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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
A Heavy Heart
Tuesday, February 1, 2010
Dear Max,
My heart is so heavy tonight. I don't have a lot of information to share with you Max, but I felt like I wanted you to know what is in my heart. For the past 5 days, your Auntie Heather has been really sick, and things are getting worse. When Grammie Hein and Uncle Wes came into town on Sunday, they were worried, but hopeful that she would start feeling better. She was admitted to the Hospital last week, and Sunday night they made the decision to move her to the ICU. The worst part is they do not know what is wrong with her. They have ran test and test and can not figure it out. Her body is shutting down, and I'm so scared.
Max, you know how much Auntie Heather and the Hill family mean to us. I feel like the Hill family was sent to my family for a very special reason. You see, Mommy grew up in a small family, just an older brother. We did have cousins, but only on Papa's side. The cousins on Grammie's side were much older than Uncle Geary and I. So you can imagine the sheer excitement when Mommy was in the 5th grade and this family moved in next door with FOUR kids! Our families immediately meshed and we were either eating dinner at one house or the other. Usually Uncle Geary and I were headed to the Hill's and all the Hill kids were headed to our house. The Hill Family has been a part of every momentous moments of our lives, they have shaped who I am and have given me experiences and memories that I cherish. Their acceptance is beyond friendship it is family. Heidi and Heather are the two sisters that I never had. It was truly devastating in the fall of 2006 when we got word that Dr. Hill was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I will never forget the day. I was driving home from work when I got the call from Heidi, it wasn't moments later that Heather was on the phone. I immediately left town for St. George. We were all in shock, disbelief, it all happened so quick. I made the decision to fly up to SLC to the cancer hospital there, I'm so glad I did. Daddy and I were leaving for a trip back East and it was uncertain if we would be back in time. All of us laying around in the hospital room, reminiscing about our childhood stories, laughing and crying. The last time what I consider to be my "big" family was all together. Dr. Hill and Papa were such close friends, as a matter of fact, if you look in Papa's phone, he still has Dr. Hill's cell number programed in. I remember asking him why, he said, "you never know when your going to need your best friend." Daddy and I didn't make it back in time. Next to loosing my grandparents this has been the hardest lose for me. Still as I write this to you tears run down my cheeks. Daddy and I feel that Dr. Hill was instrumental in your recovery. I know that he was by the Dr.'s side's when they operated on you, making sure that you would be safe to come to our family.
Chris and Heather were married the summer of 2006, Daddy and I quickly found a fun "couple" friend in the two of them. We were both ready for adventures! So in the fall of 2006 we made the decision to start traveling together it was the perfect match. Not always do you find a great couple that like to do the same things and are good travel partners. And they are ours! We have had some great times and lifetime memories. The call came this morning that things had taken another turn for the worse. Chris was called at 5:00 am to come back down to the ICU, things are not looking good. She has turned septic and they had to put a breathing tube down her throat. I am so scared. I have not stopped praying for her and the great doctors around her. Papa went down on Sunday to give her a blessing. I'm trying to have faith, and praying that our Heavenly Father will show mercy on this family.
Auntie Heather and Max
Diya, Wes, Heather, Chris, Mommy and Daddy at the 2007 Daytona 500
2008 Daytona 500
Heather and Mommy
Swimming with the Sting Ray's in the Cayman Islands
Chris and Heather on the Safari at the Wild Animal Park
Dunn's River Fall's in Jamaica
Dining on our Cruise
Auntie Heather and Grammie Hein at your birthday party
Dear Max,
My heart is so heavy tonight. I don't have a lot of information to share with you Max, but I felt like I wanted you to know what is in my heart. For the past 5 days, your Auntie Heather has been really sick, and things are getting worse. When Grammie Hein and Uncle Wes came into town on Sunday, they were worried, but hopeful that she would start feeling better. She was admitted to the Hospital last week, and Sunday night they made the decision to move her to the ICU. The worst part is they do not know what is wrong with her. They have ran test and test and can not figure it out. Her body is shutting down, and I'm so scared.
