September Came and Went

And now October has done the same!  I just can’t seem to keep up with this blog as much as I would like.  As my friend Katie says, “sometimes I have to choose between living life and blogging about it”.  We have been living life and playing hard!  Our weather has been beautiful and so we have spent many of our days at the park, pumpkin patch, going jogging/walking, and other fun things.  So as usual, here are a bunch of pictures from September.  And soon I’m sure I will be doing a “bunch of pictures from October” post. 

       

Before Church….

 

After Church…

 

 

Friends have become really important to Max.  When his bff Noah is over, Max wants to be a big boy and play with his friend in his bedroom or outside without me!  He doesn’t want me to be there… like he is a big boy who doesn’t want his Mommy around to embarrass him.  I think it is so funny. 

 

 

Baby K is such a happy and smiley boy!  He just melts my heart with his little smiles.  And he has learned to grab my face with his hands to pull me in for kisses.  It’s just about the cutest thing ever.

   

       

Jeremy lifting Max up so he can see me through the window.  Max thinks it’s hilarious.

                        

Sometimes I think Max is a little OCD.  As soon as he could reach the door handles he would walk around each day shutting doors that people had left open.  Now he also is weird about his blocks.  He goes through the big pile and pulls out all the flat ones and all the square ones and lines them in a “V”.  Weirdo.

 

                        

We love bath time around here.  And I just can’t seem to get enough pictures of my Chubbsters after his baths.  I just want to squeeze him!

     

Max is TWO!!

Happy Happy Birthday to the cutest little two year old around! We had such a wonderful day today celebrating with him.  Here are a few pictures of Max enjoying his birthday cake! 

I’m in shock in this picture because Max totally ditched his fork when I wasn’t looking to shove the whole thing in his mouth!  He wasn’t wasting any time.

 

 

All these pictures reminded me of his one year old photo shoot with his birthday cake.  I still laugh when I see this picture.  I can’t believe how much he has grown from one year ago when we had these done!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAX!!  Mommy and Daddy love you!

My BIG boy!

I can’t believe my baby is turning TWO on Tuesday!  No more counting his age in months.  Now it’s years!  I don’t know where the time has gone!  It has been such a wonderful two years.  Max has brought us so much joy.  He makes us laugh every day and we love him to pieces!  I was looking at him today as we were watching General Conference and I am blown away at the little boy he has become.  He used to be so chunky with the cutest fat rolls up his arms and legs.  Now those rolls are gone and he is a big boy.

Here is what Max is up to:

• He is sweaty all the time from playing so hard
• He burps and then follows it up with “Ewww” and a giggle
• He thinks it is hilarious to fake sneeze…. “Ah Ah Ah…. Ah Chooo!”
• He responds “No Way” instead of No.  I have NO IDEA how he learned this!

Me:  “Max do you want some chicken nuggets?”

Max: “No Way!”

Me: “how about some string cheese?”

Max: “Now Way!”

Me: “Do you want to go outside?”

Max “No Way! Yeah.”

• He loves to jump.  Anytime he is walking down a long hall he takes forever because he walks a few steps, then jumps, walks a few steps, then jumps.  It’s pretty funny to watch because he looks so proud of himself. 
• He is constantly saying “Open. Close” while he opens and then closes cupboards, doors, really anything.
• He learned to pop off the child locks and unlock our doors!  Fortunately all doors that lead outside beep when they are opened.  So if I hear the “beep beep beep” I know to start running after Max because he literally takes off running.  Now we have a new child proof door knob that he hasn’t figured out yet.  I give it a week.
• He likes to sit on the table chairs like a big boy
• His favorite movies right now are “memums” (Alvin and the Chipmunks), Up, Polar Express, Mickey Mouse, Toy Story,
• He loves to march and is constantly asking Jeremy and I to march around the kitchen with him.
• He loves to play with trains, cars, airplanes, tractors, etc.  When he does he always has the sound effects… crashing, airplane sounds, choo choo, etc.
• He is still the PICKIEST eater I have ever seen.  Every now and then he will eat a good meal.  It always makes me feel like such an accomplished mother when I finally get him to eat a good nutritious meal.
• He loves to color
• He loves listening to music in the car.  His playlist includes Black Eyed Peas, Carrie Underwood, “Mercy” by Duffy, and “Forever” by Chris Brown.  As soon as we get into the car he wants me to put on his music and he starts to dance.  It’s hilarious!
• Now that the weather has cooled off he wants to play outside all day.  We go walking in the morning and as soon as we get home he wants to go straight to the backyard to play.  I love when I make him stop for lunch because he is totally sweaty, dirty, and out of breath.
• Friends have become really important to him.  His BFF is Noah and he asks to play with him every day!  Sometimes when I tell him we can’t he cries.
• He is hitting the terrible 2’s right on time!  He has just recently started throwing tantrums and being extra mischievous.  He isn’t too bad though.  And for the most part I think it is funny. 
• He gives me snuggles on the couch every single morning and every night.  I can’t even begin to explain how much I love this little boy.  He is a lot of energy but he has so much personality and is so much fun!
• Max loves playing in bath.  Especially splashing and playing with boats.

 

• I know it is mean to take this picture but I couldn’t help it!  He had totally woke up ornery and had awesome bed head.

 

Max playing with his friends Tayla, Addy, and Noah.

I really can’t believe my baby is turning 2.  I don’t think we could love this boy any more than we do.  And I think I might cry on Tuesday.  Just a little.

Max going through our family line ups

Long Lost Sunglasses

Max found his sunglasses that have been lost for months.  He immediately popped the lenses out and broke them.  But for a few days he still wanted to wear these all day long!  They make me laugh because he looks like such a DORK.  But a cute dork.

Ky wanted to join in the fun too  

Don’t be fooled…

 

Doesn’t this picture make him look so sweet and innocent?  Well on Friday Mr. Max BROKE MY NOSE!!!  We were laying on my bed watching a movie and he all of a sudden decided to be wild and smacked his big melon head right into my face!  OUCH!  My whole face has been so sore.  On Friday when it happened everything was throbbing and that continued through the night.  So Saturday I went into the insta-care where they determined it was broken and gave me some pain killers.  I am happy to say that it isn’t too swollen and thankfully it isn’t crooked.  But it flippin’ hurts!  I’ll be holding this one over Max’s head forever:)

Ever Wonder…

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you put an instant mac and cheese in the microwave without adding water?  Well let me save you the trouble….

 

About a week ago I had run to a friends house for a few minutes and came back to a house filled with smoke!!  Jeremy had accidently put one of these instant macaroni’s in the microwave and forgot to put water in.  Holy cow I have never seen so much smoke!  It has been ten days and our house is finally getting rid of the smell.  But every time we use the microwave it gives off that burnt smell.  We have tried a few suggestions from google… lemon, vinegar,etc and nothing has worked.  So any suggestions welcome!