brad.kenz.max

2012-01-18T16:19:00.000-08:00

Trip to the ER #2!

(the first time was with Croupe like a year ago)

Our day started like any other day. Up at 8, getting breakfast, changing and watching cartoons. I started baking a cake because we were having friends over for dinner that night.

I got the cake done and decided to hop in the shower, got out and remembered that I needed to put the rolls out to start rising. I had a bottom drawer open getting some plastic wrap out and Max came BOLTING across the floor, tripped and hit the corner of the open drawer.

It all happened so fast that it is kind of a blur, but I just remember scooping him up looking at his head and seeing a HUGE gaping gash above his eye. I tried to keep my cool as I ran to grab a towel, got it wet with cold water and held it tight against his "OWIE"!

Before the tears started flowing down my face I remember feeling light headed as I dialed Brad's number.

Of course he didn't answer, I was wondering what I should do. Well, I could only think to try Brad again (he's always much more calm in these types of situations)

....

FINALLY,

he answered

I think I terrified him because all he heard was me say Max and then me bawling and Max screaming in the background.

He said I'm on my way home right now we'll take him to the ER!

I collected myself enough to throw my soaking wet hair up and slip on Max's slippers (he was still in his PJ's) and his coat and get him in the car.

It really doesn't look that bad in the pictures, but staring at it for a long period of time made me want to puke a little!

We got to the hospital and they checked us in and kept telling us that maybe they could just glue it, I was happy with that. I did not want to hold my kid down while they gave him stitches!

A bunch of different doctors came in and looked and we came to the conclusion that he did in fact need stitches!

They went over the options:

1. Tie him down to a bed numb the area and stitch it up.

2. Sedate him and stitch it up.

We decided to sedate him. We know how acts when he is approached by a nurse, doctor, or anyone of that sort and we figured that would be best!

I wasn't about to watch my child be restrained in a hospital bed.

He was such a trooper! They brought in a TV and let us watch CARS 2 and he was in heaven!

Getting the IV in to sedate him was the worst part. I hate holding my child down as he is screaming "OUCH!" It's the worst! A few tears were shed on my part again! I wanted to stay the whole time while he was sedated, but it got really hard when he started coughing and breathing funny so I stepped out and let Brad handle it!

He's all done!

5 stitches and a little LOOPY!!

He was so funny waking up. We couldn't stop laughing at the things he was saying!

Home with his blue crayon band aid and his new blanket!

We had the BEST nurses and doctor take care of our little man. They gave him this blanket that a volunteer made and Max LOVES it!

Max, we LOVE you so much and are so glad that you are OK! We know this won't be the first time something like this happens, but maybe next time mom will be able to handle it better! You are one TOUGH little dude!

I'll post Christmas and stuff later, just needed to document this story!

2011-12-31T09:27:00.000-08:00

Max is 2!!

(December 16, 2011)

and the BIG announcement!

I was so excited for Max's Birthday this year! I hadn't spent a ton of time planning a huge party, we were just having some family and friends over for cake and ice cream! Trying to keep it simple this year!

We wanted Max to have a day full of fun and all about him on his Birthday, so I had planned some things that I thought he would like.

First, he woke up and got to open his first present of the day.

Max has this OBSESSION with CARS (that was the theme of his party) so for his present he got a CARS dish set!

PERFECT for eating his birthday breakfast on...no pictures of that...he didn't really feel like eating the pancakes I made him!

After we got ready we headed into town to go bowling!

Max has never been and so I thought that this would be a fun experience for him!

He LOVED it until I let him walk onto the lane...he slipped and fell and then wanted nothing to do with it really!

He threw his bowling shoes off and just wanted to watch mom and dad while he ate his goldfish!

Finally, dad talked him into doing it one more time!

The usual Nelson Family picture...Max screaming cause we took his Bink out!

How am I ever gonna get rid of that dang thing! UGH!!

After bowling it was lunch time!

Max LOVES pizza so we decided to take him to the Pizza Pie Cafe!

It didn't disappoint, we all LOVED it!

Max must have been a really good boy this year because while we were eating Santa stopped in just to say hi to Max, ask him what he wanted for Christmas and give him a treat out of his bag!

Max was in HEAVEN!

I didn't think that he'd sit on his lap, but he went right to him!

Max sure enjoyed his treat from SANTA!

After a fun filled afternoon it was time for Brad and Max to take a much needed nap...

and to my surprise, Max napped for like 4 hours!

I knew this would result in a HAPPY BOY for his party...

well kind of!

He woke up happy and excited to see all his CARS decorations, but the happiness soon turned to sadness when he was told he had to wait for all his friends to come to eat his "QUEEN" cake! lol

The Birthday Boy...before the fits started! ha ha

It's kind of funny, the DAY he turned 2 began the TERRIBLE 2'S!

My mom did such an awesome job on his cake and Max LOVED it!

The Goody Bags and some of his gifts!

he was SPOILED ROTTEN by everyone that came to celebrate his 2nd Birthday!

We opened presents first and Max was LOVING it until we kept taking them away to open more! That's when he started to get a little overwhelmed!

He opened his TRAIN from Nana and Papa....He kept saying "CHOO-CHOO!"

Loves his Mater!

After all of his presents were opened it was time for the very last one....

Max wasn't too excited about opening it so Brad did the honors!

....

YEP, we'll be a family of 4 come July 6th!

I kept it from everyone, even my MOM for 11 weeks!

Hardest thing ever!

The more we talk about it, the more Max is getting used to it!

He now says that the baby is in mommy's belly and that it's a boy!

Who knows if he is right..I'd be happy with a boy or girl!

I'm now 13 weeks 3 days and I'm feeling ok!

We should find out what we're having the end of January!

After presents we did the "QUEEN" cake and ice cream!

Max did AWESOME at blowing out his candles! First try!

Another famous Nelson Family picture! Big surprise...NAH!

Some of Max's presents! It's hard to say his favorite because he LOVES everything.

....

Some things he got were a queen sleeping bag, back pack (which he calls his "PACK PACK!"), Mac the truck, choo choo train, lots of queen stuff (queen...AKA lightning McQueen!), puzzles, books, slippers, jammies, and tons more! He is so spoiled!

Cuddling in his sleeping bag!

He was very tired by the end of the night!

ZONKED out in his Queen Jammies and all his queen toys!

I didn't realize how many pictures I took so sorry this is so long!

I've gotta post just a few more...

These are his 2 year pictures! I LOVED how they turned out!

This one I LOVE because this is how he tells you he is 2! He puts the tips of his fingers together!

Max,

Mom and dad love you so much and we don't know how we ever lived without you!

You test mom's patients everyday, but you are helping her grow and learn and she LOVES that!

You bring a smile to our faces with your funny words or crazy faces. You are so loving and whenever we need a hug or a kiss we know we can count on you for that! You are so smart and you learn new things everyday! We are amazed at how fast these 2 years have gone, but we can't wait to share so more fun memories with you! You are going to be such an AMAZING big brother no matter if you have a baby sister or a baby brother...they are gonna love you so much and they are lucky because they'll have the world's most AWESOME BIG BROTHER!

We LOVE you bubba so much!

Love,

Mom and Dad

2011-12-13T11:09:00.000-08:00

Major Update....AGAIN!

I really need to be better at this blogging stuff!

We have had a busy month. I LOVE Christmas time...it means family time, good food, and Max's Birthday!

YAY!

I can't believe my baby will be 2 on Friday!

We will be having a SEMI, Low Key party...I say SEMI, because it's hard for me to not throw a big bash!

It WILL NOT be as big as his 1 year for sure...PROMISE! lol

Anyways, here are pictures of what we've been up to lately! I'll start with the most recent!

TEMPLE SQUARE

Last night we headed down to Temple Square.

I LOVE doing stuff with just our little family and it was so fun...COLD, but fun!

Max LOVED it! He especially LOVED watching the horses pull the carriages around!

It's always fun for me to go there...

it makes me think of when Brad and I were dating!

We went there on a date and Brad surprised me with one of those carriage rides...

SO ROMANTIC!!

Max all bundled up! I LOVE that smile!

I think he may be getting some molars...he had a fever all day yesterday and was still so happy!

I LOVE family time! It's the best!

VOICE MALE CHRISTMAS CONCERT

On Saturday our little bro AJ took all the girls to see Voice Male's Christmas Concert.

I've never seen them before and it was not what I was expecting...they are freaking funny!

It was so good! I LOVED it, and I thought that it was so cute of AJ to take all his sisters on a little date!

THANKS AJ!

This isn't the greatest picture, but I had to get one quick to document what a sweet boy AJ is!

Love you bud!

LIGHTS AT THE BAY

Last week for Family Night we headed over the hill to the Lights on the Water...?

Maybe that's not what it is called, but it's at Willard Bay and it's all these lights!

Brad's mom and AJ were able to come and it was such a fun little Family Night!

Max LOVED the lights.

He's working on colors right now, so he was guessing all the colors of the lights.

It was pretty stinking cute!

I think in all these the flash on the camera was a little bright...everyone is squinting!

We let Max sit up front to drive through and he thought that was pretty AWESOME!

FESTIVAL OF TREES

When the Festival of Trees was happening down in Salt Lake my family decided it sounded like fun....

it was fun, but not with a grouchy kid and the crowd....well, we could have done without!

It was still fun to have a night out with the family and look at all the pretty trees!

Max would get so mad because he'd want all the toys that were under the trees and it resulted in a major fit when we told him that he couldn't touch!

Ah...gotta love a 2 year old!

Max is forcing out the "CHEESE" here if ya can't tell!

and here too!

Mom, me and Naves!

DEPUTY NELSON

These pictures deserve a post of their own, but since I'm so behind I'll just mention it real quick!

Brad is FINALLY out on the road for Cache County!

HALLELUJAH!

It's been his dream ever since he was a little boy, and now he's living it!

Can I just say how awesome it is to have my husband LOVE his job so much...

OK, well I've been put on the back burner for a bit because he LOVES it so much, but the newness will wear off I think and then I 'll be important again! ha ha

I just LOVE that he never complains about going to work...

such a blessing!

First night out on the road!

THANKSGIVING

These are the ONLY pictures I took on Thanksgiving...

can you say LOSER!

Oh well!

We had a great Thanksgiving!
We had it at Brad's Grandma's church in Hyde Park and it was so fun to chat with everyone and enjoy yummy food!

DECORATING THE TREE
Once again I'm a LOSER! I've been terrible at picture taking lately, but I managed to get a couple why we put up the Christmas Tree!
Max LOVED it!
He kept saying, "TREE...TALL!"
and
"TREE is PRETTY!"
I LOVE his little language!

While we were getting the tree up, Max decided to try on daddy's new boots...
then he realized he couldn't get out and was very sad about it if ya can't tell!
lol

MAX
Max is at such a fun age right now, but also a very frustrating age for me!
He is very good at throwing temper tantrums, whining and crying!
We still love him so much though and I just wish that the time wasn't FLYING by so quickly!

We were watching (I say watching cause I didn't help lol) the boys put up my parents Christmas Tree and Max made himself at home. He climbed up in the rocking chair, grabbed a magazine and read away!

He's so cute!

Max and all his crazy faces....

enough said!

I LOVE this kid!

MAX"S FIRST HAIRCUT

So as you can tell by the pictures, Max's first haircut wasn't a huge deal, it was more of a trim. I still snapped away while my mom cut (I was too nervous to cut it) and YES, I bribed my kid with Diet Pepsi...

