Watson World

Hold the fruit please

2011-08-09T21:29:00.000-07:00

Fruit is not on the favorite foods list for Miss Rylee. She will eat any veggie that we give her, but she hates fruits. We started with apple sauce and it took a week to just finish one jar. Then we moved on to bananas thinking that she would like the sweeter puddling like stuff and she hated those too. The next week we did a blueberry and apple sauce combo. She took three bites and then physically refused to eat any more.

Rylee loves food so much, so we just couldn't believer her unwillingness to eat the yummy fruits. O well at least she eats the veggies :)

SWEET PEA

2011-07-06T10:33:00.000-07:00

Miss Rylee can now add sweet peas to her menu!!!

She got sweet peas today for the first time and she loved them. My little chunkster does love food. I think she would perfer some chicken nuggets and macaroni, but she will settle for her baby food for now.

All during lunch Rylee was loving her seet peas so much that she wanted to tell me how much. Everytime she talked sweet peas sprayed everywhere which made her laugh causing more peas to come out. I cannot believe my angel is eating baby food already!!!

We also increased her bottles to 7oz and I am hoping that she will go longer in between feedings. Right now she is eating 5 ------ 6oz bottles every 3 hours.

big brother to the rescue

2011-04-27T22:09:00.000-07:00

Max loves Miss Rylee so much that he is willing to do anything to protect her.

When I got home from work today Max wanted to go outside and blow bubbles. While we were outside I noticed Rylee had some ear wax in her ears so I decided to get it out. I laid Rylee down in my lap to get a better view of her ears and she wasn't happy about this. She decided to voice her dislike really loud. Max came running over very concerned. He told me Rylee was hurting and to stop making her cry. I explained to him what I was doing and that she was fine. Once I was done calming Max down I continued to get the ear wax. Well Rylee was not happy and got louder and louder. Max came running back over to me to check on her, but this time he decided to physically protect his sister. He kicked me in the leg and yelled stop hurting my baby sister. I found this act to be so sweet it kept me from getting mad that my son just kicked me.

I explained to him that I would never hurt him and Rylee and that sometimes babies cry. Once he was calm I then explained that he could not just kick me and that it hurt my leg. Max is so sweet he said he was sorry for kicking, but he doesn't like it when Rylee cries.

Max is an amazing brother and Rylee is so blessed to have a brother like him.

Circus Part 2

2011-03-25T23:03:00.000-07:00

We wanted to make sure make got his circus fix so we took him to another circus the next night. This was the Shriners circus so it was little more done up. When we got there we took our picture with a clown and Max was not to happy about that. Then Max and daddy went to ride the ponies. That was a fun and exciting moment for my little man.

As we were waiting for the circus to start Mimi and Papaw took Max to get popcorn and a light up sword. Rylee decided she would just stay with us and nap :)
As the show started Max watched everything that happened. There weren't to many times when he would look away. He said he favorite part was the elephants and the man in the cannon.

I am so glad Max loved the circus. The circus was always a special place to me as a kid and I am excited I can share that joy with my little angel.

Circus Part 1

2011-03-25T23:00:00.000-07:00

First Family trip to the circus!!!

We decided to take Max and Rylee to a small circus in Caddo Mills this year. This circus was what you would call a backyard circus but we had a blast.

The family picture as we entered was a must. When we got in Max and Rylee just sat back and took it all in. There was so many people and the lights really caught Rylee's eye.

Max loved the man swinging from a rope high in the sky. I think he held his breath the whole time. Even Rylee leaned back so she could get a good view.

The elephants and the clowns were a blast too. I have to say the only thing between us and the elephants was a fold up fence, so we were praying that none of the elephants went mad!!!!
This circus even had camels. I have never been to a circus with camels, but it was interesting. The whole event was a great experience for all 4 of us. Max and Rylee both liked all of the clowns, dogs, flame throwers, loins and flying people.

3-2-1

2011-03-14T15:48:00.000-07:00

Right after I had Rylee the weight was just falling off. It was so exciting to see those numbers dropping and dropping. Then one day the number stopped changing and then it started going up again. Once this happened I knew it was time for a diet. So a couple of weeks after that realization Tim and I decided to do the Slim Fast 3-2-1 diet.

This is not my favorite diet but it is a easy diet that I can fit into my current schedule. Being a mom of 2 is hard work and since being home I decided to start a side business so I am always doing something. With this diet I know exactly what I can eat and if I need to I can get creative to spice it up.

The diet: For breakfast and lunch I eat a meal replacement bar. This was a hard concept for me to grasp. I have always been a big breakfast eater. So when I found out all I could eat was this tiny bar I almost quit the diet before we started it. But knowing that I am larger then I would like I decided to give it a try. It turns out the bars aren't that bad. Tim makes fun of me for taking so long to eat a bar. My view on it is if its a meal then it should at least take you the time it would to eat a actual meal.

Throughout the day you get 3- 100 calorie snacks. One after breakfast, after lunch and then after dinner. So you better believe the pantry is stocked with all kinds of 100 calorie snack options. Tim and I need to have the options or we will talk ourselves into a trip to sonic :) Most days I find my boiling fresh veggies just so I can have quantity. I know I am weird but I sometimes just need to see more food on the plate.

Then you get get one 500 calorie meal a day. This seemed like a challenge at first, but Tim and I got creative. We decided it was easier and cheaper to buy those pre-made family frozen dinners and measure out what we could eat. This keeps us from having to buy a ton of stuff and ending up with leftover we can't eat. I know home cooking is better, but lets get real this chic wants to get skinny.

We started this diet March 14th and since then Tim has lost 6 pounds and I have lost 5. I would love to share my weight with everyone, but I am not so proud of this size. At this moment I am the largest I have ever been and that needs to change. Once I lose some more weight I will start exercising. I know that sounds backwards, but its just how it is. I can't stand to workout being this big. Things ache, bounce and it just isn't fun. So wish me luck I hope to be able to post more weight loss Thursday :)

Blast Ball!!!

2011-03-14T07:21:00.001-07:00

There's no crying in baseball, however blast ball has tons of tears!!!

All ready to head out to practice

Max had his first blast ball practice today and well it was one for the memory book. Max was so excited all day and we all had big hopes for his first practice. So we all loaded in the car and headed up to the practice field. Of course being the crazy mom that I am we arrived 45 minutes early. Since we were so early Tim and Max played catch for a little bit and then Max played at the play ground.

Once everyone started to arrive we headed over to the practice area and Max was still super excited. All the kids sat down and listened to the coach explain some of the things they were going to do.

Things were still looking good we were so thinking wow this is going to be a great experience. The coach had the kids start the practice off by taking turns running to the one and only base, jump on the base because it plays music and then running back. Well Max was still so excited he forgot to wait for the kid in front of him to run back before he started running to the base. The coach, who is a man Max just met, loudly said no no wait Max. Max being the over sensitive not wanting to get into trouble kid that he is stopped running and broke out in tears. The coach wasn't getting on to him, but man that just broke Max's heart. From this point on we spent the next hour crying, laughing, crying, laughing over and over.

The team was split up into do groups. Max was in coach Sean's group and coach Justin had the other group. The coach had the kids practice catching the ball. Max did ok at this part not to many tears.

Then they worked on catching grounders. Max missed the first one thrown his way and when the coach was cheering Max on as he was running to get the ball Max started to cry. Again Max knew he messed up and he was afraid he was getting into trouble. My poor baby I guess we need to be praising him more at home :)

Once the catching drills were over they moved on to learning how to use the bat. The coach was showing the kids how to swing and Max was not enjoying this part. Max didn't seem to care for the coach putting his arms around him helping him to swing.

My kid isn't shy, but he does like his personal space :) So this was also a time of many tears. Once we were done with the form training it was time to practice swinging and hitting. Since we didn't have the tee the coach wanted the kids to hit the ball out of his hand. Max was not to excited about this part and I really couldn't blame him. We have trained our child not to swing the bat at people. So when the coach told him to hit the ball out his hand Max was really hesitant. He wouldn't even hold the bat up to swing, so of course he cried.

Finally the coach had all the kids come together and practice hitting the ball off the tee and running to the base. The kids that weren't hitting practiced fielding. Max would run to get the ball or try at least. He seemed to be enjoying that part.

One of the moms commented on how cute he was when he runs. She said it looks like he is dancing. Yes my kid prances!!!!

Aren't my boys the cutest!!!

Once it was Max's turn to hit the ball he seemed super excited. He got up there, swung the bat and hit the ball.

We all cheered and told him to run to the base, but Max wanted to keep working on his fielding skills, so he decided to field the ball he just hit. The coach got the ball from him and told him to run to the base. Max started running to the base and then he stopped about a foot in front of the base and started to cry. He didn't want to jump on the base for whatever reason. Tim grabbed Max and made him jump on the base to get him to try.

At this point practice is coming to an end. Max was ready to leave.
So we are hoping that the next practice goes better. Timmy is going to get a tee and a bat so that they can practice this week before the next practice.

Best Big Brother Ever!!!!

2011-02-28T20:58:00.000-08:00

Max melted my heart today as he saved his baby sister from what he thought was great danger!!!

Since Rylee has entered our lives we have had to move and rearrange things in the house to better suite our family of four. Today we decided to rearrange Max's room so that he toys would better fit in his room and to keep him from curling up in the window at night. While I was putting some final touches on his room I had him lay on the floor and do some tummy time with Rylee. They were laughing and having a good old time until Max saw danger and quickly reacted. Part of the rearranging included us moving Max's bed. When we moved his bed that meant I had to change the side that his bed rail was on. As I moved the bed a foot away from the wall to buckle the rail I heard Max scream don't hurt my baby sister!!! He yelled so loud it made me freeze and quickly move the bed back in fear that I just smushed my daughter. When I looked over there I realized the bed was still a good 6 feet from Rylee. He was so scared for his sister he had tears in his eyes. Max was so certain his baby sister was in danger that he jumped up and wrapped his arms around her and tried his best to pick her up. Rylee was hoovering above the ground about 6 inches before I could get to her. Once I made sure Rylee was safely back on the ground I wrapped my arms around Max and squeezed him so hard.

