HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!

I finally found something more fun than my own birthday, it was Jaxon's birthday! I thought all day about the great year it has been and how much happiness Jaxon has brought into our family. We had a party with some of our friends and family to celebrate. Jaxon had no idea the party was for him, but he was having a blast with his new toys and cousins. It wasn't until we gave him his own cake that he actually sat down for the first time. He loved the cake and was very serious about getting every last piece off his tray.

The summer flew by. I decided that work is over rated and you miss a lot of fun while working. I love my job, I've never found any job or career to be equally fulfilling, but I think I've been spoiled with so many leaves over the past year. I'm ready for another one.... I have a short leavecoming in August, but unfortunately my family won't be with me. I'm going to India for a medical mission with Operation Smile in one week from now. I will be away from my boys for 13 days and it might be the end of me. I've become extremely clingy to Jaxon as the trip gets closer and I think he feels it, because he is also becoming clingy for the first time ever. We are also in the process of weaning and he is doing great, it's me that is struggling. Did any of you mom's have a hard time weaning your babies? I think after a year it has become a bonding time that I enjoy and it's the only time that Jaxon really sits still and I get to hold him:)