Thursday, February 24, 2011

A Big First

I touched on here the last time about firsts and Jaxon had a big first last weekend. He met his big brother Madix! We were all very excited for Madix to come out here, it was his first visit to our home, first visit with Scott alone, and the first time he would meet Jaxon. We tried to make Madix feel as comfortable as we could, we didn't want any jealousy going on! I'm happy to report there was no jealousy whatsoever from Madix, he went right into the role of big brother, and he took that role very seriously. Everytime Jaxon would cry, Madix would tell us that his brother needed him, even if they weren't in the same room, Madix would come running out "my brother needs me." Jaxon would just watch him and smile, or coo, it was very cute to see them interact. I would also like to say that this was also Jaxon's first time meeting his Grandpa and Grandma Hartney, it made me happy to see Jax getting so many snuggles! He wasn't at a loss for attention!
Madix and Jaxon         Daddy with his 2 boys!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Firsts

Last week Jaxon went swimming at the pool for the first time! He was so cute in his little swimmers and Ghostbuster speedo, that was passed down from his Uncle Elliott. He was great in the water, he didn't like to be on his back, he was more content to be on his belly drinking the water :s. It started me thinking on all the firsts that are to come for him, first step, tooth, haircut, learning to ride his bike, first day at school, first love, heartbreak, etc, it also made me think back to all my firsts. Some of them I can remember, some of them I'd like to forget and some I don't have any recolection of whatsoever, but mostly I just became very excited. What an amazing honor it is to take part in another human being's life so intimately with no other goal but to make all their memories happy ones! We start our first set of swimming lessons next week, and I don't know who is more excited, me or him!