Easter Weekend

Here is a slide show recap of the weekend. It is easier and takes less space then posting 40 pictures. I hope you enjoy.

Recap of Easter weekend. We had a great weekend. Friday night we took my dad and Lucy and Chase (Rich and Juli, their parents, are on a cruise for a week so my parents are watching them) to the rodeo. We had a lot of fun. Chase was a champ he sat in his car seat and slept through the whole thing. Lucy was really good, she never stops moving but she stayed by Grandpa the whole time. She was a champ and held "it" for a long time. It finally clicked and I asked her if she needed to go to the bathroom and boy did she. She did so good I gave her some fruit snacks. Way to go Lucy! Max was more mobile, he wanted to walk up and down the aisles and climb up and down the stairs and explore the entire arena so we all took turns walking with Max. He was really good he just wanted to see stuff, he's a curious little boy. That was a lot of fun. We got home around 11:00pm and the kids went right to bed.

Saturday we went over to my parents house in the morning for an easter egg hunt. Mom and Sydney had colored eggs earlier that morning. So Sydney got her own easter egg hunt, a little bit harder then the one for the little kids. She helped set up the one for Lucy and Max and then had fun helping them find the eggs. I think everyone had a good time. Max didn't really get why he needed to put the eggs in the basket he just wanted to get one in each hand then run around. Grandma was very patient with him and showed him how to do it. Eventually he just ran around anyway. It was fun to see all the kids playing outside. We haven't done an easter egg hunt since Rob was little so it was fun to get it going again.
Saturday night we got together with my cousin Michael and his wife Erika and their daughter Kayleigh. We went to dinner at Chili's and then the guys went to the Jazz game while the girls (and Max) went shopping. It was pretty fun and the Jazz won so that is always good.

Sunday brought a new baby boy to the Kennard family. Joe and Ashley had their son at 3:07am sunday. Kaden Chase is 8'0" and 21 3/4in. He is super cute. Congratulations guys! So we went to church (8:30am church is not fun) and then we went to the hospital to see them. And then it was home for a nap and off to Kennards for Easter dinner. It was a pretty good weekend.

Happy Easter everyone! I am so grateful for this wonderful holiday and the opportunity it gives me to reflect on the Atonement and the blessing it is in my life. I am so grateful for everything it represents in my life. What a beautiful thing it is to know that The Lord loves and cares about me. I am truly blessed beyond words.

My boy is a genius

So I just wanted to take a minute to brag about my son. I know that is all I ever write about but he really is the center of my life. I try to set some time aside for my wonderful husband. He really is so good to me, better than I deserve. Thanks Nate! I love you! Anyway, on with the original topic, I could go on and on about Nate. Another time perhaps.

On sunday night we were at my parents house and we were just sitting in the living room talking after dinner and Max was kind of whining a bit (he was probably not feeling well) so I started singing "Little bunny Foo foo" to him. He loved it and of course I had to sing it several times. On the last time I got to the chorus and said; "Down came the good fairy and she said....what did she say Max?" Max sat there for a minute and looked at me and then said; "Peas" (Please). I laughed so hard I was crying, of course everyone in the room was laughing so that was the end of singing. Max ran around and smiled at everyone, he knew we were laughing at him he just didn't know why. I am always asking Max "What do you say?" or "How do you ask nicely?" I have no tolerance for pointing and screaming when he can say please. I think he is getting the idea.

Another story, I was showing Max "his movie" (your baby can read DVD's) the other day. I usually just put the movie in and then do something i.e. clean the kitchen, make breakfast, pick up toys, etc. This time I put the movie in and I was changing Max's diaper, so I was actually paying attention, Max sat there and watched the opening credits and then the first word is "HI" he said it as soon as it came on the screen before the video said it. The next word is "baby" Max said that one again as soon as he saw it before the video said it. I was stunned. I have no idea how long he has been doing this since I don't pay attention. I don't know if he read the words or if he has the order memorized either way it is pretty impressive I think. He is 16 months old. He is so smart.
He is always learning new words. Today he learned hanger. One of his favorites is 'balloon' of course it sounds more like "boon" and he screams it every time he sees a balloon, even in the grocery story. That has been fun these last couple weeks with Easter balloons all over the place, Max points and screams until I acknowledge that it actually is a balloon and then he moves on to the next balloon. It was really fun in sacrament meeting on sunday. Our chapel is kind of small and our Branch (yes, branch) is really big so we open half the gym for our meeting. Well, someone had let go of a yellow helium balloon in the back of the gym so it was just hanging out there. Max of course spotted it right in the middle of the meeting and started pointing and screaming. Nate and I tried to quiet him down but we didn't know what he was freaking out about so Nate got up to take him out and Max took off running down the aisle pointing and screaming "boon, boon, boon". Nate caught him and took him out, it wasn't until the second time this happened that I saw the balloon and realized what was going on. sheesh

