Scary?

Since I can't reach into the tub to bathe Maddux very well these days, Drew has been an amazing dad and taken over bath time every night. When they are done, I hear Drew say, "Ok, go scare mommy". And in runs this "SCARY" Dinosaur and he yells "RRRROOOAAR". It's the most UNscary "roar" you've ever heard and it makes me laugh every night still.

My mom bought him this towel and it's supposed to be a cute Dr. Seuss character. He thinks he is a scary dinosaur.

Bounce Jungle

This place is my new obsession. Talk about a great way to get some energy out of a VERY energetic kiddo! I took 34 pictures while we were there the first time and 30 of them turned out blurry because he wouldn't hold still!!

Update:

i'm big, fat, and uncomfortable.
The end.
:)

Easter

I LOVED Easter this year. Everything about it was awesome. Saturday night we dyed eggs and tried to teach Maddux a little bit about why we have Easter. All he remembers is "Jesus came back. Jesus is happy"! Good enough for me!Sunday morning we had an egg hunt at our house before heading to my parents house for breakfast, conference, and another egg hunt.

They spoke a lot about trials and how we have the ability to choose how to react and handle our trials. We can question our faith, get angry and upset or we can use them as a way to grow and strengthen our faith. LOVED it!!!We had both sides of the fam over to our house for Easter dinner. It was yummy and the company was so fun! I wish I had taken pictures of everything, but I did remember to get one of my cake that I was so excited about!! My dad was kind enough to decorate the top with this horned-peep while I wasn't looking. :) After Maddux was asleep and the family was gone, Drew and I sat and talked about what a great Easter it was. I feel very blessed and I love my family so much!

"Birthday to YOOOOU!!!"

Yesterday was a great birthday. I had a ton of fun and got spoiled by my friends and family. Thank you everyone!

The absolute highlight of my day was after we put Maddux to sleep. He had been upstairs and quiet for about 45 minutes and we can hear this.....

He was "singing" for about 3-5 minutes but I couldn't find the camera fast enough. I only caught the tail end and I think he heard us giggling outside his door and stopped.

The first part of the song was, "birthday to you!!! momma!! yay!! birthday to yooooouuuu! birthday momma yooouu!!!"
(the video is completely dark...nothing to see...just make sure you're sound is on)

Birdhouse

Maddux and Drew decided this week that they wanted to build a birdhouse together. We went to Michaels and picked out a cute little birdhouse kit. The result was my two year old saying his first swear word (mimicking his daddy while trying to nail the cheap wood together) and throwing the kit in the trash.
We went back to the store to buy a pre-assembled birdhouse and Maddux got to pick out any 3 paints he wanted. He had SO much fun painting it and we had so much fun watching!

Rocky Point

We had an awesome time with the Startins in Rocky Point this weekend. The weather wasn't exactly cooperative, but it really didn't matter. We relaxed, ate, played games, shopped, swam, played put-put, and the little ones played NONstop.

It couldn't have been any more perfect. I can't even try to pick a favorite event or time and choosing pictures was even harder...so here is a little of everything we did!

My Buddy

Here is a confession: Maddux was rough on me between 19 months and 24 months. It was a hard time. Not sure if it was because of my pregnancy and hormones, or because he was seriously as naughty as I remember him being. I cried a lot during those months.
Not fun.

The past two months have been awesome! When I say awesome, I don't necessarily mean that everything is perfect. He still slapped me in the face in front of an old friend at the grocery store, he still plays for hours in his room before falling asleep at naptime, still rips toys out of his friends' hands, still isn't perfect-or close to it, but what kid is, right?

I've just realized lately that I really feel like he has become my little buddy. We are friends. We play and have so much fun during the day. We went to Target and Rubios together yesterday for lunch and had a blast. He makes me laugh, I make him laugh, we dance together in the car (picture above), play dinosaurs and fix things with his tools, and sometimes (only sometimes) I almost want to skip naptime so we can play more.

When daddy comes home it's a whole different story..."Momma get out!" or "No...No-Daddy read book, no momma!" I guess Daddy is allowed to be his buddy too. :)

But for those 9 hours that we are home together each day, I couldn't be more lucky to be a stay at home mom with my buddy!!

Today's Nap

Mean Mommy

Definitely won't be winning any Parent-of-the-Year awards over here. I put Maddux down for his nap and he was playing around and jumping off his bed like he always does and then he started this fake-sounding cry. I've given in to it before, and I did a good job of resisting this time. So...here is it 2 hours later and I go in to get him up.....
OOPS!