huge accomplishment for me. I moved to Cedar City in the middle of my Junior year to get away from negative influences that I was letting control my life, only to find that SUU wouldn't accept a good deal of my credits.
I met Kyle during my second semester here and we got married in the middle of my third. 6 weeks into my final semester, Jaxton was born. My grades definitely dropped as well as my attendance, but I finished. We had a lot of great help and support from our families and our ward.
We bought Jaxton an SUU shirt to use for graduation pictures in May, but because he was struggling to grow, he just barely fit into it, so we went ahead and did them this past weekend. It was FREEZING and Jaxton fell asleep in between locations, so we only got a few. I love them though! Our friend Tristan is great!
I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY!!!

And he's off!

I don't have pictures to document this, but I wanted to write it down so I will always remember (and so will Kyle and Jax). We were going to have some family pictures done on Saturday, November 7, but circumstances changed and we were unable to do so. Kyle got called into work last minute and then when he got home Jax fell asleep, and it was just too much that day. Our friends, Tristan and Camille asked if Jax could go play at their house and because it was such a stressful day, I thought "Well yes... I could use a little break!" So I packed up some stuff for him and took him over to Tristan's. Jax is a mover (as I posted in a previous blog). He is constantly on the go, whether he is crawling all over the place or "cruising" (when he is holding on to something and walking). He also stands all on his own as well. I always "yell" at him to sit down, "Mommy's not ready for a big boy", he giggles and usually falls over. He is not interested in watching tv or sitting still for anything. He now knows that he can get to things on his own and he takes advantage of that fact. So we were at Tristan's and Camille gets this bright idea that she thinks he should start walking! So she holds him up, he gets steady on his feet and after a few tries, takes two steps towards me before plummeting to the ground. Bittersweet I tell you... Bittersweet moment. I want my boy to grow up, I want him to learn about "his world" and I don't want to hold him back, but he is a big boy now. I need to accept it and move on, but I am ok with wishing that my little boy would stay little awhile longer. I guess since he was so tiny (weight wise) for so long he was trying to make up for it by hitting other milestones early. Although, he still lacks in the tooth department, coming in with a whoping ZERO... so until then he is STILL my little boy!

Baby's 1st Halloween

I shamefully admit that I have been the BIGGEST slacker this year! I am not making excuses for my lack of activity, but working graves is not normal, and it seriously throws you completely out of whack! Kyle and I had planned on doing a whole family theme for Halloween and going to the ward party all dressed up and cute... and of course, I forgot to ask for the day off. So then I planned on getting Jaxton a really cute new costume and it literally felt like I woke up the next day (actually more than a week later) and it was already Halloween! So I had Kyle dress Jax up in a costume we got from Kyle's sister and I will do my best to be better next year!






I welcome the day I am no longer working graves, or such a random schedule. He was still so cute though right?