Le blog de Meaghan

Lately...with phone pics

2012-02-15T10:11:00.000-08:00

Jack at 5 months

2012-02-09T21:30:00.000-08:00

My Jackamo is just over 5 months and I feel so bad about how little I have written for him. It really is harder when you have a second one and you try to make sure you are giving each kid your attention and time. I feel bad I wrote for Max every month...

Well I am starting now:
Jack is slowly starting to sit up on his own I'm sure by the end of this month he will get it down.
He is the happiest baby, he loves everyone and has the cutest smile when I just talk to him.
He gets so excited when we make him laugh I love it.
He is in love with his older brother and laughs at him even if he is just sitting beside him watching tv.
Jack has the kind of personality that just makes people love him.
Unlike Max Jack has not taken to eating very well. We have tried rice cereal and avocados and he gags and spits out both. we will work on that.
He wants his momma over anyone right now, and I love it :)
He is still a crazy eater and eats every 3 hours or so...even at night.(hopefully we can end that one soon)
He gives the best open mouth kisses.
He is so much smaller then Max was and it is so fun to have such a different little guy.

I love this little Jack boy and his brother more then anything. I am one lucky lady to have two handsome beautiful boys.
Just look at those eyes, they kill me!

Oh and that smile!

Television show recommendations

2012-01-27T15:15:00.000-08:00

I hardly ever watch television but I like to get into shows on Netflix once in awhile, so here are a few I have started and LOVE.

Downton Abbey
Sunday nights on PBS

I know this show is huge right now and is in its second season but I was late getting into it. I finally started the first season on Netflix and loved it right away.
It is about the Grantham household and their house staff during the start of WWI. It is so cool to see how a huge estate was run back then and how the staff all worked. And all the drama is great. They have so many strong characters, which makes it so much better then a lot of other shows out there right now. It also has such a beautiful beginning song. If you have not already started this show do it. I love Mary & Matthew! Anna & Mr. Bates, Ah this is such a good show!

United States of Tara
on Showtime
Mason and I started watching this show awhile back waiting for it to come out on Netflix, all the seasons are now on Netflix instant view.
This show is so good and the cast makes this show so awesome. It is all about Tara who has a multiple personality disorder. She has three different personality's she goes in and out of at first. Theres Buck, the Vietnam vet., Alice the mom from the '50's, and T the rebellious teen. They add more throughout the show and Toni Collette, who plays Tara, is so great at all of them. The show is about how she and her family deal with her disease. It is on Showtime so it has swearing and some sexual stuff in it, but it is such a good well written show. It is written by Diablo Coty who is such a great writer, she also wrote the movie Juno, Steven Spielberg had the idea and got her to write it. So if you are in need of a good, entertaining, quality show to start, start this one.

Felicity
On Netflix instant View

Ok I know this is WAY old but when I saw it on instant view I decided to give it a shot. I would watch this while Mason put Max to bed or while Mason had a show with his band. And sometimes Mason would join me which was really fun cause we would joke around about it cause he knew the ending. I got so addicted. I love Keri Russell. It's like Gossip Girl of the '90's(I have never watched Gossip Girl but my two sisters are obsessed). I fell in love with all the characters and its set in the best city New York! I also loved when I watched it I had no idea who she would choose, Ben, Noel, Ben, Noel...So that made it more fun. So if you are in the mood to start a new(old), dramatic, college days, fun(kinda cheesy) show watch this one.

AHH I love them all

Happy Weekend!

2012-01-21T10:05:00.000-08:00

backyard playing

2012-01-06T09:42:00.000-08:00

Mason's Grandparents have an awesome backyard that is so perfect for all the great-grand kids to play. They have different ride on toys, a inclosed mini trampoline, putting green, a basketball hoop, and more. Max had a blast playing in their backyard while we stayed there. And Mason and I loved sitting on the nice swing they have and enjoying the beautiful weather.

Sink bath

2012-01-06T09:35:00.000-08:00

While at Mason's Grandparents Jack had his first sink bath. He was so cute and happy about it.

Sleeping after his bath

Christmas in California

2012-01-05T16:30:00.000-08:00

We went to Southern California for Christmas this year with Mason's family. We stayed at Mason's grandparents and had such a fun time seeing his cousins and aunts & uncles. And on Christmas morning Santa surprised Max with his own junior drum set! He was in love. And Jack got a djembes ( a percussion drum), I can't wait till he is a little older to hit it. The weather was wonderful and so was the company. We also got to stay for Mason's Cousin's wedding, more on that later. I have a lot of blogging to catch up on.

Jack and Grandpa

Uncle Palmer teaching Max drums

Oh Christmas Tree

2011-12-19T19:53:00.000-08:00

We put up the Christmas tree the end of November but I am just getting around to posting about it now. Max thought it was pretty funny to knock over the tree, he also enjoyed putting all the ornament's on. I love having our little tree, we decided not to go with a big one this year because we will be in California for Christmas(2 more days!). I can't believe Christmas is this weekend! I am so excited to see everyone, after Christmas we are flying up to my sister Becky's in northern California for New Years. They have not got to meet Jack yet and I can't wait for them to see him.

Jack had a nice spit up :)

union jack

2011-12-07T20:51:00.000-08:00

I found this awesome shirt among my old doll clothes while going through
some stuff at my moms awhile ago. It is an old shirt from England.
I love it and Jack wears it so well.

Lately...with phone pics

2011-12-05T14:45:00.000-08:00

crying Jack, my kindergarten ornament, bath time,
Christmas cookies, seinna, iPad playing,
happy Jack.

DIY kids vegitarian pizza

2011-11-23T13:39:00.000-08:00

While I was shopping at Whole Foods yesterday I saw the Tofurky pepperoni slices and thought of this pizza idea. I got some mozzarella cheese, wheat tortillas, and marinara sauce.
It was easy to let Max help make it too and he loved it. I let him spread the sauce and sprinkle the cheese and pick where the pepperoni would go.
Just thought I would share this fun, easy, yummy idea.
And it was nice to find something Max would actually eat.

all i want for christmas...

2011-11-20T19:43:00.000-08:00

Max enjoys looking through music instrument catalogs
choosing what he wants for Christmas.

Good thing Santa is planning on bringing him
his own drum set. ;)

cozyness

2011-11-17T15:55:00.000-08:00

Today has been one of those
stay in your pajamas, cuddle, sleep in, lazy,
kind of day.
Just add a cozy fire.
And it has been wonderful.

Me and my Max

2011-11-13T19:56:00.000-08:00

Oh gosh do I love this boy!
It is crazy how much of a toddler he has become. He will be 20 months on the 17th only 4 months from 2, 4 MONTHS! I cannot believe it! He has already started his terrible two's. He his still so sweet and cute but he also tries to get what he wants and is on kind of a hitting phase. He will just get so excited playing that he just expresses it with a smack to my face sometimes :). but as soon as I stop and say "no, you don't ever hit" he usually will start pointing to where he hit and touch it softly trying to explain in his "eh ah eh ah" babble what happened. Then its hard to be mad.

He loves his brother Jack and tries to give him toys or play with one of his limbs and I have to remind him to be soft. He also is very quick to give Jack lots of kisses.

And boy does Max love his daddy. He thinks daddy is the coolest and loves to help him make coffee every morning. Mason is so good with Max, he always makes up the funnest games with his toys and wrestles with him or dances crazy with him. It is so cute to watch.

My sweet Max is just growing so fast and sometimes I look at him and think, where did those chubby cheeks and chubby arms go? What happened to the wobbly one year old? I miss his littleness, but I am also loving watching him grow and learn and become a little boy.

prince maximus & prince jack

2011-11-12T18:04:00.000-08:00

Auntie Em

2011-11-07T07:25:00.000-08:00

My sister Emily came over to my house Thursday with my mom to make me a yummy vegetarian stew(my mom is so sweet). I love seeing Emily and don't see her nearly enough, She only lives in downtown Salt Lake so like 15min away but she is always so busy with school and work. I say poop on that. I want to start hanging out with her more when she gets her break from school, I have lots of plans for us. And Max thinks she is the coolest.
I love you Emmy pie.

The first snow of the season

2011-11-05T13:50:00.000-07:00

We woke up to it snowing this morning and a blanket of snow covering everything. We had a cuddly morning and decided to throw on some clothes and have breakfast at our local coffee and bakery shop, Bakery and Brews. It was so nice and cozy.
Now im in the mood to listen to some Christmas music and snuggle with my boys.

Trick-or-Treating

2011-11-04T13:42:00.000-07:00

As you can see it was an awesome night. Max loved trick-or-treating, he thought it was the greatest thing everyone was giving him candy. And his cousin Seinna was great introducing him at every house, "That's Max. He's a superhero." Then after Max would take some candy she would say "Oh he always does that, he always wants a lot." It was great.

