A day of laughs and a big scare!

Max is so hilarious lately! I just wanted to write down some of the funny things he said the last couple of days.

We were driving in to Spanish Fork and Max was pointing out everything on the side of the road when he saw a big blue port-a-potty. He asked me what it was and I told him, after he processed it for a minute he said, "That just doesn't seem right mom, that's just freakin' weird!"

He also really seems to like Gracie a lot lately. We visited my Grandma Bev and Max was afraid we were going to leave her there. He kept saying, "She's our baby, she's not yours, we need to bring her home with us," All while he was pulling on Gracie, trying to physically take her off of Grandma's lap. He said the same thing to my mom when we were trying to leave Spanish Fork today.

Then today, as we were leaving Spanish Fork he was trying to help Mike carry Gracie in her carrier. He looked at Mike and said, "Wow, this is one heavy baby!"

A few minutes later he asked my mom to hop in the back with Daisy and come home with us, when she said she couldn't he replied, "Oh, sure you can!"

In the car Gracie starting screaming (as usual), and apparently Max couldn't handle it anymore, so he said, "Mom, can't you just calm her down or something? Do you need to come back here and feed her? You should come feed her mom."

I am so grateful for his curious little mind, his crazy cool dance moves and his cuddles! He really is a great boy and he makes us laugh all day long. He is so creative and is not shy at all! And to top it off he is completely potty trained! He never has accidents and he wakes up to go in the middle of the night. It's awesome!

Shifting gears, on the way home tonight, in between Nephi and Mona, there was a car traveling the wrong way on I-15 southbound. It was in the left lane and we were in the right. Luckily, we noticed it in time and were able to avoid it, unfortunately the car behind us didn't and swerved and rolled at least 6 times. It was awful!
I am so thankful that our family was safe. It just reminds me how blessed we are. We travel all of the time and we haven't had any accidents. I hope that the family that wrecked can recover. I wish I knew how they were doing, and I wish I knew if they caught the psycho that was driving the wrong way! He was going super fast and I don't think he even stopped when the car rolled. It was terrible and I can't get the image out of my mind. It just makes me want to squeeze my kids even harder! I'm so grateful for my family and our blessings!!!

Oh my Gosh!!!

I can't handle it, this girl is just too cute! I love the way these pictures turned out! Thanks Brooke! You can check out her photography blog here.


This one is my favorite. Isn't her little dress beautiful? My sweet mom bought it for her!

Max the Great!

Max has finally decided that he doesn't need baby diapers anymore! Two days ago, while I was changing a poopy diaper, he told me he wanted his big boy undies and he hasn't gone back since! We have only had a few small accidents since then and I think he is pretty much done. I'm so glad I waited and just let him decide to do it on his own. He can do it all alone and I don't have to help him with his pants or ask him if he needs to go a million times a day. He is so stubborn that he didn't do well with that. He is such a good boy, and is so excited about his new Spiderman book bag that he got for using the big boy potty! WE ARE SO HAPPY!!! Hopefully we won't have many set backs!
Here is my sweet little Gracie. Her cheeks are getting so squishy. She is such a sweetie, and is almost 4 months old! Where has the time gone! She still wakes up every 3 hours at night, and loves to be held constantly, but we love to snuggle around here so it's working out pretty good for us. Max loves his little sister and gives her kisses and hugs occaisionally.
Brooke thought it would be fun to take some glamour shots of herself with my camera so I thought I would share them with you:) Beautiful!
Halloween was great this year. Max loved being a pirate and even gave himself a pirate name. Pirate Boogie Woogie Max! He is so creative and has a great imagination. He told me he was going on a bear hunt yesterday and continued on with a story of a bear caught in a tree in the middle of a viwwwage (village). The bear was chasing bees apparently.

Mas found his old glowworm the other day and decided it was his baby Gracie. He laid out a little wash cloth on the ground for her and was taking care of her like his mommy does.
His cute little pirate faces make me laugh! I love this little guy!