At that moment I was the proudest mommy ever. It melts my heart to know that Max loves his baby sister so much and is always looking out for her. When we found out we were going to be blessed with another child we were very excited and nervous. We love the thought of another gift from God, but we were uncertain about how Max would handle a new baby. Up until the moment Max met Rylee Tim and I tried to plan for every possible reaction. However, I don't think we could of ever planned for this amount of love that he has for his baby sister.

Everywhere we go he wants Rylee to go with us and he is sad if she can't go. Max feels the need to introduce Rylee to every person we see at the bank, walmart, school and anywhere else we go. And he isn't just saying look at her he is smiling from ear to ear and he presents her with so much pride. When people ask if they can keep her he quickly tells them no she has to come home with us.

Max is an amazing big brother and Rylee is so blessed to have him. His love for her is so touching. He is truly the best big brother ever and I am certain Rylee will agree once she learns to talk. Which Max is teaching Rylee to say bubba. He even moves her chin up and down to get her mouth to move as he says bubba. :)

Valentines' 2011

2011-02-14T11:15:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day!!!

For this special day my little monster wanted to make a Valentines box that looks like a monster!!! Daddy and Max sat down and got the craft on :)

Max is helping daddy with the tape!!!

Hey Daddy I can hold this paper in place for you :)

Max is finding more useful uses for the tape

He is getting it to stick
This is one happy taped up boy
Back to work

OOOOO Max has scissors

This is how Rylee helps during craft time

Ok Daddy we need to get this monster some eyes

I think I might have a pencil behind my ear

Check out my monster

Rylee and her monster (mom made this one)

my two little monster boxes

Valentines Morning!!!
Yummy heart shaped pancakes!!!! Tim makes a tasty breakfast

Valentines goodies for the kids
Max is checking out his fun treats
he is ready to see his movie

my little sweet hearts
Rylee really looks up to her big brother
The kids are ready to be done with picture

They are officially done now!!!

Look at all the goodies Max got from his friends at MDO

What holiday is complete without a PHOTO SESSION WITH DADDY!!!

This Valentines was a little more crazy then the past ones, but I had a blast. I cannot wait and see what next Valentines day will be like :)

Our Gift From God

2011-01-03T15:05:00.000-08:00

GIFT FROM GOD

Today we welcome our sweet Rylee Irene to our family. Our hearts are over flowing with joy right now. This little girl has only been with us for such a short time and I cannot imagine my life without her.

Delivery Story

We woke up at 4:30 a.m. and got ready to head up to the hospital. Tim quickly packed the bags in the car and I put the finishing touches on the muffins for the nurses. Once I checked my list of things to do before Rylee gets her for the tenth time we headed up to the hospital. My mom was so excited that she beat to the hospital.

Tim and I in my hospital room

Once we got there the wonderful nurses showed us to our room and then the party started. By 6:30 a.m. my labor had progressed and now it was just an waiting game. Around 8 a.m. they came in to give me my epidural. I ended up having to get it done twice because the first time the guy hit a nerve and only my left sides was tingly. So to make sure it would work he took it all out and re did it. Once that was done I was loving life.

Everything was going great until around 9 a.m. Rylee's heart rate was dropping with every contraction, so they turned off the contraction medicine and spent the next hour hydrating me. The nurse said that the baby just needed fluids and now we could start labor again. Once they turned back on the meds her heart rate started to drop again. So after about 15 minutes of that they tried to insert an internal monitor for Rylee. As they were inserting the monitor they realized that Rylee was coming. They called the doctor and with in 10 minutes I was pushing. After 4 pushes the doctor told me to stop. Come to find out Rylee had her cord around her neck. And when I had a contraction the cord was tightening up around her neck. Once the doctor moved the cord I pushed one more time and then we had our sweet angel. She was really blue when she came out, but within in seconds I heard her beautiful cry and I was over whelmed with joy.

Rylee Irene Watson
January 3, 2011
10:38 a.m.
6 lbs 11 oz
18 1/2 inches long

Rylee getting her measurements

Rylee in my arms for the first time
Tim holding Rylee for the first time

Max meeting his sister for the first time

Our family of four!!!

Our due date was originally January 20th, but for some reason we had her on the 3rd. I truly believe God was watching over my sweet little girl that day. We will never know what would of happened if we had waited until the original due day, but I am so thankful we will never know.

The Night Before

2011-01-02T23:30:00.000-08:00

It is so weird getting ready for bed knowing that tomorrow I will have a daughter. With Max we didn't have any time to get ready he came so quick. With Rylee we were given a week's notice to start preparing. I am not sure which one is better. Tim and I going crazy trying to make sure we have taken care of every little detail. The bags are packed, muffins for the nurses are made, arrangements for Max are done and all my work stuff is taken care of. Even though all of that was done I still feel like there is a million more things I could do before morning.

Well I guess I better get some rest tomorrow is going to be very eventful!!!

New Years Eve/Day 2011

2011-01-01T20:14:00.000-08:00

This New Years was a little different for the Watson Clan. Tim had a wedding on New Years Even and I am just 3 days from having Rylee. Since Tim was working he spent the night in Dallas where the wedding was and my mom and sister stayed at the house with Max and me. I think everyone was afraid I was going to go into labor at midnight. Being so pregnant I was only able to stay up until about 10:30.

When Tim got home from his wedding we started the New Years celebration. We busted out the hats and horns. Even Dixie got in on the excitement. Then Tim took Max out side for some poppers. Max thought those were the greatest and he was a little sad when they were done. Once that was all over we headed to the in-laws for some black eye peas. Now that 2011 has officially started we can start prepping for Rylee's grand entrance.

Thanksgiving Feast and Santa Visit all in one day

2010-11-16T19:25:00.000-08:00

Today was a very busy day for my sweet Max. At school Max had his annual Thanksgiving Feast with his class. He was so excited to take his turkey cookies and share them with his friends. Timmy attended the feast with Max, and Max was so happy to see his daddy arrive. Max was walking with his class to music when he saw Timmy come in. When Max saw him he pointed and yelled, "That's my daddy!"

This year the feast was in the fellowship hall with all the other classes. Once they gave him his food he sat there like a good little waiting until it was time to eat.

Now its time to dig in!!! Max went straight for the juice box and the turkey.

He really wanted daddy to see the the greatness of his turkey.

This boy is ready for a picture at anytime!!!

Look daddy I am eating my turkey seeeeeee!
O yummy this is the turkey cookie I made with my mommy

Here is my necklace I made for thanksgiving. I'm not sure if I'm suppose to eat it, but it sure is yummy.

Once the feast was over Max led his class back to their room so they could pack up and go home.

Since today was a special day Timmy took Max out of school early so they could hang out and have some Daddy and Max time.

Once I got home from work we headed out to see Santa. Max was not so sure about this experience. When we mentioned it to him he kept say no santa he's scary. I am so glad Bass Pro Shop had Santa because Max was really excited about going to see the fish, but not so much about seeing Santa.

When he got to Bass Pro Shop he walked around for a little bit to get the feel for the place. Max loved seeing the super tall Snowman!!!

Once we were down hanging with Frosty we told Max it was time to go and see Santa. At first he was not to sure about going up there. He was checking it out to see if he was ok with this experience.
Max decided he was ok with meeting Santa so him and Daddy headed down the red carpet.
As Max was standing in line he started getting really excited. He was wiggling and jumping up and down. I guess he realized Santa wasn't that scary after all.

Max went right up to Santa and started telling him about all the Toy Story toys that he wants for Christmas. However I think Max thought once I tell Santa then I get the toy I asked for. I guess we will need to work on that concept a little more.
Max is now best buds with Santa!!!
Max and Santa giving high fives!!!

Man this guys takes requests for toys and gives candy, HE ROCKS!!!
And what visit to see Santa would be complete without going to the gun range!!!

Mommy getting some Max kisses!!!
Daddy is showing Max how to run the polar express
Ok mom I am done with this letter to Santa when do I get my toys???
Max and Daddy making a Christmas craft.

When I asked Max to show me his craft he decided to wear his ornament as a purse . . . sometimes this boy is so odd :)
Ok mom enough of this crafty stuff on to the men things. I want to race monster trucks with Daddy!!!

And to end a wonderful experience we must stop and enjoy the turtles!!!
And then as we are leaving we come full circle. We may of visited Santa before Thanksgiving, but this turkey was waiting to remind us what holiday were still need to celebrate before busting out the snowflakes and lights!!!

Today was such a great day. Days like this are ones I will remember for a life time. Seeing all these things through Max's eyes makes me full so joyful and thankful!!! I am so blessed to have an amazing hubby and son!!!

potty time

2010-11-15T21:02:00.001-08:00

Potty Training Time

Max is starting to get to the age when we wonder is it time to potty train or is it to soon? For Max's 2nd birthday we bought him a singing potty to see if that would get him interested in the concept, but it didn't. Then we though hey lets get him some fun undies that should do the trick. Nope all of those were a failure. So we have been gradually putting the big boy underwear on him to see what he thought. He was always ok with them at first, but then he would bring a me diaper and tell me I needed to change him.

This weekend was a little different. I got the underwear out and he seemed excited with the thought of putting them on. When we put them on him we told him we would take him to get ice cream the minute he uses his big boy potty. I spent all morning asking him if he needed to use the potty and he would try and nothing would happen.

Playing on the iphone to pass the time!!!

Reading the toy ads and telling knock knock jokes to himself.