Halloween Day

2011-11-02T12:35:00.000-07:00

{just woke up from his nap}

{he was very happy about this leaf}

{carving the pumpkin!}

Halloween day we hung out and carved a pumpkin. And of course I had to take some pictures of Max out with all the awesome leafs that had fallen off our tree. Then we headed over to Mason's parents and played with Max in their backyard for awhile. We had the traditional pumpkin dinner, one of my favorite meals! Then it was time for trick-or-treating with Max's two cousins.
More to come on that.

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-31T21:39:00.000-07:00

From,
the Pirate, Supermax, & the lil' Leopard

For my boys

2011-10-27T19:27:00.000-07:00

Tonight as I laid between you two, Max falling asleep beside me in his bed and Jack on the floor asleep in his bouncer. I thought of how much I love you two and how it wont always be like that, me laying with my two sweet boys. You two will grow up and not need me to help you fall asleep. I laid there trying to soak it in, trying to make a memory to hold onto.
The sweet piano lullaby's playing, Jack's soft breathing, Max holding onto my arm.

I cannot express how much I love you two, I hope you sweet boys will always know how much I love you and how I would do anything to make you happy. I make sure to hug and kiss you two every chance I get and whisper in your ear "I love you my baby". I am excited to see my two boys grow up, you two just get more and more handsome everyday. But for now I can wait. For now I want to savor the smell of Jacks sweet breath when I kiss him and feel Max's cute little arms wrap around my neck when I kneel down to him. I am so lucky I have you two, my sweet boys.

Love, your mommy

polaroids

2011-10-21T09:04:00.000-07:00

Witches Night Out

2011-10-19T08:09:00.000-07:00

{Max was pretty confused about the whole thing}

Mason and I went to Witches Night Out at Gardner Village the other night with his sister Lexi and her two girls. It was so crowded! But it ended up being a fun night of people watching. Max was pretty confused with all the crazy dressed up people and loud music. Jack just slept the whole time snuggled up to me in his baby carrier. The girls got their faces painted and we just ended up walking around looking at things and visiting the Disco Witch, who is a good friend of Mason's mom.

It was a good start to get in the spirit for Halloween.

Discovery Gateway

2011-10-18T14:38:00.000-07:00

As part of my birthday weekend(I know late post..) we took Max to Discovery Gateway. It's a children's museum at the gateway mall. I hoped Max was old enough to enjoy the different things and it turned out better then I thought it would.

When we got there Max went straight for the "garden" area where there are tons of plastic balls that you can put in holes and tubes and things. It is probably one of his favorite places now.

Max also got pushed down by another kid for the first time. I don't know what to say in that situation. I was just glad his mom got mad at him and took him for a time out. Max was pretty taken back by the whole thing. My poor innocent Max seeing what the world is like, haha. Not that Max is always the perfect kid but he is sweet most of the time., But if he is not sharing I always try and make sure he does and plays nice.

Then we walked around the other areas, he loved the water area also. It was so much fun to see him having such a good time.

We will hopefully be going back again.

Phone picture explosion

2011-10-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

My Birthday

2011-10-08T20:50:00.000-07:00

I turned 25 September 30th. last Friday. I love my birthday because Mason always goes out of his way to make it so special. Like my first birthday I had while we were together(my 21st) he got me an ipod and took me to Tavern on the Green for dinner...yeah I am lucky.

And every year he makes me breakfast in bed, my choice. This year I chose waffles with strawberries. It was so good even though a little Max child ate most of my strawberries...but he was so cute doing it pointing to each one and saying "yeah?". Then we headed to my choice for lunch Kneaders, I love their veggie avocado on focaccia bread(extra kneaders sauce).

Later on we dropped off Max at Mason's sisters, we are so lucky we have her. It was so nice to have the evening to ourselves(and Jack). We went to dinner at Tsunami and it was delicious. then we headed to a movie. We had bought tickets for Drive but when we went to hand the tickets to the lady taking them she informed us no children under 10 were aloud in rated R movies after 6pm. So we looked to see what movie we could catch before 9 and decided on The Help. I had read the book so I was excited to see it, plus I like Emma Stone. It was good and Jack was so great during it, not one peep. I just had to feed him once, but it was nice because we had the whole front section to ourselves.

So another wonderful birthday over, till next year.

I heart NY

2011-10-06T11:16:00.000-07:00

Today is a rainy cloudy day and for some reason its days like this that make me miss New York. Its the place where Mason and I fell in love, where we got engaged, and where we got to know each other so well. We lived there for a year together and it was one of the best part of our lives so far. I think why I miss it on cold dark days like this is because I loved the fall in New York and we spent the whole(pretty miserable) winter there. I remember walking down to the ferry on cold days and then riding the ferry across looking out the windows at New York and most of the time thinking of how lucky I was to live in such a great city. When Mason and I had days off and it was cold and rainy we would stay in our apartment all day and snuggle in bed and watch movies. Other days we would go out to explore the city. One of our favorite places to go was the upper west side by riverside park and going to Tom's Diner(the Seinfeld diner). I remember the cold fall day we took a long walk through the upper park of Central Park, that was the day Mason and I discovered the Museum of Natural History. We got there 10 min before it closed so we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves. There are so many memories there for us and I miss it so badly sometimes. We have not been back since we moved but I hope to go back soon. I can't wait to take our kids and share with them all of our special places and have them experience that feeling you can only get from New York City.

Pictures above: 1. Brooklyn Bridge from the Staten Island Ferry
2.Emily and I at the fountain in Central Park, Thanksgiving day 2007
3.Plaza Hotel from Central Park
4.View of Manhattan from Staten Island
5.Mason and I at Pop Burger
6.Mason by the Jackie Onassis Reservoir in Central Park
7.Mason and I when Emily visited with the Empire State building behind us
8.Central Park Thanksgiving day 2007
9.Going to work on the 1 train
10.Mason and I being weird all alone on the subway
11.Tom's Restaurant
12.Taxi

Jack: 1 month old

2011-10-04T12:18:00.000-07:00

Jack turned one month last Friday the 30th(which was also my Birthday). It really does go by faster with the second child. He is getting cute chub in his cheeks and is the sweetest thing ever. He makes the cutest little cooing sounds and when he starts to cry its a sweet little noise then he can get pretty upset quickly. He is looking around a lot more. He has such cute dark blue eyes, I love just staring at them. He is a good sleeper at night, he has started to go about every three hours before he wakes up to eat. I can't imagine my life without this sweet, adorable little boy. I love when he is crying and just the comfort of me when I pick him up is enough to calm him down. I LOVE my sweet little prince.

Max was showing Jack his book

I had fun editing pictures...

Mom's Move

2011-09-19T10:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I said goodbye to the last home I grew up in. Because of a lot of stuff my mom had to move out of her apartment of 7 years. We moved there when I was in my senior year of high school. We had to leave the home I had known and lived in the longest. It was hard to move away from all my friends and school. But I loved the time I lived in Sandy and went to Brighten, it partly helped me become who I am. I loved sharing a room with Emily and and going to school together, riding the bus at 6:00am to school. There are so many great memories in that place and I will miss it a lot. But I think it will be a good thing for my mom.
Mason and I visited with her on Sunday and it was so nice. I love my mommy and am so grateful to her for making a home for us kids wherever we lived, because we moved so many different places. I wasn't as sad at the time driving up that long road to my moms but now sitting and thinking about I am sad that It will never be the same.

Nonna and Jack

Max pulling me around by my skirt :)
It makes me feel like such a mommy to have a kid hanging on my skirt

My mom's

Maximus: 18 months

2011-09-16T17:42:00.000-07:00

My sweet baby boy is 18 months tomorrow, a year and a half already! Max is my first born and such a sweetheart. He has been such a cute big brother to Jack, he likes to kiss him and rub his belly when he crys or is getting his diaper changed. Max lately has become a little more whiny though and I think it is the whole new baby thing. But actually it only lasted a week or so because he seems to be his normal self again.
Max is such a sensitive little guy, if you get mad at him for touching something he feels really bad and gets a big lip but try's to hold back his tears, and I just have to cuddle him and then he breaks down. It is sad but the cutest thing.
He loves LOVES watching Toy Story 2 he probably watches it too much. It is the only movie he will sit and watch the whole thing of. He is also really into pretend playing, he likes to take care of his stuffed animals or play at grandma's with the little play kitchen. He will pretend to cook things and serve them.
He still is not talking a whole lot he babbles things and says, "mamama" and "dad" and if you ask him any question he always says "yeah", I love it. It is nice he says yeah all the time instead of no. Mason and I have fun asking him random questions and hearing his sweet voice respond with "yeah" and when he is sad I will ask if he wants to watch Toy Story or something and he stops crying and says "ah Yeah" Its so cute I just want to squeeze him.

I love my Maximus so much I can't stand it, he holds a special part of my heart.

