The Year in Review: Jaxon Thorpe

2008 was full of firsts...

You were born.

You took your time and gave us all a great scare, but now you're here, and the world is a much better place...

You made us a family...

...and then you came home from the hospital...

You looked so cute in your first pair of blue jeans...

You were so tiny the very first time we took you to church...

You peed in the air, more than once, and I caught it with my camera- also more than once...

You celebrated your first Easter, in clothes that were ginormous on you...

You went to your grandpa's wedding. You wore a tux and you were adorable...

You started making facial expressions and your personality blossomed. You are so full of personality and I love that about you...

When you were seven months old, you started sleeping in this room, in this bed...

You were dedicated to the Lord during a beautiful special service at church...

You were always a good sport as you happily took part in a many photo shoots with your mother...

And you made her first mother's day so special...

You went swimming for the first time...

And you looked so cute in your tie at church on Daddy's 1st father's day...

You learned to hold your bottle when you were four months old...

You took a trip with your family this summer and went to the zoo for the first time...

And spent your first 4th of July watching baseball and fireworks...

You loved napping with your pancake bear...

You slept during the day. You could even sleep sitting up. But you did not sleep at night.

You ate your first popcicle...

You had your first taste of baby food. You absolutely loved it for four months, but now you've given it up. You think you're too big for baby food.

You danced at Aunt Ber and Uncle Josh's wedding...

You did this to your face and made me feel like the worst mom in the world... But you were still happy.

And we learned that you love to play in boxes... and squeeze yourself into tight places. Like on Christmas day when you got your head stuck in between the washing machine and the wall. Oh, the joys of raising a strong willed child...

And you made this face. But no one knew where it came from. And we haven't seen it since.

And you went to your first luau...

And this is my favorite picture of you to date... so handsome.

You got a new hat just like Daddy's

And you ate your first oreo (and loved it) on your daddy's birthday...

You were hospitalized for three days with pneumonia...

And you were the cutest puppy dog on your first Halloween that I have ever seen...

You celebrated your first Christmas...

And here you were on the last night of 2008. It was a good year, simply because you were here...

Here we go into the New Year boy. Can't wait to see what you get into...