ALL about Max- with even more to come

I could say it a million times but, Max is the most incredible kid to me. I don't know how in the world marshall and I got so lucky. It is nothing at all that we do, in fact most of the time I feel like I have no skills when it comes to being a mom but, Max is amazing. He amazes us everyday! I just want to bottle up every moment with him. He has started waking up at 4 am wide awake and hilarious and I don't even really mind! So we play till 6:30 and go back to bed - unhealthy i know! With a new baby coming I want to enjoy every minute with this boy that I can. plus he is too cute! and maybe it will be good practice for having a newborn again!

Here are some things about Max right now- It could go on for days, and it really might! 

He sleeps with 3 binkies and sometimes on a frisbee like in this picture… his other sleeping companions include stuffed animals.. Ernie, Ruff Ruff and now sometimes, Mickey,Nemo, and a Toy Story 3 book.

Since moving to Utah he goes to bed around 8:30 and wakes up around 8:30

He naps for 3 hours still which I love!

 He loves to play as a whole family and asks where dad is and answers his own question with "oh daddy at work" ( said "wook") or "daddy go potty" or "daddy go temple"

 He says thank you for everything "Nank you" for things like changing his diaper, handing him treats, putting his shoes on and he gives you a big smile like he knows its going to make your day.. which it usually does!

 He loves his Bampa ( grandpa) and mostly going for rides in his truck - ( both his ganders have a truck)

 He thinks he is way bigger than he is :) these are his two friends.. Tessa ( our neighbor who he sees everyday with excitement and Track)

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 he wakes up each morning either wanting to cuddle with me or 'eat' he says as soon as I go get him.. and yet that is a pink pinkie.. he likes any kind :) even the kind we steal from oakley.

 HE LOVES BYU- this is his first BYU ice cream experience. he shouts rah rah rah ( like the fight song) every time he sees a Y and growls like a cougar.. There will need to be a whole other post about it because it is too cute!

 He still loves his friend Oakee and asks for her every day! The last time we were there he needed to go to sleep so he ran into oakleys bed and said BYE MOM! I GO NIGH NIGH WITH OAKEE!

 He loves being wrapped up in a towel usually as a fish or a monkey! sometimes he takes a bath just so we will wrap him up and call him our little monkey.

 He loves to help in the kitchen.. cutting things, stirring in the pot  he calls it 'turn turn' this was right after i had scrubbed and mopped the floor.. literally 2 minutes after.

 His best bud Oakee,

 He loves to visit dad at work and play dr. he calls his stethoscope a 'bum bum' because that is the sound that your heart makes, he listens to my heart beat and the babes everyday!

 He is just cute!

Seriously tho.. could you get any cuter!

Everything Has Changed

I don't even know where to begin! Everything has changed in my 4 month vacation from blogging. But not it seems the little moments are so much more momentous and worth writing down. I think I am going to need to start catching up and being more regular!

so to catch up - and summarize

WE MOVED!

WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER BABY

ITS A GIRL

Marshall wears a white coat and works at a hospital everyday now!

Were Really poor :) and we love it!

Max is growing up too fast HE IS TWO!

We are were so sad to leave our beloved Missouri, I still miss it everyday but it feels so good to settle down in Utah for a while- we are loving being close to so much family. I love the amazing mall down the road, the biking trails, the neighbors, the sports, being so close to a temple. But Missouri somehow seems like home still, its where we first learned how to be a family with max boy and so many wonderful and exciting things happened while we were there! Here is a little Picture recap of our last few weeks there and our move across the country. 

We said goodbye to our favorite places- like the Nauvoo temple. the tennis courts, the lake and the beach. ( I now really appreciate how awesome it was that everything fun to do in kirksville was mostly free!)

This is our new beautiful wonderful house that we found in Kaysville! we love it! Its perfect for our little family!

We said goodbye to friends and played outside a lot while the moms tried to get things done!

Amongst all the studying for boards and packing the boys still managed to play basketball :)

My sweet and amazing niece lindsay flew out to help us pack- which ended up being a life saver - literally because I had the worst pregnancy sickness ever!

Max went to the city museum and LOVED IT!

Goodbye pappys BBQ there is nothing like you in this world!

Of course the 2 days before we were all packed up- max and his cute friend found the markers and colored all over the house :)

Max and Dad playing frisbee golf! it is Maxs favorite thing and he is so serious about it!

Fathers day dinner with friends before the men left for boards!

IT FIT! kind of.. we shared a truck with our best friends and many sacrifices were made to make us fit in one truck- but we saved a ton of money and had a ton of fun!

Max ate the last popsicle to clean out the fridge for us :)

Goodbye house!

All clean mom!

Max and grandpa driving the truck! he still sees moving trucks and gets so excited!

Goodbye daddy's school!

goodbye amazing sunsets!

me driving for the whole 2 hours I did- Marshalls mom was such a trooper and drove almost the whole way. I would like to blame it on the pregnancy but in all honesty I have no stamina for long drives. Ask marshall.. I fall asleep from Kaysville to SLC.

Max thought it was the coolest thing driving in the truck and being able to look out. He is seriously the sweetest boy and slept so much of the trip and he was hilarious the rest of the time he was awake!

We knew we were in Utah when the first time we went to the grocery store we parked next to this car :)

Marshall and I kicked off our time in Utah at stadium of Fire with Carrie underwood and a cougar tail! all my favorite things! It felt good to be back in the stadium and to go on our first longer than a temple session date since max was born!

Tulips!

We took an amazing day trip last weekend to a little Dutch town called Pella Iowa for the Tulip Festival while the boys were studying. We met up with my sister in law Tif and her husband Ai and their family for the day. It was a beautiful day and the town was adorable. With all the people walking down the street I really felt like I was in another country. We waited in line for 20 minutes to get a delicious dutch letter, ran around the tulips and a cool wooden park, we watched a day parade and a night light parade and had a great time visiting. want to see some pictures? ok but just a few :) 

This cute little boy walked right over to max to give him some candy! it was such a sweet priceless moment!