Watching Toy Story(its serious business)

My sleepy boy

Being a good big brother

his whiny face

Coming home

2011-09-06T14:32:00.000-07:00

Waiting to leave the hospital

Safe and sound at home

Meeting Grandpa for the first time :)

Visitors

2011-09-05T14:24:00.000-07:00

Mason's mom and Jack

During my stay in the hospital it was so nice to have family drop by. We had Mason's mom there for the birth, along with my mom and sister Emily. Later in the day Mason's sister came to see us with Max and Mason's cousin that was visiting from Iowa. Max didn't care much about the baby but he loved when he realized the cradle Jack was in could roll. I think Max was just confused. That night Emily came back with her boyfriend Colin. We are so lucky for Mason's family who watched Max all day that day and half of the next day. I got to go home early cause everything checked out fine. It was so nice to only have to spend one night in the hospital.

My mom

Max meeting Jack for the first time

Jack's Aunt Lexi(Mason's sister)

Colin & Emily

Jack's Birth

2011-09-03T08:39:00.000-07:00

Monday night(August 29th) after enjoying a wonderful dinner with Mason's family at The Spaghetti Factory, Mason and I put Max to bed. After watching our nighty dose of Mad Men we went to bed. I woke up to mild contractions at 2am, Mason and I started keeping track of them. At 3:30am we decided to start calling family. Mason's dad came over to watch Max and Mason's mom met us at the hospital, along with my sister Emily and my mom. I got checked in and was having pretty strong contractions about 5 min apart. They decided to admit me at about 8am. I loved all my nurses especially the last one while I was giving birth she was awesome. They broke my water at around 9:30am or so and then it was the crazy labor part :). But I pushed for only about 15min and there was my sweet Jack!
Born at 10:47am
On August 30th, 2011
weighing 7lbs 11oz
and 21 inches long
My Doctor was so great and I loved having the support of my mom, Mason's mom and Emily, and of course Mason. I am so happy and feel so lucky to have my healthy, sweet, adorable, baby boy here. Now enjoy some more pictures while I snuggle my Jack.

40 weeks and counting

2011-08-29T14:07:00.000-07:00

So Jack's due date has come and gone. Its the waiting game now and I am so not good at it. I want to hold my sweet baby boy, I want to see what he looks like and know how big/little he is, I want to kiss his little cheeks, I want my baby in my arms and I am getting very impatient.
I am trying to just not think about it and hope labor kicks in but that is hard when I can't think of anything else. So I am just waiting and waiting for something to happen. Something that helps though is knowing I really am so close to holding this sweet little boy. So I guess all I can do is try and be patient and wait for this to all happen.

A sweet picture

2011-08-10T14:55:00.000-07:00

Mason is such an awesome dad, and I love him SOOOOO much!

Sunset

2011-08-02T09:04:00.000-07:00

We have a field of grass by our house. So a couple Sundays ago we laid out a blanket and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Max had fun throwing around his ball and getting thrown in the air by Mason. It was such a nice evening and we stayed and watched the sun set.

The Blues

2011-07-22T12:45:00.000-07:00

Lately I feel so bad for being lazy and not taking Max outside more or to go do fun stuff. I am just at that point in my pregnancy where chasing around a one year old doesn't sound fun.

But I can't wait till I can run around with Max again and cuddle him close without a huge belly in my way.

So when Max was playing the Harmonica the other day(which he does quite well) I thought it was funny to think of him playing the blues. Especially since he was standing by the front door facing it while he played.

"I can't touch the playstation3...
I can't go outside...
I can't touch things I want to...
and I got a rash on my backside...
Oh I got the blues"

Nesting

2011-07-21T12:36:00.000-07:00

This last week i have been really into getting things clean and organized for when Jack is born. And it is getting oh so close! I am now 34 weeks and 5 days along. We went out and got newborn pacifiers, diapers, wipes, and other little stuff we needed. I have mainly been crazy about keeping the upstairs clean since that is where I will be spending a lot of time with Jack. I have his crib all ready and changing area. I can't wait to meet my sweet little baby. He makes sure to let me know he is there, he is a little mover.

Our nice clean room

TV watching area

Jack's area :)

Changing area with clothes still needing to be put away

I love having tiny soft diapers again,
I can't wait to put them on his little bum.

Ben and Meggie's Reception

2011-07-20T14:57:00.000-07:00

Ben and Meggie's reception was held in Ben's friends backyard, which was awesome and beautiful. People came and went and it was nice to see a few people I hadn't seen in a long time. The reception went from 5-8 so around 7 Max was very ready for dinner, and since they only had desserts(which were so very good) we left to go find some dinner. It was perfect timing because we left right when it started to rain. It took a little longer to find some food but we finally ended up eating at a pizza place with Emily and Colin, and Sarai. It was so good but by the time we finished dinner it was almost 9 and since we were my dad's ride back to our place we felt bad when we showed up and he was waiting on the church lawn. But we gave him our leftover pizza and all was forgiven :).

{The Beautiful Couple}

{Emily and Colin}

I know I am huge, being eight months pregnant will do that to you :)

Ben & Meggie's Wedding

2011-07-19T14:31:00.000-07:00

{Before the Wedding}

We all drove down Friday morning to Meggie's grandparents cabin for my brother Ben's wedding to my new sister in-law Meggie. It was a nice drive and when we got there we all got ready and then the ceremony began. It was so beautiful and simple. Mason played the guitar for when they walked down the aisle and I think he did great. After the ceremony we had a luncheon with yummy vegan sandwiches, fruit salad, and sparkling cranberry juice. Followed by a chocolate cake, vanilla cake, and carrot cake. After a lot of the guests left, Meggie's family and all of my family stayed the night. We had vegan s'mores and a campfire. It was fun to just hang out with everyone. The next morning we left to go home and get ready for their reception.

{my dad and Max before the wedding}

{my beautiful Mom}

{my dad and his grandsons}

{Mason during the ceremony}

{my brother Josh and Meggie's sister Rachel}

{Ben+Meggie}

{Their awesome photographer Leo Patrone}

{Emily and Max after the ceremony}

{the yummy cakes}

July Fourth {part 2}

2011-07-18T14:52:00.000-07:00

In the afternoon everyone from my family showed up for a BBQ and swimming at our house. Everyone (except my dad who flew in that night) was there including, Emily, Colin, My mom, Brad, Ben, Meggie, Josh, Becky, Shane, Jonah, Isaiah, and Analynn.
It was so much fun and turned out a lot better then I expected. everyone had fun swimming for awhile while we got the food ready. Mason and I made a vegan and vegetarian potato salad and had chips and lemonade for everyone. Everyone just brought their own things to grill. and Ben and Meggie brought some of their yummy vegan chocolate chip cookies. We hung out and just talked, then when it got later we all headed over to Mason's parents for fireworks in their circle. We enjoyed talking and eating watermelon while we waited for it to get dark.
After the fireworks Mason and I headed to the airport to pick up my dad who flew in from Ontario, Canada for Ben and Meggie's wedding.

{Pool time}

{Cute Jonah}

{Max wishing he could go back in the pool}

{Josh and my mom hugging, I don't know what for but I'm glad I caught the moment}

{Cousin love}

{Ben and Meggie}

{Analynn}

{The Fireworks!}

July Fourth {part 1}

2011-07-18T14:26:00.000-07:00

{after their race.}

I know I am WAY late on this post but being pregnant and taking care of a 16 month old takes up a lot of my time.
But on to July fourth...

This year it was so fun to be here in Utah with so much family around, Becky and Shane and their kids were in town for my brother Ben's wedding. Since Mason and I didn't feel like going to a parade and fighting crowds we decided to meet his mom, dad, and sister Tresa up at the capitol as they came past the finish line of the half marathon. It was such a nice relaxing morning and so cool to be up at the capital. After Mason and I did a little photo shoot on the lawn we headed to meet his family at Cracker Barrel for a late breakfast. Then we headed home to get ready and kinda relax before my whole family came over for a BBQ and swimming. But more on that later.

Max the Helper

2011-07-16T12:21:00.000-07:00

I got a new bookshelf from Target and Max decided he should help me and Mason put it together. Its crazy how long he can entertain himself for with a couple of holes and a screwdriver.

Disneyland!

2011-07-14T10:11:00.000-07:00

Max was such a happy boy on our day at Disneyland. I think it helped that he slept a good night and had a nice nap. When we walked into Disneyland Max was so happy and pointing to things as you can see in the picture below he loved it.

We took him on Pirates, Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion, The Tiki Room, Mickeys house, Its a Small World, Winnie the Pooh, and some other rides I can't remember. It was so funny to see his reaction to Minnie Mouse, while we were in line to get a picture with her he was trying to struggle out of my arms and when it was our turn I let him go and he ran up to her. He gave her lots of 'high fives' and a loving hit to the face. She took it all very well, it was so cute to watch.

We got to eat dinner at the Blue Bayou Restaurant, the one where you can see the boats from Pirates going by. It was so yummy and a cool treat. Mason's parents also got us reserved seats for the Fantasmic show it was the coolest thing ever. At around 9 we got our seats in a little section by the water and we each got a tray with cheeses and crackers and the best desserts. We also got water and hot chocolate, I felt pretty cool. Max LOVED the show and just sat with his grandpa pointing and going "oh".

