Summer Fun and Naked Vacuuming

Ah...The fun days of summer.  Since I am off work, it feels like a real summer.  As a working adult, summer just isn't the same since you still go to work Monday through Friday.  It's fun to enjoy summer a little bit without having to go to work.

Max enjoys cereal out of a snack cup and milk in a sippy cup each morning when he climbs into bed with Peter and I and plays on his iPad.  His favorite cereal is "crunchies" (Cap'N Crunch Berries).  They are the WORST, crummiest cereal ever!  This is often what we find left behind in our bed - tiny crumbs everywhere.

I had a stroke of genius this morning because I was OVER the crumbs.  I went and got the never-used dust buster and put Max to work.  Sure he had no clothes on but hey, he was excited to vacuum.  :)  It worked great!

Nachos with sloppy joe meat for lunch.  YUMMY!!!!

Emmalyn actually looking at the mobile above her swing.

We had a picnic outside for dinner.  

This is what good summers are made of - - - - 

less clothes

being outdoors

grilled burgers and corn

fresh fruit and veggies

Look how clean Peter's cob is - he's got a talent when it comes to eating corn.

My cob is much more messy

He fell asleep self-soothing by playing with his nipples.  Wonder how old he will be when he grows out of this...?

I cleaned my washing machine for the first time ever.  We've had it for nearly 10 years.  I had no idea you should clean it but it makes sense.  It looked awesome when I was done!

Sweetly swaddled and sleeping

Good morning sunshine!

She's got HAIRY ears.  Hopefully she loses that before she starts dating.  I call them her gorilla ears.

At the athletic center swimming with us and the Mejias!  She spent her time in the shade.

But she did wear her swimming suit!

Max tried wearing a life vest for the first time.  He had to sort of relearn how to swim, which was funny to watch.  He caught on though and did great!

The new fan switch (on the left) that I got Peter for our anniversary.  This is how it looked installed.  I love it!

Sneaky little hand snuck out

Emmalyn had her first shower this week.  She had an incredible blow out and Peter happened to be in the shower so I just put her in the shower and took everything off and cleaned her up.  She loved it just like she loved baths (I was so nervous Peter would drop her!).

Max definitely loves Emmalyn and loves kissing her.  He knows he needs to be soft with her but the truth is that he is still a danger to her.  He is too young to understand fully how strong he is and how fragile she is.  He hasn't hurt her but I watch them closely, it would be awful if he ended up accidentally hurting her. 

When Max is talking he has trouble with the "th"so "three" comes out "free" and "this" is "dis".  He also has troubles with his "L"s so "like" is "wike" and "yellow" is "yewwo".  I wasn't sure if I should be worried so I asked our friend Jess, who is a speech teacher and she said that's completely normal at his age.  Whew!

3rd week of September

Here's some of what we were up to the third week of September.

Max enjoying watching Uncle Derek dance on DWTS

We had our first prenatal visit with my doctor.  First chance to hear the heartbeat!

The face of a preggo - not feeling too hot!

Baby's first picture

I have no idea (unlike with Max) when this baby was conceived or when my last period was.  I figured it had to be a week or two before the cruise.  Due to the baby's measurements, the baby's due date is April 25.

Max playing in the water with Uncle Joe

Surprise, Uncle Joe!

Max thought it was hilarious

Peter went for a run in a torrential downpour.

He poured water out of his shoes!  

We went to the park with Tida, Jessica, and C.  Max went down the slide for the first time willingly by himself!  (I think C is a good influence - she loves the slide!)

Family pic (again, Max's totally-natural-not-awkward-at-all "cheese" face)

He really enjoys making silly faces.

A funny thing happened with Max his week.  Out of the blue, he counted to eight in Spanish!  It a minute for me to understand what he was doing.  I guess that means he must be watching too much Dora, the Explorer...

Grrrr....Catch up pics from July

I pull my pictures from 4 places - - My cell phone, Peter's cell phone, My nice but bulky camera, and my smaller camera.

I am really trying to make a dent in how far I am behind on my blogging.  Until it hits me...I just finished blogging August and I didn't blog anything about Peter's birthday.  I know I took pics on Peter's birthday, so where are those pics?  Upon reviewing my cameras I realize that I have failed to download pics off my nice but bulky camera since early JULY!!!!

So frustrating!

So now I have a bunch of pics that I want to blog but they aren't going to be included in the blogs they should have been.  Grrrrr

Love

Love Aunt Kimi

Sweetly sleeping

Max's first popsicle!

He loooooooved it

He didn't like being messy when it started melting so we moved outside and just let the mess happen.

Only way to clean this mess up - with a hose!

Video - This was the first time Max played with the hose like this.  I cracked up when I realized he was trying to blow bubbles like he learned at swimming lessons.

Trying to decorate a room = too much shopping

Maxwell sharing his eggs

All the construction in the neighborhood means food trucks come every day to feed the construction workers.  We have enjoyed a few of them and had some really great, cheap, Mexican food.  It's a good thing I'm not usually home during the day or I might just make this my lunch every day.  (Although it's a little uncomfortable being this white girl among all the Mexican workers and praying that the person taking my order will speak enough English for me to ask for a recommendation.)  I've tried to get some of my neighbors to partake but they think I'm crazy.  It will just be mine and Brittany's secret, then.  :)

This is often how he sleeps - all tucked up against the far end of the crib.

Such a perfect thing

Mariah  playing blocks with the boys

My awesome Brittany, who cooks such awesome food.  I am so lucky to have her living with us for many reasons but one of the best is to enjoy her awesome cooking.  I'm spoiled.

Mark and his girls and silly Uncle Peter.