Well, that is enough for now. I am so happy to have Max. He is so much fun. I laugh every day at how smart and fun he is. He loves to play and explore and learn. It is so much fun to just be with him. He is so full of energy and life. It is so fun to see the world through his eyes, things that I don't even see are the biggest deal to him. It is so good for me learn to slow down and look at the world around me and live in the moment. Thank you Max

Sick again

So Max started in with a runny nose AGAIN on monday. He didn't take a nap at all, he didn't sleep well that night. Tuesday he was fussier then usual and wouldn't eat anything. Tuesday night was a bad night. He wouldn't go to sleep, his nose was so stuffed up he couldn't breathe. I had vicks on his feet, I had given him a decongestant, I had a night light/ vaporizer in his room and he just coughed and coughed all night. Nate went in to hold him for a while to see if it helped to have his head up a little. That didn't really work because Max just thought it was time to play so he wouldn't sit still and fall asleep. Then at midnight Max coughed until he threw up all over Nate. So I put Max in the tub and Nate cleaned up the mess and took a shower. We finally got Max to stop coughing around 1:00am and he fell asleep for a few hours. He didn't sleep well but he slept some, he woke up at 3:30am and again at 7:30am and finally at 9:00am he woke up crying and cried for the next 2 hours. It was crazy, he's never been like that before, nothing would console him. I tried everything. I called the Dr's office and made an appointment for 11:00am (luckily they could get us in quickly). Turns out Max has a nasty ear infection in both ears, but his lungs are clear thank goodness. While we were at the Dr's office Max just sat on my lap in the waiting room and watched the kids play, this is the boy who won't sit still long enough to get his diaper changed. He was kind of fussy for the Dr. but alright. When we were getting ready to leave I asked Max if he could tell the Dr. "Thank You". Max said the most pitiful "Ti Tu" you have ever heard. Even the Dr. felt bad. It was so sad, I wanted to cry for him. I knew he felt awful. Anyway, the good news is I brought him home gave him his antibiotic and some Motrin and put him to bed and he took a 4+ hour nap and woke up his happy self. Of course he didn't go to sleep tonight until 11:15pm but I'm ok with that. I'm just so happy that he is feeling a little bit better. He is such a good boy, we are really blessed.

Going to Idaho

We went to Idaho Falls for the weekend in February (22nd) to spend some time with Nate's aunt's and uncles. It was fun to see them. Here are some cute pictures from the weekend.

Playing with Aunt Darla's toys

Nate's cousin's daughters spinning in the chair

Playing with Kayla's hair

Max and Nate's cousin Kayla
getting "snacks" from Aunt Darla
Uncle Doug, Aunt Darla and Max
Nate reading Darla's book

Playing in the snow

This morning Max woke up very unhappy which is unusual for him. He cried and fussed and wasn't happy with anything I did so we finally just went outside. Luckily it is a beautiful day in the 40's. So we went for a walk. He was happy as soon as I started walking. We walked a little over a mile down the road to a park and then I got him out of the stroller and we walked in the snow for about 30 minutes. He didn't want to play he just wanted to walk. He's not very stable really especially on the snow, so I held his hand and we walked all over the place. He was having a great time. He cried when I finally put him in his stroller but then fell asleep about 30 seconds later. I am pretty proud of myself I ran all the way home, just over a mile. I haven't run in probably 2 years. It felt really good, I need to do it more. It was pretty cute to see him bundled up and loving being outside so much. I have loved having snow this winter because it means this summer we will actually have some water. Having said that it will be nice when Max gets rid of his runny nose and we can go outside more often and play.

yes he is on the picnic table, he liked putting his mitten in the hole in the middle.

On our way home

He couldn't get back up, he didn't like that too much
walking
Footprints. Max's are in the middle
He is looking more and more like a little boy these days, It is cute and it makes me sad.