California Adventures

2011-07-01T13:33:00.000-07:00

Waiting in line for the Mickey Mouse Ferris wheel

We went to California Adventures on Friday for the day. It was so fun to take Max. He loved the first ride which was the Ferris Wheel but when we took him on the Toy Story Mania ride I felt so bad how much he hated it, he cried the whole time. We took him on other outdoor rides and he seemed to enjoy those. And he was getting more used to the strange ride thing when we took him on the new Little Mermaid ride.
Mason's parents got everyone a picnic dinner and a reserved spot for the World Of Color. We all met up and ate our dinners and then went on a few more rides. Mason and I decided to take Max back to the RV in the parking lot to get his pajamas on but by the time we got to the tram he was fast asleep so when we got back to the RV we decided since it was already his bedtime and he was so sound asleep it would be best just to let him sleep and miss the World Of Color. But it was an awesome day and we had Disneyland to go to the next day.

Sienna's face painting

(She was so good about not being able to go on most of the rides when her sister Savannah could, because she wasn't tall enough)

On the Ferris Wheel

Savannah got a face painting too

I think Max's favorite part of the day. hanging out by the sourdough bread place with mom and dad, and pointing to and touching all the metal cover things.

The beginning of our trip

2011-07-01T13:25:00.000-07:00

Our trip to California was awesome. Traveling in a motor home and doing it in 2 days was so nice. Max loved the motor home and slept so good on the way there. He loved looking out the front window and sitting on Lexi's lap. Like I said before Mason was in a lot of pain recovering from his surgery so he spent his time laying down and resting.

Here in California

2011-06-23T19:16:00.000-07:00

Chillin' in the motor home

The paparazzi found us...

We are here in California and having a good time. We drove out on Tuesday in Mason's family's motor home around 11am and got to Mesquite, NV at 6pm. Mason's mom drove the whole time while Mason, me , Max, Tresa(mason's sister), Lexi(Mason's sister) and Lexi's two girls, Savannah and Sienna, relaxed in the back. We swam and Max went down a water slide! Then Wednesday we woke up and headed to California. We got to Mason's grandparents in Moreno Valley at around 2pm. We hung out and ate pizza. And max got to drive the Hummer power wheels car around. This morning(Thursday) we woke up had a nice morning then headed out to the Dunes RV Park here in Newport Beach. Tomorrow we head to the airport pick up Mason's dad, and the other two boys and head to... CALIFORNIA ADVENTURES! I am so excited I feel like a little kid not being able to wait. I can't wait to show max all the cool little things and rides. He has been there before but he was 7 months old, 15 months will be so much more fun. And I can't wait to see Savannah and Sienna's reaction to everything they are 4 so at a good age. Then Saturday is Disneyland! I can hardly wait.

More pictures to come...

On a side note(kinda) Mason had a surgery on Monday where they went up and shattered his kidney stone that has been giving him such a hard time. He was in so much pain right after the surgery, I mean sooo much. But these last couple of days have been bearable. So he has had to be resting the whole time so far and has not been able to pick up Max. But tomorrow he should be a lot better and he can hold Max again. Poor Max just doesn't understand sometimes when he wants daddy to pick him up, but its been good.

Oh summer!

2011-06-07T20:44:00.000-07:00

We enjoyed some music in the park today and a picnic lunch with family. Afterwards Max played outside with his cousins at Mason's parents. He helped wash the car and fell and scraped his chin :(. but other then Max's little fall It was such a warm happy day.

Memorial Day

2011-06-04T19:57:00.000-07:00

On Monday we all wanted to do something fun but knew the weather was supposed to be not so good. But Mason's parents decided on the gardens at Thanksgiving Point. We started out with lunch at their Trellis Cafe. It was so nice and such good food. Then we headed out to the gardens. Mason's parent's decided to rent a golf cart to drive around in and also a segway. It was so fun! It started out pretty chilly then while we were driving around there was a icy rain shower. But after that the sun came out and it turned out to be a nice day. I tried out the segway and it was so fun. after the main gardens we headed over to the Children's Discovery Gardens. Mason and I both had to go to the bathroom and when we came out Max was with his Grandpa playing in the Noah's Ark water :).
We finished it all off with ice cream.

Tresa on the Segway

Max in the Secret Garden

Driving the golf cart ;)

Playing in the water with Grandpa

Max and Tresa

Short boy in a llloooonngg jacket

2011-05-27T09:19:00.000-07:00

Have a good Friday!

Gardening at Grandma's

2011-05-26T07:57:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday was such a nice day, we headed over first thing in the morning to Mason's parents to help his mom with her garden. She had pancakes and eggs for us when we got there and then we headed outside. Savannah and Sienna(Max's cousins) had slept over so they were there to help too. Max loved being outside and is getting a lot more used to grass. He had a good time playing with the girl's car and pretending to wash it. It was such a nice fun morning. Then I headed home to give Max a nap. After he woke up we had a fun lunch at Costco.

Max washing/driving the car

Savannah walking Max

Our two year anniversary!

2011-05-25T13:31:00.000-07:00

On May 23rd 2009 I married the man of my dreams. Cheesy? fine, but true.
I love Mason so much. He and I get along so well and he is always so sweet and loving. He is such an awesome dad to Max. He always makes sure I have the best Birthdays, Mothers Day's, and any other special day he always goes out of his way to make it extra special.
I love that we get each others jokes and have the same sense of humor.
I love my Mason and feel SOOOO lucky he is mine.

So onto what we did for our 2nd anniversary. We started our day off with homemade scones, which turned out to be delicious! Then we dropped Max off with his aunt Lexi and headed to lunch. We went to a really good authentic Venezuelan restaurant. Mason live din Venezuela for 2 years so he knew the good stuff. But when we ordered our fried fish we did not expect to get a WHOLE fried fish. Yeah it was pretty creepy. But all the food was so good! And Mason got his soda he loved when he was there. Next stop was miniature golf at Hollywood Connection. We wanted to go because that is where he took me on our very first date. It was so fun to relive it a bit and have fun just the two of us.
Then we went and saw Thor in 3D. Then after taking Max home he went to bed at 7:30! It was so nice to have a night with Mason.
It turned out to be a wonderful day.

Like my huge belly :)

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

2011-05-21T15:07:00.000-07:00

Max now knows(thanks in part to baby Einstein) where his head is. it is the cutest thing. He also knows where his nose, ears, and mouth are. He is so smart and is so happy and fun, I love my baby.
Also the tiny muscle shirt he is wearing is one we got from the hospital when he was born. I was going through all of his tiny newborn baby clothes to look at for Jack( I am so excited to use Max's clothes again!) and I found the shirt and decided to squeeze Max into it. It turned out quite adorable if I may say so. But going through all of those tiny clothes makes me soooo excited to have a little newborn again. Max is getting so big I forget he was once so little.

Meet Jack

2011-05-20T08:11:00.000-07:00

Dear baby Jack,

2011-05-19T16:25:00.000-07:00

We found out you are our little baby boy Jack today. Daddy and I dropped off your older brother Max at Aunt Lexi's house then headed to the doctors. Daddy and I were SO excited to find out what you were and we were SO happy when she told us you were a little boy, our Jack.
We also got another surprise, you are not due the 28th of September like we thought you are due the 28th of August! So we get to meet you even sooner my sweet boy.
Daddy and I are counting down the days until we get to snuggle and hold you, and see that sweet face of yours. I love you so much and am excited to meet you.

Love, Your Mommy

?

2011-05-18T11:24:00.000-07:00

We find out at 11am tomorrow!!!!
What are your guesses?

The Hogle Zoo

2011-05-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

Friday was such a beautiful day Mason's mom took us to the Zoo along with Mason's sister Lexi and her two girls, Savannah and Sienna.
We had so much fun. We packed a lunch and ate there then just took our time looking at each animal. Max got excited running around in the reptile house. We ended the day riding the train around the Zoo and eating ice cream cones, it was perfect.

Sienna and Mason in front of the little Monkeys

Me and Max

The Tiger was right up against the glass and all Max was interested in was the waterfall in the cage

Sienna and her favorite animal, a Tiger

Savannah

Sienna

Max enjoying his wagon ride with aunt Lexi

End of the day tired

Siennah, Mary(Mason's mom) Savannah, & Lexi on the train

SPRING!

2011-05-12T12:31:00.000-07:00

We have a beautiful dark tree out the back of our house that has gotten the prettiest pink blossoms. We went outside the other night to enjoy the cool spring weather. I love that summer is almost here and I feel like we are over the crazy spring weather, a few more rainy days I am sure but no more snow!!
They are even starting to clean out our pool, which I am so excited to take Max in for the first time.
Here is Max enjoying the blossoms.

He is crazy excited for summer also as you can see below...

Daddy helping Max walk in his crocs

SEE YOU SOON SUMMER!

