Trying to be patient......

I have been driving myself crazy wishing Tae would come out every day! Its all I can think about so I decided I needed to change my mindset and try to focus on other things! I am just trying to focus on Jax and the time we have just the two of us, peaceful nights with Blake after Jax goes to bed, sleep and eating deserts without feeling guilty!! Last weekend the three of us had the best weekend together. We took Jax to the aquarium and he LOVEd it. He will be talking about it for weeks. Then we planted flowers and trees in the yard together had pizza for dinner and watched a movie. Sunday morning I made German pancakes with powdered sugar, syrup and jam that we had before we went to church. Then we had Scott over for a BBQ dinner on the patio with a molten chocolate cake I made that was to die for! We got to celebrate Memorial Day with a BBQ in the backyard with all of the family here. The kids swam in the kiddie pool and there was tons of amazing food!! It was the best weekend with our little family of three so I decided that Taelin can join us now! Oh wait..... I am supposed to be patient!!

Tae's Room

I have had so much fun putting together Taelin's Nursery! Its not done yet, but here's what I have so far. Grandma and Papa bought her this beautiful Rod Iron crib and I am OBSESSED with it! I bought this dresser on craigslist and painted it and put new knobs on it... I am pretty proud of myself cuz I am sooo not crafty. I found the chandelier online at Pottery Barn Kids. My parents bought this chair for us when we had Jaxon. I am still looking for a big mirror to go over the dresser, a rug and drapes but haven't found the perfect ones yet. I will post more pics when I am all done!

Thank you so much Grandma and Papa for the crib! Taelin Jean will love it!

Baby Shower

Yesterday Jen and Hilary threw me the best Baby Shower/Luncheon ever at Dear Lizzy! It was so perfect! Taelin got soooo much cute stuff..... thank you so much everyone!!

My Promise!

So I posted a few of my favorite pics over the last couple years but there was no way I could post them all! I have SO many pictures! I am going to print a blog book so I wanted a few of them in the book but from now on I will keep up on posting my favorite pics, memories and moments. I PROMISE! I hope that our family and friends we are so far away from can look at our blog and feel like you are closer to us each day.

Some Pics....

All the cousins in San Diego

Jaxon's Blessing Day

After Jaxon's first surgery I loved his new little face but I really missed his wide smile..........

Jaxon Lee

Jaxon Lee was born on October 8th 2006, six weeks early. He was 5lbs 10 oz. He was so small but huge for 6 weeks early. We were so excited to meet him and knew how special he would be! We knew that he would be born with a cleft lip and pallate but we still had no idea what his little face would look like. He had the widest smile you have ever seen. We fell in love with his face but we knew it would change soon with his surgeries. He couldn't suck so we would squirt his milk into his mouth with special bottles and when he was just a week old he went to his first orthodontist appointment to get a NAM fitted to get his mouth ready for surgery. Since the day he was born Jax has always just adapted to the situation and made it work. He has such a strong spirit and determination.

Jaxon in his NAM. He had to wear this until his first surgery at 3 months old. I am so glad those days are over!

Jaxon I love you soooooo much!

Tink and Duke

Tink and Duke are in our little Family too! Tinkerbell was a complete impulse buy right after we got married. Don't go to the puppy store if you don't want to go home with a puppy....... She was so cute we had to bring her home! We are not sure what happened to her as she grew up but now you all can see why we got Tink!

Ha ha

Blake gave Duke to me for Christmas later that year. He was so little he fit in my stocking. I was so happy to get him! He flew all the way to Seattle from Texas all by himself. He is still just like a little baby dog!

Wedding Celebration!

After an amazing wedding in Hong Kong and a three week honeymoon in Thailand the party still wasn't over! We had a huge celebration in Seattle with all of our Friends and Family. What a day!

Thank you Mom and Dad for the best party ever!

Honeymoon in Thailand

Our Honeymoon in Thailand was soooooooo incredible! We stayed at the Marriott in Puket for the first week where Scott and Suzi hooked us up with the presidential suite. We got $5 an hour massages on the beach by the Thai women everyday, took an amazing boat trip through the pee pee islands and had our own personal chef that would cook us dinners on our balcony.
After Puket we went to Chang Mai and rode elephants, ate fried bananas, shopped the night markets and more. Then we went to Bancock where Scott and Suzi lived and had a blast there! My favorite part of Bancock was when I got to hold and feed a baby tiger his bottle! And I think that was the hottest I had ever been in my life that day! It was 120 degrees with 100% humidity or something like that! I can't wait to go back to Thailand someday... what a beautiful place.