Baby Jail

Baby Jail is by far one of my best ideas to date. Max would never stay happy in a play pen, as much as I tried to get him to like it. Because he is so busy, I could never take my eyes off him for a second or he'd be into something. One time he was out of my view for a few moments and I found him on my mom's dining room table hanging from the chandelier. I started to have to take him in the bathroom with me even, which I hate doing. Now that we kicked Uncle Matthew out of his room and by doing so got Max his own room to sleep in, he now also has a safe place to play in. We've "Max proofed" it as much as possible. We throw some toys out on the ground and each day he plays in there longer and longer. I really want him to be able to entertain himself for periods of time so when the baby comes I can nurse her without him always right there. He cried the first couple of times and wanted out, but is liking it more and more. I keep the door open with the gate in place and just peek in or listen from my room, so he doesn't see me and want out. Sometimes he has visitors because his uncles like to play in there too. Baby Jail has made our days together even more enjoyable!!! :)

Beating the heat!

Here are a few of Max's favorite things to do during the summer when it is 100+ degrees outside:



Play video games. He loves Wii, but also enjoys XBox, playstation and games like these above.

Swimming of course. Don't be too jealous of Max's summer Aunt Megan. :)

Catching a free movie on Wednesday mornings and enjoying some popcorn with Sam.

And it's not a summer without a refreshing beverage. Like father, like son.

BATMAX

This box and cape entertained him for the longest time last Saturday morning. He was very serious about his mission to push it around the house. This video is a little example...

Current Favorite Miniseries

Aaron got the HBO miniseries "John Adams" from my parents for Father's Day and over the last several evening we have watched most of the 7 episodes. It is AMAZING!! One of the most interesting and most informative miniseries I have ever watched (minus the Lifetime Original movies of course, Megan :) )!! I have learned so much and really enjoyed the story between John Adams and his wife, Abigail. She is fascinating to me and I am going to the library to check out a biography they have on her tomorrow. If you have a chance, rent, or buy this one and watch it!! It will be time well spent and a great addition to a family's video library. My teenage brother is really enjoying it too and he and my Dad have had some great political and patriotic discussions, as well as Aaron and I. Enjoy!! And Happy 4th of July, my favorite holiday!!

Sacramento Family Visit!

This week my Aunt Jane and her 3 boys, and my cousin Melanie and her 2 boys and 1 girl came down to visit for 3 days. We had so much fun!! Every activity involved 15 kids under the age 11, with 11 of those being boys!! It is was fun though, I promise! :) All the kids love to be together and look forward to having our Sacramento Family down to visit!! Thanks for making the trip you guys!

The first day we went to the Zoo. For someone who hates the zoo I have been there an alarming number of times this year!!




15 kids.

11 boys.

Marley and Max...aka Beauty and the Beast. :)

I feel like Marley is looking at me like," Who in the world are you?" I love her!!!

New Pictures Finally!!

So I FINALLY got pictures to upload onto blogger!! Hooray!! Here are some shots over the past few months!


This was Father's Day/The Day Mom Finally Came Home From the Hospital! Both were very special celebrations! My mom made ribs for dinner and as you can clearly see, Max LOVED them!! Aaron would eat most of the meat off the bones, but save a fair amount for Max, who then cleaned them to the bone. It made Aaron so proud! :) At one point after I took this picture, Max had 3 bones in one hand and 2 in another. This kid loves to eat!!


Wiping the sweat from his brow.


Coming in after a long day of working with Dad.



Max loves to play video games. He thinks he knows what he's doing too.



He especially loves to play Wii Shooting or NASCAR 09 for Playstation 2 with his Dad. Max has even scored 30 points before on the shooting games. How, we can't figure out.


Longing to be outside.



There was a shaving cream can he was trying to reach at the very back. This is how our mornings begin, in some form or another. He loves to explore!



This backpack was Aaron's Father's Day present. Both Aaron and Max love it. Here Max is just chillin' and watching the band at Farmer's Market.

Trying to take advantage of bed rest....

Sooo....it has been WAY too long since I updated our blog. I have been having some trouble with our wireless connection and uploading photos onto blogger, but I will try and do better about posting. First of all I have to update everyone on my week last week. On Saturday I developed a slight bladder infection (I was 26 weeks pregnant, so not really a big deal). On Sunday after waking up, I started to get really sick, and with no warning developed a tremendous pain in my right side. After trying to reach my OB and lying in pain, Aaron rushed me to the ER. Throughout the day I went through tests and a lot of pain, and then went into surgery at 11:30pm to have my appendix removed. My appendix was inflamed, but luckily it had not ruptured. It was a little nerve racking going under anesthesia and being pregnant, but I was able to receive a blessing and my nerves were calmed. I actually started to look forward to just getting knocked out and being out of pain! :) I stayed in the hospital another day and half so I could rest and have the baby monitored. Once I was home, I started to develop this terrible pain in my back on the right side, and over the next two days it became unbearable. I was once again in tremendous pain. I called the OB and was sent back to the hospital to labor and delivery. The next afternoon I had surgery to remove kidney stones that were too large for me to pass, and have a part placed in my bladder that had collapsed...that's how I explain medical issues. :) It was a overall a horrible week and terrible experience. I had several nurses tell me, "In the years I've worked as a nurse I've never seen a pregnant lady have 2 surgeries in one week!" It was a tough week, but I made it through because I have a wonderful, strong husband, an incredible caring and supportive family, near and far, I had comforting priesthood blessings, a great OB and wonderful nurses, doctors, and other medical staff. Oh, and a wonderful little button to push that gave me low doses of morphine! :) I am still having some contractions and am on medication and best rest to stop those, but I think Sadie is going to be a real strong girl because she went through a lot this week too, but she has to wait at least another 10 weeks to join us! :) Thank you to all my family and friends for their prayers and well wishes. It kept me uplifted!!

I just tried to upload photos and they wouldn't work, but I will try again tomorrow!!