Better Hope I Have A Girl!

Thanks to everyone for voting!! It was fun to see the results! Hope no one is disappointed if I end up having a boy! :) I should have an ultrasound in the middle of April....so stay tuned!!!!

Wonderful California Weather

We have really been enjoying some gorgeous 70 degree days out here in Fresno California! Max LOVES to be outside, and I love it because it wears him out!


Hanging out in the front yard.



We had a fun Friday night at the park with everyone! Max ate everything in sight, including dirt! He was one filthy kid when we left but he was in heaven!

The other day I started feeling sick so I had to stop and eat a sandwhich and sit for 20 minutes. When I got up from the table and turned around, this is what my kitchen looked like...Max wasn't there because he'd already moved on to the family room! With the next baby, I'm really not going to encourage the whole crawling and walking thing!

Helping in the Kitchen

Max is such a busy boy that we have had to put up several gates to keep him out of restricted areas...one of those areas being the kitchen! He loves everything about the kitchen! At Grandma McLelland's house he has a favorite cupboard that ceramic mugs are kept in, and if he gets to it before we catch him, he just pulls one out, looks at it, and then tosses it over his shoulder shattering it. This has happened several times, so now all Grandma's cupboards have locks on them. Sometimes I get feeling a little generous and put the gate down and allow him into the kitchen while I cook dinner. We have really deep cupboards, and well, basically they have become like tunnels to Max, after he pulls everything out first. The first time it happened I heard him crying but panicked when I couldn't see him, then realized the sounds was coming from deep inside the cupboard. See below (after I rescued him and he started finding his way out)!

A Day At The Zoo!

Today we went to the Zoo! It was Max and Aaron's first time at the Fresno Zoo. For those who know me, you know I am not a fan of animals, and especially zoo's, but I go because I love Aaron! :) I look at them and I just want to bath them all and freshen them up!! When my cousin Taylor asked me today what my favorite kind of animal was, my response was "stuffed"! I have to admit, some of them are kind of cute....but all I can think about is jumping in the cages and giving them a good scrub, trim and spritz of fruity body spray!! It was fun though! It was a gorgeous day and not to smelly!


Our little Family posing near some kind of animal

He's one of the boys! Max, Tyler, McKay, Bradley, and Josh (missing from photo are Taylor and Samuel)

Matching shades!

I love Max's smile in this one!

Max was EXHAUSTED after the day!! He crashed in the car!

This photo was taken on Ground Hog's Day. Grandma Keough sent Max this shirt! So cute! I love how his gut fills it out so nicely!!

Exciting News!

For those of you who haven't heard...I am pregnant with #2!! I am just 8 weeks along today...but since I have had some nasty morning sickness, the cat is already out of the bag! We are very excited!! Here are some recent photos of Max. He is extremely playful and makes us laugh all the time!! In the video below you can see that he is looking like Aaron's twin! :)

Much to his Daddy's dismay, Max is a California Boy!
He loves to wrestle with his Dad!
Max used to like to stand and play at his toy box....

Now he just likes to play inside it!




Max loves to play peek-a-boo. Here is a cute little video of him. He is half naked because he woke up pretty smelly and I was about to bathe him when he started playing games with us. Funny kid!

Wedding Time and Of Course...More Max!

Last Wednesday Megan became Mrs. Slade!! It was a beautiful and fun wedding!! Megan looked gorgeous, and Dustin looked great too! :) They are now back in Boston and we can't wait to visit them sometime soon!

Here are a few photos of Max too, of course! And a video of his lasted new trick!




Mr. and Mrs. Slade
What a great couple!
His eyes are getting browner every day.
He loves this car!
He also loves to crinkle his nose at me lately...a sign of tantrums to come??

Max learned to climb all the way up the stairs Saturday morning...great...another thing to barricade!

Christmas 2007

Happy New Year to everyone!! We had a wonderful Christmas!! Lot's of family and great food! :) We got so many wonderful gifts also from friends and family...thank you to everyone!!! We had so much fun having the Jensen family stay with us for a couple of days, and Max and I were lonely when they left. Max loved having kids to play with! The New Year was rung in quietly, with Aaron at work and me playing games with the Fam and in bed by 11:00 pm. I was exhausted from taking down all the Christmas decorations....the tree was driving me insane with Max always trying to pull on it. I'm not a late night person though so 11:00 was way past my bedtime!!! Looking forward to '08.....


Grandma and Grandma McLelland's house Christmas morning. Santa left Max's gift and stocking at their house. We arrived at 7:00 am so Max and his uncles could open gifts together.
As always, Max was just more interested in finding a place to pull himself up and stand.
Max wearing his new Christmas outfit from Grandma and Grandpa Keough.
Snap shot from Christmas Eve
Max got to open 2 gifts Christmas Eve before Dad left for work.
He really could have cared less. Just liked the wrapping.