Utah Trip Part 3: Happy Independence Day!!!

This is the second year in a row we have been in Utah to celebrate Independence Day and we had a blast.  I think we might need to make this a tradition as long as we are living away from home.  The fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays.  I love the homemade ice cream, fireworks, swimming, and spending time with family. 

This year my family left town for the fourth of July, but we had a blast celebrating with the Knudsen’s!  Since the fourth was on a Sunday and we were leaving, we celebrated on Saturday the third.  We started off by going swimming.  Then our crew headed back to the Knudsen’s for a BBQ and fireworks.

  

                     

This is our attempt to get a picture of Max and his cousins.  It was a challenge to get everyone to hold still and look forward at the same time.  Even with suckers they wouldn’t hold still.  These are the best we got: 

                            

Our crew watching Willie light the fireworks:

    

Max thought the fireworks were pretty awesome.  He kept saying “woa!”  I love his expression in this one!

Utah trip part 4: Playing with Cousins!

Max had so much fun with the dogs at Jeremy’s parents house!!  He even learned to howl like them and it was so funny to listen to.  Here he is mid howl haha:

This trip was the first time Max was old enough to really play with his cousins.  They had so much fun together!

All the cousins going to check out the elf door in Grandma’s backyard:-)

 

  

 

Playing Around

My friend Crystal gave Kyler this DARLING froggy hat.  I think it will always be special to me because it is one of the few new things that I got just for Kyler.  We of course already had everything we could possibly need for another boy.  But this hat is sentimental.  Sooo…  Crystal and I decided to play around and take some pictures of Kyler in his froggy hat before he outgrew it.  He is 7 weeks old in these pictures.  I know it is completely ridiculous to post this many of him in the same hat, but I absolutely love them all so deal with it haha.

 

 

      

Picture Fest

It seems like every time I FINALLY getting around to doing a post I have a million pictures.  This post is no exception.  And now that we are back from Utah, I have even more pictures.  But before I can post those, here are some updates and pictures from JUNE:

Maxeroo:

• He is obsessed with blowing bubbles and yells really loud “bubbles!! bubbles!!”
• He loves playing with cars, balls, blocks, and pretending to talk on the phone
• He learned how to open all our doors!  Yikes!  So if you use the bathroom at our house consider this your warning:  Lock the door!
• He asks to watch Lilo and Stitch every day.  It is his favorite movie.
• Our favorite words he can say right now are “cookie”, “yeah”, and “couch” because he tries really hard to say the “ch” but it sounds pretty jumbled lol.
• I taught him how to kill spiders for mommy with his shoe haha.
• He has started correctly pronouncing many words now.  It seems like everyday he says new things
• He is bruised all the time from running and falling. 
• He slammed his thumb in the door back in March.  The black finger nail finally fell off last week.
• He is the messiest eater I have ever seen.  But I think it is pretty funny most of the time.
• He makes us laugh EVERY single day.
• He is loud and has a ton of energy!
• His favorite spot to play is inside the cupboards

 

 

  

Ky Baby: 

• He started smiling and cooing a few weeks ago.  It melts my heart.
• He learned how to kick and splash in the tub
• He is still a little fussy in the evenings, but that is getting better
• He loves getting snuggles from his Mommy and Daddy.  I know…. don’t all babies?
• He has the BIGGEST POUTY FACE I have ever seen!! Chin quivering, lips pouting,… the whole bit.  I have a feeling he is going to get away with a lot by using this tactic alone.
• His hair is finally growing back.  He had quite a bit fall out and so for a while he looked like this: