Put on a Happy Face

Stick 'em Up

Max decided to help me make dinner last night. Good thing he brought his six shooter to shoot any mushrooms that got out of line. When he wasn't pretending to shoot the food, he was stealing it and shoving it in his mouth when I wasn't looking. He's a real outlaw. Check out the awesome holster (or gum belt as Max calls it) that Max's uncle Jason made him for Christmas. It goes with him everywhere - even to the bathroom.

A Beautiful Day

Ryan, Max, Evie, & I went to the Temple the other day to walk around, look at the flowers and enjoy the beautiful weather. We had such a nice time. What you don't see in the pictures is Evie spitting up all over Ryan and I and Max throwing the camera case in the reflection pool. Everything is an adventure with kids!

Mr. Social Butterfly

Max decided today that this dining room chair was in fact not a chair, but his friend. Now he asks us politely to please not sit on his friend. He hugs it and talks to it too. Just a side note - he hates other kids! Maybe they talk to much. His friend the chair doesn't have that problem.

Autumn At Last

Can you believe it?! Our stupid tree in the front yard finally decided to drop its leaves - in the middle of January! Well, at least we had a good time playing in the pile of leaves. And Ryan had an awesome time cleaning up the mess.

Evie's First Food

Evie had her first delicious dinner of rice cereal on Saturday. Here it is for your viewing pleasure!

Good Idea

Max has started doing some funny imaginitive play lately. He's spent the last few days in this plastic tub as a pirate reading a piece of garbage for a treasure map. It works out good for me. We're potty training right now and I'd like it if he stayed in that plastic tub until he's an expert at it. Our landlord would too.

Brrrr

Max loves to dress up in his winter clothes. Unfortunately they are just that - dress up. We bought this coat, hat, and mittens for winter fun up in Utah for Ryan's sister Kristy's wedding. But, we all got sick and weren't able to make it. Too bad Max loves to rip the tags off of clothes. Oh, well. We still might be able to use them. After all, it was a chilly 75 degrees here today!

No, He Didn't See a Ghost

The other day, Max got one of my brushes and wanted to brush my hair. So we took turns doing each other. My hair got flatter and flatter while his got puffier and puffier.

So Stylish

Max just descovered the wonderful world of layering - even slippers look good layered.

The Happiest Vacation on Earth

This year on New Year's my family took a big trip to Disneyland - 8 adults and 7 children. It was CRAZY! And it was a totally new experience for me since we have little kids now. We had a great time and here's a few pictures of it.

This face just about shows how poor Evie felt about Disneyland. It's not really the ultimate baby trip. Here favorite part was coming home.


Max's favorite parts were Small World and of course the giant sucker. Don't worry, I didn't let him eat the whole thing.



This was taken on the Autopia ride. Max loved it, and he really thought he was driving. He kept shouting, "I wanna hit that tree!" and "I want to bump that purple car!" I think I ended up with whiplash.

4 Months Already!

Today was Evie's 4 month check-up. She is 75th percentile for weight and head circumference and 97th percent for length! She looks tiny because she is long and thin-ish, but actually she's gigantic.

Eve

Max