KILL ME!

The last picture is the end result...not a huge change, but a little trim was good!

SNOW

This is Max the morning of the first snow fall this year! We got him up and took him straight to the window!

He was so excited to see the white stuff and knew exactly what it was!

Later we went and played it in for a bit!

Max LOVED it, but I can't get that kid to wear gloves for the life of me, so we had to go inside cause his hands got too cold!

He looks like he's crying in this picture, but he's really yelling "SNOW!"

COUSINS

Chance and Max are really starting to get along good!

These pictures were at our cousins Mission Farewell and Chance couldn't stop giving Max hugs.

It was so cute!

SQUEEZE!

THANKFUL TREE

So I saw the idea for a Thankful Tree on Pinterest and wanted to do it this year....

turns out, Brad's not into it and Max just wanted to color...maybe next year will be better!

Max coloring the leaves to go on the tree!

This was the end result....not as many things and I wanted, but we'll add to it next year and I think it will look better!

OK, so I'm all caught up with my pictures. Sorry if this post was boring to the 2 people who read this blog! I'm really gonna try harder to stay on top of it though and then I can do better at journaling the things we do as well, since that is what my intentions were in the first place!

Next up...Max's birthday, 2 year pictures and family pictures!

Halloween Fun!

2011-11-07T18:52:00.000-08:00

Lots of posts after this one!
Catch up time for me!

Halloween was a CRAZY, CRAZY day...

I was a little bummed because I got all excited for Max to wear this costume...

It's a horse if you can't tell and it's what he chose many months ago when I decided to order it online for 70 bucks...AH! To say I was mad would be an understatement, when we put it on him the night before and he started hitting the head of the poor horse and screaming till his throat had to of killed him....but Halloween should be fun and is mostly about the kids....RIGHT?!

I knew that Brad and I were gonna be COWBOYS (get it?...Cowboys and a horse?!)

so we threw Max's costume together Halloween morning and headed off Trick-or-Treating to Nana Blau's house!

I think he made a pretty cute COWBOY!...

and, you guessed it...the "CHEESE" face...AGAIN!

Little Navie Lynn was the cutest LADYBUG on the PLANET!!

Stace, the COWGIRL. and Naves, the LADYBUG!

After Nana Blau's house we went to Macy's...

They had a cute little Trick-or-Treat thing going on for the Kiddos!

This is Max running like a BAN CHE through the parking lot!

Kyle, the COW. Naves, the LADYBUG. and Max, the COWBOY!

After nap time (oh, bless you nap time) Brad got home from work and we headed out to Grandma O's house to go see everyone...

While we were there she thought that she had the perfect prop for Max's costume.....

A stick HORSE!

He LOVED it!

Last stop was Trunk-or-Treating in my mom's neighborhood...

Max was worn out by all the excitement, but still LOVED it...

His bucket got so full that we has to start filling his hat!

Mimi, Kaul, and Max

The COWBOY NELSONS!

Max's stash!

Even though we had quite a few meltdowns....

It was still a really fun Halloween!

Pumpkins, cookies, and fun...OH MY!

2011-11-07T14:07:00.000-08:00

Every year my mom plans a day for us to all come over carve pumpkins, and make cookies! It is so much fun to just spend time together as a family and talk, laugh and eat!

Brad had to work this time...

We missed him a lot!

I decided to let Max paint his pumpkin...

I figured it would be easier instead of trying to carve it...

he LOVED painting it...GO ME!

He was concentrating so hard and he kept saying "Queen!"

I think he was trying to paint a McQueen pumpkin!

Here is all the finished LOVELIES!

Max and mom with his finished pumpkin!

It looks like McQueen to me!

Little Naves making a silly face!

Maxers was such a big helper while making the yummy sugar cookies!

My Lightning McQueen Pumpkin that I made just for Max!

All the pumpkins lit up!

Such a fun day!

Max's first trip to the DENTIST!

2011-11-07T13:57:00.000-08:00

October 26, 2011...

Max's first trip to the Dentist!

Needless to say...He didn't LOVE it!

Never get old....CHEESE!

Sitting in the chair learning about all the "tools"!

They were so cute with him and were naming all the tools off and showing him what they did...

then they tried to lay the chair back...

UH-OH!

He wasn't having it!

They even had CARS going on the TV in the ceiling, but it was a no-go!

So after I got my teeth cleaned (no cavities...WAHOO!) the Dentist took a quick look in Max's mouth and said that it look GREAT!

Way to go buddy!

Pumpkin Walk!

2011-11-07T13:50:00.000-08:00

What would the Fall season be without the annual North Logan Pumpkin Walk!?

I was excited to take Max to it this year because I thought that he'd understand more this year...

He LOVED it and we had such a fun night!

The regular from Max...CHEESE!

Max and mom waiting for the bus to take us up to the Pumpkin Walk!

De de and Kyle riding the bus!

Family photo!

It was cold and we had to wait in line for way too LONG, but it was dang fun!

Pumpkin Patch!

2011-11-07T13:42:00.000-08:00

Brad's cousins live in South Jordan. We wanted to get out of Cache Valley and Jess told us of a fun little Pumpkin Patch by their house, so we took off down there for a Saturday of fun!

Kamree and Max playing on the TRACTOR!

Max LOVES tractors!

Trying to get both of these cuties smiling is next to IMPOSSIBLE!

This is the BEST we got:)

They had these little wheelbarrows for the little kids to push around...

Max got a kick out of that!

He found the PERFECT pumpkin!

Brad pushing all our"pumpkins" around:)

They also had a little corn maze for the kids, and tractor rides...unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the tractor ride:(

Family Picture!

It was so fun to just spend time together hanging out...we went to Red Robin and ate and then Jess and I went and did some shopping while the boys watched the kids! YEE HAW!

Walk up Logan Canyon's Nature Trail!

2011-11-07T12:56:00.000-08:00

A couple Saturdays ago we woke up and the weather was GORGEOUS so we decided to go for a walk up Logan Canyon! It was so pretty! I LOVE all the colors of Fall and even remembering the smell....AH, just getting out into some fresh air was so nice!

Max's jogging stroller needs new tires so we were stuck with this one...it wasn't too fun pushing this in all the gravel!

This picture does not even do the colors of the leaves justice!

They were so beautiful!

We were so EXCITED to throw rocks into the water!

Attempting a family picture!

After he saw how much the BIG rocks made a SPLASH, he insisted on only throwing the BIG ones, so dad had to help!

I absolutley LOVE ordinanry Saturdays. No where to go, no agenda! They are the BEST!

Randomness...

2011-11-06T14:11:00.000-08:00

These are just some pictures that don't really fit in anywhere else, but are BLOG WORTHY..to me at least!

Enjoying his licorice!

Brad is famous for leaving spare change just laying around, so we started telling Max that if he found "MONIES" that he can save them and put them in his bank. He gets the biggest kick out of this. It makes me smile!

Not quite sure what this face is all about! lol

My handsome hubby in his new suit!

Ow, Ow!

Max is sure enjoying his chocolate cake!

Boy does this boy have a sweet tooth!

This is what Max was supposed to be for Halloween...

Halloween came and he HATED that bloody costume! UGH!

Doesn't he look so cute as a little horsey?! I thought so...

He had something else in mind!

"Painting" in the tub...shaving cream and food coloring...he LOVED this!

Laying with daddy watching CARS before bed!

I LOVE these two so much!

Girls Weekend to Park City!

2011-11-06T14:04:00.000-08:00

My mom needed some time away so she booked rooms for us to stay in Park City for a GIRLS WEEKENED + Max! It was so much fun and a much needed mini VACA! We ate, shopped, road our bikes, watched movies, and laughed till our stomachs hurt! We missed Stacie and Navie this time, but hopefully next time they can join us:)

Eating at the Redrock Cafe...SO YUMMY!

and of course...Max cheesin' it!

My cousin Sammy and Aunt Seenie!

Me with my CHEESER boy!

Sam, Seenie, Mom and Max...with the BRIGHT sun!

I wasn't too great at taking pictures this trip, but I can't even describe how BEAUTIFUL Park City was during this time! It was FALL there for sure and when we rode our bikes around I just couldn't stop looking at all the beautiful colors and everything...AMAZING! Thanks mom for taking us on such a fun vaca!

Camping @ Downata Hot Springs!

2011-11-06T13:51:00.000-08:00

We did our last camp trip the end of September...It was so much fun, but also so sad knowing that it would be our last time going this Summer. I guess now that we have the trailer, we look forward to Summer even more cause of the fun memories that we make camping with friends and family! We took AJ with us this time and that was so much fun. Max loves him and he is always such a good helper:)

Here are some of the pictures we took while on this fun adventure...

Me trying to get a picture with Brad on his phone.

Max and Kyle eating their dinner...and yes, this is the ONLY face Max makes now when I pull out my camera...He is SCREAMING "Cheese!" over and over!

If you have been to Downata then you know that trains pass by there quite often...This kept the boys entertained ALWAYS! I LOVE this picture of them propped up against the fence watching the train go by!

Max and Brad sitting by the fire!

It was super cold in the mornings so Max and Kyle passed the time watching Backyardigans!

Swimming in the pool....they have the Hot Springs that slowly drains into the pool so it was so warm and the boys loved it! Max would jump in and go all the way under and then swim to us! He was our little FISHY! I need to get him into some swimming lessons!

I wrapped my dress around Max's head on our way back to the trailer cause he had wet hair and it was freezing! I thought this picture was pretty HILARIOUS!!

Group Photo!

Until next Summer!

2011-11-04T14:13:00.000-07:00

I haven't been very good at keeping up with Max's milestones...It seems like he's learning more and more everyday and he is talking so good! He is now 22 months(almost 23)...OH MY GOODNESS, and a little ball of JOY!

Max Man...I LOVE YOU! Here are some things about you that make me smile:)
.Binki...oh-man! He still LOVES that thing!
.LOVES his "FAVORITE!" (his blanky, or burpy as we call it!)
.Interacts with the TV (I don't know if this is good, but hilarious)
.Loves to give hugs and kisses
.Talks so good now
.Can say the whole alphabet with help, but he gets to f on his own
.Can count to ten
.Learning colors...still needing some work...everything is blue, pink, or orange...PINK is his favorite color!
.Loves to play with cop cars
.If you just sit and stare at him...he'll wave his hand and say "HI!"
.Loves his Nana, Papa, Mimi, and Pop Pop
.Runs EVERWHERE he goes
.Loves to read books...he doesn't let you read them to him anymore. He hold them and mumbles what he thinks it says...CUTEST EVER
.Has turned into quite the picky eater...Loves grapes, bananas with peanut butter, cold cereal, peaches, spaghetti, mac-n-cheese, green beans, chips, pizza, chicken (sometimes), hot dogs, any treat he can get his hands on, and lots and lots of "JEEEWS!" (juice...very watered down Crystal Light)
.Knows all of his animals and what they say
.He's started doing this thing where you ask him a question and he'll tap his chin and say "hmmmm?" then he'll raise his finger up in the air and say, "ah ha!" like he knows the answer! I LOVE this!
.He is now OBSESSED with the movie Cars....he knows what's coming up and he'll say it before they do on the movie...He's getting a lot of CARS stuff for his birthday!
.If you ask him where something is he'll go find it and say, "There it is!" all excited!
.He makes me sing 'I Love to see the Temple' over and over at bedtime...how can I resist when he looks at me and says, "TEMPLE....PEAS!!!"
. He's getting really good with Nursery now
.Loves to be outside...this is going to be a problem when the snow starts to fly...I'll be purchasing a snow suit very soon!
.Sits on time-out (the chair) at least once a day...He's very good at throwing tantrums!
I could go on and on, but I just want to remember all of this!

