Dani & Paul

Snow Days

2012-01-29T19:27:00.000-08:00

About 2 weeks ago, we had a very bad snow storm. It started snowing on Sunday while we were at church. When we got to church there was no snow and then 2 hours went by and church was canceled because of how much snow was on the ground. We came home and of course we played in the snow. This was the first snow of the season. Max had so much fun, but Chloe didn't know what to think.
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Then on Wednesday we woke up to all this snow on the ground. Schools were closed, offices were closed, buses weren't running ,people lost power, people were cross country skiing on the streets, and sledding like crazy. The kids had a lot of fun. I would have to say the snow does make things really pretty, but I am glad that it is already gone. With all that snow that we got, we were stuck in our house for a couple of days and I was going crazy

Max turns 3!

2012-01-24T12:58:00.000-08:00

In the beginning of January Max celebrated his 3rd birthday. I can't believe that my little boy is already 3 years old. He is getting so big. He weighs 30 pounds and is in the 75th percentile in height. He is fully potty trained except at night of course. He is in primary now and loves it. He loves playing with Chloe and he is such a great big brother to her. His favorite toys are still any kind of cars.
This year for his birthday we had a big family celebration a couple of days before his birthday. We had a pizza party, cake and presents. And once again Max got very spoiled by everyone in the family. Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts. Max is in heaven with all his new toys. Then on is actual birthday went to 321 bounce as a family and had so much fun. Chloe isn't old enough so Paul and I would take turns playing with Max on all the different bounce houses and he loved it.
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Then after jumping and playing, we went out to lunch to celebrate his birthday. We went to Red Robin because Max loves french fries and I think they have some good one. They brought him some ice cream and sang to him for his birthday. He was a little shy while they were singing, but he felt pretty special.

Mexico

2012-01-09T13:03:00.000-08:00

This year for Christmas, we were able to spend a week in Mexico for a family reunion. It was a great and very needed trip. We stayed at a great house that was right on the beach and it also had a pool. During the week we were able to relax and enjoy the beautiful sunshine and each others company. The kids had so much fun playing in the sand, running away from the waves, playing in the pool and just playing with all the cousins. It is very rare to have all the cousins in one place at one time, so it was so much fun to see how much fun they all had together. It was a great and fun trip

Paul and Chloe trying to catch a wave

Max had so much fun playing in the sand and with all of his cousins.

Our only family picture that we took all week

All the cousins except Mira, in there Christmas pjs while watching a movie.

Grandma and Grandpa gave them very cute outfits from Honderous and were finally able to wear them in Mexico.

Chloe loved the sand. She would spend hours with a bucket of water, a shovel, and the sand.

The house

The view from the house

For more pictures of the trip click here

Christmas Spirit

2011-12-14T20:03:00.000-08:00

This year Christmas has come up way too fast for me. I am usually one of those people that listen's to Christmas music before Thanksgiving, but I have now just started to listen to Christmas music. We have been super busy and time just keeps flying us by. Anyways, I have been trying to get in the holiday spirit by doing some of the must for the Christmas season before leaving on family vacation.

The first thing we did was go cut our Christmas tree down. It was cold, but sunny so it was a perfect fun day.

Max had so much fun watching daddy cut the tree down. He wants to be just like his dad.

Making Gingerbread house is another must for Christmas time.

Once again, I think the kids had more fun eating the candy instead of decorating it.

Another must do for Christmas time is see Santa. Max was a little scared at first so we spent about 10 minutes watching other kids sitting on Santa's lap and then finally he decided to give it a try.

We always have to decorate cookies for Christmas. The kids had so much fun decorating and eating the frosting.

We decided to get all dressed up and go downtown in Seattle to see Santa

Santa had his arms full with baby Mira and Chloe, so Max got the rocking chair

We always have to go on the Merry Go Round during Christmas time. First year that we didn't have to wait in line.

My dad treated us to Blue C Sushi and let me say that this place is delicious. My kids had so much fun watching all the food go by. They were so entertained. I love it.

