A day at the Cannery

Last summer my parents made an appointment to go to the cannery to can some food storage. On Monday the day finally arrived, they were booked that far in advance. Alan and I have really been trying to focus on getting our food storage up. With all the uncertainty in the world right now we just feel that it is really important.

We canned 72 cans altogher for Alan and I, Beth and Jeff, my parents, and Alan's parents. We actually had a really good time and it only took us like an hour to do it. That's my dad and Alan's dad in the background.

Here is Me, Beth, and Madison. Madison did really well the whole time. She just sat there and watched. I think that because there was so much going on she didn't get bored.

So I said that once I got my hair colored I would put a picture of me on here. I love my hair! Alison did such a good job with the cut and color. It's definitely different than I have ever had it, but I think it's perfect. Thanks so much Ali!!!

On Monday my mom had to take my grandpa to the hospital. I guess he was having a hard time breathing and she had thought for a while that he had pneumonia, but he is so stubborn he wouldn't go to the hospital. Finally she forced him to go and it was a good thing. Apparently they think he had a pretty minor heart attack and they are having to give him blood transfusions. It was a good thing she went when she did though. We went and visited him tonight and he seems to be doing well, but he for sure doesn't want to be there. The doctor wants him to stay for rehab, but he said he's leaving before that, he just has to find a way out. That's what he said tonight, he is so funny. Anyway, just keep him in your prayers.

Madison's Blessing

Hey all,

Just FYI, we are planning to bless Madison on January 4th. Our church is at 1:00 and it is the chapel on Bluff street just after the Stadium 8 theaters on the way out to Winchester Hills. Let me know if you need better directions. Hope to see you there!

Some Random Stuff

I have to start off with my beautiful baby girl. She is finally starting to fit into some of her clothes!!! I love that. When we went to the doctor for her 2 week appointment she weighed 6 lb. 1 oz. So she has grown a little bit, which is very reassuring. She stays awake more during the day which is fun, even though she still just lays there, it's fun to feel like she is looking back at me at least.

We went to Denny's with my family last week sometime and I just had to put this picture of Garrett on here. Garrett loves to dip food in anything. It doesn't really matter what it is, if it dips he likes it. The best was bananas in marinara sauce. He finally decided that just dipping his fingers and licking it off was the best way. He got a little messy, but isn't he just adorable?

I know what you're thinking...where the heck did she buy that amazing blanket? Wrong! I made it. I have to toot my own horn a little bit here. I decided when I first got pregnant that I wanted to make a blanket for Madison. I finished it honestly the weekend before she was born. Beth helped me. I would not have been able to do it without her. She's an amazing seamstress. But I think it turned out so well, so I had to put it on here.

And last, but not least, here is Madison and Daddy. Madison pretty much was our present this Christmas (as you can see, her onesie has a ribbon on it.) We went over to my parents at 8:30 on Christmas morning so Alan was quite tired that day.

I haven't taken a picture of it yet, but I also got Alison to cut my hair last night and it turned out so stinking cute. I love it!! Thanks Ali. We are coloring it on Tuesday, I can't wait. So I will take a picture when I get it colored and put it on here.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know how grateful I am for all of the many blessings that we have in our lives especially at this time of year. I can't believe how lucky we are to have a happy healthy baby in our home. We are blessed with great family and friends all around, and what more could you ask for. Things are scary in the world these days, but it is reassuring to know that we have the Church and our families in these scary times. We may not be able to do and buy all the expensive things this year for Christmas, but hopefully that just makes us all realize the true meaning of Christmas. I hope everyone can feel the true meaning of the season tomorrow, Merry Christmas, and we love you all!

More Madison Pictures

Here are some more pictures of Madison. We are doing great. She is doing way better at night, which is really nice. Last night I only had to get up once to feed her. And I'm finally able to sleep on my stomach again so I sleep so much better than I have for the past nine months!