The last HOORA'S of Summer...

2011-09-20T14:33:00.000-07:00

I don't have a ton of time, so this is going to be short and sweet! Ha ha ya right! I'll try my best!

I can't believe that Summer is almost over and Fall is well on its way! Excited?! YES! I have found myself getting excited for Fall. I LOVE Summer, but Fall is just such a COZY time of year and I'm gonna spend it organizing, baking (possibly), tumbling with Max, walks, drives up the canyon, and hopefully a hike or two as well, to see the pretty leaves! I can't wait!

We did, however, find time to send Summer out with a BANG! Starting with the most recent...

TIME OUT FOR WOMEN

My Mom-In-Law, Grandma O, and Sisters-In-Law invited me to attend the Time Out For Women Conference that was held here in Logan this last weekend...

I am SO SO glad that I agreed!

It was the BEST weekend EVER! Such a spiritual and uplifting experience! If you haven't gone...I highly recommend it!

It just makes you feel so EMPOWERED and I found a whole new meaning to life after attending! I want to share some of the stuff I learned while I was there, but that is for a whole new post in and of itself....more on this later!

Such a fun GIRL'S WEEKEND!

PEACH DAYS 2011

Of course, we went to Peach Days over in good ol' Brigham City! Max and I went to the parade with Brad's family and then Brad met up with us after (he was working during the parade) to walk around, eat the good food, cobbler, and a few rides!

Peach Days is always GREAT for people watching! ha ha Probably my FAVORITE part...the CRAZIES come out during this time (what does that say about me?!)

Max LOVED all the trucks, tractors, and Police Cars in the parade!

Riding the TRAIN...He said "Choo-Choo" pretty much the ENTIRE time he was on it!

Max and Mom on the Carousel! LOVE his smile!

LABOR DAY CAMP TRIP 2011

Over Labor Day Weekend Brad's family always go camping and since we have our trailer...we were super EXCITED to go this year!

We went up Ogden Canyon to the PERFECT camp ground. Shade, weeds, and family! What more do ya need?

LOVE this picture of our little man!

Cheesin' it for the camera!

Gramps Max and Baby Max!

Such a fun adventure!

2011-08-31T13:29:00.000-07:00

Weekend Fun!

We are LOVING Brad's new schedule. Pretty much, a cop NEVER has great hours so we are taking full ADVANTAGE of his 8-5, Monday-Friday job right now! Can I get a YAHOO!!

First off I'd like to give a shout out to my AWESOME Mom-in Law who ran the Top of Utah Half Marathon on Saturday on a whim! She took some one's place the day before...so that meant NO training...and she DID IT!!! My Sis-in Law did too, but she's quite the pro. She has races every weekend it seems like!

WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS!!!

One day maybe I'll be a runner...Ha ha who am I KIDDING?! I'll just CHEER my family on instead!

So Saturday we headed off early to go meet mom at the finish line! We talked with her for a bit and then we headed down to South Jordan for our cute little cousin's TANGLED Birthday Party! It was so fun and so good to see The Nelson fam! We don't see them as often as we'd like to!

Happy Birthday Kamree!

I failed to get pictures of the cute decorations and the awesome cake, but I did manage to get some pictures of our very TICKED off little boy...he was NOT loving it!

I mentioned he was TICKED right!?

SMILING through the frustration of our GROUCHY little man!

Max giving cousin Parker a horsey ride!

After the party we headed to the Box Elder County Fair...BEST people watching ever!

It was so so so HOT, but lots and lots of fun!

Max said "AMINALS?!" all the way there.

He couldn't wait to see those stinky things:)

Sitting on the baby calf! I can't BELIEVE how much this boy LOVES 'aminals'!

All SWEATY, but still having a BLAST!

He liked LOOKING at the pigs...not TOUCHING!!

Riding the Carousel with Aunt Anners!

It was a fun, fun weekend...Now, BRING ON CAMPING:)

2011-08-24T21:42:00.000-07:00

SUMMA-TIME...When the livin' is easy!

Major, major update...like SERIOUS update!

So many pictures you'll probably get sick of looking at this, but for my sake...I'm postin' them ALL!

ENJOY!!!:)

Sugarland!
Probably one of the funnest concerts EVER...OK, so I've only been to a few, but the BEST by FAR!!
I don't think Brad knew I was so CRAZY and I think that I embarrassed our friends Phil and De de that we went with, but what can I say! I KNOW how to BUST-A-MOVE! OK?! lol! WE...or should I say, I...had so much fun!

Brad's family spent a day at Bear Lake last week and we got to tag along! It was so fun...very HOT, but tons of fun! Max is IN LOVE with the water, and even the HOT, HOT sand...(really! you could literally burn the bottom of your little feet!) We always leave there with sand in our britches and SMILES on our faces...TIRED smiles! Being in the sun ALL DAY wears ya right out!

Brad and Maxers enjoyed the raft that Hil and Wyatt brought up!
That was so smart to bring! Everyone LOVED it!

Classic...lol! Trying to get a good family shot is next to IMPOSSIBLE!

Oh-well, it's the thought that counts!

Maxers and Mommo (that's what Max calls me:) Big GOOFS!

What's SUMMA-TIME without a little corn-on-the-cob!

YUMM-O!?

For some reason these pictures didn't turn out so great, but Max LOVED wearing this helmet!

He'd put it on and then go to the door and say "BIKE!" He was all geared up and ready to RIDE!

Happy Anniversary to us! 8.10.07...this year was 4 big ones!
So our Anniversary was on a Wednesday and we both were working, so we talked and said we weren't gonna do anything for each other cause we were going SHOPPING in Park City for a weekend GETAWAY with our friends, so I didn't plan one thing for Brad because of what we had talked about and on the morning of our Anniversary I had to get up early...I walked into the bathroom to see this...

writing ALL OVER the mirror of CUTE little sayings that we say to each other and a cute card! I was almost in TEARS...those of you who know Brad know that he isn't much of a planner, but this little thing just meant SO MUCH to me! It left me feeling PRETTY GUILTY though, because I am usually the one that does this kind of stuff for Brad, so needless to say...he definitely SURPRISED me this time!

Park City 2011! Yay for a weekend GETAWAY!

We missed our little bubbers SO MUCH, but it was so nice to have some ADULT time! We ate out, sat in the hot tub, shopping, and oh-did I mention SHOPPING?! lol

Above...a picture of me and my HOTTIE on our way to the top of the ALPINE SLIDE!

Our friends Phil and De De, we invited them along on the trip with us because they have a little boy Kyle who is 2 and they had never left him over night, we said that they needed time away...they AGREED! It was so fun!

Alpine Slidin' it! Such a BLAST!

Quick story...So my husband...whom I LOVE SO MUCH...is the king of BARGAINS! Anywhere we go, he's talking his way down on price or throwing in a free somethin'...you get my DRIFT?! So we got done with our first ride on the slide and he starts talking to one of the girls saying that it was our Anniversary and to PLEASE let us go again...I'm embarrassed like always so I'm just shaking my head, and the next thing I know he's on his phone showing this girl a wedding picture of ours so that she had proof! WELL, it worked cause we got a FREE ride! Well worth it Brad! EMBARRASSING, but well worth it!

Phil and De De at a yummy Mexican place that we ate at!

Aw...how PRECIOUS! lol

Such a fun VACA!

AUGUST 5, 2011

Brad turned 28! WOW! No better way to CELEBRATE than camping at Bear Lake! Brad was so excited to camp on his birthday this year, but apparently so was the rest of the world! It was Raspberry Days over at Bear Lake and I guess that camp grounds are reserved like a year in advance...WHO'D-A-THUNK-IT?! Lucky us, a spot opened up last minute and Brad's dream was fulfilled! Yay! It was so much fun! This was our third camping trip in our trailer and so Max was 10 times better, I think he just needed some time to get used to it!

We enjoyed the sun, the beach, the company, dutch oven Lasagna, JUNK FOOD galore, cupcakes for the BIRTHDAY BOY, and making memories to last FOREVER!!

Our set up! So fun!

Brad, AJ, and Maxers enjoying their bikes! I LOVE the bottom picture of Max CHEESN' it! Whenever we have the camera out, he's saying "CHEESE!" Love it!

Brad opening all his presents! He got spoiled with a Camp Chef Griddle, carrying cases for the griddle and camp chef, spatula things he wanted for the camp chef?! and some treats! He deserved it!

CAKE TIME! Brad chose CARS CUPCAKES! The boys LOVED them! They were a GIANT hit at this SHIN-DIG!

We spent Saturday at the Lake, pretty much ALL DAY! It was such a BLAST, but I think Max was WORN OUT! He fell asleep in his little floaty thing, just floatn' out in the water with his Mimi!

The Birthday Boy and me! Love him so much!

This boy LOVES his DADDA!

Cute little Parker was such a CHAMP! He is such a doll! We LOVE cousin PARKER!

Brad's sister, Hilary got us tickets to the Martin Harris Program this year. It had been a really long time ago that I last went to it so it had changed a little, but it was really good and we had fun hanging out with Hil and Bro(Wyatt)!

Wyatt and Hil! What a cute couple:)

This Summer has been filled with sun and water! I'm sad that I didn't get any pictures of Max swimming at the pool, but he LOVED it! Brad had the day off and so we decided to head on over to the pool. It wasn't too crowded and ended up being so much FUN! We haven't been to the pool a lot this Summer, but Max sure LOVES the water!!

After a LONG day of swimming, we headed over to Brigham to our friends Devin and Carlee's house for a little BBQ! They had some Sparklers and a few other fireworks leftover from the 24th of July so we played around with those! Max wasn't sure about them at first, but then he got used to the idea! It was such a fun, but EXHAUSTING day! Summer is the BEST!

ZOO 2011...Max's first trip to Hogle Zoo!

Brad, me, Max, Mom and Kaul, thought that the Zoo sounded fun. I've been stressing about doing memorable things with Max this Summer because I feel like it just FLIES by and I don't wanna look back a wish we would've done things different. So we met up with our friend, Beth and her sisters who live down there and spent a FUN, but very SCORCHING day at the ZOO! Max absolutely LOVED it and it ended up being so much fun!

Max's first time seeing some MONKEYS! He just kept saying "OOOH-OOOH" Like the sound a Monkey makes! Cutest thing EVER!

Watching the ELEPHANTS with Dadda! He raises his arm like an Elephants trunk!

Family Pic at the Rhino Cave!

It doesn't look like it in this picture, but he LOVES his Dadda!

Riding the Carousel! I swear, getting this kid to look at me and smile (a good smile), is NEXT to IMPOSSIBLE! Oh-well, at least he's looking!

Beth and her sisters waiting for the ride to start!

Mom and Kaul! Watching us ride...around and around and around! lol

Max LOVES his Mimi!

My BEAUTIFUL mom and me!

Bear Lake trip #1!

We all had a day off during the week so we decided to head on over to the Lake. This was Max's first time there and I was worried that he'd hate it (he's not one to LOVE to get dirty(he's his mother's child)) I was wrong! He LOVED it! Kauley on the other hand was not a fan, so this trip was short-lived! Oh-well, still a blast!