Max, you know how much Auntie Heather and the Hill family mean to us. I feel like the Hill family was sent to my family for a very special reason. You see, Mommy grew up in a small family, just an older brother. We did have cousins, but only on Papa's side. The cousins on Grammie's side were much older than Uncle Geary and I. So you can imagine the sheer excitement when Mommy was in the 5th grade and this family moved in next door with FOUR kids! Our families immediately meshed and we were either eating dinner at one house or the other. Usually Uncle Geary and I were headed to the Hill's and all the Hill kids were headed to our house. The Hill Family has been a part of every momentous moments of our lives, they have shaped who I am and have given me experiences and memories that I cherish. Their acceptance is beyond friendship it is family. Heidi and Heather are the two sisters that I never had. It was truly devastating in the fall of 2006 when we got word that Dr. Hill was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I will never forget the day. I was driving home from work when I got the call from Heidi, it wasn't moments later that Heather was on the phone. I immediately left town for St. George. We were all in shock, disbelief, it all happened so quick. I made the decision to fly up to SLC to the cancer hospital there, I'm so glad I did. Daddy and I were leaving for a trip back East and it was uncertain if we would be back in time. All of us laying around in the hospital room, reminiscing about our childhood stories, laughing and crying. The last time what I consider to be my "big" family was all together. Dr. Hill and Papa were such close friends, as a matter of fact, if you look in Papa's phone, he still has Dr. Hill's cell number programed in. I remember asking him why, he said, "you never know when your going to need your best friend." Daddy and I didn't make it back in time. Next to loosing my grandparents this has been the hardest lose for me. Still as I write this to you tears run down my cheeks. Daddy and I feel that Dr. Hill was instrumental in your recovery. I know that he was by the Dr.'s side's when they operated on you, making sure that you would be safe to come to our family.
Chris and Heather were married the summer of 2006, Daddy and I quickly found a fun "couple" friend in the two of them. We were both ready for adventures! So in the fall of 2006 we made the decision to start traveling together it was the perfect match. Not always do you find a great couple that like to do the same things and are good travel partners. And they are ours! We have had some great times and lifetime memories. The call came this morning that things had taken another turn for the worse. Chris was called at 5:00 am to come back down to the ICU, things are not looking good. She has turned septic and they had to put a breathing tube down her throat. I am so scared. I have not stopped praying for her and the great doctors around her. Papa went down on Sunday to give her a blessing. I'm trying to have faith, and praying that our Heavenly Father will show mercy on this family.
Auntie Heather and Max
Diya, Wes, Heather, Chris, Mommy and Daddy at the 2007 Daytona 500
2008 Daytona 500
Heather and Mommy
Swimming with the Sting Ray's in the Cayman Islands
Chris and Heather on the Safari at the Wild Animal Park
Dunn's River Fall's in Jamaica
Dining on our Cruise
Auntie Heather and Grammie Hein at your birthday party
Monday, February 1, 2010
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.
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.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
11:00 am Church.... ARGH!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Dear Max,
Oh Heaven help us! Max, this time change for church is KILLING us! All of us! Daddy and I use to love 11:00 church. Now with a 14 month old we have changed our minds. 9:00 am church is the BEST! You typically go down for your morning nap which is between 2 -3 hours long at 11:00 am. So you guessed it, right when we are starting a 3 hour block of church, you should be sleeping. So we are wrestling with a very tired little boy for 3 hours. Besides our countdown clock to nursery we've been experimenting with different scenario's, none have ended in us actually all of us making it through all 3 hours.
Week 1 - Ignorance! We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. We "powered through" only for you and daddy to end up in the car for the 3rd hour, you fast asleep in your car seat.
Week 2 - Mommy was in Dallas, Dad not brave enough to try on his own.
Week 3 - Daddy had to work, Mommy decides to be brave enough to try on her own, when at the last moment, Auntie Julie decides to come for back up. We made it 1/2 way through sacrament meeting.
Week 4 - We decided to change up your typical routine. We kept you up late on Saturday, hoping you would sleep in... That didn't work, as a matter of fact, I think it back fired on us! We know had a sleeping little boy, that didn't get enough sleep the night before either! We made it through 2 and 1/4 hours of church. Now keep in mind, that was spending all of sacrament meeting in the hall and Sunday school consisted of you sitting on my lap with the busy book, and me tense just waiting for the moment when you would loose interest with the busy book and loose it with me! By the first 15 minutes of Relief Society I was spent! Exhausted!