We went to Alan's parents house for dinner last night and it was so good. We had steak and potatos and played Rummikub. Beth and Jeff got us hooked on that game, which reminds me, we need a rematch at Rummikub sometime with you two. Anyway, thanks so much for dinner!!

I am enjoying taking pictures of Madison. I call them her photo shoots, she doesn't always enjoy them so much. Alan says that she is going to learn to hate the camera, but I just love her cute little outfits and bows. The onesies that we had fit her okay, but as you can see she doesn't fit any pants at all. Even the footie pajamas are huge on her. Her bows are so cute though, all the ones she has worn so far are ones that Crystal Schmutz made for me. They are so fun, thanks Crystal!

When I was born my parents took a picture of me surrounded by a bunch of stuffed animals like this. It is funny to look at those stuffed animals today and it's crazy that I was smaller than those animals because they are way little. I thought I would try the same thing with Madison, but she didn't like that idea too much.

We are still doing good and are having fun. We went to the doctor Friday for a checkup. Her billyribbon test for Jaundice (is that how you spell it?) came back a little bit low in the hospital so the doctor wanted to do another test. It came back low to intermediate risk again, so we are going back for another test Monday. If it comes back low again I think he is going to want to put her under lights. I don't think she looks yellow and her eyes aren't yellow, but I guess the doctor knows more than I do about that. Anyway, I can't believe it, but she will be one week old tomorrow. It actually feels like she has been around a whole lot longer than that, but it's great!

Beautiful Girl

Well we are home, safe and sound. We are having so much fun with Madison. Look how tiny she is in her carseat.

Alan with Madison and his parents after she was born.

My proud mom with her first grandaughter. She has been so nice to be around and help. She sat with Madison today so that I could get a much appreciated nap. Madison unfortunately thinks that the days are nights and the nights are days. She sleeps all day and has a great time keeping mommy and daddy up all night. It's really great!


This is my beautiful little girl, I am already loving the bows and headbands. I just wish that some of her clothes actually fit her. We are having to put her in premie stuff because she is so small.

We are having so much fun so far and I just can't wait for more to come. I'm loving this mom stuff!

Madison Joy Paxton

She's here! Madison Joy Paxton was born Monday December 8 at 7:48 PM. She weighed 5'11 and was 18.5 inches long. She is just a tiny petite little thing, but she is so beautiful. Everyone here calls her a little peanut. She is doing great and we couldn't have asked for a smoother delivery. We are truly blessed.

The nurses at the hospital are so fun. I love that they put little bows in her hair (even though they don't last very long.) Isn't she just perfect?

I'm feeling good, just a bit sore, but that has to be expected right. I am just so excited to finally have her here to play with, hold, and look at. She is so perfect. I can't wait to get her home tomorrow and finally start our fun times together. Expect a whole lot of pictures in her cute outfits and bows! I can't wait!!!
Alan is so cute with Madison, if he is here at the hospital he has to be holding her, he is really getting confident with her and it is so fun. He was so excited to help my mom change her diaper, it was his very first time and he did so great. I'm so grateful for him and how willing he is to help. It was definitely love at first sight for these two. Look how tiny her head is compared to Alan.

I will post some more pictures when we get home tomorrow hopefully. I don't quite have the nursery done, but i'll take some pictures of that too and put them on here.

Alan & Aubrey's Saturday Fun!

On Saturday Alan and I had a very fun filled packed day. We didn't really do much, but we did enjoy spending time with each other and sharing some laughs.

This is our cat Jetta. She has this problem of getting on the kitchen counter everytime we leave the room. We bought this elephant hat a while ago at target because it was so funny, but Jetta hates the hat...I don't know why. This was her punishment for getting up on the counter. She wasn't very happy with us.

At TJ Maxx we found a cupcake pan that made cupcakes in the shape of pumpkins. We thought that sounded like a fun thing to do so we decided to make some Halloween cupcakes. (I know that Halloween is more than a month away, but it was still fun.) This is one of the cupcakes.