Max and Momma! Not the happiest look on his face, but still cute:)

He was a HAPPY CAMPER just diggin' in the sand!

So worn out that he fell asleep as soon as he got in his car seat. He just wouldn't let go of his ball!

We ended this trip driving ALL the way around the lake and then getting SHAKES of course!

NAPA Family Reunion 2011!

Family Reunions are the BEST! Every year my Nana and Papa have the annual NAPA reunion and this year we had it in my parents back yard! It was so fun seeing everyone and catching up! We had great food and great company! We are looking forward to next year!

Max and Dadda hangn' out in the hammock!

My CRAFTY mom came up with the idea of doing a little "drive in movie" with all the little grand kids! It was so cute. They made little cars out of boxes and then when they were all done they watched a movie outside on the projector and my mom served them popcorn! CUTEST idea EVER! The kids LOVED it too!

The picture above is Max painting his wheels for his car!

Max's car finished and ready for the MOVIE!

4th of JULY 2011!

The 4th of July weekend was so CRAZY busy, but so much fun! We had a family reunion that weekend and still enjoyed the festivities of Logan! We watched the fireworks in the Hospital parking lot cause Brad was working, so we joined him for some FUN!

We watched the Hyrum Parade...like always! After that we went to my parents house for a BBQ! I love the 4th of July!

Max LOVED the parade! Fire Trucks, Cop Cars, and CANDY! What more could a little boy want?!

Nelson Family Reunion 2011

Every year the Nelson's have their BIG reunion and for the last couple years it's been in the same place, Gunnel Park in Wellsville. I LOVE it there! It's all grass and there is a home made water slide for all the kids! Over-all it's just a fun place to be. This year we headed over to the Reunion after we got done with a camping trip up Willow Flatt's, so to say that we were WORN OUT would be an understatement! We stayed in our trailer and it ended up being such a BLAST!

Max ENJOYING his LICORICE!

Max and Uncle AJ going down the slide!

Max didn't really LOVE it all that much! ha ha

PARKER! Such a cutie! Always SMILING!

Max playin' with the hose! Thanks Trever for entertain' him!

Max with his new BUDDY, Carter!

Carter was so cute with Max!

I LOVE watching Max play with other kids!

1st Camping trip in the new TRAILER! Willow Flatt's 2011!

NIGHTMARE!

I didn't take many pictures during this trip because it was an ABSOLUTE nightmare and I've tried to FORGET about it!! I knew Max wouldn't sleep well the first night because I figured he'd have to get used to it, but oh-my-word! He didn't sleep either of the nights and that resulted in a VERY, VERY GROUCHY boy! Oh-well! You live and learn. Max is now getting used to the idea of the trailer and each camp trip gets better and better!

We went up with our good friends Phil and De de. They have a little boy Kyle. Max LOVES "Kawa"!

The Glovers joined us too, sorry no pictures for proof though!

The only time Max smiled the entire 3 days and I got it on camera! Wahoo! I still LOVE him even though he was a little STINKER this trip! Notice the cookie in his hand...could be playing a part in the SMILE!

LOVES his Dadda!

Lagoon 2011

This was Max's second time to Lagoon, but I think he enjoyed it SO MUCH MORE this year! I was SHOCKED to see him get on all the little kid rides without even thinking twice about it and then asking for more when they were done! My baby boy is just growing up way to FAST for me!

Max on all the little kid rides! He LOVED them!

No, Max isn't crying...he's saying "CHEESE!"

Riding on the TRAIN!

Of course we enjoyed some ICE CREAM...I think Max enjoyed his a little more than we did! lol

Riding the Sky Ride with Mimi and Pop Pop!

To end the night with a BANG. Brad, my dad and me went on the SKY COASTER...at least that's what I think it's called! It was such a RUSH!

Father's Day 2011

Max and I are so LUCKY to have this man in our lives!

We LOVE him so much!

18 Month Pics!

Weight: 28 Lbs. 2 Oz. 75%

Height: 32 Inches 35%

Head Circ: 19.7 Inches 94%

I had my aunt take some pictures of Max in June when he turned 18 MONTHS OLD! We also had her snap a few family ones! I think she did an AWESOME job!

Here is just some of my FAVS!

He was calling a horse names RIVER..."RIIIVVVOOO"

There ya have it! This post only took me a week to do, but now you know what we've been up to all Summer!

2011-08-09T16:52:00.000-07:00

AAAHHHH SUMMER!!

So, I can't believe that Summer is almost over! I have so many things that I need to update on this blog that it stresses me out, but right now we are currently soaking up every second that we can until it is gone! So, for now I'll tell you that we are still alive, but we are just CRAZY busy having the time of our lives:)

Just a quick shout out to my HOTTIE of a HUSBY...tomorrow is our 4 year anniversary! YAY! HOLLA! We have a fun little outing planned to Park City to shop till we drop! Can't wait!! I LOVE you babe, so much! Thanks for all you do for our family, you are the BEST husband and dad that we could ask for! WE LOVE YOUR STINKING GUTS! You are the best:)

2011-06-20T16:40:00.000-07:00

Max is 18 MONTHS OLD!!!

I can't believe that I just wrote that! Holy cow! It seems like just yesterday I was in the hospital holding him. Brand new. Not exposed to the outside world. Smelling of baby lotion, touching his soft skin. Him holding on to my finger. Cuddling him for hours on end, and soaking up every moment. I still try to do that everyday, but life gets so CRAZY and sometimes I find myself not cherishing every little moment that I spend with him. So that's why I'm doing this post. So that I can look back and look and all the fun times. What a GOOF he is. What he's learning, and most of all how much we love him!! No matter how CRAZY life gets. Our LOVE for our BUBBERS only GROWS stronger and more everyday!

We thought that turning 18 months old called for a little CELEBRATION! Nothing too big, but A LOT of fun! I thought that Pizza and cupcakes were an order. Those are 2 of Max's favorite things and I thought that it'd be fun to have for a HALF BIRTHDAY!!

Since I was working for my mom/watching Kaul that night, we invited Kade, Stace and Navie over to her house to have dinner with us! Max LOVED it and he got very messy!

Max has also been telling us when he's needs his diaper changed, so for a little "present" we bought him a potty! He's not very interested in it, and I'm not in a big hurry to potty train him, but I thought he'd like it and by the time he's ready, he'd already be acquainted with the potty! For now though, he just pushes it around the house! ha ha

So excited for pizza and cupcakes!!

Loving his cupcake!!

STUFFED!!! Look at that belly:)

Eating crackers, sitting on his new potty!

Bare bum! Pushing his potty around!

Max is such a funny little boy!

Whenever we are in a store he waves and says "hi" to everyone!

He goes to NURSERY now which makes me sad, but also relieved. Teaching 4 year olds with Max in the room was very hard at times, so it'll be so much less-stressful

This was a while ago, but he went through this phase of shrugging his shoulders and saying "UGH!" (he got this off of some Backyardigans episode.)

He still LOVES to eat. He will eat pretty much anything. His favs are tomato's, grapes, oranges, cereal (every morning when I go in to get him up..."Ceral" he calls it! It's the only thing he'll eat for breakfast!) anything sweet he LOVES, the only thing he's not too fond of is meet. He'll eat chicken nuggets, but that's about it, oh-and meatballs!

He LOVES the freaking show Caillou. I can't stand it, but he'll watch episode after episode if I let him.

We just bought a DVD player for our car and for camping, and he's obsessed with it. Everywhere we go he has to watch a DVD!

He knows what every animal says. Like EVERY animal. So cute!

He knows almost all his body parts.

He's getting the hang of his colors and counting too.

He is talking great. He pretty much says every word you tell him to, and he's started putting words together which is so funny and cute!

He can definitely throw a TANTRUM! He does this thing where he screams and bounces up and down on to his tippy toes. I can't help, but laugh when he does it!

He LOVES to read books.

He folds his arms so cute for prayer and says AMEN so cute too!

He LOVES his Binky STILL, and his burpy/snuggy! I'm not sure how we're gonna get them away from him.

He sings and does the actions for 5 Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree. I LOVE it!

He still is signing really good, only now he does the sign and says the word, which helps me out A LOT!

He claps and says "YA!" all the time.

He does hi-fives and "bones" all the time.

He LOVES to dance to Justin Beiber and sing to Randy Travis!

He LOVES his Mimi, Pop-Pop and Nana and Papa.

He still sleeps well and takes a great nap during the day!

Everyday I spend with him I learn so much and LOVE him more and more! He is such a funny kid and is always making me laugh!

WE LOVE YOU MAXERS!!

Eating OLIVES!!

I'll be posting his 18 months stats and his 18 month pictures soon!

2011-06-13T11:13:00.000-07:00

Loads of fun!

We've been having loads of fun these last couple weeks! From BBQ's and fires, visiting family, a baby blessing, Uncle AJ's birthday party, walks on the River Trail and lots lots more! Here are some pictures...

My little snugly bear! I love him at bedtime! He's so cuddly and cute!

Mimi bought Max and Navie their own little swings! To say they LOVE them would be an understatement!

Our cute little nephew Parker was blessed and of course I didn't get pictures of the little stud, but I got some of us playing at the park after the blessing! I'll have to take some of Parker. He is so stinking cute:) After we played at the park we went to Brad's parent's house for AJ's Birthday celebration. AJ is such an awesome kid! He turned 14, but looks like a freaking 17 year old. He's a total stud! He's a great Brother and an AWESOME uncle!

WE LOVE YOU AJ!

(sorry no pictures of this either:()

My cousin Chas graduated from High School! WOW, that is so crazy! He's so TALENTED and good at everything he does! Congrats Chasers! We're so proud of you!

On Memorial Day we went to see my grandpa's grave in Logan and then headed to my parents house of a little BBQ. We always have a lot of fun when we all get together!

Also, we bought a camp trailer over Memorial Weekend! I don't have pictures of it yet, but it is super nice and we are so EXCITED to take it camping! Pictures of it will come:)

Have a great week everyone! Coming soon...Max's 18 month pictures! I can't believe that he's that old already!

2011-05-28T19:00:00.000-07:00

Sunny Days....We LOVE you!

Saturdays are always fun! Today was no exception. When Max woke up from his nap we headed out on a walk to the park! The weather was kind of crappy this morning, but then the afternoon turned out to be so LOVELY!! We took full advantage of the SUNSHINE!

He wanted to swing pretty much...the ENTIRE time! He LOVES the swings so much!

Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE this kid??...Well just in case you forgot! HE IS THE BEST! WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!

He LOVED this swing...shortly after this picture, he almost fell asleep! ha ha

We hope everyone is having a FUN weekend!

Hopefully the sun will come out again...until then enjoy some pictures that prove just how crazy our little man is!!:)

Playing at Mimi's house!

2011-05-26T15:35:00.000-07:00

OREOS...Milk's favorite cookie!

And by the looks of it...Max's favorite cookie too!:)

He's got the dip down and everything!

LOVE THIS BOY SO MUCH!!!!!

2011-05-22T14:38:00.000-07:00

I turned 24!!

May 21, 2011 I turned 24! Brad and Max made it such a fun day for me! I got to spend it with family and friends...what more could you ask for!!!

Max slept the ENTIRE night which was an AWESOME birthday present (the post below explains our lack of sleep this week) and in fact I would have been OK just with that, but it didn't stop there!