Well after sitting on the potty for 15 minutes he said mommy I think its broke. After I was done laughing I helped him put his underwear on and we went to play. No more then 2 minutes after getting off of the potty he had an accident. At first he was a little concerned, but I told him its ok and we changed clothes. About an hour later he had a small accident and took off running to the bathroom. The whole way there he is yelling I need to potty I need to potty. Once he sat on the potty I went to clean up the mess. All of the sudden Max starts screaming Mommy the potty is sing to me. I run in there to make sure he is still sitting and he is laughing and singing with the potty. It turns out he really did need to potty and when he did the musical potty played a celebration song for him. Once the mess was cleaned up and Max had new clothes on we sent Timmy a text to share the good news. Since he was at a wedding I asked Max if he was ok with waiting for daddy to get home before we go and get ice cream. He smiled and said yes. So we spent the rest of the night running to the bathroom, having accidents and cleaning up the floor until Timmy got home. Right as Timmy walked in Max yelled, "you bring me ice cream?" Timmy put his camera stuff down and we loaded up in the car to head out for ice cream. Max was so excited to get his yummy ice cream.

We are far from saying Max is pottied trained, but I am one proud momma!!!

Turkey cookies for the MDO Feast

2010-11-15T19:51:00.000-08:00

Max has his Thanksgiving Feast at school tomorrow and he has signed up to bring cookies. Well if you know me I am not the mommy that will just go out and buy some cookies for him to take. Nope Max and I mixed the cookie dough and created some super cute turkeys if I say so myself. When Max and I bake anything he wants to be a 100% involved in the process. He does not want to just sit back and watch. When Max saw me spread a handful of flour on the counter so wanted to help. He reached into the flour jar and grabbed a big handful of flour. Before I could assist him he had spread flour all over the counter, his jeans and his face. It was so fun watching him. His face was beaming with joy because he was feeling so helpful. Now that the counter is prepped we roll out the dough. Max was working so hard. He was determined to get that dough rolled out perfectly.
Now that the dough is rolled out and ready to go we can get to the fun cookie cutting part.

When he made his first turkey cookie he was so excited. After he cut out the cookie he would pick it up and kiss it. The whole this was sweet and funny all at the same time.
Now that all the turkeys were cut out and ready for the oven it was time to sprinkle them. Max really liked this part. He was going crazy with the shaking!!
Now the turkeys are off to the oven. Its time to clean this little baker!!!
Max was so proud of his creation. When I gave him his turkey cookie he walked around telling all his toys look I made this.
Here are the cookies. Some look like turkeys and others look like leaves because their heads didn't make it to the end of the process.
It is so neat that I can share these kinds of moments with my son. I don't know how long he will want to do all this baking fun with his mommy, but I will enjoy it while it lasts. When he sits on the counter and helps it reminds me of all the memories I have from when I use to bake with my great grandmother. As a kid I loved sharing moments like this and I hope Max looks back and enjoys these times too.

Where did my lunch go?

2010-11-11T11:38:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was yet another example that I am losing brain cells the longer I am pregnant.

Everyday I go to the break room and get my lunch out of the frig, heat it up and then go back to my room and work while I eat. Well yesterday was a little different. I went to the frig to get it my lunch, but it was not there. So I thought O no did I leave it in my classroom all day? I waddled back down the hallway to my room and searched for it, but it was no where to be found. Then I started thinking did I forget my lunch at home this morning? At this point I am getting a little stressed because I have now wasted 10 minutes looking and I don't have time to leave and get something. After a few minutes of just standing there racking my brain I thought did I put it in the freezer by mistake? When I opened the freezer door I was so happy to see my red lunch box sitting there.

It is kind of embarrassing how happy I was to find my lunch box. I know I love eating these days, but that amount of excitement and joy was a little ridiculous. This little girl is so worth all these moments of forgetfulness, but I sure do hope these missing brain cells come back fast once I have her.

65 days left

2010-11-10T09:00:00.000-08:00

As many of you know I am a planner. I like to get as much stuff done earlier when preparing for holidays, parties and well having babies. When I was pregnant with Max I thought I was ahead of the game, but really I was so far behind. It took me months to feel like I was caught to where I needed to be as a mommy of a new born. So this time I am really trying to think of everything. I realize there will be surprises and hiccups along the way, but if I plan for as much as I can now then maybe there will only a small amount of surprises and hiccups.

I think the fact that she is almost here has really started to sink in this week. My ability to get a good nights rest has gone missing. Yesterday I was almost up for a full 24 hours, because I for some reason just had to get the laundry and dishes done. Then I needed to think about my to do list. Finally my hubby turned off all the lights and tv and said go to sleep. After a few minutes of watching him sleep I was able to drift off myself.

Once I wrote down my to do list I thought I would feel better, but boy was I wrong. After seeing everything I have to do covering 2 pages of notebook paper I am starting to get nervous. I know I have 65 days, but that doesn't seem like a lot of time. So many things are filling up my time with the whole bed rest thing lurking, going to the doctor weekly since Rylee wants to be a DIVA already, my contraction meds leave with no energy, my two year old would still love to have play time with his mommy and my hubby is busy with work and most of the house stuff.

People always say everything will get done don't stress, but I am a chubby, sleep deprived, hormonal preggo so not stressing is not in my ability at this time.

Here is my to do list (please feel free to make any suggestions for things I might of left off or forgot!)

Before Rylee Gets Here
1. Make Welcome Home sign for Rylee
2. Buy the last 4 or 5 gifts on my Christmas list
3. wrap the last of the Christmas gifts
4. Finish the oil paintings for Rylee's room
5. Buy cookie and cake mix so I can have treats for when people come to the house to see Rylee
6. buy Christmas outfit for Rylee just in case she comes early
7. look up car seat cover
8. email mom car seat cover link
9. wash and put breast pump together
10. Make sure there are diapers and wipes in the down stairs bath, nursery and in our room
11. borrow glider
12. make sure I leave detailed plans and instructions for sub at work
13. plan out new born pics
14. shop for props, clothes and bows for new born pics
15. plan first family photo
16. pick out clothes and props
17. Plan out my mommy and Max date which will happens 3 to 4 days after coming home
- plan the food for the living room picnic so Tim can go to the store
- plan a craft project to do
- Schedule a time for someone to come and watch Rylee upstairs while I am on my date
18. Finish packing the bag for the hospital
19. Wrap Max's gift from Rylee and pack it in hospital bag
20. clean all her clothes
21. pick out and pack for clothes and bows for the hospital
22. clean all the crib and pack n play sheets
23. set up the pack n play down stairs
24. set up the bassinet up stairs
25. set up the swing down stairs
26. set up the swing upstairs
27. deep clean her room
28. organize her closet
29. get the bath stuff set up in the kids' bathroom
30. organize baby cabinet in kitchen
31. wash all the baby blankets
32. set up arrangements for Max while I am in the hospital
33. confirm arrangements for max once every week from 35 weeks on
34. lay out or pack Max's clothes for the time I am in the hospital
35. Shop for and pack snack for the hospital
- snacks for Max
- snacks and drinks for Timmy
- snacks for visitors who come to the hospital and to the house
36. start working on thank you cards
37. deep clean whole house no later than 34 weeks pregnant
38. Do a final walk through of house and nursery checking everything no later than 35 weeks

The Day Rylee Is Born
1. Buy a newspaper with that days date
2. Schedule us for the January parent dedication at Church if she comes before New Years
3. schedule Rylee's first doctor visit with Becky
4. schedule family photo time with photographer
5. Write my letter to Rylee about meeting her for the first time

No More Then 3 Weeks After Rylee Arrives
1. order birth announcements no more then 2 weeks after delivery
2. Confirm time with photographer the day before session is scheduled

I am sure this list will go, but for now here is what I have left to do.

Queen Esther

2010-11-06T21:06:00.000-07:00

Nov 4th

Max learned about Esther this week at MDO. On Thursday he came home with a cute crown that he made at school. When he put the crown on to show me he said, "I Queen Esther mommy!"

Play time with Dixie

2010-11-06T20:55:00.000-07:00

Max his been pretending that he is a dog lately. He crawls around, barks and even licks people. Today Dixie was napping in her usual spot and Max decided to join him.

My two little puppies :)

Hair Cut Time!!!

2010-11-06T20:42:00.000-07:00

I have been asking Tim if he would take Max and get his hair cut for weeks. And well Tim loves taking Max to the hair cutting place as much as I do. He does great if we take him to the kids places with the fun chairs, but they are super expensive and the ladies aren't that nice. So we tried taking him to Sports Clip, but he screamed and cried the whole time.

So when it was time to get his hair cut again Time decided he would give a try. We figured we could turn the Mickey Mouse movie on and get him a coloring book to distract him. Since he doesn't normally sit still for hair cuts Timmy decided to use the dog shaver on him. It used the guard that leaves the hair an inch long.

The hair cutting started off great. It was as if Max was so into his movie he didn't even know Timmy was shaving his head.

Max is now starting to realize what is going on and he is not to sure if he likes it.

Max decides o well I guess he isn't going to stop I guess I will just color while he does his thing!

His hair cut turned out great and so what if it was all done with the dog clippers!!!

Trick or Treat

2010-10-31T19:26:00.000-07:00

Tonight we dressed Max up, met up with some friends and took the kids out to beg for candy.

The night started off with meeting up with friends. As everyone was starting to arrive the kids greeted each other and admired all the fun costumes. It is so fun to watch these little guys interact.

Once everyone had arrived we decided to get a group picture while the sun was still out.

Here is group picture take #1
Aaron had to catch the run away mouse

Group picture take #2
The mouse is one the run again

Group Picture take #3
O no where did the mouse go???

Group picture take #??? who knows we lost count
The mouse is back, the dragon fly is missing and Max has declared he is a hobo!!!

Group picture #187 (give or take a couple)
All this posing is making them tired

Since the group photo didn't turn out as planned we decided to bring the parents in on the photo to see if that helps keep the kids focused.

