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).

Update

I know that you were all so worried about ol' blue, well... he is back! It only took three weeks to figure out the problem; he needed a new ECU and distributor. He is back on the road with Clu, a happy camper. His old sidekick is ready for more & more miles! How long he will go, nobody knows!

Park City

Clu and I went to Park City for a little getaway. It was perfect while we were there. It was snowing and cold! The first storm of the season. The first night we went just the two of us while Nanny and Papa watched Max and then the next night Max joined us (due to scheduling conflicts). I am not sure if Max would've rather stayed with N&P. He had so much fun. He got 100% of their attention along with any and everything he wanted. We had a wonderful time with and without Max. He loved playing in the hotel room and was entertained by the corded phone and the closet door mirrors. I think that Clu and I need to hit the DI to find a corded phone for him. He loved playing with it and pretending to talk to G&G and N&P. He would sign one of them and then start jabbering. We hit the pool while we were there. The pool was indoor (in a breeze way) and so it was super cold (with it snowing outside) but the water was great. Max wasn't so sure about it, he was much happier in the big tub back at our room. He was so worn out that he slept until 10am the next morning!

Hallelujah!

Max is "officially" a nursery go-er.

This means sanitiy for mom and dad at least the last two hours of church. He is so friendly that I am sure he will love it!

New BFF

Max has found a new Best Friend: My brother Marcus came to visit and Max would not leave his site. He kept following him around and saying "Hey Ju" (aka "Hey You") and then would laugh. He was so sad to see him go. Come back soon! While he was here I was raking leaves out front and Marcus was kind enough to throw him in my pile and video it, while I was taking care of a mess in the house.

Max was a good helper before jumping in the leaves. After that he just wanted to throw the leaves all over.