Brad took Max up town with him to get some things for a big BBQ that he had planned for me, so I got ready all ALONE...another great gift! I feel like it always takes FOREVER on a normal day because I'm taking breaks to play with Max, or feed him and stuff so that was so nice!

After getting ready I was able to go shopping all ALONE! I know it sounds crazy, but I LOVED that as well! You see, my hubby works lots of CRAZY hours, so at times I feel like a single mom, which I'm not complaining about, but it leaves NO TIME for just me, myself, and I, so this was another great gift. Brad only called once too, to see when I was coming home! ha ha

When I got home from shopping Brad wrapped everything I bought:) and we headed over to my mom's house for a fun night of family, friends, fires, and burgers! YUM!

It was such a fun day and I was sad to see it end, but hey, Brad has probably already started planning for my birthday next year...RIGHT BABE??...ha ha if you know Brad then you'll know why that is funny! I love you BABE, Max and everyone that came to help wish me a HAPPY BIRTHDAY...Boy-OH-Boy did I get spoiled! THANKS:) It was the BEST day!

Us...trying to get a good family picture...NOT SUCCESSFUL...oh-well!

Max swinging...you can't see Papa, but he's pushing him! Max sure LOVES his Papa:)

Opening my gifts...wasn't quite ready for the picture! ha ha

My CRAZY Brother, Kade...You're so cool:)

CAKE! YUMMY!

CAKE! YUMMY!:)

Max and Kam eating their cake!

Max, watching the fire!

Have a fun week everyone...Maybe the sun will decide to shine for us!!

2011-05-22T14:16:00.000-07:00

sick.sick.boy!
Max had a temperature of 103 for three days this last week. I was switching off with the Motrin and Tylenol and nothing was kicking it. I kept thinking...he's getting his molars...THIS SUCKS...Doctor?? Well finally after 2 nights of literally NO SLEEP...4 hours is all...thanks to my husband who saved me from going insane, and sat out on the couch with our sick baby and watched episode after episode of Caillou...(I HATE Caillou, but it helped Max get through this rough week so what the heck?!) I took him into the 5 Minute Clinic...That's all that was open at the time, but hearing Max scream for one more second was about to be the death of me. The Doctor took one look in each ear and said, "WOW! Those are angry ears!" My heart sank...all this time I thought it was his DARN molars coming in, but no...He had a Double Ear Infection...Poor dude! He is finally doing so much better and we have our old Maxers back! YAY! The pictures below are right before I took him to the doctor! He LOVES his snuggie (the white blanket/burp cloth thing he's holding) he wouldn't let it go to get in the tub...so I let him have it in there with him! ha ha I love this little dude so much! Even if we go for 48 hours and only sleep about 4 of those hours!

2011-05-16T20:21:00.000-07:00

MAY is my favorite month of the year...

Why you ask?...

Flowers.

Warmer Weather.

SUNSHINE (usually).

Morning Walks.

BBQ's.

Mother's Day.

My Birthday.

It's just all around a great month! It has been pretty great weather so far and we've had a lot of fun playing outside!

Here are some pictures of things that we've been up to lately!

Today was a little cold, but we went for a nice long walk up Logan Canyon's River Trail and then came home to do some cleaning (Picture below. Max helping me mop the kitchen. That kid LOVES the Swiffer!) After cleaning I figured that Max deserved a treat for being such a big helper. He's getting all of his molars at the same time, so I thought a POPSICLE would be great!

HE LOVED IT!

Is this NOT.THE.CUTEST.FACE.EVER!? ha ha

Max's cousin Baylor turned one on May 12th. He had a Baseball themed party and it was so cute! Max's favorite part..the CUPCAKES!

Happy Birthday Baylor...We LOVE you!

Happy Mother's Day to me!

Mother's day was so fun! I woke up bright and early for 8:30 church (BLAH) and found to cute cards from my boys by my make-up in my bathroom!

Max's card read...

For Mother's Day I got you saggy boobs and a mooshy tummy!

You're Welcome!

Ha ha I laughed so hard, but then thought...mmm...is Brad trying to tell me somethin?! lol

My gift from them is to go pick out my flower pots for my driveway and deck! I'm so excited!!!

After church we went over to my mom's for a BBQ with everyone! It was a BLAST!

I LOVE my mom so much and I'm so grateful for the example that she sets for me. I hope that I can be half the mother that she was to me, to my kids. She is so AMAZING and there really is not one thing that she can't do! I'm so happy that she's my BEST FRIEND and my MOMMA! I LOVE you MOMMA!

4 Generations! Mom. Max. Me. Nana.

All the girls in the Ashliman Fam!

Since Brad was working on Mother's Day we got together with his family the day before!

We had a yummy BBQ and enjoyed every one's company!

The picture above is Uncle AJ with Chance, Baylor, and Max!

Max with all his cousins! Chance. Baylor. Max. Baby Parker.

I love Max's face! Ha ha he LOVES babies!

I LOVE Brad's mom so much! She is such a positive person. She's always smiling, and offering to lend a helping hand! Any woman that can put up with Brad for 27 years is an amazing one! ha ha She is so creative and an AWESOME cook as well! Thanks for loving me like one of your own! You are the BEST!

Max with his NANA!

We LOVE sidewalk chalk!

Dinner at Savannah's BBQ with Devin, Carlee, and Daxton!

Max and Dax takin' a tubbers!

Max and Dax are great friends. Max sometimes loves Dax a little too hard, but he means well! ha ha Daxton sometimes isn't quite sure how to react to Max's LOVES! They play great together though!

The first week of May my parents went to Vegas so we stayed at their house to watch Kauley. Max LOVES playing out in their big backyard. We did bubbles and played on the slides. We also chilled with a movie and popcorn on the rainy days!

Sunday started my Birthday Week...ha ha (I didn't know you got a birthday week till Brad came along and he milks his birthday week...so what's a girl to do, but to milk hers:) So far Brad has let me sleep in for 2 days! AH it's been so nice! Can't wait to see what else my Birthday Week has in store for me!

Happy Happy Days!

Talking

2011-05-02T10:00:00.000-07:00

We went for a walk this morning...oh how I LOVE the SUNSHINE!!! Max is getting so big and talking so much.

We walked outside and saw the HORSES! Max LOVES the HORSES. He clicks his tongue whenever we see them!

We walked past the mailbox..."MAIL!" he says.

We hear a dog barking and Max says, "DOG!" and then barks like a dog!

A tractor passed us on the road, "TRACTOR!" he says.

We saw a bunch of chickens in a yard, "CHICHENS!" he says, and then I taught him what chickens say!

We could hear the birds cheeping, "BIRD!" he says.

I LOVE hearing him talk and it is so fun to hear the new things that he learns everyday!

I just wanted to remember this. I LOVED IT! I LOVE YOU MAXERS!

2011-04-30T20:23:00.000-07:00

.Fun.Fun.Weekend.

(Easter Weekend that is...Did you really think that I'd be blogging about this weekend already...YA RIGHT...Way to good to be true!)

April is always a fun month for us. We have TONS of birthdays and Easter of course! April 25th is Brad's Mom's birthday. We didn't do anything as a family for it and my Brad has been working SO MUCH this month that we haven't even made it over to Brigham to see her and give her the birthday cards we got! We are BAD kids! Happy Birthday Mom! You are the BEST! We'll come see you soon!

April 25th and 26th are my Dad's and my Bro man Kauley's Birthdays! We always celebrate them together and this year we had yummy steaks and cake and ice cream! YUM! Brad actually had the day off so he was able to spend some time with us and we had a blast!

Anytime we sing Happy Birthday, Max ALWAYS thinks it's to him so he got to "help" blow out the candles!

Uncle B-rad and cute little Navie Lynn!

Max ENJOYED the cake very much so! ha ha

He's started this thing where he holds up his plate or bowl and lets whatever food is on it slide into his mouth...

SEE!! Here he is doing it with Applesauce!

It sure makes a mess, but it sure is funny!!

Happy Easter Everyone!!!

Easter was so much fun this year! Brad and I both worked that weekend, but we found some time to have fun with family too!

On the Saturday before Easter, Max and I went over to my Mom's house to color eggs! Max LOVED it so much and let's just say...it was very interesting coloring eggs with a one and a half year old! ha ha I was busy trying to get most of it on video so I didn't get too many pictures, but trust me...HE LOVED IT!

We decorated Max with all the stickers that came in the coloring kits! He got a kick out of it! ha ha

Finished product!

Max's Easter STASH from Mimi and Poppy!

The cute Bunny Cake my mom made!

The Easter Bunny found us!

Yes...I'm CRAZY! I have a tramp in my house!

We thought that this would be a fun way for Max to get some of his energy out! HE LOVES IT!

Our plan was to put it outside in the backyard, but it's so nice and I don't want it to get ruined so we'll see how long I can stand it taking up my whole house!

Max got super spoiled this year, but I want to spoil him while we can and Brad's all for it so, HEY, why not buy the kid a tramp! ha ha It was kind of funny cause obviously when he first walked into the room and saw it, he had no idea what it was. So what'd he do. He grabbed his freaking dollar store shovel and was like "OOOHHH!" HE WAS MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE SHOVEL THAN THE TRAMP! ha ha When we finally put him on it and kind of showed him what it was is when he started LOVING it and now most of the time, we can't keep him off of it!

Brad did such a cute basket for me this year!

He knows,

I LOVE popcorn!

I LOVE mint chocolate chip gum!

I LOVE oreos!

You can't really see, but he popped a bag of popcorn and used that as the grass in my popcorn bowl "basket"! Good job babe! Sure do LOVE YOU!

My boy all ready for church in his new Easter Outfit!

What a stud!

I found a sub for my class and we went to church with my mom. It was fun to see people from my old ward and Max and I got to go play in the nursery and that was a lot of fun too. It was so touching seeing all the nursery kids sit so well and listen to the lesson of the real meaning of Easter! I'm so thankful for the sacrifice of our Savior and while Easter is such a fun holiday it was so nice to remember that!

After church and a much needed nap, we went to my Nana's house for a yummy Easter dinner. Everyone was there and it was so much fun!

We brought the bubbles that Max got from the Easter Bunny and all the kids loved playing outside with them...Even BRAD:)

Max got to take the Handy Manny 4-Wheeler for a ride too and thought that it was AWESOME!

We ended the fun day playing on the new tramp!(He slept so good that night)

Hope everyone had a FUN Easter, We sure did!

2011-04-23T20:25:00.000-07:00

It's been longer than I thought...

I was going through all the pictures on my camera and realized that I haven't done an actual update for quite a while, so here goes it!

I feel like our life is kind of boring, but going through our pictures made me realize that we've done some pretty fun things. Brad and I are just busy with work and being parents to the CUTEST little man on the PLANET(or so we think)!! He gets smarter and smarter everyday and AMAZES me with how fast he catches on to things(time for me to learn to watch my mouth)!!! He talks so much and we're working on colors right now witch he's not grasping too great! Ha ha everything is blue or purple!

Hey...he's trying though! He also counts to three...kind of...we start him off with one then he'll say "TWO!" then we say three and he repeats "THREE!" He whistles! He LOVES horses and we look for them any time we're in the car and he LOVES to be outside. This presents a problem when we run errands or anything because he's great at throwing fits when he doesn't get his way and he'd rather be outside then in Wal Mart or something so he SCREAMS every time...Hopefully this is just a phase!!! ha ha Everything you ask him the answer is "NAH" with a very dramatic head shake. And we aren't raising a sissy, so whenever he falls we cheer and he follows our cheer with a "WHOA! WHOA!" I love it....I laugh so hard every time! We are LOVING our life and can't wait for some warmer weather!