We got the group photo now its time to get some candy

House #1 these boys were not shy

Max is ready to get some more candy so he makes a dash for house #2
Max is one picky Hobo. The guy gave Max a candy and he decided he wanted to exchange it for something different. So yes that is my son digging through the bucket to get a grasp of his options before deciding.

max got some more candy and now he is ready for the next house
Max is so excited he literally runs from house to house. Timmy had to wrestle him to the ground to get him to slow down and wait for the rest of the crew

This was a super fun night and I think all the kiddos had a blast. I am so thankful that Max has such a great group of friends to share these moments with.

Pumpkin Carving Time

2010-10-31T18:57:00.000-07:00

This is the first year Max is big enough to help Tim carve a pumpkin. Tim was so excited to be able to share this experience with his son. Max thought it was fun to be able to draw on the pumpkin.

Max thought once the face was drawn on the project was done.

He was not to willing to help clean the pumpkin out. Max thought the pumpkin guts were a little gross. Every time Tim tried to get Max to help he would run off and yell grosssssss.

Once all the pumpkin guts were out he was more than happy to start helping Daddy out again. Max thought it was super fun to poke the eyes out of the pumpkin.

Here are the finished products. Timmy made a monster or a germ and Max made a smiley face.

Life Group Halloween Party

2010-10-30T22:30:00.000-07:00

The life group Halloween party is so much fun every year. This year was just as much fun. We did however show up an hour and a half late. Tim was in charge of checking the email for time and directions, but its all good he got the directions right at least :)

Since I am so big this year we decided to dress up as a tourists. This way I could wear my fat girl pants and hide my belly behind one of his old cameras.

Max dressed up as a HOBO!!!

Here we are with some of the others that dressed up too!!!

Tonight was fun. I always love getting together with our friends and their kiddos.

Hays 5k 2010

2010-10-30T19:32:00.000-07:00

Today is the Hays 5k!!! This is our one and only fun raiser of the year and there is so much work that goes into making it a success. The PTA and the teachers that run this are amazing and all their hard work really paid off. We had a dunking booth and so many businesses from the community there to show their support.

The morning started off a little cold, but as the sun came up it warmed up and we had a ton of runners. Timmy came and did a photo booth and the kids seemed to really love it. Since I am off and on bed rest I was not able to take part in the 5k or 1 mile, but I still had fun.

Kayla and I having fun watching the dunking booth!!!

PB & J party

2010-10-29T23:00:00.000-07:00

PB&J PARTY!!!! (Pasta, Beer and Jackerlatern Party!!!!)

Tim and I love Halloween and we wanted to do something fun to celebrate this holiday with some of our close friends. So we got a baby sitter and the evites went out.

Once everyone showed up we dug into the pasta and then we were off to the pumpkin carving!!!

After Dinner everyone grabbed their pumpkins and headed out for some craving!!!

The Le's are so cute

Now time to get to business. The patterns come and the competition begins :) Here is the monster or the germ that the Timmy picked!!!

Cassi picked this super cute patter for her and Josh, however this cute patter will keep Josh busy for a while :)

Kristen and Jared posing for a pre pumpkin carving photo!!!

Everyone having a blast as they pull the pumpkin guts out!!!

Jill is giving Cam a little pep talk!!!

Jared is going to town creating his pumpkin picture

Jill decides it time for her to put her touch on their creation

Timmy let me crave the pumpkin, but he was nervous. After a couple of cuts he was ready for me to hand the craving knife back over to him.

Jared said he was getting his drink a drink for someone else, but no one was claiming the extra drink. It looks like Jared saved himself a trip :)

Mr. Chaney working on the super hard pattern his amazing wife picked for them to do!!!

Justin is carving away while Tamara is checking out the other pumpkins. These Bates are so competitive!!!
Despite their competitiveness they still find time to strike a pose for the camera!!!

The boys are working hard at carving their designs

These guys are just standing around admiring their creations

Couple pictures!!!

The Cochrans wanted to sport their school pride - - Whoop!!!

The Le created a scary guy with bad teeth - - Super Cute!!!

The Bates decided to go with the sport theme - - Go Rangers!!!

The Watsons picked a monster who ended up looking more like a germ

All of the girls strike a pose with their pumpkins!!!

The boys then wanna strike a pose of their own!!!

Here are all the pumpkins out in the yard for us to all admire!!!

This night was such a great night. I am so glad everyone could come over and celebrate this wonderful holiday. I can not wait until the 2nd annual PB&J party next year!!!

Halloween Hays Style

2010-10-25T22:24:00.000-07:00

Every year my school does a after school trick or treat thing for all the teachers' kids. After school all the kids get dressed up and they go from teacher to teacher trick or treating. Even though Max is not in school yet he still comes up in his costume and he has a blast or at least last he did.

This year he was not as happy and out going as last year.

Here Max is crying in the group photo. Can you believe the photographer's kid is the only one not doing good in the group photo.

Once he saw the candy he perked up and started having fun

One last photo with Mommy before we leave

Church Fall Festival

2010-10-22T21:12:00.000-07:00

Today we got Max all dressed up and took him to the church festival.

Max and Mommy

Max and Daddy waiting in line for the pony rides

Max and Daddy riding the pony. He was so excited when Timmy put him on the horse. Max started calling the horse Bullseye and saying he was Woody :)

Once the pony ride was over it was time to head to the petting zoo. Max thought all the animals were so cute and he wanted to pet them all. He would run around trying to catch the chickens and bunnies. I guess he realized that he wasn't going to catch up with them because he decided to pet a sweet baby goat.

Max decides he needs to pose with the cute piggy

Once Max had enough of the petting zoo we headed over to the game section. This is the first year Max is able to play the games. Last year he was still a little to young. When we walked him over to this section he started jumping and getting super excited.

Since there were so many games to play we took a break to visit with the Bates. Last year the kids were happy to be in the picture with Tamara and I, however this year none of them wanted to pose with us. So Tamara and I continued the tradition just minus the kids :)

Max had enough of the break so we headed back over to the games

While in line we ran into sweet AC and we just had to get a picture. Max loves to pose with the pretty ladies :)

Now that all the games have been played we headed over to the bounce house. Max had so much fun. When it was time to get out he acted like he could not hear us calling him. After about 5 minutes of calling him to get out he finally listened.

To make the night complete we headed over to the fire truck. Max got to get in the driver's seat and act like he was driving and making all the noises. The fireman even gave him a fireman badge sticker.

Max had a blast at the festival and I can not wait to see how much fun he has next year with his sweet sister Rylee!!!

Bed rest is OVER!!!

2010-10-18T13:36:00.000-07:00

I went to the doctor today and she wanted to extend my bed rest another week, but I was able to talk her out of it. She agreed to let me off of bed rest, but I had to promise to take it super easy at home and at work. She wants to see me once a week from this point on. When I go in on Monday she wants me to retake the preterm labor test just to make sure everything is still ok.

Bed Rest Round 1 (continued)

2010-10-17T20:14:00.000-07:00

Round One of bed rest continued . . .

Thursday Oct 14th Day 6 - Today I decided to actually do bed rest. I was a complete bum. All I did was lay around and play on my laptop. I did work on my blog book too.

Friday Oct 15th Day 7 - I spent the day in my PJ's sitting around paying with Max. I know I need to go back to work asap, but it has been nice being home more.

Saturday 16th Day 8 - This was a family day once Tim was done with his pumpkin patch shoots. We decorated the house for Christmas. This was so we could take our family Christmas card photo. Then later that night we took the photo. We had a lot of fun shooting this photo.

Sunday 17th Day 9 - I woke up took down the Christmas decor and put the Halloween back up. Then we did some much needed work around the house. Since I am not having contractions I decided I needed to get back to doing house stuff again. And once I go back to work I am going to be so tired at the end of the of the day to do all that I need to do.

Tomorrow we have a doc appointment . . . I am hoping everything looks good with the baby and I can get off of bed rest. Not only will it be good for me to go back to work, but I think it will take some stress off I Timmy.

Christmas Photo

2010-10-17T19:49:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we took the 2009 Family Photo for or Christmas card. I know many of you are thinking what Christmas photos in Halloween, but for use this really is not that crazy. Since Timmy gets so busy taking other Christmas photos for people I have to schedule ours early or they might not happen. Plus I like to stay ahead a little so this way I will have them ordered, delievered, addressed, and mailed out the day before Thanksgiving. I have found that if I mail them the day before then people will get them the day after Thanksgiving.

This year we had do a lot for the set up. Instead of going somewhere or just using the studio we decided to use our house and Christmas decor. Well since its October the Christmas decor is still in the attic. We had to take down the Halloween and put up the santas and stockings. I guess you could say we had Christmas in October :) Max thought it was really cool to have a Christmas tree.

The next morning we woke up and took down the Christmas decor and put the Halloween back up. Max helped pack everything up, but as we were carrying the tree up the stairs to the walk in attic he asked Where did Christmas go? It was so sweet and sad at the same time. Just as I was about to explain what we were doing he heard his movie Toy Story and his focus was quickly redirected.

Trip to Labor and Delivery

2010-10-13T21:42:00.000-07:00

Around 7:30 I mentioned to Timmy that it had been awhile since I felt Rylee move, but we really didn't think much of it. I decided I would go and take a shower and see if that helped any. Then I got Max dressed for bed. Once all that was done I still didn't feel anything so I laid on the couch hoping that she would start bouncing around. Normally at this time of the night I swear she puts in a Tae Bo DVD and goes to town. Well this night was different. It did not matter what side I laid on or how much I poked her she was not moving. At this point it had been over an hour and I was stressing. Tim called the hospital and they said to try everything we had already tried and then they suggested drinking a large glass of ice water. I have never downed a glass of ice cold water like I did tonight. Then we waited about 10 or 15 minutes and still nothing. By now my mind is going to the worst case and I am tearing up, so Tim tells me we are going to the hospital. Tim called his parents and they came over to watch Max while we raced to the hospital.