Daddy and I are going to try the opposite next week. Put you to bed extra early on Saturday, maybe you'll wake up earlier (pain on us!) then get a full morning in plus a nap before church... do you think it can be done? Who knows?! But we are out of ideas! You were asleep before we got home, Daddy is currently on the couch snoozing and I'm headed to the same place! It's a work out entertaining a 14 month old in a confined space with toys that can't make any noise! HELP! I love you Max!
Dear Max,
Oh Heaven help us! Max, this time change for church is KILLING us! All of us! Daddy and I use to love 11:00 church. Now with a 14 month old we have changed our minds. 9:00 am church is the BEST! You typically go down for your morning nap which is between 2 -3 hours long at 11:00 am. So you guessed it, right when we are starting a 3 hour block of church, you should be sleeping. So we are wrestling with a very tired little boy for 3 hours. Besides our countdown clock to nursery we've been experimenting with different scenario's, none have ended in us actually all of us making it through all 3 hours.
Week 1 - Ignorance! We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. We "powered through" only for you and daddy to end up in the car for the 3rd hour, you fast asleep in your car seat.
Week 2 - Mommy was in Dallas, Dad not brave enough to try on his own.
Week 3 - Daddy had to work, Mommy decides to be brave enough to try on her own, when at the last moment, Auntie Julie decides to come for back up. We made it 1/2 way through sacrament meeting.
Week 4 - We decided to change up your typical routine. We kept you up late on Saturday, hoping you would sleep in... That didn't work, as a matter of fact, I think it back fired on us! We know had a sleeping little boy, that didn't get enough sleep the night before either! We made it through 2 and 1/4 hours of church. Now keep in mind, that was spending all of sacrament meeting in the hall and Sunday school consisted of you sitting on my lap with the busy book, and me tense just waiting for the moment when you would loose interest with the busy book and loose it with me! By the first 15 minutes of Relief Society I was spent! Exhausted!
Daddy and I are going to try the opposite next week. Put you to bed extra early on Saturday, maybe you'll wake up earlier (pain on us!) then get a full morning in plus a nap before church... do you think it can be done? Who knows?! But we are out of ideas! You were asleep before we got home, Daddy is currently on the couch snoozing and I'm headed to the same place! It's a work out entertaining a 14 month old in a confined space with toys that can't make any noise! HELP! I love you Max!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Waiting Til' Your Older... No Way!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Dear Max,
Sometimes there are things that are just ironic. For example... Daddy and I waiting to be parents (that part is not ironic). This is... the times we would say, we should go "somewhere" and then we would say, it would be much funner if we had kids. And then not going. I'll never forget going to Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World, seeing all the wild animals on the safari and Daddy leaning over to me and saying "Max and Gracie would love this!" So here we are...finally parents...full access to do all the fun things that we felt you couldn't do without kids! But now it's become a debate of people saying, "you should wait until he's older" WAIT TILL HE'S OLDER! Are you kidding me? We've been waiting FOREVER! And now I have to wait until your older!? I mean, I guess they have a point, we have your whole life to experience things together, if we do all the fun stuff in the first couple of years... what will we have left?! But daddy and I have made the executive decision... WHO CARES! We will take you to Disney Land before you are old enough to appreciate it, we will take you to movies that you are too young to enjoy, we will go sledding when we should probably have waited, we will fly you to exotic locations that you will never remember! That's right! We are doing it. And we took one little step today. We bought our annual pass to the Lied Children Museum. I'm glad we did it, and I know we will enjoy using it this year. We went for the first time yesterday, and admittedly their is plenty that you will grow into, but daddy and I had a great time! I guess we were a little to into it! At one point while daddy was playing with the ginormous bubble maker, one of the workers came by and said..."Looks like Dad is enjoying himself!" See Max, your mommy and daddy are kids at heart and we had so much fun yesterday!
On another note... Daddy didn't work this weekend, so we talked earlier in the week, that since the two of us were both home all weekend that we would work with you on walking. Let's just say we ended up at the Children's Museum with you in the "crawling oasis."
We love you Max!
Our Family
Flying the plane
Flying with some help from Mommy
The Crawling Oasis
Playing with the Desert Area (Snake)
You found a jumbo shape sorter
Your good at this!
This is just like home when I pull out the pots and pans
To all my fans!
Who had more fun?