Thanksgiving & Wedding

2011-12-05T10:14:00.000-08:00

For Thanksgiving we went down to Rancho because Paul's brother got married the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It was a fun trip and little tiring at the same time. Both the kids got sick while we were there so that was a little hard. But it was so good to see Paul's mom. She was able to come home for the wedding, so that was exciting because we have not seen her for about 1 1/2 years. We were sad not to see Ron there, but it was good to see him on Skype for the wedding.

This jeep was Max and Chloe's favorite toy to play with.

Ridding the train at the mall

David and Elaine got married in San Diego and it was the perfect day ever. It was sunny, blue skies and about 80 degrees. Being in great weather like that made me really miss living in Ca.

My 2 favorite boys in my life.

The happy new couple

The wedding party

We tried to get a family picture by the temple, but with both kids sick with a fever it was impossible. This was the best that we could do.

It was so nice to see friends that we haven't seen in such a long time. All in all it was a good trip. It was a good Thanksgiving and a good wedding.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

To see more pictures of the trip and wedding click here

Best bday present

2011-11-07T13:31:00.000-08:00

This year I got the best birthday present ever. My little niece decided to be born on my birthday. Mira Sophia Ait Hamd was born on November 3rd at 11:18am. She was 6 pounds 5 ounces and 19 inches long. Both her and I were suppose to be born on Halloween, but both of us decided to be born on November 3rd instead. I am so lucky to share a birthday with this little girl. She is so cute and so prefect. Congratulations again to Kim and Adil and their precious little daughter.

Babs and Mira who is the eighth grandchild

When max met Mira for the first time he was so excited. He kept touching her toes and head and kept saying "baby, baby." He was being really cute with her.

Halloween

2011-11-07T12:42:00.000-08:00

This year was our first Halloween in Seattle and it was so much fun. The only problem was that Max and Chloe were getting over being sick. Well Chloe was still a little sick, but it didn't stop us from celebrating. This year Max was a fireman because he loves fire trucks so much. He had so much fun wearing his outfit. Chloe was a pig because Barbie gave it to me to borrow. Her costume was a little big, but once we put a lot of layers underneath it was perfect.

In the early afternoon we headed to a shopping center to do some trick or treating. Kim joined us which was a lot of fun and made it easier to have some help. The kids had so much fun going from store to store trick or treating. Max was a little sad when we were all done. He wanted to keep going and going. Chloe loved picking a piece of candy and putting it into her basket. When her basket was full and heavy, I tried to hold it for her but she would not let me. Instead she held onto it nice and tight and dragged the basket on the ground. She had so much fun.

After trick or treating at the stores, we went to granddad's and Mimi's house to hang out the rest of the night and to go trick or treating. Skye and Max had so much fun together going from house to house.

My dad's neighborhood goes full out. I have never seen anything like it. Every house was decorated from top to bottom. It was crazy. Some of the houses we had to skip because it was too scary for the kids.

My dad getting ready to scare kids

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-18T14:16:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, we decided to go to a pumpkin patch. This was not a little pumpkin patch like we went last year in Arizona. This farm was huge and it had so much to do and there were tons of people. The best part about the pumpkin patch was all the animals. The kids love seeing and touching all the farm animals. They also had lots of fun seeing all the pumpkins and of course going on a hay ride.

The animals were Chloe's very part. She was not scared of them at all.

Apple Picking

2011-10-09T14:41:00.000-07:00

On Saturday the kids and I went apple picking with Heidi, Eirik and Skye. I have never been apple picking before and it was so much fun. The apples that we picked were huge and delicious. The boys had so much fun picking apples, running and rolling around in the grass. I think the part that they liked the most was seeing all the farm animals like the goats, pigs, chickens, and cows. It was a fun day and now I have to make some apple pie, applesauce, apple pancakes and maybe some more apple desserts with all the apples we picked.

The boys trying to feed the cows.

Chloe is trying to give the goat some kisses.

Fun Things

2011-10-09T14:12:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of some things that we have done these last couple of weeks. We have been trying to do more things outside before the weather gets bad again.

We went hiking with some of the gang and it was a perfect hike for the kids.