Once we got to the ER it seemed like it took forever for them to get me in the system. It is so odd that you come in because your baby is not moving yet they find it necessary to make you sit and fill out info for 10 minutes. While we were answering questions and watching the nurse type the info in we heard the doctor ask the nurse can the lady next door get up and walk over her. The nurse simply responded no she can't because she has a screw coming out of her leg. At this point I am feeling a little frustrated and I just want them to take me to labor and delivery where everyone wears pink and they try and make you feel better.

Finally all the paper work in entered and now I have my fancy hospital bracelet. The nurse tells us to go through the doors on the other side of the room and she will meet us there to take us to labor and delivery. So we go through the doors and wait. After about 5 minutes we start to stress and then doors open and a different nurse tells us Oh I was waiting for you at the wrong door. Needless to say I am not feeling very comforted at this point. As the nurse is bring the wheel chair for me to sit in a random, not nurse lady, walks by and says I can take her to labor and delivery. The nurse says ok, then the random lady tells the nurse I think she can walk we don't need the wheel chair. Tim starts to argue the issue, but I tell him its fine I just want to get Rylee checked out. I think the real reason is the random lady had a fresh coffee and she didn't want to give it up to push the wheel chair.

After what seemed like a long walk I was finally at Labor and Delivery. They quickly took me back to a room and had me change so they could monitor me. My stress level is going down a little but I still needed to hear the heart beat. I quickly changed close and got into the bed ready to be hooked up to monitors. After exactly 12 minutes, and I know this for a fact, the nurse came in to hook me up to some machines and ask me some questions. Really 12 minutes you would think since there is a chance that something major could be wrong that they would move a little faster. Within seconds of being hooked up we heard the heart beat and it was strong. This time my tears were tears of joy and thankfulness. I have never been so scared in my life. The thought of anything going wrong with my sweet Rylee just made me fall to my knees and pray.

My sweet Rylee's heart beat!!!

One happy Momma!!!

As a mom you want to know that you can fix anything and make your kids better. However, at on this night I was so helpless. This was a real lesson in knowing that the Lord has the power. All I could do is pray that he had his hands wrapped around my angel.

WOW this girl isn't even here yet and she is giving me gray hair. However I haven't even met her yet, but she is worth all the stress and bed rest :)

Are they going to change you mommy???

2010-10-13T17:01:00.000-07:00

I went to get my flu shot today and Max went with me. When we went back to the room I put him in the chair and then I sat on the bed table thing. When the nurse put on her gloves Max shouts "Mommy is she gonna change you?" The nurse just started cracking up. The look on Max's face was priceless. He just sat there looking at us dead serious. I guess the his teachers wear the same looking gloves when they change him and they make him get on a changing table which I guess looks like the bed table at the doctors' office.

I love this age . . . he is so funny :)

What a difference 2 years makes !!!

2010-10-13T11:34:00.001-07:00

Being on bed rest has given me lots of time to look back and reflect on the last couple of years.

I thought it was kind of funny when I came across this picture. We are at Luka's 1st birthday party. Some of us were enjoying the 1st year with our babies while others of us were looking forward to seeing what the 1st year would bring. Little did we know that day that all of us would be expanding our families within the next couple of years. Ok well Tamara knew because the Bates like to pop the babies out one after the other :)

Tamara was the first to expand her little family. Mia was born about a month after this photo was taken Sept 2008 Then Stephanie had a handsome little boy name Cade. Haley decided to join the club and we all got to meet sweet baby Reid summer of 2009. Next is my turn in Jan 2011, then Cassi March 2011 and now Becky is adding to the pack summer of 2011.

I was so blessed the day God placed this amazing group of ladies in my life. And I am so thankful that I get to raise my children surrounded by this wonderful second family. Max and Rylee may not know how lucky they are now but they will one day. :)

Bed Rest Round 1

2010-10-13T08:25:00.000-07:00

Well it looks like this little girl is starting to be a little DIVA already :)

I went to the doctor on Monday Oct 4th for a regular check up and to take the sugar test. While I was there I mentioned that I had been having some cramping over the last couple of weeks. The doctor said that I was having contractions but that doesn't mean anything is wrong. However, just to be safe she wanted to run some tests. That following Thursday I get a call telling me that my test cam back positive for signs of preterm labor and that I needed to go on extreme bed rest. Tim and I looked the test up on line to see how serious all this was and we decided that as long as I took it easy I could finish out the week at work and then take off Monday for more tests. So I went to work Friday and prepared to be out on Monday.

Saturday Oct 9 was officially Day 1 of bed rest.
This day was a very productive day. Tim was at work all day and Max spend the whole day and evening with Tim's parents. I just sat on the couch graded papers, put together packets for maternity leave and finished most of my November IEPs. I figured if I had to just sit there then I should be using my time wisely. All in all I was kind of digging this bed rest thing

Sunday Oct 10 Day 2 of bed rest
This day was not as productive as the day before. I guess I am not use to just sitting and working on a computer all day because I woke up sore and very uninterested in doing anything on the computer. So I took this day and caught up on all my shows that I had recorded on the DVR and of course I took a couple of naps too :)

Monday Oct 11 Day 3 of bed rest
This day was a little different I woke and go ready to go to the doctor to get some more tests done. When we go to the doctor I went in and she asked how things were. I told her the pains or contractions had stopped and I was ready to go back to my everyday schedule. She did an exam and everything seemed good. Then she redid the same test from last week to see if there was still signs of preterm labor. After all of that stuff was over she sat and talked with use for awhile to go over somethings that we should expect. Since we did get a positive on the test the first time it is not likely that Rylee will make it to her due date. So the plan is to get her as close to 35 weeks as we can. Later that day my test results came back and they were negative which is good news. The doctor still extended my bed rest another week just to make sure the contractions have completely stopped.

Tuesday Oct 12 Day 4 of bed rest
Today was another productive day. I finished all my IEPs for my ARDs scheduled before my maternity leave, entered grades and gathered addresses for my Christmas cards. Again I was very sore and sick of the computer by the end of the day, but it was worth it to get stuff checked off the my to do list. I got to spend the rest of the day watching Max run away crazy and then cuddled with him until he fell asleep. At one point he yelled at Rylee to move because my belly was keeping him from laying like he wanted to on me :)

Wednesday Oct 13th Day 5 of bed rest
I had to wake up and meet with the leave specialist for the district about maternity leave stuff. So much information to retain. When I worked in Garland and I had Max I just filled out a form and returned once I was ready. Well in Rockwall they are very exact and they give you lots of dates and policies for how things work. After that meeting was over I went home got in bed and relaxed. At 2:30 we are off to get our flu shots oooo boy I can't wait :)

Halloween Craft

2010-10-10T21:50:00.000-07:00

Every year I try to come up with some kind of craft for each holiday. I am hoping that this is a tradition I can do every year with my children. This year I bought wooden masks at Michael's for a dollar each and we colored them.

Here are the before pictures
Max is a cat inside a pumpkin

Mine is the witch and Timmy's is the vampire

Everyone is working so hard on their masks. Max thinks this is the greatest project ever :)

After all the hard work here is the final product

This was such a great way to start the Halloween holiday off!!! I love doing things as a family :)

Fair Day 2010

2010-10-06T20:00:00.000-07:00

Oct 6th

Its that time of the year when the Fair comes to town. Timmy loves the Fair and he wants to share that love with his little man. So we wake up early, pack up the car and head out to visit Big Tex!!!

The welcome sign out a smile on everyone's face. There is something exciting about walking into the fair.

When I saw the prices it made me so thankful to be a teacher because I get a free ticket every year. I can not believe people actually pay these prices!!!
Max was so excited when we rolled him into the food building. He knew he was about to get the best cinnamon roll and chocolate milk ever!!!
Family picture with Big Tex
Little man is not enjoying the Tom Landry building
Max and Daddy are loving the dog show

Got to pick the nose even at the fair
Look guys I get to ride the rides this year . . . bring on the tickets!!!

Yeah I am riding this green guy
Man I wish I could pass the slow poke in front of me

Riding the spinning bears with Aunt Jen
The perfect ending to a perfect day!!!!

Painting the Pumpkin

2010-10-03T22:09:00.000-07:00

Oct 3rd

I have never been a fan of craving pumpkins, so I started the painting the pumpkin tradition with Max. We have painted a pumpkin for Halloween every year since he was born. Max seems to really love doing this.

My little painter is working hard on his creation :)

Daddy decides to get in on the fun

Max is really focused
The paint fumes are starting to get to him
After all that hard work here is beautiful pumpkin my sweet Max painted

I am that parent!!!

2010-09-17T19:29:00.000-07:00

Max started his 2nd year at MDO and by the 2nd day of school I had already sent an email asking for them to change things. So, I guess you can say I am now 'that parent' all the teachers talk about.

Here is what happen before people revoke my teacher card (kinda like a man card...I thought it was funny)

On the second day of school Timmy took Max in and when he got to the hallway where his class is Max told Tim he wanted to go. So, Tim gave him a kiss and told him he could go on in. While Max was trying to get to his class Tim was having to take the folder out of his bag pack and put it in a bucket, then take out 2 diapers and place them in a different bucket and last take out Max's drink cup and place it in yet another bucket. I guess they got a great deal on buckets :) Anyway, while Tim was doing all that Max headed off to go into his class. Well, the hallway where his classroom is has 3 other classes so that is a lot of buckets, students and parents in one small space. As Max was about to go into his class a parent stopped in front of the doorway so she could place things in the buckets and talking to the teacher. Max was not able to get in because of the parent so he started crying and ran back to Timmy. I guess this kind of scared him so he wasn't really wanting to go in now.

So when Tim called me at work, to tell me what happened, I was a little concerned because for the most part Max transitions really well. I mean this is the kid who would let strangers in walmart hold him if I didn't say no. After talking with Timmy we decided that it would be best to email and see if there is anyone else having concerns with the drop off process. I sent an email just sharing my concerns about Max and to see if they had any suggestions on what we can do as parents to help eliminate the tears. Which what I was really saying was your process is not so good and can you please change it.

