Sandy's Sixty!

Birthdays are always a big deal around the Saxe clan. Back in February, Sandy rang in his 60th birthday with friends in Steamboat, but just because we weren't there to celebrate with him on the actual day didn't mean we were going to let him get away with out a family get together. Every one had such a fun time planning a surprise weekend to celebrate Sandy's big day. We headed out to Kingwood for the weekend to give everyone more time to spend together. We started the day with Ally making Bubba his favorite breakfast, french toast! While Wyatt took a nap, Micah and Laurel swam in the hot tube while everyone else enjoyed the beautiful weather outside and watched. 

Ally and I planned convinced Micah that he should jump in the pool, and if he did I would too. He did not like the cold water at all :(. I felt so mean and definitely followed through on my promise and jumped in as well. Needless to say I learned my lesson. 

David and Ally got these awesome shirts made with all of Sandy's best quotes on them. They were awesome and so fun to surprise him with. 

Next, everyone got all dressed up for our big night out. It is always so much fun getting dressed with the girls. We had a blast helping each other with outfits and make up, and probably took a little too long getting ready! When we were finally all dressed, we took some pictures then surprised Sandy with the limo that would be taking us to our next stop, Brennans! Brennans is one of Sandy's favorite restaurants, and the biggest surprise of all is we got to sit at the kitchen table! While we were being served a 6 course meal, we would walk around the kitchen as much as we want and ask about everything being made. it was SOO much fun, and I think Sandy really enjoyed himself!

Happy Birthday Bubba! We had so much fun celebrating with you! 

Parent Commitment Ceremony

Since Kevin and I decided to raise our family in a Baptist church, and they do not recognize infant baptism, Wyatt will not be baptized until he makes the decision to do so as a believer! While at first this was a little hard for me, since I was raised Presbyterian which does do infant baptism, I now see the beauty in waiting until Wyatt can tell me himself that he accepts Jesus as his Lord and Savior and wants to be baptized. I truly can not wait for that day, and I pray that God gives me the strength and wisdom to guide Wyatt as he grows in his faith. With that said, our church does do a Parent Commitment Ceremony, were we stand in front of our friends and family and promise to raise Wyatt in the church and guide him in his faith. It was such an amazing and beautiful day, and a memory I will treasure. We are so blessed to have so much family around to support us and love on our little man. Here are a few pictures of our great night together. 

5 Months

Where has 5 months gone! I will probably start every post this way, and I know it is clique, but I truly feel like time is going by in warp speed. Wyatt's little personality shines through more and more every day. He is such a happy, funny little guy. He is constantly on the move, and can already not sit still. I am in trouble once he starts crawling! He is doing great sitting up on his own, but hates that he can not get to a sitting position on his own. If you lay him on his back he tries so hard to sit up, and ends up looking like he is doing crunches the whole time! Its pretty dang cute though! 

At his last doctors appointment, Dr. Torn told us it was time to start solids. I was a little apprehensive about it, but decided last week to give cereal a try. Try is all we did. To say Wyatt does not like solids would be an understatement. We have only tried rice cereal, bananas, avocado, and carrots so far, but none of them have been a hit. He looks like he is in pain when I put the food in his mouth and proceeds to try and spit it out everywhere. We will just have to take this solids thing slow and hopefully we will find something he likes! I think this face says it all...

He is liking his sippy cup though! He is working on drinking a little water every day!

Sleep wise, our little man is doing great! He is still waking up every other night or so for a middle of the night feeding, but hopefully that stops once he is eating more solids. He is a great napper, and does a great job of putting himself to sleep. I put him down awake with his blanket and he rolls over and talks to himself until he is a sleep!! I feel BEYOND blessed that he is so easy and happy! Here is a peak at how much our little man has grown over the past 5 months! 

January

I am truly trying to get better at this whole blog thing, but I am struggling to keep up! Life has been so busy, and full of so much fun lately that I haven't had a chance to sit down and write about it! January was full of so many fun outings, so I decided to sit down and write a about all of them at once! To start the month, Kevin and I took a trip to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl. We had a blast with our friends Katie and Cody, and Kortnee was beyond sweet to come watch Wyatt for us while we went to the game! We even got to see Reveille while we were there! 

Next, Wyatt and I took a trip to Longview for a girls weekend with my mom and several of her life long friends. Haley and Jack also met us there. It was so relaxing and we had a blast just catching up with everyone. 

This little boy sure does have a whole lot of people who love him to pieces! We had a blast seeing everyone, and I cant wait for our next getaway! 