Mornings

2011-04-30T20:18:00.000-07:00

Mason's Tattoo

2011-04-28T10:55:00.000-07:00

Mason had been planning and wanting this tattoo for awhile. He designed it and it represents his bass playing with the bass clefts and then the balance between music and family with the yin yang, then the top fancy M is for me and the bottom masculine M is for Maximus.
I love it. It looks so cool and he put a lot of thought into it.
We will add letters for each kid around the circle.
It was fun to watch it be done and Mase said it didn't hurt until after, but still not to bad.
(he got the tattoo back in the beginning of March)

Easter!

2011-04-25T09:49:00.000-07:00

For Easter this year we had a 10am brunch at Mason's parents. Max got a basket of cute little toys, two new outfits, and sandals. We hung out for awhile there and took Max outside to step on the grass for the first time. He was not so sure he kept tiptoeing and wanting to be picked up, it was funny to watch. We got a video of it that I need to put up.

Then we went home and relaxed while Max took a 2 1/2 hour nap :).

For dinner we planned on going to my brother Ben's fiances family dinner because they had invited all my family to get to know each other. But poor Mason had to spend the night at home because he had to get a CT scan the next day(today) for his kidney stones. And because they need to be able to see everything he had to hang out at home and take Laxative. So he did not have a very fun Easter evening.
So I went with my mom to the dinner. It turned out really fun and it was so nice getting to know Meggie's(Ben's Fiance) family. And the food was sooo good, Ben and Meggie are Vegan so they made a really good Saiten dish, I forget what it was called but I am craving some right now. My mom made two delicious sides and then a Vegan carrot cake for dessert, I have to say it was one of the best I have ever eaten and not just cause my mom made it.

My sweet sister Emily gave us all cute, Vegan, chocolate dipped, rice krispie bunny's. And for Max a cute Peter Rabbit finger puppet book and little stuffed bunny from Pottery Barn Kids.

It turned out to be a very fun, yummy, family filled Easter :).

A video

2011-04-18T10:07:00.000-07:00

This video was taken about a month ago but I just love it and wanted to share. Max loves his Baby Einstein dvd's. This one he is watching baby Noah with all the animals. He will bounce to all the music it is so cute.

Untitled from Meaghan M on Vimeo.

16 weeks

2011-04-15T13:16:00.000-07:00

I am 16 weeks pregnant today. I am feeling the baby so much, and I love it. I get so many little kicks and bumps during the day but mostly just before bed. I have been feeling really good and having more energy lately. But I will get those moments of just feeling so tired. Also Max is walking everywhere and can get into everything now. So its a little bit harder chasing after him. I cannot wait to find out if this is a girl or a boy, hopefully in a few weeks. My belly is growing and growing, I have really popped these last couple weeks. I hope you like my nice pajamas. And please excuse the dirty mirror.

And here is a picture of Max wondering why I'm taking a picture and not picking him up:
(just at that moment, I still hold and pick him up.)

Twin Peaks

2011-04-09T09:35:00.000-07:00

Mason and I have recently gotten into an old show called Twin Peaks. We just finished the first season and it draws you in so well. Its quirky and has its flaws but with the great characters, good story, and unique music you look past all the little flaws there are and just accept the quirkiness. I love getting into older shows because you don't have to wait forever for the next season, you can just watch it like one big long movie.

The story is about a teenage girl who gets murdered at the very beginning, so an F.B.I. agent, Agent Cooper (pictured below), comes to the town of Twin Peaks to help solve the murder. It gets so good with all the different characters and finding out who's who. It only went for 2 seasons and then they came out with a movie. So we are just waiting for the second season from Netflix. So if you need a fun, interesting, mystery show; start Twin Peaks.

Catch up

2011-04-07T10:42:00.000-07:00

So catching up a bit.
It was gorgeous weather on Thursday so Mason and I decided to get out of the house and go for a nice walk. I was craving donuts so we walked to Harmon's and got some, which were very satisfying. Then we walked to Scone Cutters because Harmon's did not have Mason's beloved chocolate bar doughnut. But since it was dinner time, we got a couple of veggie scone sandwiches and enjoyed eating them outside. Then we walked over to f.y.e and found tons of Simpson's season used and cheap, so we got season 6. We also got Tangled on blu-ray, which we had never seen before. It was so fun and I can't wait for more walks when the weather gets nice again.

Friday Mason got the day off and needed to practice the bass for that night, because the band he is in now asked him to play the second half of each set at Club 90. So Max and I just hung out and did some sidewalk chalk as seen below...

He does not get it yet, all he wants to do is put the chalk back into the box after I take it out. Then Max and I enjoyed an evening with my mom. It was so nice to hang out at her house and just talk. Then when she went to take us home at 10pm our power was out at our place. I didn't want to be home alone with my cell phone about to die, no power, and Mason not done with his show till 1am. So I just went back to my moms and tried to sleep till Mason was done. Mase picked us up at 1am and we headed home where the power was back on!

Saturday we just had a lazy day at home and Mase practiced a bit of the bass. Then we walked to Cafe Rio for dinner. When we were done it had started raining a little, so we bundled up Max in his stroller and walked home very fast. Mason went to play at club 90 again and had to drive home in the crazy snow storm that hit us that night. I cant wait for spring to really come.

So there is our last weekend and now its already the next weekend...I have been such a lazy blogger lately. I am determined to be more blogger active.

14 weeks

2011-04-01T12:26:00.000-07:00

I am now 14 weeks pregnant! This pregnancy is going by a lot faster because I have a little Max to look after. But I am trying to stop and remember to enjoy this pregnancy. I know they say its kinda to early to feel anything but I have felt a lot of little flutters lately and I love it so much. I am getting bigger faster this time around because it is my second but its nice to have a little belly so people will hopefully know I'm pregnant and not just pudgy:). I can't wait till we find out if its a boy or a girl which should only be in about 5 weeks or so! We have doctors appointment next Friday and I am so excited to hear the heartbeat again.

Max of course does not know anything different about my belly except that I tell him to be careful of it a lot and I jump if he falls on me. He is getting to be such a good walker, we just have to get him better at walking in shoes.

He joined me for my belly photo shoot.

Super Love Bug

2011-03-25T12:30:00.000-07:00

He is my super love bug:)

Maximus is 1!

2011-03-23T12:46:00.000-07:00

We had a party for Max on Saturday before his Birthday. We did it at Mason's parents and just had a few friends over and family. Max was so happy the whole time I loved it.
We had a sandwich bar so everyone with their different diets would each have something for them. Mason and I decided to get a vegan cake since we like doing vegan when we can and a few vegans would be attending. We got it from Cake Walk in Salt lake and it turned out really yummy.
We did a dinosaur theme since that is one thing Max seems to take an interest in. It was so fun and relaxing. It went smoother then I thought.

The Cake!

blowing out the candles(I blew them out)

first taste of something that sugary

And now there is no going back

On his Birthday, which is March 17th, yep St. Patrick's Day. He woke up to his present from Mason and I. We got him a Buzz Lightyear action figure. He was so happy when he saw the packaging, it was very cute. Then for breakfast we gave him mini waffles with a candle on top.

I love that smile

Then for his Birthday dinner we went out with family to The Mayan restaurant. I thought he would like all the cool things to touch and the waterfall and divers. And he loved it. He loved going around the waiting area and looking in all the big jugs. And he loved the water. The food was ok but the fun time with everyone was worth it. Then Max got sung "Happy Birthday" by us and our waiter.
It was a wonderful night and a good way to celebrate our 1 year old!
Before putting Max to bed I made sure to get in all the 'Happy Birthday's' I could.

Aunt Emily and Max at the Mayan

Emily and Colin

My mom and I

Tresa Max and Grandma

Savannah and Emily

Palmer and Lauren

Mason and Grandpa

Gabe and Lexi

Aunt Lexi

enjoying the waterfall

Surprise!

2011-03-22T18:03:00.000-07:00

I am pregnant!
I am now almost 13 weeks along and due September 27th. It was a big surprise to us but we are SO excited and glad Maximus gets a little brother or sister.

{at 10 weeks}

now for the story:
When we got back from Utah in January after our nice long Christmas vacation with family I started feeling nauseous pretty much every morning. I thought it was maybe stress from getting ready to move to Utah. But then a week before we moved I threw up in the morning. Mason and I both looked at each other and thought the same thing, I wasn't pregnant, was I? So we went and got some pregnancy tests and sure enough it was positive, then I took another one, positive. Then just to be sure the next morning I took a third test, positive again. So Mason and I said, we can do this. I was nervous at first thinking of Max and how he would be a older brother at 18 months but then I got excited and happy that they will be close. So now Mason and I are just filled with excitement for this new little sweet baby to be apart of our family.

We got to hear the heartbeat last Friday and it is one of the best things. It made me feel more connected to this little cutie. I can't wait till we get to see our little baby on the ultrasound or when I feel the movements inside my belly.

Nectarines

2011-03-10T12:16:00.000-08:00

Max loves fruit and especially sharing a sweet, juicy, nectarine with daddy.
And daddy loves sharing with his Maximus.