We colored the cake batter orange and we tried to make black frosting...but the frosting didn't really work. It turned out to be this really ugly green color, but it still tasted good.

This is Alan with the cupcakes that he frosted. It turned out to be a lot of fun!

On Saturday night we went to dinner and to the rodeo with Alan's coworker Chris and his wife Jordan. This was during the opening ceremonies.

This is me with the big tank behind me.

This is Alan in front of the tank.

We had a lot of fun together on Saturday. We love days that we can just hang out and not have to worry about anything.

Dear Mr. Obama

It's a Girl!!! For sure...

This is the way most of her pictures turned out with her hands in front of her face...stubborn... This was her boxing picture...she really likes to kick and punch me from inside.

This is one of the best shots we got of her face.

Hello all...sorry i've been so bad about updating this thing, but now i finally have a second to do so and i have something to share. Alan and I went to our second ultra sound today (because the first one was inconclusive as to what the gender was) and we found out that it for sure is Madison Joy Paxton inside of me, so no more worrying! It was so fun to see her! I have found though that she is one of the most stubborn little things that i have ever seen. She wouldn't give us a good look in the first ultra sound and then i was afraid that in the second one she wouldn't let us see either. But finally after about 10-15 minutes of prodding she finally opened her legs just enough for us to get a look. Here are some of the pictures we got from the ultra sound...she kind of looks like an alien a little bit, but that's okay.

1st Doctors Appointment!

Yesterday Alan and I went to our first doctor's appointment for our baby. It was so exciting. I thought that I was only about 9 weeks along and I was kind of nervous that we weren't going to be able to hear the heartbeat, but we did! He stuck the thing on my stomach and we got it right away! It was so loud and so strong that the doctor said he thought that I was probably closer to 10 weeks than 9, but that it really didn't make much of a difference. We are so excited to be pregnant and I can't wait until 18 weeks when we can find out what the gender is. We'll keep you posted! We are leaving for Philadelphia on Saturday May 24 (Our Anniversary) so I will have some good pictures from the trip to put on here too!

New Blog! Yay!

I'm so excited to start up a blog about our family! I have wanted to for a while, but because it was just Alan and me and we weren't too exciting I didn't do it, but now that we are pregnant I think it is the perfect time!

About Alan & Aubrey

what is his name? Alan Joseph Paxton
how long have you been married? one year on May 24! I can't believe it's already been a year!how long did we date? We dated off and on for about 6 months before we got engaged then we got married about 6 months later!
how old is he? He will be 25 at the end of May
who eats more? He does
who said i love you first? I did and it freaked out the poor kid
who is taller? He is
who sings better? He for sure sings better!
who pays the bills? He has to. If it was left up to me i'm afraid I'd forget.
who is smarter? We are both way smart! :)
whose temper is worse? My temper is worse. He does pretty well to go with the flow.
who does dishes? He does mostly
who does laundry? Well he usually washes and I usually put away, mostly because they are all my clothes!
who mows the lawn? I wish we had a lawn to mow. Frank our HOA president mows our patch of grass.
who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do it just works for us.
who cooks dinner?we both do when we cook. But he's a way better cook!
who drives when we are together? Alan does...his car gets better gas milage.
who kissed who first? That depends on who you ask. I think it was him and he thinks it was me.
who asked who out first? He asked me out. Actually we just hung out at his apartment so I guess he asked me in.
who proposed? He did! Although I already had my dress and photographer...and everyone else knew, but that's okay.
who is more stubborn? I'm stubborn I admit it.
who is the first to admit their wrong? He is, remember I'm stubborn
whose parents do we see most? We see both way often. It's so nice to be able to live close to both of our parents!
who has more friends? I don't know really...we both have a good amount I think...
who has more siblings? There is no competition in that one. He has 11 brothers and sisters and I have 3.
who is more sensitive? Me.
who wears the pants? we each share a leg :)