The following weekend was Lexie and Casey's wedding! Lexie was an absolutely stunning bride, and everything about the wedding was amazing. It was so fun to catch up with all of my friends and celebrate together. We spent the night eating amazing food, dancing , and giggling! 

The following Thursday was Wyatt's first day of MDO. I was hesitant to enroll him, but it  is nice to have a few hours every week on my own. It allows me to do all the errands that are hard to do with him, and I plan my whole week around those few hours! After his first day we went to the park with Mimi, Micah and Laurel to celebrate! 

Next, we were off to San Antonio to help Haley get ready for baby Caroline. To say I am excited for this little angel to get here would be a complete understatement. I can not wait to snuggle and spoil her rotten! We had so much fun helping Haley and Brandon set everything up. I can not wait to head back in April to do all of the finishing touches! Baby Caroline's room is going to be the cutest thing around!  

Here are just a few of my favorite pictures of my little man from the month. If we don't slow down I am going to wake up and have a one year old! 

4 Months

Happy happy 4 months little man! I honestly do not know where time is going! I always swore to myself I wouldn't be one of those moms that got emotional as their child got older, but would see each new stage as fun and exciting. Well here I am a ball of emotions that my little man is no longer a newborn! Although I miss the hours of cuddling, hearing my child giggle and seeing the smile that spreads across his face when he sees me is honestly the most beautiful things I have ever experienced. 

Wyatt has still been a good sleeper! He's gotten this nap thing down, and is sleeping through the night about every other day. During the day he put himself on a great little schedule were he is happy and awake for about an hour and 1/2 after each feeding, then takes an hour long nap. It's so nice to feel like I have a grip on his day!  At night, we put him down about 8:30pm and he wakes up between 7 and 7:30am. He is finally liking being in his crib, and I am finally able to sleep and relax with out him next to me! 

We had his 4 month check up and here are his stats:

Weight: 14lbs 13oz (36%)

Height: 26 1/2 in (94%)

Head Circ: 16 1/2in (59%)










Tall and lanky! No real surprise there, but I am a little surprised he is only in the 36% of weight. He seems so much chunkier to me!

Dr. T also told us that we can start solids with him! To be honest, this TOTALLY freaks me out! I am not quit ready for this yet, so I may wait a bit to do this. He is so happy and doing so well, I think I am going to hold it off for a few weeks! I know I can't breastfeed him forever, but I just have to wait a little longer on this whole food thing!

Wyatt was way too interested in his feet to smile for the camera. 

Update...

My sweet sweet little man, why oh why do you hate your crib and nursery so? I promise I spent so much time decorating it just right. I hoped that it would be perfect for you, but obviously I got something very wrong! Our last few weeks have been a challenge. You went from sleeping 8 hours straight, to 4 hours if I was lucky! You just don't like being in their all by yourself! One day you will be thankful you have your own room I promise!

While our experiment in moving Wyatt to his room from the bassinet in our room started off rocky, it is getting better. I have tried everything from sleeping on the floor in his room with him, to putting the bassinet in the crib. I bought the same fan we use in our bedroom to put in the nursery, hoping the sound would be comforting. I even experimented with closing the vent in his room thinking maybe air was blowing on him! Nothing worked... He just needed time to get to know this new space.

Slowly but surely he is adjusting. Three weeks in and we are almost back to his normal sleeping habits pre move. I am finally not staring at the monitor all night panicking that he is going to wake up again, and he is staying asleep! Win all the way around! Even though these past few weeks have been a little tough, I wouldn't have traded having Wyatt in the bassinet in our room for anything. A few weeks of bad sleep were worth the three months of getting to have him so close!

New Years

Like always time is absolutely flying by! After our wild and crazy travelin Christmas, Kevin and I decided we just hadn't had enough of this traveling thing yet. We packed ourselves and the little man up and head south to Port Aransas for a few days of fun with some of my very favorite people. We met Haley and Brandon, my dad and Carolann, and Chris at Uncle Herb's house and spent a few days lounging and watching football. Uncle Bob and Aunt Elaine were even in town so we got to show Wyatt off to a few more family members who were excited to meet our him!  The weather was a little crummy, but that didn't stop us from having a blast. New Years was has always been a fun event around my family and this year didn't disappoint! We set off fire works and drank champagne while telling funny stories...my absolute favorite kind of night! 

Wyatt slept through most of the festivities, but he definitely got plenty of lovin in during our little trip! 

I guess he wasn't ready to put his bottle down! Couldn't resist sharing this funny little picture!