The Hiding Spot...

Like i said before, Paxton loves tents, huts, hiding spots. Pretty much any little place his body can fit in, he'll hide there and he is so good at "being quiet" when he is hiding from me. Sometimes it's a bad thing:) He'll take all his favorite toys in there with him, i just love it. His favorite toys are still his mickey mouse ones. Ever since we went to disney world he is obsessed...looks like we need to head back!

Such A Boy...

Paxton is such a little boy. He loves anything creepy crawly, whether its lizards, frogs, he even likes to squish a bug with toilet paper and then go flush it down the toilet! I don't mind most of it. He likes lizards the most i think, Daniel caught him one and he carried that thing around for well over an hour. Poor lizard. There is a grassy area next to a market we go to that is just crawling with frogs, It's one of Paxton's favorite places to go, The other night we blew up some water balloons and went and threw them at the frogs, that was a big hit with Pac, i'll post the pictures as soon as i upload them on to my computer. He also gathered up as many as he could find and loaded up his pockets with them, so gross!

The Seed...

It's been a few weeks since my last post, the internet out here hasn't been working and it's been driving me CRAZY! After bugging and bugging the front desk about it they finally got off their lazy butts and did something about it! So, its fixed...for now.

All i have to say is Paxton sure does keep me on my toes. Every day i wake up and wonder "what's it gonna be today?" I guess thats what i get for having a boy. I love him to pieces, but he sure can get my adrenaline going. This one night a couple weeks ago was no exception.

Paxton wants to be just like his dad, in every single way. If he see's daniel doing something he thinks he can do it too. Daniel loves sunflower seeds, he eats them all the time, so Paxton thinks he needs to eat them too. He's actually pretty good at it, he'll eat one at a time, chew it up, and then go spit out the seeds in the garbage. It's really cute. Paxton was eating them one night and i noticed that he coughed, and kind of made a choking noise and then he was fine. We didn't think anything of it until a couple minutes later when he told us his nose hurt. We didn't think it was a big deal, just thought he had a booger. So Daniel lays him down and looks in his nose, his response was "OH MY HELL", thats not what i was expecting to hear. I asked what was wrong and he told me there was a sunflower seed UP HIS NOSE!! and i mean ALL the way up there! You could see the very end of it. I freaked! I guess when he had coughed the seed went from his throat to his nose. poor kid!! We tried EVERYTHING to get that seed out, we tried tweezers, sucking it out, vacuuming it out,yes with a vacuum. we tried to make him sneeze by having him sniff pepper and smoke, he did sneeze but no luck with the seed. After a few hours of this we decided to take him to the E.R. We were afraid of him getting a bad sinus infection from it and it was 11 p.m and didnt want him going to sleep with it up his nose. We waited in the waiting room for an hour when he started sneezing. i looked up his nose and noticed that the seed has moved down a little and was low enough that it started tickling his nose. He sneezed again and BAM that thing shot out like a rocket!! We were SOOOO relieved. I was not looking forward to a doctor strapping him down and getting it out. Here are some pictures of our attempts of getting it out and then the seed after it came out. That sucker was HUGE! i have no idea how it physically fit up his little nose, it had to of been so uncomfortable! Poor little kid.

The Job...

We have been here in Samoa for two months now. The boys work so hard everyday and you can really tell. So much has changed and i just have to say that i am so proud of daniel for being such a hard worker. He hurt his leg a couple weeks ago. He tore his MCL ligament in his knee. Every night he ices it, elevaltes it, sleeps with pillows under his knee, wears a special brace, and takes medicine, and he STILL goes to work with out complaining at all. I know he must be hurting so bad. I'm so grateful for such a hard working husband!!

Movie Night...

Almost every night daniel and i watch a movie together before going to bed. Its just nice to relax and hang out, especially after he has had a long hard day at work. We go to the little movie store we have here and rent a movie, and of course Paxton gets to rent a movie too. He loves looking at all the movies and picking out his own. He feels like a big boy. This is him enjoying his movie and popcorn in his bed. He does really good and stays in his own bed for about 1/2 to 3/4 of the movie. It gives daniel and I some alone time even though Paxton is in the same room. Its a fun little tradition we have here and we all love it.

Surprise visit to St. George...

On August 18th Paxton and I flew back home to St. George with my dad and sister. It was Kelcie's birthday on the 17th and my moms was coming up on the 21st. My mom knew that my dad and sister were coming home but had no idea that paxton and i were too. We were going to surprise her for her birthday. It was a long 21 hours until we were finally home but it was all worth it seeing the look on my mom's face when she saw us! She was SHOCKED. Its so great when surprised actually come through and work. It was a fun filled week that consisted of eating, and playing! I cant believe i only took pictures on the day we took paxton to " jump in jacks". He was such a big boy and did all the huge slides. He loved it and i did too. It was so good to be home, even if it was just for a week. I felt like i had never left. I miss my family so much and can't wait to see them again!

The Beach...

Ok, So i know i have a lot of catching up to do! I cant believe it has been an entire month since my last post. That is just crazy to me. Time has gone by so fast. Here are a few pictures of Daniel and Paxton at the beach. Paxton loves playing with his dad in the "sand box", and i love watching them play together. It so cute how Paxton wants to be and do everything just like his dad.

The hut...

Living in a hotel you have to get created to keep a toddler entertained. So the other day i built him a hut under our computer table and put his little dvd player in there. Right now he is really into mickey mouse movies and toy story. So he watched toy story with all of his mickey mouse toys. It was so fun to peek in at him.

Dinner at Sadies...

All last week the weather was so nice and sunny and then saturday comes and of course it rained all day long! The one day the guys have off work. So, after not doing anything all day we were all dying to get out and do SOMETHING. We had heard from a local about this cool restaurant down on the beach so we got in the cars and headed that way. When we got there we found out that it was not a restaurant but a bar. Lets just say the people there weren't the kind of people i wanted around Paxton. The smoking and drinking was to much to handle, it was just not a comfortable situation, so back in the car we went. We ended up at the hotel us girls bike to almost everyday and use their beach. We decided to try out there restaurant and we were not disappointed! The food was delicious! We will be heading back there for sure one of these nights!

Hat like dad's...

The other day Daniel surprised Paxton with a dump truck toy, a hard hat, and a little shovel and rake. Paxton was excited to say the least! He loves that he has a work hat just like dad's. He wants to be just like his dad and i'm so glad. The hat is a little big but he will just have to grow into it.

"Alligator"...

The other night daniel found a gecko outside our hotel room. Paxton has always called lizards "alligators" and this time was no exception! At first he was a little nervous to hold it but warmed up really fast! By the time it was time to let it go he didnt want to! He would have kept it forever! I was amazed at how soft Paxton was with it, he never tried to squeeze it. He would pet its little head, it was seriously so sweet. I love how daniel is always finding him little animals to play with. He's such a good dad! I remember when i was little my dad would always bring animals home with him from work. I would get so excited and i think that is how i grew to love animals so much. I'm so glad that daniel is doing the same thing with Paxton:)