My mom, Max and I made some Easter cookies last Sunday! It was so fun and I can't believe how interested Max was with helping do every little thing. I thought he'd get bored after like one second, but he helped do the Sugar Cookies and the Peanut Butter Blossoms! It was so fun! The look on his face is PRICELESS! He's such a little grown up. Cute! But makes me sad a little too!

He LOVED to dip his cookie into his milk!

As you can tell...He made quite the mess!

Maybe he'll be a Chef one day...

THAT'D BE SWEET!!!

Just GOOFING off while the cookies bake! ha ha these are PRICELESS as well! Maxers was actually doing funny faces when we told him! Makes me smile!

Popcorn and the movie UP! He LOVED it. This made me think that a movie in the theaters would be OK....

Think again...

We went to Rio. DARLING movie, but Max lost interest after about 20 minutes! I spent the majority of the movie sitting in the isle in the very front watching him run up and down the ramp...good thing the theater wasn't packed, and good thing Brad wasn't there cause he would have made us leave! He's not all about the "let them explore" thing he's more of "he's running around...WE'RE DONE!" I say if they're not causing harm to anyone then...LET EM' BE!!

Mimi makes an AWESOME horse!

I'm pretty sure that he'd do this ALL DAY!

Max's cousin Chance had a Handy Manny birthday party and Max was in HEAVEN with all the balloons, balls, tools and kids around! Doesn't he look cute as a little BUILDER DUDE!!

The many faces of the Max Man!

Such a goof ball!

Meal time MAYHEM!!

He INSIST on feeding himself so he now gets 3 baths a day...no exaggeration there! He's such a messy boy!

Brad FINALLY got sworn in for the County.

I'm so proud of my man and everything he does for our family! I hope that SOON his real dream will come true and he'll be CRUISIN' down the road in HIS patrol car! You are the BOMB babe! I love you!!

Story time with Mimi!

I know it seems like I have tons of pictures with my family, but just to clear up some confusion...Brad and I ARE still married, we DO have our OWN house, and NO, my parents don't live with us! ha ha I work for my mom watching my little Bro Kauley while she does hair 3 days a week and so that's kind of when I have some free time too, so that's where A LOT of our pictures take place. I do have some pretty AMAZING parents and some freaking FABULOUS in-laws though and I'm glad that Max is around them a lot! He's ONE LUCKY BOY!

In March, our cousin Trever got married in the Ogden temple. His bride, Nicole (sorry if I spelled this wrong) looked so beautiful and it was such a pretty day! Congrats!

The picture of Max...NO that's not POOP...Just the YUMMY brownies they had at their Reception!

Having fun with momma...Max is a MOMMA'S BOY...I LOVE it!

I LOVE these pictures...I was laughing so hard at this!

I had given Max his medicine and my mom had refilled the syringe with water and would stand back a ways and Max would open his mouth and she'd shoot it in! ha ha Maybe it was "you just had to be there things" but I thought it was pretty funny!

This was our "VALENTINE'S" date but it was actually like a month after Valentine's Day! ha ha With Brad's schedule it's hard to find time to go out, but thanks to Aj, Mom and Dad we enjoyed dinner and a movie without Max and it was SO needed and SO fun! Thanks guys!

Goin' HOT TUBBIN' @ Poppy and Mimi's house!

Valentine's day was super low key, but Cupid did find us and left each of us a little somthin' somthin'!

I'm not sure if you can zoom on the poster, but if you can, I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it. My husband is SO talented! ha ha

I LOVE my boys! BEST VANLENTINE'S EVER!

Navie is our little niece...She is BEAUTIFUL, PRECIOUS, CUTE AS A BUTTON, and everything in between! Her blessing was such a fun and special day! I just LOVE her! Max HAD to ride on the vacuum while Kade was cleaning up. He does that at home too, only our vacuum isn't quite that big! ha ha

In March Brad had a chance to go to St. George for work, so what'd we do? Hopped in the car and headed down with him for a little mini vaca! It was so fun! My mom was able to take work off and fly down (she couldn't leave on the day we were leaving cause she had clients) and stay with us and then she rode back home with us in a car jammed to the brim! Not very comfy, but it was a BLAST!

It worked out great that my mom was able to come stay and play cause Brad had a banquet to go to when the training had ended and so my mom had a little night watching Max and Brad and I got to go out on a little date! It was really great!

Anytime we head to St. George we always call up our friends Jamie and Seth. We were really good friends in 8th grade and then she moved to St. George and lives there still with her husband Seth! They are such a fun couple to hang out with and it was great catching up. She pregnant with a baby girl due in July. We are so excited for them!

Of course we took advantage of the pool! Max LOVED it this time(last time we went he was 3 months old and HATED it) It was such an AWESOME little mini vaca and I'm so glad that my AWESOME uncle and aunt let us stay at their house! Yay for St. George! I SO need to go back there...Like right NOW!

Sorry for this giant post, just needed to get updated. (If anyone even reads this)! ha ha We hope that everyone has an AWESOME Easter! Hoppy Easter:)

.Memories.

2011-04-14T16:22:00.000-07:00

These are some recent, to not so recent pictures, I found on my mom's camera...

I'm never...I repeat...NEVER cutting his hair! ha ha I LOVE his curls!

Naked babes! Max and Navie

Mom and Maxers, just hanging out!

Look at that bald head! ha ha

LOVES Chocolate Pudding!

Hot tub with Poppy and Kaul

I thought that this one was CLASSIC!

Chubby Cheeker Boy!

AH...I just LOVE him!

For some reason I can't get my pictures uploaded onto my computer. So as soon as I figure that out I'll post an update!

2011-03-25T22:22:00.000-07:00

FINALLY...

Happy Birthday to Maxon!

I finally got the pictures back. Here they be, proof of our little "MONSTER'S" 1 Year Birthday Bash!

Enjoy...There's LOTS!

Here.He.Be. The Birthday Boy Himself! Hiding under a chair?! Really?!

A good shot of his Monster shirt I made him!

And the shirts I made us, to match the Birthday Boy!

Family Photo!

(If you click on the pic you can zoom a little)

My mom made the Monster Frames and My mom and I both made the Tissue Paper Monster Balls by the frames! Put balloons in the center and WA LA you have a cute Monster Table!

My Mom made the cute banner and we ate "MONSTER MUNCHIES!"

.BBQ Meatballs.

.Veggie Tray.

.Crackers and Cheese.

.Fruit Salad.

And Lots more fun things!

All his gifts! Max has such great family and friends that came and supported him! He got SPOILED ROTTEN!

He actually LOVED opening all his presents and I was super surprised by that! Some of his favorite things he got.

.Ball Popper.

.Piggy Bank.

.Lots and Lots of books (I made him a couple books on Shutterfly of his first year).

.Shapes and Numbers Cookie Jar.

.Trucks.

.Car Spin Rally.

And lots lots more that he LOVES!

The LOOT!

Max is ready for his CAKE!

He HATES to get his hand's dirty so of course he HAD to eat it with a spoon!

TRUE MAX FASHION! ha ha

I think that it's safe to say that he LOVED his cake...YUM!

Getting a scrub down in the sink!

UP!

After everyone had left we were cleaning up and Santa decided to pay Max a visit for his Birthday! He was a little scared of him so Brad had to hold him and sit with him on Santa's lap! It was really fun!

Fun goody bags for the guests!

We had so much fun on his birthday! It's something that I know he won't remember, but I want to be able to show him pictures of everything and of how much fun was had at his "MONSTER BASH!" We LOVE you Maxon and are so happy you are part of our family! Thanks to everyone for coming and sharing in Max's SPECIAL DAY and a special thanks to my Aunt Seenie who took most of these pictures with her nice camera! Max LOVES YOU!

I never posted his 1 year stats either so here they are...

Weight: 25 lbs. 12 oz. 86%

Height: 30.75 inches 79%

Head Circ. 18.9 inches 89%

And I wasn't surprised (not in a braggy way) when the Dr. told me that he was at an 18 month level with his words and signing! Max is a very independent little cuss and he's very observant and adventurous. He catches on to things so quickly! I had a PROUD MOMMY MOMENT when he said that! We LOVE our well "rounded" (ha ha) healthy bubbers!

.Spring Fever.

2011-03-09T21:09:00.000-08:00

Holy Cow! I feel like I'm going to go crazy if I have to spend one more minute couped up inside! AH! Even though we don't do much it still seems like our day to day lives are busy busy. I still feel like I have so much to catch up on with this blog, and I feel horrible because every time Max does something I think...hmmm...I should write that down and then I never do! So, when I feel ready to play catch up I'll try to think of all the milestones that our little man has hit, but until then I'll just record some of the things he's doin now! Oh-how I LOVE our little man! He is such a stud and makes me laugh so hard each-and-every-day!!

.He is signing so good.

(milk, please, more, thank you, treat, eat, drink, wonder, dream)

.Waves at everyone.
.Will only eat if he can feed himself (SO FRUSTRATING).

.Blows kisses.

.Calls every one Dad! He can say mom too, but hardly ever does.

.Says juice, hot, off, this, huh, ya, ba ba(bottle), ah(ozzie my parents dog).
.Knows what a cow, sheep, dog, elephant, duck, and kind of what a pig says.

.Walking? Nah...he RUNS EVERYWHERE.

.When we tell him to dance he marches in place super fast till he falls over.

.He loves going up and down stairs.

.Loves SPROUT, it's a channel on TV, hopefully our tube time will be non-exsistant when the sun starts shinning.

.Drives his cars and trucks and makes the noises that they make.

.Has such a little imagination, he can entertain himself so good.

.Loves his Uncle Kauley, whenever we say his name he starts heading up the stairs to go see him.

.Has 6 teeth and I think he's getting his molars, who knows though.

.Loves Skittles, grapes, bananas, string cheese, fish crackers, clementines, hot dogs, and many more things.

.Loves to take sips from my drinks, but when he has his own, he'd still rather have mine.

.Is a huge flirt with any girl, or guy for that matter.

.Loves to be around family.

.I have to add this one. I bawled my eyes out. Brad's grandma passed away and while we were at the viewing Max would just point at the casket and when we'd walk with him over to it he'd put his little arms up for us to pick him up. He would just stare at Grams and say "AAAHHH" like in a sweet gentle whisper and stroke her hand. It was the sweetest thing ever. We will miss her so much and I will always remember how great of a women she was! We love you Grams!

.Max is learning more and more everyday.

.We love him more and more everyday!

Playing with Poppy's Shaving Cream!

After tub time at night he is always finding was to entertain himself...and us! He is just like his Dad...ALWAYS MAKING US LAUGH!

Hanging out with Mimi on her birthday!

Best Buds!

Shopping till he dropped! ha ha

Playing in the tunnel at Nana Blau's House!

Look at that grin...Can you tell that he loves his Poppy!?

Being silly for the camera...did I mention that he's just like his father?!

Riding the car at the mall...he didn't want to get off...I'm pretty sure we were every one's entertainment as we left the mall!

Well. Hopefully I can work on this blog and get it up to date...We shall see! Have a great week!

2011-02-11T23:23:00.000-08:00

6 hours is WAY too long to spend in the ER...