If you are thinking well that's not so bad any parent would of done that. Well here is when I officially morphed into 'that parent'. I sent that email around 11:00 Tuesday morning and when I saw that she had not responded by lunch on Wednesday I was getting a little upset. I mean really it had been 24 hours and if she was going to change anything I would like to be able to prepare Max. I can't lie the thought to email again did cross my mind, but I fought the temptation. Finally I got an email Thursday morning 30 minutes before Tim was leaving to take him. Her email did apologize for not getting back to me sooner her Internet was down (so glad I did not send the second email). She told me that she would look into simplifying the process, but until she could talk with the teachers Tim should bring Max a few minutes later.

I am glad she said she would look into the process, but I don't want the teachers to label me 'that mom'. It is so hard to know when you should step in as a parent and when you should just sit back and wait things out. My son is only 2 so I have many more years of know when to step in and not step in!!!

Does anyone know if I can find the manual for my child on EBAY??? The hospital never gave me mine when I had him :)

First Day of MDO 2010

2010-09-09T20:47:00.000-07:00

Its that time of the year again. Our sweet baby is getting ready for his 2nd first day of MDO!!! Max has been excited for weeks now about going to school. He is always talking about going to see his friends and his teacher. It is nice to see my kid so excited about school already :)

Max getting some play time in before school!!!

Daddy I am ready for my close up
Where is my desk???
This is my teacher!!!
These are both of my teachers!!! I bet the other kids didn't pose like this :)

my little avocado

2010-08-11T14:37:00.000-07:00

So according to baby center my sweet Rylee is the size of an avocado. Which is funny since this week I have been going crazy with the Mexican food :) When we had our last sono it was confirmed that we were having a sweet baby girl. It is so awesome to be 90% sure. Now it is time to start going wild with the color pink and all the bows!!!

Imagine a ridiculously big bow on this avocado and this is what Rylee looks like this month!!!

a little CROATIAN birdy

2010-08-11T14:33:00.000-07:00

So a little croatian birdy told me today that I need to get back on the blog updating wagon!!!

Bare with me as the blogs start to come :)

Growth Group Couple Night Out!!!

2010-07-30T11:00:00.000-07:00

July 30th

My growth group decided that it was time to have a adult only night!!! So we all got baby sitters and got all dolled up and went to dinner.

We decided that On The Border was the place to eat!!!
Here is all the girls!!!

Once dinner was over we decided to spend the rest of the night rocking out at the Le's House!!!

This was an awesome night!!! Can't wait to do this again!!!

4th of July

2010-07-04T23:30:00.000-07:00

Well its time for the Watson 4th of July Bash!!!

This year I was put in charge of cake balls!!! I tried to make them festive.

While I'm making cake balls Max decides he is going to be a robot!!!
Then he decides that he is going to be a fish and swim around on the floor
Now its time for trucks
Jeri, Travis, Max, Rylee (in my belly) and me
Max is playing some ball with the boys
Family photo
Mom do I really have to wear this hat???
O nana come on there are people around
Hey mom focus on the flaming stick
Not so sure why we think the flaming stick so great
Hey its like a candle I bet I can blow it out

Mom I am so tired can I please go to bed now????

The party was a ton of fun. We loved getting to get together with friends and family. I love the 4th of July parties and I can't wait until next year!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Keller, Ethan and Reid!!!

2010-07-01T22:05:00.000-07:00

Happy 1st Birthday Keller, Ethan and Reid!!!

Father's Day 2010

2010-06-20T20:39:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day 2010!!!! This is Timmy's 2nd Father's day and Max went all out for his daddy!!!

Presents for Daddy!!!

I'm going to take pictures of you Daddy
Say Cheese
Dad while you open your presents I will get my microphone
Let me sing you a song

Wow
Tools
Shoes
I'm ready for my presents now people
I'm going to sing Happy Birthday to you since thats the only song I know
Thank you Thank you
Now for our Traditional Father's Day dinner
Happy Father's Day daddy you rock!!!

Max's 2nd Birthday Part 4

2010-06-19T18:25:00.000-07:00

Part 4 of a wonder 2nd birthday!!!

Max's 2nd Birthday part 3

2010-06-19T18:07:00.000-07:00

Birthday Party with the family!!!

Getting down to business right away!!!

Ok dad speed it up we have more presents
People really clothes???
O my I know i am going to love this
Look mom I can show Rylee how to wear bows!!!
People you know I can't read
Wow this present is as big as me
Mom nice shirt but I have a toy right now
Trucks
Lots of trucks
Thanks for all my toys and even the clothes

Max's 2nd Birthday part 2

2010-06-19T17:55:00.000-07:00

Birthday morning celebration!!! We like to start his day off with a present from Tim and I and then a fun family breakfast!!!

The birthday boy is still waking up

getting down to business

loving what he sees

now I can help daddy at work

Thanks guys now where are the pancakes and eggs???

Waddell Vacation 2010

2010-06-18T16:23:00.000-07:00

June 11th - 18th

The tradition Waddell vacation to the beach has begun!!!

Come on uncle Adam I am ready for the pool

Just chillin

Swim time with Nana

Do these make my ears look big?

I'm not doing anything bad

The boys are chillin

I might be using this the wrong way

Now I know what to do

Sand castle time

Can I go sit with those hotties over there?

Sand turtle

I'm not making a stinky

The oil clean up crew

Yummy sea food

Has anyone seen my sand toys???

bitter beer face

Putting chapstick on poppop

putting chap stick on adam

taking a walk with poppop

I am starting to think we are not the first people to go this way

buckle up people its going to be a bumpy ride

Family photo time

Yes I am picking his nose

Look mom I can pick his nose!!!

O great this place leaves out snacks for people

I would like to order a large cheese pizza

Adult time !!!

Does no one else notice all the flying rolls???
This place is amazing we get to throw food across the room!!!
Max is showing everyone how he caught his big roll!!!
Thanking Nana for a tasty dinner

Swimming with Daddy

An perfect ending to an wonderful vacation!!!

Was a BLUEBERRY now it is a KIDNEY BEAN !!!

2010-06-12T19:19:00.000-07:00

On Friday June 11th Timmy and I went to the baby for the first time with baby #2. While we were at the doctor's off she asked if we wanted to go ahead and have a sonogram since we were already 8 weeks along!!! Of course we said yeah!!! We got to hear and see our sweet baby's heart beat. Once the picture of the little miracle inside of me appeared on the screen I was overwhelmed with joy. And then the heart beat started playing and it was one of the most amazing sound ever!!!

Seeing the baby made it so real for me. I have wanted to have another baby for awhile and I started to think it would not happen. And now that it has happened I am just so afraid it is all a dream. So seeing the baby really was a wonderful experience for Timmy and I.

We were off a couple of weeks with due date so now my sweet baby is a kidney bean. I was so looking forward to blogging about my baby being a blueberry, but it looks like we are going to skip that one. Our sweet baby is due Jan 20th !!!

Max's 2nd birthday part 1

2010-06-11T23:45:00.000-07:00

June 11th

On our way to Florida we stopped for the night to see my grandparents in Louisiana. While we were there they had a little surprise birthday party for Max since he will be 2 in a couple of days :)

Max is loving his birthday ding dong

reading his card with Nana

PRESENT TIME!!!

He really loved the Buzz Light Year phone

Candy!! Candy !! Candy!!

OMG a Diego Puzzle !!!

Graduation Time

2010-06-05T20:16:00.000-07:00

June 5th

My baby sister is graduating from high school today!!! I cannot believe she all grown up. I remember when she was tagging along to all the football games with me since she was our mascot. And I remember helping her get ready for her first middle school dance and every dance after that. Now she is about to walk across the stage and enter into a whole new stage in her life.

She is such an amazing lady and I am so blessed to be able to call her my sister. Ashley you Rock!!!

Adam and I testing out the camera
Max trying to make a run for it
Thats a big class!!!
Max has had enought!!!

My little lentil bean.

2010-06-04T08:14:00.000-07:00

This week the baby website tells me I am 6 weeks along. I love this weekly reminder because there will come a point when I will forget how many weeks I am. And boy do people look at you funny when you tell them I forget. I am sure they are thinking really how can you forget you are huge!!!

My little bundle of joy being compared to a quarter!!!

I get a warm and fuzzy feeling when I get an email comparing the tiny little miricale in my belly to a lentil bean. Not sure how one dresses for a family photo with a lentil, but I am sure I can come up with something. It is kind of odd that for a while all the baby wesites and books compare the baby's to food. The constant comparing of food only makes a really hungry lady even hungrier!!! However I love my lentil bean with all my heart and I am proud to call that lentil my little lentil!!!

Coming Soon!!!

2010-05-31T21:30:00.001-07:00

Around Jan 2011 we will be meeting the newest addition to our family!!! The wonderful Lord has blessed us with another little miracle. We found out the good news on May 27th at 6:30 in the morning!!!

Timmy and I are already blessed with our sweet Max and now we are beaming with joy for the new baby. Max seems to be ok with it too. I asked him if he wanted a little bubba and he said no sissy!!! So we will see if Max will get what he requested. However he seems to love the baby already. At night he gives me a kiss goodnight and then he gives the baby one too!!! I am so excited about this new chapter in our lives and all the joy we are going to have!!!

Thank you so much Lord for blessing us with another miracle!!!

Spread the NEWS!!!

2010-05-27T20:03:00.000-07:00

I know some people thinks it not a good idea to tell people you are expecting until the 2nd trimesters, but Timmy and I stink at keeping news like this. While I was at work Timmy made Max this super cute big brother shirt.