Oh I love those chunky legs! Not as chunky as they used to be though...

the end

A Sweet Story

2011-02-25T08:41:00.000-08:00

Yesterday after I put Max down for his second nap of the day I decided to relax. I made myself some toast and put on Terms of Endearment, which I knew would make me bawl but I was in the mood for a good movie.
About half an hour into it Max woke up. So I brought him downstairs and played with him as I watched the movie. He would crawl down the hall and look back at me to make sure I was going to chase after him. then try to crawl faster and scream and laugh as I came after him.
Near the end of the movie, of course I started crying. If you haven't seen it be prepared. As I sat there on the floor crying wiping my tears with a tissue, Max crawled up onto my lap, grabbed the tissue and started wiping my eyes for me. Then he leaned in and gave me a big opened mouth kiss on the lips, then continued to wipe my eyes. It was the sweetest thing in the world.
So thank you my sweet Maximus for taking care of me so well.

11 months

2011-02-22T09:41:00.000-08:00

Max turned 11 months last Thursday, I can't believe he is going to be 1 year old next month! My little baby is getting so big. He is so sweet and fun. Here are things Max does at 11 months:

-He loves to point, if anyone says "Hi" to him he points at something.

-He loves lights and fans. Whenever he see's one he points and goes "oooo"

-He still loves his bath time. When I start filling up the tub he stands by and screams with joy.

-He loves his daddy and his mommy. He gets so excited when daddy comes home from work he crawls right to him(we are still working on the walking thing although he is a great stander).

-He loves to say "dadada" "daddy" and wine for "mum-mummy"

-He gives the sweetest kisses, big open mouthed. He will even just do it without being asked and lean into me for a kiss, I LOVE it :D.

-He loves music and will bounce his bum to it. He especially loves Incubus, what can I say he is his daddy's son.

-He loves when mommy brushes his teeth and gets excited for it.

-He does the cutest little "ahhhhhh..." when we spin him or when he is playing with his toys.

-He does not like baby food anymore, he wants whatever we are eating or food chopped up for him to feed himself.

-He loves teething biscuits and so do I, they keep him busy for awhile.

-He loves going to Grandma and Grandpas, he loves the dogs and their little kitchen play set. He will sit for awhile opening and shutting the doors and putting things in them.

-He already has a secret hiding spot. In the wooden cradle in his room under his big teddy bear, I found lots of puzzle and train set pieces. I see him go over to it and take things out and look at them then put them back.

Doing his karate kick at Bonsai

Eating so good at Bonsai for dinner

Waiting for daddy at Ikea

sleeping on our bed

playing at Grandma and Grandpas

at the Dinosaur museum, pointing at everything

Enjoying lunch with Mommy and Nonna at Whole Foods

I love my little cute bum so much and am so excited to watch him grow and learn more. I feel so lucky to have gotten such a sweet, handsome, cute boy.
I love you my Maximus!!

New shoes for Max and a space for me

2011-02-21T10:32:00.000-08:00

On Saturday Mason and I headed out to Ikea for lunch and some shopping. We went to get me a desk where I can do all my projects and painting and stuff. SO we enjoyed a yummy lunch and then found me the perfect desk and chair, well we got two desks and put them together so I would have more space. so at the end of our shopping Mason went to get the car for Max and I. Then I got a call that our back right tire was completely flat. Thank goodness for family so close, Mason's parents came to our rescue. We changed to a spare and drove to a car shop.
So on Sunday we took it in for them to finish some things up, and to pass the time we walked around the mall. We figure Max needs some shoes for when he starts walking around this summer so we got him a couple of pairs to start him out...He has such chubby wide feet we had to go with the wider skater shoes.
He looks so adorable in them, but is still not so sure of them.

And now I present my work space...

I love it so much I have all my things within reach. It is up in our loft in our master bedroom. We also have the desktop computer and desk all set up and Mason's music stuff, AND a mini fridge with yummy stuff soon to be in it. Poor Mason got 5 blisters from putting the legs on both desks, all because he loves me :).

More of my area

A picture of me and my little sister Emily I love

Happy Valentines Day!

2011-02-14T12:15:00.000-08:00

For Valentines Mason surprised me last Wednesday that we were going out to lunch and going to see Ballet Wests performance of Sleeping Beauty! I have such an awesome husband :). So Saturday we dropped Max off at Masons parents and headed to lunch. We were planning on Bonsai but we realized it wasn't open till 4pm so we settled on Paradise Cafe. We got to the ballet and loved it. It was so fun and there were so many cute little girls all dressed up and so excited about being at a Ballet(I can't wait to have a little girl to share stuff like this with). After spending our lovely time together we picked up Max, who could have cared less if we didn't come back for a few more hours, he loves his Grandma and Grandpa.

So for Valentines Day today Mason woke up and made us all yummy waffles with our new awesome waffle maker I got for Christmas from his parents. Mason ran out last night to grab all the yummy stuff for the toppings. They turned out soo good.So we decided since Bonsai was closed when we wanted to go we are going to go as a family tonight for dinner, I can't wait!

I am so lucky to have such a sexy, handsome, loving husband who knows me so well. And for a sweet, cute, handsome baby boy who smiles so sweetly at me and calls me "my mum mum mum".
Happy Valentines my Sweethearts ;)

here is a picture of our front door of our new place:

Valentines decorations

Yummy waffle!

All the fixings

Max enjoying his blueberries and waffles

He is happy its Valentines day

The move

2011-02-03T10:14:00.000-08:00

We have moved, from sunny California to cold Utah. And we are loving it. I love being close to family and our new house is so cozy.

Friday January 29th Mason's parents came out and we loaded up the moving truck all day, Then drove to his grandparents for the night. The next day Max and I flew out to Utah.
I was nervous flying alone with him again, but he was AWESOME! The first flight he was cute and happy, although very squirmy. I could tell he just needed to fall asleep. We had a layover in Phoenix. Which when I got off I had time to go to the bathroom(which isn't very easy traveling with a baby and no stroller...) and then they announced that our flight was boarding. The second flight Max just fell asleep after we took off and slept the entire flight. It was great.
Max and I spent the night at Mason's parents. Then Sunday Mason and his parents arrived with the truck.
We moved all our stuff in Monday. And had a nice dinner at Spaghetti Factory with Mason's family.
So now we just keep unpacking, which is going to take awhile...

So yes we are now Utahans again.

Maximus sitting in our old apartment watching baby Einstein.

Max in his new room(he has his own now!) playing with his train set

grabbing books to read(in his new room)

Hi

2011-01-17T15:38:00.000-08:00

I have been a blog slacker. I am so busy with Max moving everywhere and eating more. And PACKING, we have so much packing to do.

So enjoy the cute picture of Maximus in a box.

Bringing in 2011

2011-01-09T12:49:00.000-08:00

For New Years Eve we spent it over at Mason's sister Lexi's house. We watched the countdown in times square, ate pizza, and other yummy treats. We tried to put Max to sleep in their office, which he did sleep for an hour. But when he woke up at 11pm we decided it would be best to head back over to Masons parents to get him to bed and spend the rest of the night just the three of us. When we got there Max stayed up with us and we counted down to midnight together. We spent the first second of the new year in a family hug, and a kiss between me and Mason :).
We had a very eventful wonderful year(more on that later) And I look forward to what this year will bring, including MOVING TO UTAH. Yep that's right, you read that right. We decided for different reasons but mainly family and a better social life. So that will be a big change.

Boxing day

2011-01-07T10:51:00.000-08:00

For Boxing day all my Family that was in Utah got together at my moms. Max and I started out our day playing with his new toys...

Mason and I also ran some last minute errands for everyone. Ben and Meggie were there along with Emily and Colin, Josh, and my mom. And of course Mason, Maximus and I. We had a yummy dinner of Vegan Black Bean soup and a sandwich bar, which was sooooooo good. Ben and Meggie brought some delicious vegan bread for the sandwiches and it was probably some of the best bread I have ever had. We all sat around and talked and laughed. We gave out gifts to each other. Ben and Meggie made us all our own boxes filled with vegan treats, one of the best presents ever. You can see what was in them on Meggie and Ben's blog. We also gave out our last minute gifts we got everyone.
After we were all full Everyone left to go see Black Swan, while Mason and I put Max to bed and watched Anchor Man together while enjoying a late night sandwich.

Chrismas Dinner

2011-01-06T15:26:00.000-08:00

For Christmas dinner we headed over to my moms house. Max was all cute in his new outfit and had all his new toys to play with. I watched as my mom and Emily prepared the delicious dinner of Vegan lasagna, french bread, a yummy salad, and for the occasion Champagne. After we set the table we opened gifts to each other. We got Emily and Colin a nice Pie plate, my mom a shirt, And nothing for Josh(we saved it for boxing day when Ben and Meggie would be there). My mom gave me a cute brown sweater, Mason a nice shirt, and Max a cute long sleeve striped shirt, a short sleeve airplane shirt and a cool mother goose electronic book. And Emily and Colin got us How to Train Your Dragon on blueray with a yummy brownie mix.

