BPD for DD & Cops For Cups

Those were the two team names that Ryan's team came up with for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. My favorite is BPD for DD. After working 10 hours and arriving home around 7:45am, Ryan ate breakfast, changed and played with Jaxon until 8:30am when he had to go for his big race. He did the 5K run event. He finished in 27min 5sec. Jaxon and I are so proud of our little bood lover runner. Good job Ryan.

Brenda is out of town for 10 days and left Drew to fend for himself. So we invited him over for dinner. He rode his new Harley over and after dinner, he took Jaxon and Ryan for a ride. Drew is in a bike gang. They are called The OGR's. "Old Guys Rule". You have to be over 50 years old. They have a clubhouse and meetings and everything. Yeah, I know, Drew is pretty hardcore like that. Jaxon loves riding around with Bishy (Drew).

26 never sounded THIS good!

Happy 26th birthday to me! I had a great day today. Ryan got off work one hour early to make me breakfast in bed, but then remembered that my Dad was taking me to breakfast. It was still an excellent surprise. I always love going out to eat with my Dad. He took me to Elmer's (which is great by the way.) Shopping with Cassi, Krew and Brenda couldn't have been better. I got a shirt and 2 adorable dresses from Downeast Basic. Jaxon got me a Stay n' Go Crockpot. I always borrow my neighbors when I have to make something for family dinners. It was be great to have one of my own. Nap time with Jax and then the surprise day starting at 3pm with Ryan. We dropped Jaxon off at Dillon and Nicole's house and went to a movie. I couldn't remember the last adult (not like that kind of adult) movie. Then dinner at Bella Aquila in Eagle and then ColdStone IceCream. No more off sweets for me. I was in heaven until my tummy started hurting 5 minutes later. While at dinner, Ryan brought out a beautifully wrapped box. I ripped it open and found the most gorgeous pair of diamond earrings. They are perfect. My husband spoils me rotten. On the way home, Jaxon was speaking in tongues. Jake (Dillon and Nicole's lil' boy) always talks in baby gibberish...not English. Jaxon has never done that, but he started talking in gibberish. I couldn't stop laughing. He thought was could totally understand him. Ryan scolded him and said, "Kid, speak English". It was hilarious. Jake is obviously a bad influence on our son. Anyways, I had a fabulous birthday. Now I have 4 months to think of something for Ryan's birthday.

My P90X boyz

Jaxon loves to do P90X with his Daddy. Ryan usually gets really sweaty and takes his shirt off. Which mean, Jaxon wants his shirt off too. Every time Ryan uses weights, Jaxon picks up the only hand weights he can carry...my 5 pounders. He holds it with both hands and tries to do whatever Ryan is doing. My boys are getting the best bodies ever. P90X really works.

Tall...but really skinny

I know by the title, everyone probably thought I was talking about myself. I wish. These last few days have SUCKED! Jaxon was so sick. He wasn't eating or drinking. On Sunday he even refused water for about 2 hours. He had the runs and vomiting constantly. Our doctor was out of the office (naturally), so we went to the crappy Quickcare. I have to say, I HATE Quickcares. They don't know anything and they take your $10. So of course, the freakin' PA at the Quickcare didn't even look at Jaxon, but just from the symptoms, told us to go to the ER. So I woke up Ryan after only sleeping 4 hours and went to the ER. They gave him a popsicle and pills to help him from stop vomitting and sent us on our way. Now it is Wednesday and he is as happy as can be. He is drinking and eating, but also still throwing up everything he is eating and drinking. So we took him to our doctor. He has a stomach virus that should pass in a couple days. That is not the info that I wanted to hear. I wanted medicine to stop this insanity. Poor boy just can't stop throwing up. I don't know if any of you know how the Thueson boys throw up...it is a lot at once. All I have to say is, "It better stop in a couple days...or else."

On a positive note. We watched Jake while Dillon and Nicole were on a Caribbean Cruise. Jaxon was in heaven. He would pound on the bedroom door while Jake was napping and say, "Jay pease." AKA "Jake please". They fed each other, played, entertained each other, hit one another, hugged each other, ran after each other. They had the greatest time. When we dropped Jake off to Lyric for the last few days, Jaxon was devastated. He missed his little playmate. But it was a good thing Lyric took him, because 2 days later this episode started with Jaxon.

The News You've All been waiting for

We have had an eventful few weeks. By the title, I made it sound like I am pregnant or something...but I'm NOT. I surprised Ryan for Valentine's Day and took him and Jaxon to McCall for the day and on the way back home, we stopped by Gold Fork Hot Springs in Donnelly. Jaxon was in heaven. It was by far the best hot springs I have ever been to and it was perfect for kids. Then made Ryan an "Iron Chef" quality meal. The next day, Ryan took me to Angell's. It was delicious. My mother-in-law loves giving presents. She will find give ANY excuse to give someone a present. She got tickets for all the guys in the family to go see the Harlem Globetrotters. Jaxon loved it. I guess he kept saying, "ball" the entire time, so Ryan got him a Globetrotters basketball. Now it is his favorite ball. He won't let it out of his sight. Last night when I came home from visiting teaching, I came into the living room with Ryan and Jaxon in their "fort" that Ryan made. They were playing games and watching a basketball game. I'm not quite sure who the kid is...Ryan or Jaxon, but it was so cute to see.

Now for the best news of all! Tonight Jaxon went peepee in his Elmo Big Boy Potty. I just asked him if he wanted to go potty in his Elmo Potty and he ran in the bathroom. I took his diaper off and he sat there until he went pee. It was so exciting. Jaxon was clapping and smiling so much, because I was a little too excited. He definitely isn't potty trained, but it is a start to something amazing.

OMG. Is that Reese Witherspoon?

So I wanted a new change at the beginning of the year. So I became a little daring and decided to chop some bangs. I brought in this picture to my fabulous hair stylist and she did just that. So, do I look like Reese Witherspoon? Or at least, does my hair look like Reese Witherspoon's hair?

Jaxon's punishment

Jaxon got in a huge fight this weekend...with our metal kitchen chair. If you think Jaxon looks bad, you should see the chair. So Jaxon has been sick for the last week. When he sleeps he can't breath very well and sometimes he closes his mouth. He wakes up randomly not able to breath and freaks out. So during his Sunday morning nap before church, he woke up and through a huge tantrum since he couldn't breath. He woke up kicking and screaming and thrashed his body on the floor. He eventually rolled by our kitchen table. He kicked one of our chairs in and it landed right underneath his eye. The red spot is exactly where the chair fell. If he wasn't crying loud enough, he sure was after this little accident. So of course, at church we had probably 30 people ask us what happened. Ryan's answer was, "Jaxon didn't clean up his chores, so I had to do something."