When I got home we decided to share the big news with the families. We went to my brother's football game like normal and as my mom was showing Max off to her friends she noticed what his shirt said. Man that lady can scream. It was so cool seeing her reaction she was just as excited about baby number 2 as she was about Max. Then we went to Tim's parents. After playing with Max for 5 or 10 minutes his parents finally noticed what his shirt said. They were super excited too. And since there are a ton of siblings to share the news with we had to do a picture text. Everyone called with congrats except my sister. She didn't even notice the shirt he was wearing in the picture. But don't worry she finally figured it out :)

Sharing the news with Nana and Pop Pop and the whole stadium!!! (Max is still in awe of the news!!!)

Sharing the news with Mimi and Paw Paw!!!

2010-05-27T15:06:00.000-07:00

After weeks of thinking and hoping that I was pregnant I went ahead and took a test this morning. When I looked at the test I expected a not pregnant, but o my goodness it said I am PREGNANT!!! This has to be one of the best birthday presents ever!! :)

Chucky Cheese Please

2010-05-25T22:47:00.000-07:00

First trip to Chucky Cheese!!!!

we were greeted by the famous chucky cheese himself!!!
Dad trying to get in the picture
Max is enjoying his tasty dinner
mommy and max moment

max is loving his horse back ride
cruising with his pal
looking at a picture of him and chucky cheese

Mom these little guys look so silly
i am ready to build something
daddy is giving wack a mole lessons

Max is a pro now at wack a mole!!!!

Mommy Happy Day!!!

2010-05-18T14:33:00.001-07:00

My 2nd Mother's day was Mommy-azing!!!!

Thursday before Mother's Day I went to Muffins for Mom at Max's MDO.

Max getting all dressed for Muffin for Mom!!!
Max and Mommy getting ready to go to Muffins for Mom
Max enjoying his small cakes (he refers to muffins as small cakes)
Max is cracking himself up!!!

This was my first Muffin for MOM and I had a blast. His teachers are so sweet and they really worked hard to make sure we had a special day. Max was so sweet and very giving with his kisses!!!

Then after school was over I picked up Max and we had an ice cream date!!!

Max really loves eating his ice cream all by himself
O my what flavor will I get next???

Hit me again bartender!!!

SUNDAY May 9,2010

Timmy and Max started the day off with a gift from max that he made with his 2 hands!!!
My MAX and Timmy are so thoughtful!!!
Then I got a ton of kisses from my sweet Max and I didn't even have to ask for them :)

Then we loaded up the car and my boys took me out for a fancy breakfast!!!
what is a mommy's day without a grand slam something!!!
Max is yelling Mommy Happy Day (he flips the words in Happy Mommy Day)!!!

Lunch TIME came next!!!

We had my Mom and Grandmother over for a lunched cooked by Tim, my brothers, sister and myself!!!

And well I love having get togethers with a Theme so we came up with a theme for the lunch

"Hotdogs for HOT MOMMAS!!!"

I knew I had to make the hotdogs seem like something special so that my mom and grandmother wouldn't roll their eyes!!! When my Nanny was alive every get together was a feast of home cooking and well no one can do it like she could. So instead of trying to be as awesome as she was I decided to creative. And I know that if Nanny was here she would of loved my "Hotdogs for HOT MOMMAS!!!" idea.
We decided to dine on the patio!!!

Max is loving his big boy hotdog
presents for Nana

my presents from my mom (she thought she would be funny and wrap up a picture of Max that I already had on the mantel. Not sure where she would come up with such a silly idea!!!)

Look at these hot Mommas!!!

a cake made with love!!!

I made that apron for my mommy
all my awesome gifts from my sweet baby boy
Max and Mommy with our fancy Mommy day shirts!!!

This was an awesome Mommys Day!!!!!

Western Day

2010-04-29T20:55:00.000-07:00

Today was Western Day at Max's school!!! Its fun when they do dress up day because Max loves to play pretend :)

Howdy Partner!!!

All I'm saying is this out fit would look better if I had cowboy boots!!!

Where did I go wrong? Update!!!

2010-04-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

Ok so with all the trips that my son has been making to time out I thought it was time to conference with the teacher. We asked Mimi (tim's mom) to ask the teachers what kind of pushing is Max doing? I wanted to know if he was being mean or if it was more of a playful kind of thing. And well now I am stressing because my son seems to be flirting. Apparently there is this girl in his class named Ava and well he has a thing for her. The teacher said that they are always together. It turns out that Max just wants to be next to her at all times, so when he is following her around and she stops he ends up pushing her on accident. The teacher said that Ava does the same thing to him, so I guess my son is not the hoodlum I had once feared him to be.

Now that military schools are not needed I feel a little better. Then I realize my son is not even 2 and he is in love!!! He comes home every day talking about Ava and he smiles super big when we ask him about her. I thought I had years before this kind of stuff started!!! When do boys start thinking girls are gross???

OOO and Miss Mia I am so sorry about this!!! Max is young and this phase will pass. I hope that the two of you can work through this before yall's arranged marriage in 25 years :)

Part Three of Tim's Birthday Weekend!!!

2010-04-27T20:09:00.000-07:00

Part Three!!!

Well today is the actually birthday day!!!

I stayed up late making Timmy a shirt for his birthday that I saw on someone's blog a month or two ago.

Then I made a Peanut Butter Oreo Pie that my hubby requested

Here is the crushed oreo crust!!!! yummy!!!
Here is all the goodness that fills the pie!!! Double yummy!!
And here is the finished product!!!
Timmy with his candles!!! (no help from Max this time)

Max enjoying the left over cake from part one of birthday weekend since he cannot have peanuts yet!!!
Max helping daddy open presents
Max searching hard for toys!!!!

Max still looking for toys

Well the only cool thing I could find was this funny looking hat!!! Hey mom if you got me a sis look how cute she would be =D

Happy Birthday Timmy!!! I hope you had a great 30th love ya tons!!!

Part Two of Tim's Birthday Weekend!!!

2010-04-27T20:00:00.000-07:00

Part Two!!!

On Saturday we woke up and Max and I took Timmy to breakfast at IHOP!!! When we found out we were pregant with Max we decided to create traditions that we could carry on for years with our family. Birthday breakfast was one of the the traditions that we started. :)

Happy Birthday Part 2!!! Love ya baby!!!

Part One of Tim's Birthday Weekend!!!

2010-04-27T14:31:00.000-07:00

When I married into the Watson family I quickly learned that birthdays aren't just a one day thing. If you are a Watson you get a whole weekend and sometimes even a whole week of birthday celebration!!!

The first celebration that we had for my wonderful husband was dinner with my family Friday night. We had every one over for tasty food and cake.

We started the night off with some weight watcher chicken spaghetti

Then we had some tasty cake that I made and Max helped me decorate it!!!

Present Table!!!
Birthday boy with his boy!!!
Max and Daddy blowing out the candles
Present TIME!!!
Bummer Dad all you got was this shirt . . . you should of told them you wanted an light up toy!!!

This what your presents look like when you turn 30!!!
Man this party stinks!!! All these presents and non are for me :(
Bow Head!!!
Look mom if you give me a sister this is what she would look like!!!
Me and the birthday Boy!!!
Ashy and Max!!!

This was a great start to Timmy's Birthday weekend. Happy Birthday honey!!!

30 years ago

2010-04-25T23:24:00.000-07:00

Thirty years ago God brought the man of my dreams into this world. And from that moment on he molded him into the man that I love with all my heart.

Thank you so much Lord for this wonderful man!!!

Where did I go wrong?

2010-04-21T19:45:00.000-07:00

When you first find out you are expecting you are so over whelmed with joy, hopes and dreams. You go out and buy all the how to parent books and actually read them too. Once you have read all the books then you feel like you are ready for this new experience. I mean you have read everything how hard can raising a baby really be.

The big day comes and you realize you have no clue about what to do. You are sitting there holding this tiny little bundle of joy and thinking I really get to take this home with me!!! It starts to seem easy I mean the baby just lays there and you get to cuddle with him while people come and check on you. Wow this is great I don't know what all the fuss and stress was about.

Then you experience the first night home with your bundle of joy and you realize all that reading you did was a waste of time!!! It doesn't matter what the book said my child is still screaming. And the fact that I have had 2 hours of sleep is not helping me better understand what my sweet angel is screaming for. As my darling Max is laying in his crib I search through all the bags for the user manual. The hospital must of included it in the bag of goodies that they sent us home with. However, after searching through everything the user manual was nowhere to be found. And when you call to ask the hospital where they placed it the sound of the lady laughing and saying bless your heart does not help the situation at all. Then the sun comes up and you find yourself laying in bed watching this gift from God all cuddled up in your arms sleeping. At that moment all the stress of the hours before vanish and you thank God for all the moments that you have had and will have with this miracle.

Teething o what fun RIGHT??? At this stage I am remind of how little sleep i actually need to function. The feeling of being woken up by screams and cries in the middle of the night is the worse feeling a mother can ever experience. My sweet son is laying in bed crying because is mouth is hurting for no reason as far as he is concerned. I try and help ease the pain with meds but he still just whines. As a mommy I just want to kiss the boo boo and make him all better, but I can't. This goes on for a couple of months and my sweet Max is not enjoying himself. Just when we think this stage is over a new tooth starts to pop up. Then just like all the stressful moments before this one has come to an end and we start getting some sleep again.

Terrible 2's early please noooooo. Now we have entered into the stage where my sweet baby seems to vanish from time to time and we are visited by the not so sweet Max!!! It seems like the baby who once made me laugh with all his gassy giggles and silly tricks is now running around yelling NOOOOO and trying to kick the dog as hard as he can. And if that wasn't bad enough he has started using the most awful 4 letter word ever "MINE." Everything is MINE he tells us and he gets so upset if we take it from him. Don't get me wrong he is not awful all the time, but when he has his moments they are draining. My Mary Poppins bag is running low on tricks so I hope this stage is not long especially since he is not even 2 yet!!!