Dear Max,
Sometimes there are things that are just ironic. For example... Daddy and I waiting to be parents (that part is not ironic). This is... the times we would say, we should go "somewhere" and then we would say, it would be much funner if we had kids. And then not going. I'll never forget going to Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World, seeing all the wild animals on the safari and Daddy leaning over to me and saying "Max and Gracie would love this!" So here we are...finally parents...full access to do all the fun things that we felt you couldn't do without kids! But now it's become a debate of people saying, "you should wait until he's older" WAIT TILL HE'S OLDER! Are you kidding me? We've been waiting FOREVER! And now I have to wait until your older!? I mean, I guess they have a point, we have your whole life to experience things together, if we do all the fun stuff in the first couple of years... what will we have left?! But daddy and I have made the executive decision... WHO CARES! We will take you to Disney Land before you are old enough to appreciate it, we will take you to movies that you are too young to enjoy, we will go sledding when we should probably have waited, we will fly you to exotic locations that you will never remember! That's right! We are doing it. And we took one little step today. We bought our annual pass to the Lied Children Museum. I'm glad we did it, and I know we will enjoy using it this year. We went for the first time yesterday, and admittedly their is plenty that you will grow into, but daddy and I had a great time! I guess we were a little to into it! At one point while daddy was playing with the ginormous bubble maker, one of the workers came by and said..."Looks like Dad is enjoying himself!" See Max, your mommy and daddy are kids at heart and we had so much fun yesterday!
On another note... Daddy didn't work this weekend, so we talked earlier in the week, that since the two of us were both home all weekend that we would work with you on walking. Let's just say we ended up at the Children's Museum with you in the "crawling oasis."
We love you Max!
Our Family
Flying the plane
Flying with some help from Mommy
The Crawling Oasis
Playing with the Desert Area (Snake)
You found a jumbo shape sorter
Your good at this!
This is just like home when I pull out the pots and pans
To all my fans!
Daddy at the giant bubble station
Now ask yourself....
Who had more fun?
Monday, January 18, 2010
14 Months Old
14 Months Old
Monday, January 18, 2010
Dear Max,
You are 14 months old today! I can not believe it!!! Another month has gone by and you just keep getting older and bigger. I'm not a big fan of this part of parenthood! So here are all the things you have been up to!
You Say:
Ma Ma
Da Da
Pa Pa
Ba Ba
Bye Bye
Cooooo Per
I Did It!
Mimic every noise we make!
Noises:
Truck Noise
Duck Noise
Plane Noise
Songs you Sing:
Sunbeam Song (You love the BEAM part - that's the part you chime in on)
3 little monkey's swinging in a tree (You love the SNAP that monkey)
Paddy Cake
The Wheels on the Bus (The driver is your favorite... move on back)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Motions you do:
Blow Kisses
I (point to your eye) LOVE (point to your heart) YOU (point to who you love)
Wave Bye Bye
After taking a drink, you give the AHH noise
Exit through the doggie door
climb the stairs
Reach the counters
Open door's
And drum role please..... YOU CAN REACH THE COUNTERS AND OPEN DOORS! Oh, but you still are not walking!
It will never be the same! The other day I had some papers up on the counter and I looked over and you had them on the floor. I thought that was weird, how did that happen, so I set them back up on the counter and watched... the pictures I have are a bit blurry as I was in such shock, but, yup - your little hands reached right up and can barely make it over the counter, just enough to grab what you can and pull it down!
Standing up
See the little hand...
You got it, you took your mommas chocolate!
