The Cake!

Okay, normally, I wouldn't display this many pics on my blog of a birthday cake. But, in this case, I had to! I had this grand idea to make Jax's cake. I love arts and crafts. So, I thought I'd give it a whirl. My friend, Lisa, here in Austin assisted in this massive undertaking. While discussing our options in accomplishing this task, she assured me it would be 'easy'! Three hours of baking (each train cart is a different kind of cake) and seven hours of icing later, this was our final product! On Jax's invitations, this design was on the inside, so we copied it! I'll have to say that I was proud of us and it tasted good too! Lisa reminds me of Wade in her perfectionistic ways and Jaime Lee in her it'll be easy attitude, so she was a great partner for me.

Roxie's here!

Roxie came in to spoil the boys...she succeeded! But we sure did miss Jay and Grandpa Jeff.

Chubster!

Seriously, could his cheeks get any bigger?? He will eat absolutely anything we put in front of him (as long as it isn't baby food!).

Lakeline Mall

When my mom came to visit, we took the boys on an outing to the mall here. They have a great little place to play and a few fun rides that grandparents can't resist saying no to! Even Lawson got to enjoy it!

Growing Up!

It is so bitter sweet when I see a picture like this. First, because Jax is being sweet to Lawson (I am happy that all the hard moments are paying off!) Our little boys really are getting so big. When I call Jax my 'baby' boy , He says, "no, Mawson is the baby, I'm the Big Boy!" He can't say L's very good yet, so he always says Mawson (I love it!)

Thank you Poppi G, Gigi and Aunt Alexis!

Thanks to Poppi G, Gigi and Aunt Alexis, Jax has his favorite toy, a train table, to play with at home. He woke up for the first three or four days asking to play with his train table. And anyone that came over, He'd say..."look, train table!" It's still a hit and even Lawson gets to enjoy it! Thanks a thousand times!

It's Party Time!

Jax started out his second birthday celebrating with what else...donuts! Wade took us all to Crown Donuts to have a treat and chocolate milk. As you can see below, Jax and Lawson had a great time. That night, the Mills and Self gangs came over to sing Happy Birthday to Jax and have some cupcakes. We are having a train party for Jax on Sunday, September 21. So, we were just going to do a 'family' dinner at home with the four of us. However, when we came into Jax's room that morning singing happy birthday. He looked around and said "TyBlake"??? For the past few months, whenever we sing happy birthday to anyone, the whole crew is there. So, we couldn't disappoint him on his special day. He was super stoked to have them there when he blew out his candles.