Max and Skye had so much fun running a head of us and leading the way.

We went to the zoo one day with Skye and Eirik and of course the kids had so much fun.

The had so much fun running back and forth with the jaguar.

Having a movie night.

Having fun playing in the backyard.

Another zoo day.

Jason's Visit

2011-10-09T13:34:00.000-07:00

At the end of September Jason and Gabe came for a visit. It was so good to see my brother. I don't get to see him that often with him living in Ecuador, so it is always so much fun when he makes the trip to the states. This time he brought Gabe along with him. No one except for Babs has met him so it was so much fun getting to know my little nephew. He is the cutest thing ever. He is so cute with his dark brown eyes. We had so much fun spending time with them both and can't wait to see the rest of the family in December. Here are some pictures of all the fun things we did while Jason and Gabe were in Seattle.

Gabe's first time in a pool and he loved it after he got use to it.

This is how Chloe goes down slides. She always has to go backwards, but she does it all by herself.

Gabe loved this swing and pretty much fell asleep in it.

We were so lucky that we were able to celebrate Gabe's 1st birthday. We decorated the house, made our own pizzas, opened presents and of course had cake.

He is so cute!

Chloe loves dogs. She will follow them everyone. She will even get up to their face, so they will lick her face and mouth. She thinks it is so funny.

Thank you Jason and Gabe for making the long trip to Seattle to visit us. It was so much fun seeing you both and can't wait to see you guys again in December.

For more pictures of Jason's visit click here

Boating

2011-08-26T14:35:00.000-07:00

The other day we had a lot of fun going boating and enjoying the beautiful sunshine. It was Max and Chloe's first time on the boat and they loved it. Max was a little nervous at first, but then he loved it. Chloe on the other hand loved it from the start. She kept laughing especially when the water would splash her.

Visitors

2011-08-26T13:45:00.000-07:00

The first part of August, Ben and barbie came up for I visit. It was so good to see them and the kids. Max and Chloe had so much fun playing with there cousins. It was so great to see how well they play with each other. We did a lot of fun things. Here are some pictures during the week.

The day at the splash park!

The day at the zoo!

The day at the beach!

The day on a Navy ship!

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Greenlake and Sewer park

2011-08-10T20:33:00.000-07:00

The day after we had the little ER trip, I met up with Kim and Heidi at the lake where they live. We walked around the lake and then let the kids play at the playground. It was a gorgeous day to be outside and Max did great considering that the day before he was drugged up with medicine.

I used to make fun of these bikes because I just thought they were weird because they had no pedals and I just didnt think that would be fun. But then Max got on Skye's bike and he had so much fun. It took him some time to get use to it, but he was slowly getting it. I think I might have to get him one.

After Greenlake, Paul and I decided to have a picnic down at Sewer Park because it was such a nice day. There were so many people just enjoying the sunshine. It was such a great day with the sun shinny of the water. It was gorgeous. I love Seattle when it is nice and sunny. It is so pretty. I just wish that there was more sunshine and less clouds.

Flight Museum and then ER visit

2011-08-09T13:17:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago, Max and I were able to visit the flight museum with Eirik and Skye. Max had a blast looking at all the airplanes. Every where we looked he would say airplane, airplane, airplane. He was so excited to see all the different kinds of airplanes. Some were small and some were very big. In the museum there was a kid area which Max loved because he was able to sit in an airplane and helicopter which was very cool.

After the museum we went to Max's doctor appointment which later turned into an ER visit instead. Max had a bug bite, I think it was at least and well it was disgusting and not pretty and he would not let anyone touch it. I took him to the doctors and later found out that it was infected and that I needed to take him to the ER right away before it got worst. So we went to Seattle Children's hospital and they all thought it was MRSA. They had to put him under and make a little cut inside his leg to get all the infection out. It was scary to see him all drugged up, but he was a trooper. He did not cry once. He never cried when they put the IV or took blood. All the nurses loved him. The whole thing took about 5 hours. Once the medicine started wearing off we were able to go home. Max couldn't walk straight, so I had to hold his hand or either carry him the rest of the day. I did find out later that it was not MRSA which the doctors were very surprised, but it was a very bad staff infection. Anyways, he is doing great and his leg has healed very well.

