Playtime

Wyatt and Max had their first real playtime together.  It was the cutest thing in the world and my heart was totally melting the entire time.  Max is really good at sitting up by himself now, so I sat him on the floor next to Wyatt and his racetrack.  Wyatt shared a car with him and they totally got along and played together for about fifteen minutes.  It was amazing and I can't wait for them to be able to play together more often as Max gets bigger.

The big 23!

So my  birthday was October 11th, and I am now 23 years old.  We went out to the elbo room in downtown Gresham with some of my friends from highschool and a whole bunch of people from my work.  It was a lot of fun, and I got pretty drunk.  We ended up staying out until 2am and I was pretty exhausted the next day.  Anyways here are some pictures from my drunkiness.

My lovely Hubby

My Beautiful Momma

My crazy Daddy

Me and Konnie from work

Me and Becky

Me and Moyer

Me and Amanda

Me, Princess, and Charlie

Kenny, Me, Kayla, and Jesseca

Jesseca, Me and Kayla

Somehow, at the end of the night, we ended up outside taking pictures on my supervisors harley.

Mommy and Whitey Time

So Shane had to do some more work at the Tattoo shop that he has been painting, so I asked my parents if they wouldn't mind watching Max, so that I could spend a little time with just me and Wyatt.  I took him to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.  It was really fun and I think he enjoyed it.  I really want to start doing more stuff with each of them individually.  I know that Max doesn't really understand it yet or anything, but I know how much Wyatt loves not having to share my attention with his brother.  I hope we can start a tradition were like one day a month, Shane takes one of them and I take the other and we can give them one-on-one time, and then switch or something, so they get time with both of us seperately. 

Portland Marathon 2009

So my mom and I did our second Portland Marathon together, my third all together.  It was interesting and I realized that I haven't really done any sort of cardio since I had Max five months ago.  It motivated us to start getting in shape again and we are going to try to do a half marathon in April for the Race for the Roses, and then hopefully by next October we will be able to do the whole marathon.

Chick, Chick, Chick....CHICKENS!!

So we went out to my brother's house out in Battleground, WA to say Happy Birthday to one of my many nephews, Preston, who just turned two, and to see my brother's new house.  It was a really nice place, and I have to admit, even tho I am a total city girl, I wouldn't mind having all that space and all that peace and quiet.  They were pretty much out in the middle of nowhere and there weren't any houses around them.  There house is super huge and I can't even imagine having all that space outside for my boys (eventually) to run around in.  

Wyatt had a total blast with his older cousins and jumped right in with Terrel and Dylan and was playing in the woods with them and running around outside.  They pulled me out to the chicken coop to show me Wyatt holding his first chicken and it was hilarious watching all of them chase the chickens around.  Dylan was, by far, the best at grabbing them and somehow making them fall asleep in his arms.  It was really cute.  But it wasn't long before Wyatt was all over chasing them around, catching them, and then throwing them up in the air to try to make them flap their little wings.  I somehow got talked into holding one myself (not as scary as I thought it would be), but I was mainly just standing back and trying to capture these moments on film.

(I stole this picture off of my sister-in-laws blog, since I never seem to have any pictures of me, weird how that works since I'm the one always taking the pictures.)

The Past Five Months....

1 Day Old

Month 1

Month 2

Month 3

Month 4

Month 5

Five Months!!

Dear Max,

Five months?!?!?  I cannot believe, and I'm trying hard not to think about it.  Please stop growing.  Your getting way too big, and I already miss my little tiny baby.  Don't get me wrong, I love watching you change and turn into a little guy with a personality and a smile that melts my heart, I just wish that you could stay little for a little while longer.  

I couldn't be happier with how much you are changing into a happy little guy.  You are so curious and you love to just explore everything.  Your rolling over all the time now.  I put you down in one place and you end up about three feet away.  You love to play with toys, actually let me rephrase, you love to put toys in your mouth.  And you love it when your brother tries to entertain you.

I started feeding you some oatmeal a little last week, and so far you haven't liked it too much.  In fact, you haven't really liked anything I have tried to feed you so far, but I'm not too worried yet.  Your only five months old, so I will keep trying.

Your smile and your cooing little laugh absolutely make me melt.  It's the cutest thing ever to watch you light up and start laughing at things that you think are just hilarious.  Lately, you think its pretty funny when Wyatt laughs at something, and you seem to think that you need to join in.  It has gotten pretty loud at dinnertimes when the two of you sit next to each other, Wyatt in his chair, and you in your highchair, and you two go back and forth just cracking up for no apparent reason.  It's so cute, that I can't help from laughing myself.

I've cherished every moment that I get with you, just watching you take everything in around you, and already getting so smart.  I love you so much, Guppy!!

Love, Mommy