Steering Wheel Fanatic

His name is Jaxson and he is addicted to steering wheels. Yep, our son loves them! Every park he goes to he spends most of him time at the steering wheel. When he is at either grandparent's house, he would sit for hours on the golf cart "driving" no where.

We were going to buy Jax a swing set for the backyard, but after much searching we couldn't find one we liked. Honestly, the only part of the playground he has liked was the steering wheel, so we thought it was a little pointless to buy the whole set this summer. We had the idea to buy a steering wheel and have my dad build some sort of pole for the wheel so Jax could play. Oh.my.goodness, it's his favorite toy. Every morning he wakes up goes to the living room and starts yelling, "Ma" and pointing to the wheel until I get it set up for him. He loves it!

He loves his indoor wheel so much that Grandpa Weida has built him another one for the backyard. This wheel has a seat and Jax's initials! I don't have pictures on that one, but as soon as I do I'll share, but until then here are some pics with his "indoor" wheel!

Well, I had more pictures to upload, but Blogger is really, really annoying me right now, so more pics will have to come later!

Happy 1st Birthday, Sophie!

A year's gone by,
How time has flown,
I can't believe
How Sophie's grown!

She's such a joy
And so much fun,
Oh my! Sophie's
Turning One! 

I know everyone says it, but this past year really did fly by! It seems like yesterday we were sitting in the hospital waiting for her to make her appearance (after many, many hours) and now here we are a year later celebrating a very special little girl!

I'm so excited for the next years. I love watching how Sophie and Jaxson interact. They really do love each other (as long as the other one does not have the toy they want) and I love catching them giving each other hugs and kisses. It's going to be so much fun watching them grow up!

On Saturday, we celebrated Sophie, the sweet little girl that has given our family so much joy.

Sophie and her parents

I would love one picture where they are both looking at the camera and smiling!

The party sure wore Jax out! He was sleeping within minutes! 

Busy, Busy Week

Last week we had a busy, but fun week! The first thing that happened was that Jax got his Permanent Resident Card in the mail. I was pretty excited and in the pictures, it looks like he is too!

Checking out his card...it's official he's a resident! 

We went to Grandma and Grandpa Weida's for the first time with Jax on Monday. Aunt Stephanie and Sophie came up with us.  Little did Jax know, but there was a lot of fun planned for him there. Grandpa has a golf cart that Jax can drive (with a little help). They had a pool all set up and they have 5 acres of running fun! It was way too hot to spend a lot of time outside, but we did make it out a few times.

On Tuesday night, Steve drove up to join us and celebrate the 4th of July. We went to the parade in Charles City. It was a hot one for sure! Sophie loved it, Jax didn't know what to think. He just hung out in the stroller taking it all in. He loved the fact that people would walk up to him and hand him candy. That's always a plus. He hated the fire trucks, semis and anything else with a loud horn. He really doesn't like loud noises.

We grilled and while we thought about watching the fireworks, Jax could only stay awake until about 8:30, so we decided he could wait until next year for his 1st 4th of July fireworks!

We got up early on Thursday morning and drove to Iowa City. Grandma Weida and Aunt Stephanie went to paint at the Norman's new apartment while Jax and I hung out with Sophie! I'm just going to start by saying that I have a lot of respect for people with more than one toddler and day care providers....those two WORE ME OUT! I did love the few moments that they played well together and I LOVED nap time! Cuddle time with my two favorite cuties was pretty awesome!

Friday we hung out at Jax's day care for a couple hours and he did awesome! He'll be starting for a day a week next week. I'm a little sad to leave him, but I'm also excited for him to have some play time and Mommy to have some girl time :-)!

Then we headed to Iowa City to do some shopping for Sophie's birthday party! Sophie and Jax did so well being drug around from store to store. They are such great kiddos! They really do love to be together.

Target shopping

Hy-Vee shopping....much more fun cart!

Saturday was Sophie's birthday party and she deserves a post all her own....coming soon (probably Jax's next nap time).