5 years and Counting

2011-08-08T15:00:00.000-07:00

Five years ago on the 4th, was one of the happiest days of my life. It was the day that Paul and I were sealed together at the Oakland Temple for all time and eternity. I still can't believe we have been married for 5 years. It has gone by so fast. In these past 5 years we have done a lot together. We went on the best honeymoon, graduated college at the same time, moved to Arizona, had Max, traveled to California many times, had Chloe, moved to Washington, celebrated many holidays, made lots of memories, got in a couple of arguments and yes, I always win and most importantly we have loved and enjoyed each other. I have loved every minute of being married. I cannot image my life without Paul. He is such a great husband and father. I am so grateful for everything he does for our family. I love him with all my heart and I am so blessed that he is my husband and the father of my children.

Zoo

2011-07-13T15:00:00.000-07:00

On Chloe's actually birthday we decided to make a trip to the zoo. Dana and Zoe came along and it was so much fun. It is amazing how kids can never get sick of the zoo. They always have so much fun including myself. It was a perfect day.Chloe is officially 1 years old. She was so good. She sat in the stroller pretty much the whole time eating and looking at the animals.

This was the first time ever that I have seen a bear swimming in the water. It was a little scary having just the glass between you and this huge bear. I have never been this close to a bear before. It was so cool to see.

Max loves seeing the hippos, but I don't know why because all they do is sleep. But I think it is because he loves to say hippo and it was one of his first words regarding an animal.

Chloe 1 years old

2011-07-13T13:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Chloe turned 1 years old. I can't believe that she is 1 already. This past year has gone by so fast. I still remember the day that she was born. It was 10:50 in the morning when I heard a weird sound and to my surprise Chloe was born without even a push.Chloe Beverly Veirs
7 pounds 1 once and 19 inches long

Chloe is such a great little girl. She is a very easy child. The only time she really cries is when she is hungry, tired or when Max takes a toy away from her. People always tell me that she is always smiling and happy whenever they see her. Chloe is just a very happy little girl. She is very active and very loud especially for her size. She loves to crawl every where. I don't think she will ever walk because she knows that she can crawl just as fast. She loves her big brother so much. She loves to play, laugh and even wrestle with Max.

Chloe Beverly Veirs
16 pounds 6 ounces and 28 inches long

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY CHLOE.
We love you and we are so happy that you are in our lives. You bring so much joy and happiness into our lives. I thank Heavenly Father every day for sending you in our lives to be our precious little girl.

Chloe's 1st B-day Party

2011-07-10T14:29:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday we celebrated Chloe's first birthday. We went over to Granddad's and Mimi's house to celebrate. We made our own little pizzas, went swimming, had a pinata, ate cake and opened presents. It was a lot of fun and it was fun celebrating with family.

Max has gotten so comfortable and good at swimming in the pool.

I did decorate outside for the party even though you can't really tell

Happy Birthday Chloe!

Skye and Max making their own pizzas

Even though Chloe couldn't hit the pinata, we had to have one anyways. They are so much fun and Max and Skye had fun hitting it.

I made the same cake that I made for Max's 1st birthday. I gave Chloe the bottom cake and the boys/adults had the cupcakes.

I wanted the classic picture of the child eating their birthday cake and getting it all over their face. I tried it with Max, but he would not even touch his cake and Chloe just screamed when she touched it. I don't know what it is but they don't like to eat cake with their hands. One of these times I am going to get the classic birthday picture. I might just have to wait until they are 5 or 6 to get it.Happy Birthday Chloe!

4th of July

2011-07-10T14:22:00.000-07:00

We spent our first 4th of July in Seattle. It was a great day for Seattle. In the morning we went down to the lake to kayak and play at the little beach that they have down there. Then we went swimming and had a BBQ over at Granddad's and Mimi's house. It was a lot of fun and very relaxing. We didn't make it to the fireworks because the kids were so tired from a fun and exciting day.

