Late Summer Activities

The Zoo

McKay finally had a normal day off besides Sunday so we went to the Zoo with my parents.

Dax is as big as a juvenile monkey apparently.

Watching the elephants

This fan/mister was there to cool everyone off and Dax thought it felt good.

Utah State Fair

He was walking by then and was pretty dang proud of himself.

Here he is also very proud for getting the nerve to pet the animals

The really big livestock made him pretty nervous

...but clearly enjoyed the small baby ones :)

...and especially enjoyed the fake ones he could play on

Nana, Dax and Papa with the award winning large pumpkins

When he first started to walk he would stick his arms straight out like Frankenstein. It was pretty hilarious.

We couldn't pry him away from these bucket noise makers.

Sharing his fruit with his cousin Gracie

 

We went to the Cowabunga Bay water park right next to our house with most of Daxton's cousins and my big brother Jake

The water park was perfect for little kids. The water was warm and the slides weren't too big and scary

Maggie, Dylan and Grace going around the lazy river

River taking Dax around the lazy river

Just eating some grub in between playing in the water

This very shallow wading pool was awesome for Dax. We hung out here most of the time.

Checking out the slides. He went down one with me and a couple with Gracie and Jake

Reading a book with his uncle Jake while we dried off.

All the kids going though the Jelly Bellys left over from Dax's B-day

I'm so BIG!

Kristina Curtis took his first yr/birthday pics and did a great job! To forewarn you I put a ton up but in my defense I had 90 to choose from! :)  Here is our goofy sweet boy.

I worked so hard on this cake all for him to destroy it in like 3 min. Totally worth it :)

I know I already put up a post for his 1st yr but wanted to add some of his stats for this post for his memory book.

Weight- 21 lbs
He has 6 teeth and loves to brush them.
Sleep like a champ. He averages 10 hrs a night plus 2 naps. He is so nice to me.
I stopped nursing him and he didn’t even seem to notice or care one bit. I guess that was a good thing to have him weaned off so easily but made me kind of sad.
He’s very active by crawling around very fast stink bug style and is extremely entertained by going up and down the stairs and on and off the couches.
He NEEDS to look in your eyes sometimes and to make sure that happens he will physically turn your head by turning it with his hand, make eye contact and give you the biggest grin.
No solid walking yet. He stands by himself and can take several steps he just refuses to commit.
He makes the happiest and sweetest face when Dad comes home.
Loves being chased and chasing others
Plays tug a war with Sam
Is fascinated by the water. He could play in it all-day and we’re sad to see summer ending.
He knows how to throw a tantrum. They seem fake because he just loves to yell really loud and throw his arms around.
Now that he’s 20lbs he enjoys being faced forward in the car.
He loves everyone and hates to see people leave. An example is, when we were at his 12 month appointment when other patients would leave the waiting room he would get really sad and when the nurses would come and leave the room which seemed a lot, he would start whining. He’s so social.