Christmas is coming

Due to my lack of coherence this past week (see last post), I forgot the camera for Christmas. We just used my mom's but then I forgot to get a copy of the pictures... so Christmas is coming but will be a little late.

Christmas was Magical this year! With a little one that loved to open and then play with the toys made it amazing! He wasn't interested in what Santa or mom and dad gave him, he wanted what Papa got... a basketball. He threw down his toys and headed straight for Papa's ball. They went into the hall and played ball while everyone else finished unwrapping and visited. After playing with the ball for about 15 minutes, we were able to coax Max and Papa back into to finish opening the gifts, but the rest of the weekend he would run and find the basketball to play with. I guess we might have to find him one of his own.

Don't do drugs

I should probably preface this post with: I had surgery last week and thanks to some great drugs I am healing nicely, but they sure make me do funny things. I have crazy dreams and do funny things like get up put my clothes on, go back to bed and not remember a thing. I tell people out right lies and don't realize it until a couple days later and have to go back, apologize and explain*. Putting things in random places can also be a problem (like finding my lipstick in the fridge), and according to Clu I talk really loud. Then you forget A LOT of things like cameras, presents and my drugs. So like the Berenstain Bears books says: "let this be a lesson to you"... Don't do drugs.


(* No need to worry about Max being neglected by an intoxicated mother. My most amazing In-Laws and husband took care of the little guy. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!)


And due to weird side effects, that have been previously stated, I have discontinued use (I know you are not surprised.)

For Zac

Jealous, knew you would be! We went just for you.

"Shocking-ly" Good?

I can thank my dear husband for teaching Max another BAD little trick:

(if you can't tell he is putting a 9 Volt battery in his mouth for the "zing/buzz", and yes he loves to ride the vacuum.)

Just what we need more ways for Max to get into trouble or get a "buzz".

(Pheww, this is the last update for now. check out the other posts below)

Lighting up the night

With family in town, we hit Temple Square to see the lights. The kiddos loved it, as we knew they would.
My favorite part was this:
Watching these two busy bodies!

Trimming the tree

If we had a real Christmas tree I am sure that we would be doing a little trimming, but with a busy 18 month old, we took the easy way out ... a fake one. If you know Clu, you know that he LOVES Christmas. It is a magical time at our house and so Christmas was up the middle of November (I put my foot down and it can't go up until after the 10th of November). Max loved helping but loves pulling the ornaments off even more. He gets up every morning and say "WOW" and "OOOOH" then proceeds to the tree to take off some ornaments. He also loves turning the lights on and off (we have a remote, thanks to Nana Deb).