Paul's Birthday Party

2011-06-27T16:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Paul!!! On Wednesday Paul turned 28. For his birthday, my mom watched the kids while we went to the temple and then went out to lunch. I forget how nice it is to eat without the kids around. I actually got to enjoy my meal. Then on Saturday, we celebrated Paul's birthday with the family. It was a lot of fun. We went swimming, ate some Mexican food, had a pinata, and had some cake.
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Max loves loves cake. Actually he only eats the frosting but that is the best part.

I love Max's eyes in the picture

Bab's Visit

2011-06-27T15:43:00.000-07:00

We got home from Cali on Tuesday and my mom came on Thursday. It was a little crazy, but it was a lot of fun to have her here. We went to the zoo, shopping, went out to lunch, got our toes down and hung out. It was really nice to have her here and the kids had so much fun with her. We only took a couple pictures and they were from the zoo.
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We got home from Cali on Tuesday and my mom came on Thursday. It was a little crazy, but it was a lot of fun to have her here. We went to the zoo, shopping, went out to lunch, got our toes down and hung out. It was really nice to have her here and the kids had so much fun with her. We only took a couple pictures and they were from the zoo.

Laguna Beach

2011-06-27T15:08:00.000-07:00

When we were in Southern California, we made a trip to Laguna. We always have to go to the beach while we are in Cali. We miss the beach so much and the kids love it. It was a perfect day while we were there. The best part while we were there was when the tide came in, the water kept coming up to where we were sitting and Max kept freaking out because the water kept getting the blankets wet. I don't know what it was but he would just freak out every time the water would get the blankets and towels wet. It was really funny to watch.

Disneyland

2011-06-16T13:52:00.000-07:00

Last week we went to Southern California. We decided to go last minute so we could meet Paul's brothers soon to be fiance. We are so glad that we made the trip. We had a lot of fun and it was so nice to get a way. While we were there we decided to spend the money and go to Disneyland for the day. I am so glad that we did because Max had so much fun. Yes, he had a hard time waiting in line for the rides, but he loved seeing all the characters. He did get a little scared in some of the rides when they were all dark, but his favorite ride was the tea cups. I do miss having our season passes to Disneyland. Maybe someday we will be back in Cali.
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Beach Day

2011-05-29T15:28:00.000-07:00

About 2 weeks or so, we had one of the best days ever so far. It was sunny and in the low 70s. Yes, it is sad that the low 70s is nice, but now living in Seattle 70s are very nice. Anyways, some friends and I decided to head to the beach and it was so much fun. The kids were able to be in their swimsuits and play in the sand.

Best Friends

2011-05-29T15:01:00.000-07:00

Max finally has a buddy to play with. My sister Heidi just moved here with her family from Boston. Her little boy, Skye is just 2 months younger than Max. Last week I spent every day at my dad's house, so Max and Skye could play together. They had so much fun together. I have never seen Max play with anyone like he played with Skye. They played in the dirt, ran around the pool, went swimming, went to the park and just played together. They never fought with each other. They learned how to share the bike, cars, and animals. It was so much fun seeing them play together. I am so happy that Max has a cousin to play with all the time. Here are some pictures of them playing together, but of course I could never get them to smile at me. They were just having too much fun playing.
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Easter

2011-04-27T07:42:00.000-07:00

This year we celebrated our first Easter in Seattle. On Saturday it was sunny and on Easter Sunday it was a little raining, but that is the weather here in Seattle. In the morning the kids went down stairs to find their Easter baskets on the table. Max was so excited on what he found. Then after we went to church, we went over to Granddad's and Mimi's house for a late brunch. We had lots of deliciuos food of course and then after we ate we had an Easter egg hunt while it wasn't raining. Max had a lot of fun finding all the eggs especially because he was the only kid this year, but next year he will have Skye, Chloe, and baby joining in on all the fun. Thanks for everyone for making it a special and fun Easter for Max.

I made the mistake of leaving Max downstairs with his Easter basket while I was getting ready for church. I found him with everything out of his basket, candy everywhere, chocolate unwrapped and his mouth full.