January was a long month for us. Max got a really bad case of Croup the first week and we ended up having to take him to the ER at 3 in the morning because it was SO BAD! When we first got there they immediately had Respiratory come down to do a breathing treatment on him. After the first one didn't work, they tried another one. He was SO EXHAUSTED from no sleep and crying from them shoving ALL these medicines down him, but he was such a little trooper! It broke my heart to see him this way!

I Laugh at this picture cause he looks so funny, but remembering how he felt was NOT SO FUNNY!

After the second breathing treatment wasn't working, they were talking like they were going to admit us. I was really nervous because he wasn't getting better and his breathing was so labored. They came and did a breathing treatment for the THIRD time and a couple hours after that he ate something and was starting to get a little better. I was SO GRATEFUL that we didn't get admitted and that we were able to go home 6 LONG HOURS later! He did get better, but DANG that CROUP, I HATE IT!!!

I know I look MIGHTY SCARY...and CHINESE in these pictures but keep in mind 3 A.M.!!!

He was so so so SICK...Makes my heart ache! The next night at work, one of the nurses that helped with Max told Brad that he was the SICKEST little boy that she had seen there in a long time. She hid her worry well though that night, and for that I'm so THANKFUL!!

Maxers and Momma!

I LOVE my little boy so so much! We have so much fun playing together all day! He is so entertaining and such a funny kid!

New Years!

For New Years Eve we went to Grandma and Grandpa O's party at the church and then out to my parents to watch a movie. Like I mentioned before Brad worked A TON through out the holidays so he was dead tired and pretty much slept through it! I made sure to wake him up for my KISS, but after that he was back to SNOOZING...Max was asleep too. Pretty much we are LAME and BORING! ha ha

The only pictures I took were of Max at the church. He LOVES the vacuum which is weird cause he used to be terrified and now he always is helping me clean. It's AWESOME!!

2011-02-07T20:21:00.000-08:00

So I guess I'll start with Christmas...

It might be a while till I make it all up to date, but you gotta start somewhere and better late than never right?! (oh and I really, really, really want to post pics of his birthday but I'm waiting on pictures so I'll get around to that too!) until then enjoy pictures from 2 months ago...ha ha

.CHRISTMAS 2010.

Max playing the Chimes at Nana and Papa Blau's Chrismas Party. We had a blast! They have it at the church so there is TONS of room for all the kids to run around and play! We ate yummy food, sang, played chimes, and opened presents. Max got a Pillow Pet which he LOVES. I was worried cause I hadn't gotten him the "IT" gift, but Nana pulled through for us! Brad and I got movie tickets! Thanks Nana and Papa!

Kissing Cousins...Nuff said...it took a sec, but he LOVES her...and SO DO I!

Christmas Eve was spent at my Parents house eating the traditonal Clam Chowder and Breadsticks, sitting by the fire, and opening presents....and I have NO PICTURES to document it!

SANTA FOUND US!

It hardly felt like Christmas to me. It could have been cause Brad worked the ENTIRE holiday season (thanks for always working so hard babe), or maybe I just wasn't feeling it, but we had fun none-the-less! Christmas morning started SUPER early...about 6 a.m. Brad had to work so we wanted to get up and spend time with him before he had to go babysit the inmates....I hate you STUPID inmates, however, I'm glad that you broke the law. Because of you my husband will ALWAYS have a job! ha ha We opened our presents (what a HOOT watching Max...He LOVED it) and had a nice Christmas morning breakfast. Biscuts and Gravy. Brad's request.

When Brad headed off to work Max and I played with all his new toys and then headed to my parents house to hang out with them for a while!

Max absoultly LOVED all of his presents and opening them too, which surprised me. Brad was SO excited about the little Police Mini Coupe thing and Max LOVED it too. I think that it made Brad SUPER happy that he LOVED it as much as he did! My favorite presents that I got were my Shark Steamer. Thanks mom. and Brad's parents gave us FOOD STORAGE. So NICE. I'm excited to pick the stuff I want and go can it! Brad's favorite presents were his new 4G My Touch Phone. Work boots and hand cuffs....BORING...That's what he wanted though! Whatever?!

We had a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and hope you did too!

2011-01-17T22:02:00.003-08:00

Coming Soon...

Monster Party of the YEAR(2010),

Christmas,

New Years,

& MORE!!!

I'm just waiting on the pics that my Aunt took at Max's birthday. She had a nicer camera than me!

2010-12-13T22:46:00.000-08:00

3 NEW POSTS!

I can't believe it...this "LITTLE" BOY will be 1 in 2 days!!!!

It is a bittersweet moment for me right now...OOPS...I think a tear just fell onto my keyboard...sniff, sniff!

We got his 1 year pics done by the ONE the ONLY Ashley McKnight

Check out her blog! She's AMAZING!!

& here's a few more...

We LOVE our little man to pieces!!! We are so lucky to have him in our lives...what did we ever do without him??? He's walking, blowing kisses, mimicking every thing we say...Ma ma, Da da, Nana, Ah(ozzie), ba ba(bye-bye), Da(my dad's name is Dar and every time we walk in my parents house he starts calling for him...DA...DA...DA! he gets so sad when my dad isn't there!), and many more, he's signing so good, and just an over all joy to be around! I can't quite get enough of him!

2010-12-13T22:33:00.000-08:00

Introducing the SWEETEST most PRECIOUS little PRINCESS in town!

My new little niece...

NAVIE LYNN ASHLIMAN

She is so stinking cute and I miss her every second I'm not holding her!! ha ha

She is going to be ALL GIRL!! Stacie had a bow on her head almost the second she popped out! Max still isn't sure what to think of his new little cousin and all this PINK! Every time my mom is holding her he gets SUPER jealous. Last night we asked if he wanted to hold her and he just grinned, so we sat her on his lap and he grinned the BEST smile EVER!! He instantly started kissing her all over her little head...it was so PRECIOUS!! I think that it helped him like her a little more!

Proud AUNTIE!!

This was the first time he met her...his face says it all...what do you think!?

Little SASSY PANTS already!!!

Mimi and Poppy are so proud of their grandkids!

CONGRATS again Kado and Stace! We are SO SO happy for you guys! I have many more pics of your little princess to put up from mom's camera so stay tuned!!!

2010-12-13T22:22:00.000-08:00

PICTURES & SUCH!!!

This little stud muffin is...wait for it...

WALKING!!!

He started really being interested in it right before Thanksgiving...and now...there's NO stopping him!

He's practically a pro!

Pictures from Thanksgiving!

My cute little family!

Me and my BUBBERS!

Stacie...PREGO...mom and me!

He needs to STOP GROWING UP SO FAST!!!

Future Beethoven?....I think so!!!

This is what this MONSTER does while I'm making dinner!!

Cutest boy around!

Helping mom bake her cake...OK...he helped by licking the beaters...YUM...YUM!!

afterwards he took a bath...with the spoon that he licked...he couldn't part without it! ha ha

So, was there some more of that yummy goodness??? I've already licked this spoon clean!!

Trying to get Max in our little pic.

Freezing our butts off at Temple Square...did I mention...

FREEZING OUR BUTTS OFF?!

Our good friends Beth and Brad came and stayed with us for a few nights! We went Christmas shopping, to a movie, to see the lights and just hang out! We had a BLAST!!

Brad, Max, Me, Beth, Brad

Eating a TREAT after lunch! I think it was a little sour for him, but he practically DEVOURED it! ha ha

I love his little precious lips!!

Hopefully your all ready for Christmas...only 12 days left...I'm not ready...AHHHHHH!!!

gratitude...

2010-11-25T22:27:00.000-08:00

I have felt so blessed and so grateful all day! I LOVE Thanksgiving for that reason. It's sad that is takes a holiday to make us think about everything we're grateful for, but I'm grateful that we have this holiday to remind of us of all the GREAT things that we have in our lives!!

I am grateful for my own little family! Brad and Max! They mean the world to me and I can't imagine my life without them!

Brad, who works so hard to provide for our family. Who sleeps 3 hours here, 4 hours there, working 12 hours at one job, just to drive to another to work 4 or 6 more hours and in doing all of this still has energy to be the BEST husband, friend, and dad to me and Max! We love him so much, he is SO positive and that is really good for me because I'm not all the time!

YOU DESERVE THAT BACK SCRATCH BABE....WITHOUT ME COMPLAINING ABOUT IT...EVEN IF YOU DO ASK...EVERY NIGHT!!

(he always asks me to scratch his back, and i'm a brat and always roll my eyes...sorry baby!)

Max, who gives me a reason to wake up in the mornings, makes me laugh, gives me someone to tell my LAME stories to, cuddles me, loves me even when I have morning breath and look CRAZY, smiles when I ask him if my jeans make me look fat, and helps me learn things about myself every single day! I LOVE YOU BUBBA'S! You make everyday an adventure and I'm SO grateful for that!

I'm grateful for the family and friends that are so supportive of me and are always there for me, the house that I have to live in, the car that I have to drive, the food that I have to eat, the clothes that I have to wear, I could go on and on! Life is great...I need to realize this more often!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

This picture was last year when Maxers was just a new little thing...9 days old!!!

I will post a more recent one when I upload them, but kind of fun to look back on though...KIND OF! ha ha scary as well!

2010-11-14T23:36:00.000-08:00

Fall has fell and well....Christmas is in full swing at our house!!!

I know I said that I would be better at this blogging thing, but you know how that really goes, right? ha ha I never can keep up and I'm sad to say that Fall is over and Winter is pretty much here...which means...my little babe is almost 1! AAHHH in 1 short month Max will be 1 year old...biter sweet moment! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this time of year...

not the cold

or the snow...

but all the family time in a cozy house smelling like Christmas and all decked out for the HOLIDAYS!

So, what's been going on with us you ask??? (if anyone evens reads our blog)

We have been super busy....SURPRISE??....NO! I think everyone is always super busy, there's no getting around it! But of course we have still found time to have fun and enjoy our little MONSTER, a.k.a MAX!

So instead of boring you with a bunch of PI SH-POSH, I'll just post some pics of what's been going on!

We threw my cute Sis-In-Law Stacie a BABY SHOWER! She is due on December 18th with a little baby girl! We couldn't be more excited! The shower was back in September...give me a break...better late than never...Right?!

And This little stud was crawling around the entire time...I think he even ate a piece of bark...OK, or 2!

Max LOVES to eat...usually! I think he was eating Spaghetti in this picture!

This picture was at his 9 month apt.

-here are his stats-

Weight: 23 pounds 12 ounces

Height: 29.5 inches

Head Circ: 47 inches

He is such a free spirited little stud! Don't get me wrong, there are those days where I want to throw him out the window...OK not really, but you get my drift, but over all he is such a good boy and he brings so much JOY into our lives!

-Here's some fun facts about the Maxers-

.He loves pasta.

.He signs milk, more, finished, please(still needs a little help with this one), eat(sometimes), and we're working on a few other ones.

.He waves hi, not hello...if you say hello he hold his hand up to his ear like a phone.

.He still loves bath time.

.He was on this kick where he would do the Itsy Bitsy Spider...not just the spider part, but the WHOLE THING, but now I can't get him to do it...no matter what I bribe him with.

.He was a lion for Halloween and when asked what a lion says...he'd ROAR...ADORABLE.

.Loves to watch Playhouse Disney in the mornings.

.He gets off the couch all by himself.

.He points at everything and says "DAH" I think he wants to talk so bad.

.WILL NOT say Mom...I've been working on this one for quite some time now and I have failed at getting him to say Mom.