Terrible 2's continued. . . Now my son has turned into a bully. A couple of weeks ago the teacher sent a note home telling us that Max was pushing other kids and he had to go to time out for the first time ever. Well once I saw that note I sat Max down and we had a long talk about this. Here is what the conversation looked like . . .
Mommy - "Max did you push other kids at school?"
Max - "Push!"
Mommy - "Max tell mommy did you push people at school?"
Max - "Push Push!"
Mommy - "Max you can not push people down . . . no pushing."
Max - "No Push!"
Mommy - "Are you going to push people tomorrow at school?"
Max - (nods his head yes)
Mommy - "Max no pushing please."
Max - "No Push! Outside play?"

Of course after that conversation I felt like I really got through to my son which is why I was so shocked to get another note from the teachers. It looks like that intense conversation that Max and I had days before really did not have an impact on him. He actually stepped up his game and started pushing more people down which lead to him making multiple visits to time out. At this point I feel like maybe I didn't make myself clear the first time. So again I sat down with my sweet baby and we talked about how pushing is not OK. I explained to him that pushing is bad and that he needs to stop it RIGHT NOW. Then the 3rd note was sent home. Now I am on the computer researching military schools. My bundle of joy has turned into a hoodlum. I can see it now he will be sitting behind bars one day telling some reporter that his life could of been so much better if only his mom had taught him not to push others in MDO!!! I guess I better start shopping now for that perfect outfit to wear on the Jerry Springer show!!!

Growth Group Rockers!!!

2010-04-14T21:17:00.000-07:00

I love my growth group gals!!! When we finish a study we have a fun night. Well this fun night we decided to bring out our inner rock stars!!!

Rock Star Kristen on the bass!!!

Lindy on drums and Anna doing vocals
close up of the lead singer
The fans are loving the show!!!

Rock star Haley on guiter
Rock star Jill really showing emotion
Anna is slamming on the drums
Lindy is the bartender ever!!! We loved our milk shakes
Kristen showing off for fancy skills with the drum sticks
Becky is rocking out
We are sitting back loving the show!!!

Egg Time!!!

2010-04-14T19:58:00.000-07:00

This year Max was big enough to dye eggs!!! And man did he love it!!!

Daddy is showing Max how to open the markers to color on the eggs
Daddy helping Max decorate his first Easter egg
Max switching colors

Mommy helping Max

Max showing off his egg

Max working hard

Mommy dropped one of the eggs and daddy is sad

Max puts one of the eggs in color to decorate
going to town on a blue eggs
Super proud of his blue egg!!!

Here are our AWESOME eggs for Easter 2010!!!

Disney on Ice

2010-04-09T14:09:00.001-07:00

My Grandfather gave us tickets to take Max to see Disney on Ice. We weren't sure how he would, but we decided to take him and see.

Max is trying out a signature pose!!!

Now he is back to sporting the "THE LOOK"
Man 21 month olds are easily impressed!!!
Daddy and Max waiting on the show to start

Family picture time!!

When we looking for the restrooms we found some awesome friends instead!!!
Max is to busy checking out Miss AC to look at the camera!!!

Mommy and Max

Trying the pose out again
Now the show has started!!!

Max is so happy!!! He smiled and clapped the whole time!!!

Timmy bought Max some over priced cotton candy and we got this fancy hat for free!!!
Max ate one bite of the cotton candy and decided it was not his favorite

Once the show was over we headed to the car in the rain!!!
Max was asleep before we left the parking lot!!!

We all had a blast at the Disney on Ice!!! I am so glad that Max likes going to the things like this. Thanks again Grandpa John for the tickets!!!

The Great Easter Egg Hunt of 2010

2010-04-02T12:38:00.001-07:00

So this morning Max was so excited about the Easter Egg hunt that were going to that he had to watch his morning Elmo while holding the basket. Man could this kid be any more cute!!!

After Elmo was over we got dressed and headed over to Mrs. Tamara's
Max walked right in and made himself at home in the play room!!!

Mia came and greeted Max with a little smooch!!! (Justin please don't hurt my son)

Once everyone arrived we started getting things ready for the Big Easter Hunt of 2010!!! The mommies stuffed the eggs with tasty goodness and then we placed them in hard to find places.

Once all the eggs were carefully placed the mommies thought hey lets get a quick group picture!!!

Group Picture take 1

None of the kids wanted to sit down

Group picture take 2
Landon is not so sure he wants to chill with this crazy crowd
Group Picture take 3
Reid is checking out the stuff dog that is as big as his is, while Claire and Luka are wondering why they can't put those eggs they see on the floor in their baskets
Group picture take 4
Luka is not feeling the camera right now and Claire just loves to walk around
Group picture take5
Reid, Katelynn and Luka found an awesome show on tv, Claire is wanting to start the egg hunt now and Korben wants to open all the eggs he brought.

Group Picture take 6
Reid and Katelyn can't pull themselves from the awesome show, Claire is loving the walking thing, and Luka is like really mom we have being doing this group picture thing for an hour now!!!
Group Picture take 7
Claire still walking around, Luka decides hey Claire I will walk with up, Korben is loving the eggs and Katelyn is really getting into the show!!!

Group Picture take 8
And here is the best picture as far as seeing all their cute little faces!!!

Now I see why Max's MDO class does not do a class photo!!!

Once we were done with the group photo it was time to start the hunt!!!

Max is hunting the eggs
Luka and Landon are chatting about their eggs
Claire sneaking up from behind . . . watch out Max she looks like she could get you good!!!

Max enjoying some of the cake balls that were in his eggs

Korben cruising for chicks!!!

cute group picture

Ok Miss Mia in 25 years when you call me your crazy mother-in-law remember there was a day when you loved me!!!
I love my pals Mia and Luka!!!!!
Hey Mia want hop on and we can cruise into the kitchen for some milk and cookies???

Hey what does a boy gotta do to get some service around here???
Yeah I am laying in the middle of floor with my bottle . . . like I'm the first baby to ever do that =D

And this is how you know your egg hunt was a success!!!

Thank you so much Tamara, Luka, Mia, Haley, Landon, Reid, Cassie, Korben, Kara, and Katelyn for sharing this morning with Max and me. We had so much fun with all of you!!!

The Great Easter Egg Hunt of 2010 was the best ever!!!!

MDO Easter Party!!!

2010-04-01T14:15:00.001-07:00

Today was Max's Easter party at MDO. Max and I made tiny Easter egg cookies to fill the eggs for his friends. And when I say Max and I made these I mean I made them and Max ate one every time I time I turned my back. But since he is such a sweet boy he would tell me what color he ate and that they were yummy (mommy blooo ummy!!)

Here are the cookies for his friends

Here are big Easter egg cookies for his teachers
Mommy and Max at the party!!!

Max doing finger paints with the teacher
Mommy and Max making hand print bunnies
Craft Time with the class (look at my big boy sitting there)

Max not sure why someone gave him a plate without food on it!!!

Max asking for seconds before he even started eating

Egg time!!!!!!!!!!

Max predicting what the egg has inside

Man I love these moments!!! Thank you Max for letting me share all this fun with you!!!

Sand Table Time!!!

2010-03-28T21:02:00.000-07:00

Max got a sand table from his Mimi and Papa for Christmas last year. The weather is now good and dad is ready to start putting it together.

Who needs directions, I don't!!!

Look Dad I can build things too
Daddy I can use two screw drivers at once can you do that?
I think this leg is on super tight
I need a tool belt to keep my tools in
Dad I am going to check out the toys and make sure they work
Dad I think these toys are going to work out just fine
Hey dad why are you putting dirt on the table???

WOWWWWWWWW
This sand smells good!!!

Dad thanks for building this table I love it!!! Now I can get dirty and its ok!!!

Play date with the Bates!!!!!!

2010-03-21T19:31:00.000-07:00

Playing at the park and then lunch with the my pal Luca and my wife to be Mia!!!!!

Mia is a take charge kinda gal . . .

. . . Max is ok with letting her call the shots
Mia is putting the loves on Max . . .

. . . and again he is ok with the hugs!!!!!!!!!!

Airplanes!!!!!

2010-03-21T19:14:00.000-07:00

Max is really into airplanes and helicopters, so Timmy and I thought it would fun to start this spring break off with a trip to the airport. We set the alarm and woke up early. Max was so excited when we told him where we were going. Every five seconds on the way there he would yell Mommy airplane in sky!!! The when we pulled up and he saw the planes he did a happy dance and gave us big hugs and kisses.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!
Mommy hurry and take the picture I want to see the planes pleasssssssssss!
Max and Daddy watching the planes taking off
Max is even wearing his airplane jacket!!!!!!
Really Mom . . . there is no time for this we are missing the planes
WOW!!!!!!!!!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
What I can not play with these planes??????????
Man I love this place!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tyler ZOOOOOOO!!!!

2010-03-21T18:50:00.000-07:00

This week we decided to take Max to the Tyler Zoo. We took him to the Ft. Worth Zoo last August, but Max was still really little and it was so hot so we really didn't get to see any of the animals. Plus I forgot the camera so we have no pictures of that event.

Well we woke went to lunch and headed out. Max had a blast seeing all the animals. Every time we passed an animal he would tell us what it was and make the nose for that animal. We had a blast watching all his facial expression. He would get so excited that he would wave and yell hello to the animals. And when it was time to move on to the next animal he would blow kisses and yell I love you!!!! My little man is so sweet =)

Max is mapping out our trip

First stop was the gift shop now he has all his gear he can continue on to the animals

Hey Dad I see some furry things over there!!!!
Man there are a lot of birds . . . Dad how can you just stand here something could drop on our heads!!!!!
Hear up and take the picture this is so not cool people!!!!
Hey mommy can I eat the treat instead of giving it to the birds?
Daddy caught a bird!!!!!!

Max trying to feed the birds
Best view in the whole place!!!!
Hey dad I think you should of turned back there.

The trip was fun and I have the picture to prove it!

Max was asleep before we left the parking lot =D