Visiting the tulip fields!

The end of March...

We enjoyed a visit from our favorite "Casa Millar" guests --  Tida and Jason.  We always have a fantastic time with them and our kids adore them too.

It took awhile to start playing games...I think we all got distracted.  :)

Max and Jason playing soccer in the morning

That afternoon, we drove out to look at some tulip fields.  Everyone knocked out on the way out there... We ended up waking up Maxwell once Emmalyn woke up.  That was a BAD decision because he was Mr. Grumpy pretty much the whole time we were there.

Some of the tulips were in full bloom and some had just passed their prime.  There were so many varieties.  I had no idea!

Me and Emmalyn

Rubbing his eyes and crying

These were my favorite tulips that we saw (we didn't get to see all of them because we got tired of dealing with Max's bad mood and decided to just leave)

My favorite

This is the best picture we got of both of them.  UGH

We had to bribe him in order to get him to let us take his picture.  Next time I need to remember to make smiling a part of the bribe.

She knew something was wrong with Max and tried to reach out to him, which of course just upset him more.  Sheesh.

We bribed him with a sucker .

The drive home was absolutely gorgeous.  My phone didn't pick it up but these fields were the prettiest shade of green!

Video - Maxwell is a rockstar with his sister as his backup dancer.

her big cheesy smile

pretty girl rockin' her pretty dress (and those curls!)

At the park with Brittany

No more air guitar, now he can rock his real guitar

We had another trip to the dentist.  I hoped this would go as well as last time.

All smiles!

He didn't do quite as well as last time.  He was more nervous once they started working in his mouth and kept swallowing the stuff so we weren't able to do the fluoride treatment like last time.  Hopefully next time he will be good.  One thing Maxwell is great at - - - he really looks forward to going to the doctor or the dentist.  I can't think of a time where he's been nervous or scared - even when he knows he's getting a shot or something.

Before I took him to school, we stopped for lunch at Chik-fil-a... and finished lunch off with a treat.  It was fun to go on a lunch date with him.

I've hated how dark the front of my house is even when my porch light is on... But I also always forget to turn my porch light on so my house is even darker outside.  I am going to add some landscape lighting so here's a diagram that I had to submit to the HOA of where I am going to place the lights (where the white squares are).

I'm excited!!!

We love having a backyard!

I am trying to catch up - I promise.  I am going to try to give a big push to blogging over the next few weeks.  These pics are from April 11 - April 17, 2013

Max loves to wear my headbands.  I don't discourage it at home because I know he thinks it's cool.

Landen feeding Max yogurt at Brittany's

I had a business trip to Northern California (Modesto area).  It was so nice to be back in Nor Cal.  The hills were beautiful and green, there were wild flowers on the sides of the road.  Even the air smelled better.  sigh.  I miss it.

There was a WinCo right behind the hotel, I of course made a visit.  This is where we shopped a lot.  Love their prices.

We also had eucalyptus trees behind the hotel.  I broken off a small branch and enjoyed the smell.  Even though it's been a few years since we have lived it, I felt like I was "home" when I was there.  I have always said that Northern California is where my spirit it at home and meant to be.  I felt it as soon as we moved there.  I need to get out there for vacation with my family!!

When I got back we got serious about finally finding a couch.  We are both so tired of furniture shopping.  We found this baby (that I passed over the last time) and decided this was it.  I am excited to have something in our front room!

One of the best things about having a house is having a backyard.  It is so nice to be able to just step outside the backdoor and being able to play in the yard!!!

We enjoyed the beautiful weekend weather with Max, outside.  Max ate his lunch out on the patio.

Filling up the pool.

Putting his wet hat back on his head.

Max enjoyed pouring water on Momma (and trying to pour it on Daddy)

Love the belly. 

Video - Max is really good at his puzzles!

Britt took the boys to feed the ducks.  I think he ate more than the ducks did.

There is nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby.  Isn't he angelic?

...and this is his other side.  Pouting and coming to hit me because he's upset at something.

But luckily we get back to this which makes me forget the other side.

Update on Max:

• He is counting to 10 now
• He is really good at the color yellow.  He knows the names of other colors but can't correctly identify them.
• At night when I change his diaper and put on his PJs, he wants me to put all of the oils on his chest and feet...every night.  (and continues to pull them out and ask for them if I try and skip a few of them.)So every night he goes to bed with lavender, lemon, eucalyptus, breathe, and serenity plus some vitamin E oil on his big toenails that have a tendency to split.
• I am still not sure if he's left or right handed, he uses both.