.LOVES to read books.

.He has 4 teeth now. 2 bottom 2 top.

.Crawls super fast, pulls himself up to anything and will stand on his own for a while...till he realizes he's standing on his own and then he sits down.

.He is so loving and gives hugs and kisses all the time.

.He laughs so hard when he is being tickled.

.He gets into every cabinet possible.

.He LOVES to help load the dishes in the dishwasher.

.He is now sleeping so good again...KNOCK ON WOOD.

.He usually takes 2 hour and half to two hour naps a day.

.Brightens any room he is in with his sweet smile.

.He imitates any type of high pitch squeal someone does...I love that he does this...makes me laugh.

I could go on and on about my little man because it seems like he learns something new everyday! I wish I was better at blogging because this is my only documentation that I make of his milestones so hopefully I don't leave any out because I want to remember every little moment!

These eyes melt my heart...I love him so much!

Like I said...LOVES BATH TIME!

We got a new jogging stroller and he was testing it out after we put it together...I think he liked it!

OK, this picture and the next one crack me up. I went in to check on him before I went to bed and 2 nights in a row I found him in the FUNNIEST positions. I had to take a picture because I was laughing so hard!

You might think we're bad parents, but Max is in a BIG BOY seat now. He was starting to scream every time we would go somewhere in the car because he hated his seat so we bought the Graco toddler seat without knowing that it DIDN'T rear face so he sits in the middle now and can see the cars and trucks(everything he loves!) and he is SO SO SO much better in the car! It's so fun to look in my mirror and see his little sweet face! I love it! The picture above makes me laugh because this was his first time getting strapped in and I think it looks like he's looking at Brad saying,"Dad are you sure?" ha ha!

First attempt at a family shot at the famous BURGER BAR!

Second attempt...not much better...OH WELL!

I forgot to mention that my son eat tomatoes...That's right...TOMATOES like they're going out of style! He loves them!

I wanted to take some pics of him in the Fall leaves...

as you can tell...It didn't go too good!

I didn't get any smile shots, but still a couple cute ones!

Playing with a snowball! About 2 seconds after this picture he started screaming cause his hands were too cold!

Our pumpkins! From left to right: Brad's was a scary face and then all the way around it was Cop stuff! My Mom's freaking awesome sculpted scary man! She just winged it and this is what she came up with...she's so talented! Last, but not least, my SPECIAL AGENT OSO PUMPKIN...Max's favorite show! He dug it!

Our cute little lion...the face paint was done by my Mom , but it didn't last long...Max hated it!

He's pointing in this picture...like I said...He points at EVERYTHING!

When we were done Trick-or-Treating we went to hang out at my Mom's house cause Brad was working. On the way out there I decided to give him a sucker cause he had been so good all night. BAD IDEA! He go on this sugar high and was acting all crazy! The pictures above and below are just some that I captured when he was out of control! I think in the picture above he's grinning at my mom cause she was holding some m&m's in her hand!

We were getting him ready for his bath and he started crawling away so then we put socks on his hands and his pants on his head and he was screaming and diving off the chair on to my Dad's belly and bouncing off the walls! It was hilarious!

Every Tuesday morning this is what we do. We sit at the window and wait for the garbage truck and the recycle truck! He is OBSESSED! When is comes and gets the garbage he just sits and breathes really heavy and watches it's every move, and then when it drives away he just sits and says, "da da da da" and waves and whimpers. It is so funny how obsessed he is with trucks and cars! He's all boy that's for sure!

Pointing at the garbage truck as it drives away!

Who needs toys when you have a mixing bowl and a whisk?!

The picture below is him holding the spoon up to his ear cause we said "hello!" This is his new thing that he does...makes me laugh!

So as you can see our life has been busy chasing around Max and playing with him and watching him grow! It's so much fun to see him learn and develop new skills or "tricks" as we like to call them!

Christmas is in like 41 days and it is going to be so fun this year with Max! I can't wait to see him with his gifts! He'll probably like the boxes more than anything else! Well, hopefully everyone has started Christmas shopping and getting in the holiday spirit! We put our tree up tonight and I'm loving it! Have a great week everyone!

2010-11-14T21:19:00.000-08:00

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I just came across the best thing ever!!! 50 free Christmas card prints from SHUTTERFLY!! I know I'm a little behind and many of you have already taken advantage of this, but if you haven't...DO IT!! This is an awesome deal so don't pass it up! I'm working on a book for Max's one year birthday on Shutterfly and I absolutely LOVE their site! They have some really cute CHRISTMAS CARDS & HOLIDAY CARDS, (click on which one you want and it'll take you right to it!) Shutterfly makes everything so cute, fun, they're super easy, greatly priced, and not to mention all the great promotions they do all the time! I wouldn't go anywhere else! Another thing I love on their site is their CHRISTMAS TAGS.. visit that link to see how much fun they are!!

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2010-11-06T20:34:00.000-07:00

In a FUNK?
I don't know what it is, but lately i've just been in a little bit of a FUNK...no cleaning, no laundry, no nothing! I have had no energy! I'm taking Sunday to rest up and then I'm starting fresh on Monday!
Until I have the energy to upload some pics and post about our fun happenings of Halloween and our freaking cute baby boy take a second and go vote for our freaking cute baby boy! He's in the running for the NEXT GERBER BABY! Click on this link and then click the search tab kind of at the bottom in the middle, when that pulls up type his name, MAXON and then click the "crawler" icon. His picture should pull up and you can click "vote for me" once you do all that you have to make sure you check your email and confirm your vote! A pain in the butt? A little! But we'll love you if you do it! It doesn't take long and you can vote EVERYDAY for the rest of the month! PLEASE HELP! Thanks and stay tuned for a little...ok quite LARGE update!:)

Oh and to get you by here is a picture of the one, the only, MAXON JAMES...

And yes, that smile melts my heart!

2010-09-19T12:24:00.000-07:00

Max,
You are now 9 months old and Friday your second baby tooth popped up! I can't believe how big you're getting! You are so much fun right now! It seems like you learn so many new things everyday! Lately, you've been waking up every morning at 3 a.m. and as tired as I am I LOVE it because you just want mom to hold you and rock you back to sleep! Max, you make my days so happy and fun! I love you so much! I just never want to forget all the little things that make me smile!
Love, mom

2010-09-12T12:20:00.000-07:00

ahh...the smell of FALL...

I love Fall, but hate that when Fall is here, then Winter is just around the corner...BLAH! Well, we might as well enjoy it and have fun before we're stuck inside watching snow fall!

Every year for Labor Day weekend Brad's family goes camping up by Pine View. We've yet to actually stay the night up there in the 3 years that we've been married due to work and now a baby, but we do at least go up and eat fabulous food and hang out for an evening! This year it didn't disappoint! Mom and Dad cook the BEST dutch oven and we sat around a fire and chatted! It was so fun to just sit and relax! Love it:)

Max will NEVER look at the camera!

September also means Peach Days! We look forward to it every year. The LONG parade, seeing old friends, and of course the PEACH COBBLER! YUM:) It was a lot of fun, but the weather was crazy! It was freezing for a majority of the day! We still had a good time though!

Max LOVED the horses and trucks in the parade!

Nana and Max watching the parade!

We hung out with our friends Devin and Carlee. Their little boy Daxton is 6 weeks younger than Max. They are going to be best buds. I think max will be Daxton's protector, because as you can see Max is quite LARGER than little Dax! Ha ha

LOVES riding on Dad's shoulders!

It's time to clean my house and decorate for FALL! yeah! Maybe make some peach cobbler too. Who am I kidding.? I'll just go buy some and burn a yummy candle so it smells like I made it! ha ha

2010-09-05T07:52:00.000-07:00

A Lot-a-bit of some Summer fun!

better late than never. for journal purposes I've posted it all! ha ha

We have had such a busy Summer, but it has been so much fun! I can't believe that it's over and Fall is in the air. Oh Fall, how I love you, but hate that you mean that Winter is just around the corner!

Bring on the comfy hoodies...I guess and the beautiful leaves and everything else FABULOUS that comes with it! Jack Frost...hold off as long as possible! Thanks:)

It has been almost 5 months since an actual update. You know what that means?! Lots and Lots of pictures...mainly of our little stud Maxers! So drum roll please........Here's our Summer in a nutshell!

We invested in some bikes this Summer...BEST investment EVER! We have so much fun riding them! Max loves it too! Don't you just love my Beach Cruiser! You should be jealous!

We got to have dinner with our Awesome friends from St. George, Beth and Brad! Max is in LOVE with Beth! We miss you guys!:)

Our little man is almost 9 months old already! I know I say it a lot, but I can't believe how fast time has gone by. I LOVE the stage that he's in right now! Just tonight he's learned what a dog says! It is the cutest thing in the world! At 8 months old here's some things about our little man:

.He's crawling all over the place.

.Not a fan of baby food anymore.

.Pulls himself up to everything he can reach.

.Knows what a dog says.

.Signs milk, more, and we're working on please and some other ones too.

.Smiles constantly.

.Laughs at a lot of things.

.Squeals to get your attention.

.Plays Patty Cake.

.Loves Special Agent Oso.

.Is a little scared of dogs.

.Loves being outside.

.Loves going for walks and bike rides.

.Loves meeting new people, especially little kids.

.Is very observant, meaning he stares, just like his mom.

.Feeds himself a lot.

.Has his first front tooth.

I could keep going! I just want to document stuff so I can look back and know what he's doing! Being a mom is the BEST!

We're always teasing Max. Ha ha "match maker, match maker!"

He can't decide if he should crawl or do a flip! ha ha

Just relaxing. Learning to crawl is tough work!

Playing Patty Cake with Mimi

Getting back rubs from Poppy!

He loves his tubbers! He's always sad when it's time to get out!

Four-wheeler rides with Uncle Kado!

AHH! Bare bummy!

Helping mom with the laundry...or "helping" I should say!

I went and got him up from a nap and this is how I found him!

He loves that he can stand up so good now. He looks at you like "look mom I'm so big!"

He's such a little bruiser!

Playing Horsey on mom's back! He gets a kick out of this!

He plays so hard and always sleeps so good!

We've spent some days at the pool too! It was so fun! Max loves the water and the slide! He's such a good little guy! It's always nice to get out and catch some rays!

Ha ha I love this picture! He's got his glasses, hat and don't forget the snow cone stache!

Summer is a full of family fun! Brad's family had a family reunion at a really nice camp ground! It was so fun! I can't wait till next years!

Jumping on Nana's lap!

We took our bikes and that's how we got Max to go down for his naps!

Playing with Papa!

He ate almost a whole donut! I'm pretty sure that he loved it!

And he loved this!

On August 2nd we celebrated Brad's Birthday! His birthday is actually the 5th, but he had to work so we planned something on one of his days off! We had all the fam over for sandwiches and had cake and ice cream. It was really fun!

Max is eyeing that cake!

Classic babe!

Max and his cousins Chance and Baylor. Oh and don't forget Nana!

August is a fun month because we have Brad's birthday and then our Anniversary! We celebrated 3 years this year! It was a lot of fun! We went to Park City for the weekend. We shopped till we dropped and relaxed! It was a blast to just have some us time. We sure missed our Maxer boy though! Thanks mom for watching him for us!

We went and did the Alpine slide! It was so fun! I highly recommend it!

We walked down Main Street one night. It was really cool! I love it there!

My pretty flowers that Brad sent me!