Vacation 2009!

We had a great vacation this year-not that we don't have fun every year! Gaston's never disappoints and this year we had Max to make it that much better. He was quite a trooper in the car-the 3 1/2 hour drive both ways was a test of his patience but he did great. It is easier to show than explain-so enjoy the pictures from our first family vacation/3rd wedding anniversary!

Helping mommy get our bags packed! Lots and lots of help-he was making sure the bag was big enough!

This is pretty much how he slept the first 2 hours of the trip! (Note that he had to take his socks off-he NEVER sleeps in his car seat until he pulls them off!)

He thought the squirrels outside were the coolest things ever-they were there just to entertain him and he couldn't understand why they ran away when he pounded on the window to talk to them!

Here are my boys just chillin in the cabin-probably the best thing about Gastons-we do lots of "chillin"!

Max helping Grandpa Mark get his fishing line ready to catch all the big fish-once again, he was a BIG help!

They have a bird "area" (for lack of a better word) and Max loved it! There were peacocks, pheasants, guineas and other pretty birds-some in the cages and others that are allowed to just wander around.

I just like this picture because we have one of my dad hugging a tree at close to the same age-Max had no interest in the tree-he is playing with a Sweetgum tree ball.

Max and Grandma Donna cheering on the Hogs in their Razorback gear-didn't help though :-(

Chowing down on Mommy's blueberry muffin-yum!yum! Note:the mark on his nose is from his attempt to crawl off the bed in the dark-quite unsuccessfully I might add!

We so rarely get a picture of all three of us together. Note:I look very short-since Max is mobile now I tend to go for flats instead of my normal heels. Oh well-I wouldn't trade it for the world!

The proud Grandparents and the little rascal-getting ready to head home!A great FIRST visit at Gastons White River Resort-looking forward to next year!

A Phenomenal Visit!

We got to visit with our favorite Tulsa residents over our birthday weekend! Baker has gotten to be a big boy-sorry Keb, he is no longer a little guy! He is still uber cute though! He and Max did great together. I really didn't know how either guy would do-Max is very grabby, tear-it-up, in-your-face right now and I thought Baker might get annoyed by it. Much to my surprise, Baker seemed quite happy to build block towers and let Max come right behind and smash them down. Good Job Baker! We appreciate it. We had a great visit and hope we get to visit again soon!

Aren't they just the cutest little guys ever!They even kinda matched-not on purpose but it worked!

Good Lookin Bunch!

The reasons we love LOVE October!

We love fall-more specifically, we love October! Here is why:

~Birthday month for Cody and I!

~Wedding anniversary month for us!

~Family vacation month!!!

The fun is well underway, we had a wonderful birthday on the 10th. Lots of food and seeing family. We wouldn't have it any other way! Here are some pictures from our dinner at mom's-a tradition that I WILL NOT flex on! My mother has always cooked my birthday meal and I am not giving that up! Cody does get his own meal-he got to pick out our Thursday night meal. (we go to my parents house every Thursday night for dinner) His pick was Shrimp Scampi and Oven Fried Potatoes-pretty good, but mine tops it! I picked Chicken Enchiladas with Broccoli Slaw and Homemade German Chocolate Cake. YUMMY!!!!! Oh and we started with Guacamole-delish!

Singing Happy Birthday to each other

Being comforted after the Birthday song nightmare!

Wishing daddy would open the Slim Jim so he could chew on it! Sorry Buddy-its for your own good!

More post will follow as we continue to move through our favorite month!

I have a ham!

Max has figured out what the camera is and eats it up! As soon as he sees the red focus light on the camera he turns on the charm! For weeks I have been trying to catch the elusive "cheesy grin" that everyone catches a glimpse of but never gets a really good look at. Well now I have tons of those priceless pictures! Here are a few of my favorites-enjoy!

Just getting warmed up! Really getting into it! The eyes disappear! I can't help that my child is too stinkin cute for words!

We are loving him in footy jamma's!

Snot, tears and screaming

The above title is also a rather depressing list of what has filled my life the past week or so. If you will note-one thing missing from that list is sleep, it is also missing from my life! Max is currently fighting the same sinus infection I had last month, no fun! I know what it is like but that is apparently not what Max darling wants to hear. For the past four nights the little man has not slept well at all-or maybe we can just change that to not slept at all. It makes me quite sad to have a crying child but at some point the sadness morphs into severe sleep deprivation meets frustration. I love my boy but if it weren't for Cody and our tag-team-Max-relay we have developed I am pretty sure I would try to get the hospital to take Max back! We kinda do this 45min on 45min off thing, one of us "entertains" (for lack of a better term) Max for about 45 min letting the other sleep and then we switch out. Sucks but works for us! During the day it is a different story-Max is actually a very happy child-as long as he is fully fueled and charged. As soon as his gages get below the halfway mark he has no fuse. Any little thing will set him off and it is close to impossible to rein him back in. Oh well-this is life, right? He seems to be on the mend and thank God he never had a fever. I guess just the fact that I now have time to blog is evidence that Max is slowly but surely getting better!