After opening gifts we put Max to bed and ate our wonderful dinner while we talked and just enjoyed being together.

Emily cutting the broccoli for the lasagna

Colin & Emily as an Indian women

Emily being the tree

Max's first Christmas ornament
and other very old ornaments on my moms tree

The lovely table setting, with our traditional Christmas crackers

Josh opening his gift

He liked his shirt from Emily and Colin

Max interested in the tree

Colin pouring the Champagne

Our dinner...mmm

Our crowns from the Christmas crackers

Christmas Morning

2011-01-06T14:33:00.000-08:00

On Christmas Morning we woke up with the girls(Savannah & Sienna) all excited and ready to see what Santa had left them. Max of course didn't know what was going on but he was really happy, which I was so glad about considering his horrible night. He had the best reactions to his toys. Mason's family's tradition is to have all the Santa gifts unwrapped in a pile for each kid. And when Max saw his Buzz Lightyear ride on toy he was so happy and excited. It was such a great morning watching the girls open all their gifts and get so excited about things. Max loved all his toys(thank you Grandma and Grandpa) He got spoiled but so did I :).

Masons Mom had made us all matching pajamas that we opened on Christmas eve. So we all had matching pants it was so fun. And the 3 little kids all had matching shirts.

Max's new comforter

Opening presents!

Maximus on his Buzz Lightyear ride on car

Chewing on his "pear" from one of his colour boxes

Max's Pile of presents...

Mason figuring out Max's new sesame street remote

Tresa!(Max's aunt)

His new piano, which he LOVES

Max's first LEGOS!

Our pile :)

Christmas Eve

2010-12-31T16:28:00.000-08:00

We spent Christmas Eve with Mason's family. It was our little family and all 3 of his siblings. His sister who has 2 girls slept over Christmas Eve, so we all woke up together. I found out how much Max loves animals, he squeals when he pets dubs, Mason's parents dog. And the animals are so cute with him. We also made sugar cookies for Santa.

Poor Max got a cold the day after we got to Utah and he wasn't doing to good on Christmas eve. We went to put him to bed and decided after a little bit he needed some medicine, but because he had so much flem and he got so upset after I put the medicine in his mouth he just threw it all up. It was so sad and I felt so bad for him. So after another dose he kept it down. We decided to let him hang out with us for a bit to make him happy.

We finally all settled in for the night and waited for Santa to come.

Max and his cousins Sienna & Savannah

Sienna making cookies for Santa

Max and his aunt Lexi

Savannah loves holding Max

Arriving in Utah

2010-12-31T16:01:00.000-08:00

We flew into Utah on Tuesday the 21st of December. When we got here I realized I forgot how cold it gets.

We went to claim our luggage and Max's car seat was missing. So we had to borrow one from Southwest. Which wasn't to bad, and we got to pick it up for a $50 travel voucher :).

So when we got there we stopped by Mason's parents to say hello and then met up with my sister Emily and our friend Lindsay, for Lindsay's birthday brunch. We were going to go to Eggs in the City but didn't realize they closed at 2pm(it was a very late brunch). So Emily suggested Blue Plate Diner. It was all very yummy and a fun place, to bad I didn't take any pictures.

After that we headed up to my moms house. She does Raw Food for a family in Park City so Emily helped her out with that while we hung out and talked. It was a very nice first day.

Emily and my mom being awesome.

Mason relaxing with Max in my moms room.

Merry (late) Christmas

2010-12-26T09:37:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!
We had an awesome one spent with family.

And it is so much better having a little baby to share it with.
Max had a perfect 1st Christmas.
{even though he had/still has an annoying cold}

Here is Maximus so excited after opening his new laugh and learn piano,
from Grandma and Grandpa.

More to come...
and Happy Boxing Day!

Little crawler boy

2010-12-19T16:12:00.000-08:00

Max is crawling EVERYWHERE now. He does not like to sit still for long and always goes strait for the computer desk or other things he shouldn't touch. He is so funny and loves to stand up on anything he can hold onto. He also is doing the cutest thing where he wrinkles his nose up and shows his teeth while breathing really fast, It makes me laugh. He also likes to pretend cough so Mason or I say "Oh are you ok!?". He is getting such a little personality and I love seeing it grow more and more.

Here are some pictures from the other night of him crawling up and down the hall.

Max and his Aunt Tresa(Mason's sister)

His sly smile

He is blowing spit between his lips to make noise

Polaroids

2010-12-16T14:50:00.000-08:00

Just some random pictures from December so far
{I don't have a Polaroid camera, I just made them on my computer}

Our weekend and an Army Christmas

2010-12-13T15:59:00.000-08:00

Over the weekend we drove out to Mason's grandparents to go to Tresa's(Mason's sister) army Christmas party. We had a good time and I held a real gun for the first time, a Beretta M-19(I think?). I felt pretty cool. They served a lunch and had a band playing, and it was just nice to be there together hanging out.

While at Mason's grandparents we did a lot of laundry to get ready for Utah, and because it costs us to do laundry at our apartment.

We did a lot of pandora Christmas radio listening and watched all the Christmas specials, like The Office(which is just going further and further down hill), 30 Rock(not as good as the old seasons but still rooting for it), Modern Family(still not sure if we still want to keep watching this one, it started out so good the first season and has disappointed all this season) And best for last Community( Mason and I like this one the best) It was so great and I loved the stop motion animation for Christmas.

We took it easy on Sunday just hanging out at home. And Mason and Max had a nice morning together just laughing and hanging out. I folded all our laundry and now we are onto another week to get through. And then next week UTAH!!
How was your weekend?

Excited!

2010-12-10T13:30:00.000-08:00

I am so excited for Utah! For one I get to see these people:

And I love visiting home. Being at my moms house while she makes me yummy food. It is so cozy at my moms. She has informed me that her tree is up and all the Christmas stuff is out. I love having long talks with my mom and driving to Salt Lake and going to cute coffee shops together. I am also so excited to see my little sister Emily. We used to be inseparable growing up. And I miss that. I miss car rides listening to Death Cab For Cutie. Emily and I are going to go through all of our old toys and things at my moms, I love doing that and reminiscing about things.

I also get to go to brunch with our friend Lindsay for her birthday who I have known for like 14 years? yeah we go way back. Her family was pretty much mine and Emily's second family growing up. And we get to see all of them.

And I get to see my friends I grew up with, Stacy, Kaitlin, Hayley, Kyle, and Jo. Oh I am so excited to laugh with them and for them to meet my Maximus some of them for the first time! I can't believe this will be their first time meeting him and he is almost 9 months old. But we are going to watch our old crazy movies we used to make which should be a grand ol' time. I miss them so much

I get to see my brother's Josh and Ben, and Meggie, Ben's girlfriend. I am so excited!!

We get to see Mason's family who I love! We get to spend time at his parents and seeing his sister Alexis and her two girls Savannah and Seinna.

Oh I love Christmas and family.

Only 1 week and 3days!

Me and my boy

2010-12-09T14:45:00.000-08:00

Max can be such a mommy's boy. And I love it, most of the time. He loves me to hold him as I do things and every time I am near he crawls over and pulls himself onto my lap. Or if I'm sitting in a chair he tries to pull himself up on the chair to sit with me. He has to drink out of the glass that I am drinking from, every time I take a sip Max gets a sip. He gives me the cutest smiles, I love it when I'm being silly or say something funny he almost give me a smile like he gets the joke. We have a lot of fun together, and of course when daddy is there the three of us have the best time.
He has also let me rock him to sleep again, he didn't want it for a little while. But now he puts his head on my shoulder and moans himself to sleep.

He loves the beginning of Toy Story 2. Just the beginning though, as soon as the video game part with buzz is over he is done. But whenever I put it on for him he squeals and gives me the cutest smile as soon as he see's the Disney castle. It is the cutest thing.

He is also loving his new freedom of crawling everywhere. And pulling himself up to stand.

He loves it when I give him Eskimo kisses. And I love love love his big slobbery open mouth kisses :).

a post from Max

2010-12-08T13:25:00.000-08:00

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He is a genius. You can try and decipher it...

bubbles

2010-12-06T16:42:00.000-08:00

Since Max has been crawling so much I wanted to vacuum. And since he is afraid of the vacuum Mason took him outside to blow bubbles. Mase is such a great dad. Max loves his bubbles and his daddy.

Max in the morning

2010-12-05T15:37:00.000-08:00

I love mornings with my Max. He is always so happy and talkative.
So here is a video of Max at 7:00am.

cute max from Meaghan M on Vimeo.

belli capelli

2010-12-04T20:18:00.000-08:00

Don't forget to check out my etsy shop if you are looking for a unique gift for someone.
Or get a cute handmade bobby pin to go with your new Christmas outfit :)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/bellicapelli

I also have a painting I did up for sale.

At the park

2010-12-03T14:28:00.000-08:00

Today is such a beautiful day here in California so I decided to take Max out. So we took a walk to our nearby park.
He got to play in the sand for the first time and we swung while he watched the other kids play.