Easter picture of Max and Chloe

Get ready set go!

Max with all of his treasure!

Coloring Easter Eggs

2011-04-25T15:12:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday was the perfect day. It was so sunny in Seattle and warm from what it has been. It was the first day that I wore a short sleeve shirt this session and it felt so good. In the afternoon we went to the park to an Easter egg hunt and eat some food with our ward. It was a lot of fun especially because it was so nice outside. Max had so much finding all the eggs. After the park we went to Granddad and Mimi's house to color Easter eggs. Of course Max had a blast especially because we colored outside so we good enjoy the sun.

Max loves the dogs that Granddad and Mimi have. He loves to throw the ball, chase them with his cars, take them for walks and feed them.

Max was helping Mimi push all the water on the pool cover to one spot. He was such a good helper.

Docotr Visits

2011-04-15T12:44:00.001-07:00

Last week I took both kids to the doctors. Max finally had his 2 year old check up and Chloe had her 9 month check up. Both kids are doing great.
Max weighs 27 pounds and is healthy. The doctors does say that we need to cut down on his juice. We do fill up his cup mostly with water and just a little bit of juice, but apparently he should only have around 3 diapers. Right now I change his diaper about every 3 hours. So this means if I ever want to potty train him he needs to stop drinking so much. The doctor said every time he ask for juice I need to first give him some food to see if that helps. So that is what I am doing and hopefully it will work. I am hoping by the end of summer no more diapers.

Now, Chloe is 14 pounds. She is doing great, but the doctor is really worried about her weight. She is below the charts and only gained 1 pound in the last 3 months. We are going in a month for a weight check and until then I am suppose to feed her lots and lots of food. Apparently, Chloe is still nursing too much and not eating enough solid foods. The doctor told me that she should really only nurse about 3 times, but right now she nurses about 5 times during the day and 4 times at night. We are hoping if I feed her more solid foods then maybe she will sleep better because I am so tired of getting up about every 3hours during the night.

Part 2 with Babs

2011-04-15T12:40:00.001-07:00

Here are some more pictures taken while my mom was here. Sorry for the delay. Besides seeing the tulips, we went to the park, zoo, beach and even did some shopping. I love when people come to visit because it is a time for us to do some fun things.

It is not a ca beach, but its a good one for Seattle

Grammy Babs

2011-04-15T12:34:00.001-07:00

This last week, my mom came for a visit. It was a lot of fun to have her here and Max had so much fun with Babs. On Saturday, we decided to drive up to the tulip festival with my mom and Kim and Adil. It opened up the day before, but it was still early to see all the flowers. We still walked around and Max had so much fun. I couldn't believe how much energy he had. He would run around, splash in all the water, and roll around on the wet grass. Even though we didn't see that many flowers it was a great day trip because had so much fun.

Zoo

2011-03-30T18:32:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago, we went to the zoo with Zoe and Granddad. I love the Seattle Zoo. It is such a great zoo and it is the perfect size. Max always has so much fun at the zoo. He loves seeing all the different kinds of animals.

Backyard Fun

2011-03-30T18:16:00.000-07:00

The main reason why we rented the house that we did is for the backyard. It was the only house that we could find in our small budget with a good size backyard. Even though the house it just ok, the backyard makes up for it. It is nothing special, but it is a place for Max to run around.

One day we decided to take Max's ride along toy to the top of the hill and he would ride down on it. Now it is his favorite thing to do. When he goes down the hill he gets this big smile on his face and when he reaches the bottom he just starts laughing. It is really funny to watch him.

I love this picture! Chloe is so happy that she is starting to learn how to climb the stairs.

Snow Day

2011-03-04T14:05:00.000-08:00

About a week ago, it snowed a lot. Max has never really seen snow before so we decided to bundle him up and have some fun in our backyard. We went sledding down our little hill, throw snowballs at daddy, and built a snowman. It was a lot of fun. I felt bad for him because I haven't bought any snow pants or shoes for him, so It think he was a little cold but he was having too much fun to care.

We took the slide off of the playground that we have and use it has a sled. It worked perfect.