Your first door was in your bedroom. I was putting your clothes away, so I had shut your door, so you would stay in the room with me while I finished your laundry. The next thing, I watched you climb up the door, grab the handle, pull it down and pull it open! I couldn't believe it! Your world is once again getting larger... We love you Max!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Grammie and Grampie Came to Town...And brought a "surprise...Oscar"
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Dear Max,
Grammie and Papa came to town this weekend! It was so fun to see them. We haven't seen them since Christmas and Grammie and Papa were having withdrawls! I think you were too - you were SOOO happy to see them too. You just could hardly contain yourself when you saw your Grampie (or as you call him papa). Big smiles and claps! They even brought a surprise... Auntie Julie! Man, were we glad to see her!!!! Not only had it been awhile since we saw Auntie Julie, our hair was telling the bigger story! They arrived Saturday afternoon, Daddy had to work during the day, but you could hardly wait to show Grammie and Papa one of your favorite places... The ducks at the park! As soon as they arrived we headed over to the park. Grampie tried to show you how to throw the bread to the ducks, but just like the last times you seemed to like to eat the bread yourself more than sharing it with the ducks. Then we showed papa your swing. You loved it! You were having so much fun that when the time came to go, you were not so happy about that. Grampie had to run some errands to he went to do that and us girls (and you) went shopping. Auntie Julie needed to run to Sephora and it was suggested to me to get you some stride rite shoes to help encourage you to walk, so we headed out on our adventure. We met up with Daddy, Papa, Auntie Andrea at Memphis BBQ and had a BIG feast. You had had such a long day, and no nap. So you can imagine that the scenario was toxic. But as we sat around the table, Grammie taking a turn entertaining you, then papa, then Auntie Andrea, then Auntie Julie, then back to Daddy and me. I said to myself, we are so blessed to have such amazing family and friends that they would all pitch in and help through dinner! We are lucky to have such great family. Sunday, Auntie Julie and I went to church with you. We ended up leaving early (I'll tell you more about that later). As soon as we got home you went down for your long winters nap with Grammie and Papa, Auntie Julie and I had some nice time to chat. Everyone went home in the afternoon, so Papa could drive before dark. It was a fast trip, but so good to see everyone. I miss Grammie and Papa already! And they have already called to say that they are missing you! I love you Max!
Grammie and Papa with Max at the Park
Papa trying to show you how to feed the ducks
Your getting better at it!
This was hilarious! You were holding onto the front of the swing, you have never done that before, but you were being a little stubborn about trying it the other way.
Happy Boy!
I love that smile!
That is a happy Grammie, Papa and Max!
A Big push from Papa
The biggest smiles!
We finally convinced you to change your hands!
That's Better!
Look at that sad face...
But Papa!
Dear Max,
Grammie and Papa came to town this weekend! It was so fun to see them. We haven't seen them since Christmas and Grammie and Papa were having withdrawls! I think you were too - you were SOOO happy to see them too. You just could hardly contain yourself when you saw your Grampie (or as you call him papa). Big smiles and claps! They even brought a surprise... Auntie Julie! Man, were we glad to see her!!!! Not only had it been awhile since we saw Auntie Julie, our hair was telling the bigger story! They arrived Saturday afternoon, Daddy had to work during the day, but you could hardly wait to show Grammie and Papa one of your favorite places... The ducks at the park! As soon as they arrived we headed over to the park. Grampie tried to show you how to throw the bread to the ducks, but just like the last times you seemed to like to eat the bread yourself more than sharing it with the ducks. Then we showed papa your swing. You loved it! You were having so much fun that when the time came to go, you were not so happy about that. Grampie had to run some errands to he went to do that and us girls (and you) went shopping. Auntie Julie needed to run to Sephora and it was suggested to me to get you some stride rite shoes to help encourage you to walk, so we headed out on our adventure. We met up with Daddy, Papa, Auntie Andrea at Memphis BBQ and had a BIG feast. You had had such a long day, and no nap. So you can imagine that the scenario was toxic. But as we sat around the table, Grammie taking a turn entertaining you, then papa, then Auntie Andrea, then Auntie Julie, then back to Daddy and me. I said to myself, we are so blessed to have such amazing family and friends that they would all pitch in and help through dinner! We are lucky to have such great family. Sunday, Auntie Julie and I went to church with you. We ended up leaving early (I'll tell you more about that later). As soon as we got home you went down for your long winters nap with Grammie and Papa, Auntie Julie and I had some nice time to chat. Everyone went home in the afternoon, so Papa could drive before dark. It was a fast trip, but so good to see everyone. I miss Grammie and Papa already! And they have already called to say that they are missing you! I love you Max!
Grammie and Papa with Max at the Park
Papa trying to show you how to feed the ducks
Your getting better at it!
This was hilarious! You were holding onto the front of the swing, you have never done that before, but you were being a little stubborn about trying it the other way.
Happy Boy!
I love that smile!
That is a happy Grammie, Papa and Max!
A Big push from Papa
The biggest smiles!
We finally convinced you to change your hands!
That's Better!
Look at that sad face...
But Papa!
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