He was fascinated by the sand and loved rubbing it in his hands.

My handsome boy

After we played in the park, I laid out a blanket under a tree and we ate snacks, played the harmonica, and read books.
Max loves to put his fingers in the holes in "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". And eat the books.

We enjoyed some yummy snacks. And took in all the beautiful colours of the trees.

And then Max discovered my lens cap to my camera, and tried to eat it.

The trees around here are so pretty and so many different colours. That is one thing I love about living in California we get fall all winter pretty much. We can go to Utah and enjoy the snow but after we get to come back home and enjoy this:

10 favorite Christmas movies

2010-12-02T14:00:00.000-08:00

I thought I would share 10 of my favorite Christmas movies.
The ones I try to watch every year.
so here is the list:

(from left to right, top to bottom)

-All I want for Christmas-
A classic Emily and I discovered when we were little.

-Elf -
who doesn't love this movie?
"thank you, thank you" that's for Emily:)

-Home Alone-
CLASSIC

-Home Alone 2:Lost in New York-
I cant go a Christmas without watching this one

-The Family Stone-
This is a more recent one, and a bit cheesy at times.
But I love all the actors in it and it feels
kinda like my family's Christmas so it makes me happy.

-Miracle on 34th Street-
The newer version. I love this movie, I love a lot of New York
Christmas movies. And the little girl in it is so cute.

-It's A Wonderful Life-
Everyone loves this movie. It is just a great one and who doesn't
love Jimmy Stewart's classic voice?
"George Bailey I'll love you till the day I die."

-A Christmas Story-
This is played on TBS all day on Christmas day.
Mason's sister Tresa's tradition is to have it play in the background all day.
I think its fun and I love seeing all the classic scenes.

-The Santa Claus-
This one reminds me of being little and enjoying these cheesy movies.

-Scrooged-
Bill Murray is so classic in this. I watched this on TV recently and forgot how funny it is.

So there you go, my 10 picks of my favorite Christmas movies
to watch during the holiday season.
Let me know if there are any other good ones I should be watching.

'tis the season

2010-12-01T13:12:00.000-08:00

for sickness, Mason and I both have sinus cold crap going on and its not fun.
But it is also the holiday season, and now that wonderful Thanksgiving is over I am so excited for Christmas!
Mason and I are lucky enough to be able to go home to our family's in Utah this Christmas.
It will be Max's first Christmas and there will be snow for him!

This is how Max and I spend most of our days...

cuddled up, me in my pj's with my crazy Bellatrix Lestrange looking hair, Max most of the time just in a onsie our t-shirt and socks. And we get to play all day.

We took a lovely 2 hour nap together today, I decided I should since I am sick and he kept me up a lot last night. He is just so restless at night lately.
I have also been drinking a lot of hot chocolate, to stay cozy and make it feel more like Christmas time. Even though its a nice 72 degrees here today.
Oh I am so excited for snow.

Thanksgiving

2010-11-29T11:04:00.000-08:00

For Thanksgiving Mason's mom and dad flew out from Utah and spent the week with us. We spent most of the week out at Mason's Grandparents. We had such a good time with family and talking and food. Mason and I enjoyed our delicious Tofurky while everyone else feasted on the barbecued turkey. Everything tasted so good.

I love the holiday season and this year it is 10 times better because we have our Maximus.

Now the countdown to Christmas begins!

Max's Thanksgiving dinner

the food

Mason carving our tofurky

We found a handkerchief and made Max a Babushka

don't mess with this babushka

Happy.

2010-11-23T10:41:00.000-08:00

I am happy, we get to go to Utah for Christmas!

Max is ready for the cold with his new hat and mittens...

also
Happy Thanksgiving
week! food.

Warning: graphic content (as in, blood and cuts)

2010-11-21T10:45:00.000-08:00

First let me explain Mason's stitches. Since high school mason has had this small bump on the top of his head. Nothing serious, it was called a pilar cyst and was harmless. But he preferred to have it gone and so did the doctor. So after having it for 11 years or so he got it removed. It was a simple procedure, he just went in they cut it open, removed it, and stitched it up. Then he just came home.

I think his stitches look pretty cool. He gets them out on Monday and will have a nice scar.

Now for my silly story. The other night I was goofing around with Max, saying "march around the house, march around the house" while walking around our kitchen( I know I'm weird but Max thinks its fun). I was walking kinda fast and I was going from our kitchen into the dining room, and my foot caught on the rug in our kitchen and I fell to the floor face first with Max in my arms. I first made sure Max was ok, he was. I had landed on my other arm so he didnt even hit the ground, he just kinda rolled with me so he was all good. But I felt my knee bash on the medal strip between the carpet and tile, I looked down and it was cut open. I felt pretty dumb. Mason had come over to pick up Max and make sure we were ok, as I was making noises cause my knee hurt Max was so sweet just staring at me making sure I was ok, he looked so concerned. I looked up and smiled and said mommy is ok, and he smiled back so sweetly.

So yeah kinda dumb on my part but I am just glad Max was ok. I will make sure to be more careful when I march around the house :).

A love story

2010-11-18T15:17:00.000-08:00

I want to write down the story of the night Mason and I fell in love.

But first I need to go back a bit.

On September 30th 2004 I went to my friend Ashlee's 16th Birthday party. That night I turned 18. Mason's band came to play for the party and the bass player(being Mason) caught my eye. I was to shy and scared to give him my number so I had Ashlee's mom give it to him.

So because of different situations we didn't go on our first date until March of 2005. We dated until that July and then broke up. I wanted to date other people, so I broke up with Mason.

We kept in touch over that time writing emails once in awhile.

Fast forward to October of 2006. Mason emailed me telling me he was leaving to go to school in New York and if I would like to go out to dinner to catch up. I, of course, said yes. So we had a really nice talk and I wished him good luck in New York and to keep in touch.

We talked on msn and through texting. Then he came back to Utah for Christmas and we hung out a couple of times.

We stopped talking for a couple of months and then I decided to text him and we got talking again and discussed how I should go out there to visit. I figured I had the money and I'd always wanted to go to New York. I had also started getting feelings for Mason again and that was a big motivation.

So on July 4th 2007 I flew to JFK. Mason took me on the subway and to his apartment in Long Island City. While I was there Mason shared his city he had gotten to know over the past year, with me.

On Friday July 6th Mason and I went into Manhattan and got lunch at a soup shop. We took it to Bryant Park and ate together. He had a recording class for a couple of hours so he told me he would meet me afterwords and left me to explore on my own. I still wasn't comfortable taking the subway down to his school so I walked up 5th avenue from the Library. I stopped on the steps of St. Patricks Cathedral and talked to my mom on the phone and told her how amazing New York was. I continued up to Central Park, I sat down on a bench in the park to read my book. Mason met up with me and we planned to go to see the movie Once. Mason had seen it with his sister while she was visiting before I came out and had told me how amazing it was. We were both hungry so we tried to find a place to eat quickly, but there was only pizza shops or sit down restaurants. So I suggested we just go to a grocery store and get a few things. We then walked to the theater, which was somewhere on the upper east side. We sat down in the theater with only two other people in it and waited for the movie to start. I have to say Once is one of the best films, the music and feeling it has is just so awesome. After the movie we were both left with a very happy feeling. We set off to go to Serendipity3 but the line was absurdly long so we decided to just walk around. We walked past the Queensboro bridge and decided to hop on the subway to go home.

That is the night I fell in love with Mason, I know it doesn't sound like much but it was. We held hands that night while walking around and I just had the happiest feeling. The butterflies in your stomach feeling. The knowing that there is a special connection between you and this other person. I was in love.

After that night the rest of my visit was wonderful. That Sunday as we sat on the swings in Riverside Park(which came to be one of our most special places) We talked a lot about so many different things and that is when I made the final decision to move out to be with Mason in New York. Which turned out to be the best decision in my life.

The End.. to that chapter at least.

8 months old

2010-11-17T16:32:00.000-08:00

Max is 8 months old today.. 8 MONTHS!

He is so sweet and I love him more then I can say.

Here are things Max does at 8 months:
He claps his hands
Every time he hears music he has to rock back and forth or move his arms
He gives big open mouth kisses
He drinks from a sippy cup
He can kinda crawl( hes working on it)
He can pull himself up to a standing position
He has the cutest looks
He has 4 new top teeth
He is a pro sitter now
He can switch the light switch on and off

Things Max loves:
His baths. He gets so excited when I start running the water and starts splashing right when I put him in.
He loves water and drinking it from any cup I'm drinking from
His daddy. He gets excited anytime he comes into the room.
He likes us to walk him around the house and show him things such as, magnets on the fridge.
He loves to pull them off and try to put them in his mouth or in mommy's mouth while he smiles.
Playing with water bottles
Chewing on daddy's watch
Touching Daddy's guitar's
Grabbing mommy and daddy's glasses

Here is a video of him enjoying his bath.

Max in the bath from Meaghan M on Vimeo.