Sunday, January 31, 2010
Dear Max,
What started as a fun weekend, sure ended with an "explosion" Thursday night Grammie came to town. She came down, cause Papa had a doctors appointment on Friday. Daddy actually had to go to traffic school on Thursday night, so Grammie, you and I got to hang out. You ask, why traffic school for Daddy? Well, he got a speeding ticket, I'll have to tell you more about that later. Anyways, we enjoyed a night at home. Grammie was so happy to see you!

Friday, Grammie and Papa went to the doctors, mommy went to work, and you and daddy met up with Grammie and Papa after the doctors to come join mommy for lunch at work. We had a celebration lunch at the Burger place inside the Paris. A celebration that Papa is still showing a low PSA count, which means that his cancer has not come back. We are so grateful for that! I've decided that it's not a good idea to have everyone come to lunch on a Friday. It made it really hard to go back to work after lunch! Later Friday night - Grammie and Papa agreed to stay home with you and give Daddy and I a date night. We decided that we would go see Advatar on the IMAX in 3D. It was AMAZING! It is unbelievable to me that this technology exists to create a movie like this. You will most likely be reading this in the year 2025 and laughing. By that time I'm sure the movie Advatar will be my generations ATARI. But it was so cool. So cool, that we came home that night and said to both Grammie and Papa, that they had to see the movie. And they had to see it in IMAX and 3D!

Saturday, we started the morning making arrangements to have Grammie stay another day and have Papa come back, get a babysitter and go back to see Advatar again! We got everything coordinated and Daddy headed to work. Grammie, you and I had a fun day. Grammie and I love to spend time together and we sure love "bumming"! We ran to Target, Costco and to the make-up store. We had a good time. You are a good sport to hang with us two ladies. I will say when we went into the make-up store, you were a HIT! All the ladies just loved you! And you are becoming quite the charmer with your sly wave, blowing kisses and smiles. That evening, we all went to the movie, even Aunt Andrea joined us. You got to hang out with not one but two babysitters! Pretty lucky kid! Grammie and Papa loved the movie, and Aunt Andrea said it was totally different seeing it in IMAX and 3D than on the regular screen. What a fun treat to hang out with Grammie and Papa.

Sunday morning started our fairly normal. Grammie decided to stay in town, Papa went home after the movie cause he had to give the prayer in church. Grammie stayed, cause Uncle Wes was in town from Florida and Grammie Hein was coming down so we could all have dinner at the house. When I woke up, I didn't feel all that great. My belly kind of ached, but nothing that I couldn't "power through" When you went down for your nap around 9:45 am, Grammie suggested that I lay down too and get some extra rest. The next thing I know, I hear Grammie over the monitor saying "OH NO!" I run into your room and you have had the most explosive diaper and it is EVERYWHERE! All over the crib, bumper, sheet, blankets and you are covered head to toe. I can't even think if you got it in...I can't even say it...
I wrap you up in a towel and take you into the shower to hose you down, then clorox'd the tub to bath you. While Grammie finished the bath, I proceeded to Clorox your crib. Took everything apart and cleaned every inch of your bed. We get everything cleaned up, you dressed and Grammie picks you up to walk into the other room... and... BOOM! Again, you have exploded - diarrhea! Suddenly... DING DONG. Here is Uncle Wes and Grammie Hein. Grammie runs down stairs to let them in. Here I am with you on the changing table, diarrhea everywhere. An upset stomach and...then... you guessed it... Tossed my cookies! I couldn't leave you - cause I couldn't put you on the ground with your mess, I couldn't walk away, for fear that you would fall off the changing table, so I grabbed the closest thing, the bucket of Clorox I had just used to clean your crib. I'm sure you are fully damaged by watching this exorcist move. You were so upset. How could you not be. I knew that the monitor was on and of course everyone could hear all the "excitement" happening up in your room. This is when the words came out of my mouth... "Mom, I need your help!" What would we do without Grammie! Oh my! After round two of clean up - I called Daddy and he came home to assist. This is the challenge with being a mommy - you can't call out sick! And it is not a good combination with both the mommy and the baby are sick! Everyone left for the evening, Grammie and Grammie Hein headed back to St. George and Uncle Wes back to his Hotel. We have spent the last 24 hours recovering. We are in much better sorts this afternoon and will all be headed back to our normal routine tomorrow.