We didn't have anything really to use for the face so I used celery, but it didn't really work that well.

This is what our hill looked like when we were done. Max's favorite part was going sledding of course. It was the perfect 45 minutes and now I don't have to take him to the mountains to play in the snow. He was able to play right in our backyard.

The flu, cold and teething

2011-03-04T13:56:00.001-08:00

I feel like ever since we have moved here which was in January, both of my kids have been sick. I don't know what is going on, but they both have been sick for about 2 months now. Max has had the flu and the really bad cold. Chloe has had just the really bad cold and she is teething on top of that. We have had a couple of night where both of them don't sleep at all during the night because something hurts them. I feel so bad for both of them. I hate to see them in so much pain. So the last 2 weeks or so we have not really left our house. Every single time we go somewhere one of them gets worst, so I decided that we were going to stay inside and wait for this stupid cold to leave. Now Max is almost better and Chloe is on her way. Here are a few pictures of the kids.

Chloe 6 months

2011-02-17T14:34:00.000-08:00

Things have been very crazy around here for the last month, so right now I am trying to play catch up on my blog. Well last month Chloe turned 6 months on January 12. Right before we left Arizona, I had her 6 month check up and she weighed 13 1/2 pounds and was 25 inches long. It was our first doctors appointment in a very long time, but the doctor said everything looks great. The doctor said that I could start her on solids because now she is a pooping machine. She had her first cereal which she liked for about 2 days and now she hates it.
Chloe is a very happy little girl. She can entertain herself very easily, loves to talk, loves her big brother, is still very small, and loves to be held. She is a great baby until it is time for her to eat baby food and to go to sleep. Right now I can't get her to eat any kind of baby food which I never had this problem with Max. We are still trying to get a night time routine down. Chloe is a horrible sleeper. She did fine when we lived in Az, but when we moved into temporary housing everything changed. Now she wakes up about every 2 to 3 hours screaming and she will not stop screaming until I hold her and it has to be me. Paul will try to calm her down, but she wants her mommy. As soon as I take her she stops crying and goes right to sleep. Her problem is that she loves to be held and not laying down in her crib. But even though some nights are rough, I still love her.

She is so cute

They love taking a bath together. They have so much fun.

After doing the cereal we moved to veggies. Once again Chloe liked them for about 2 days and now it's a total struggle to get anything in her mouth that is on a spoon.
A couple of weeks ago, Chloe started to crawl. She is very slow, but at least she can get around own her own. Max loves that she moves around a lot more and starting to play with him.

Chloe also has learned how to sit up on her own. I think the day that she learned how to crawl was the day that she also starting sitting. Now I can't believe she is already 7 months old. She is growing up way to fast.

Max turns 2

2011-01-12T09:58:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Max. On Monday the 10th, Max turned 2 years old. I can't believe that I have a 2 year old. Where has the time gone. I still think of him as my little baby, but now he is a big boy. He is 2 now. That is just so crazy to me. Well, on Sunday we decided to celebrate his b-day at my dad's and I am so glad that we did because on Monday he got very sick. Anyways, it was so nice because I did not have to do a single thing for max's b-day. My sisters did everything. They got all the decorations, the food, the cake and they decorated the house. It was a perfect little party. Max had so much fun being in the spot light, making is own pizza, eating cake and getting presents. Thank you all for taking care of his b-day party. It was a perfect party.

Our first time being in snow since we have been in Seattle

Making his birthday pizza

Zoe and Dana had a lot of fun decorating Max's cake

Got to love the wrapping job

Chloe also had a great time at Max's b-day party

Here is a list of things Max is doing and loves now that he is 2:
-saying a lot more words
-calling dad, Paul which dad does not like very much
-playing with any kind of cars
-loves the word "no"
-loves making Chloe laugh
-is a very picky eater
-loves his juice
-loves dogs
-he can say how old he is
-loves his blankets still
-loves to jump, jump and jump
-he is really good at playing on our itouch which is a little scary
-he learns very fast

Max Happy Birthday! We hope that you had a great birthday and we love you so much

New Years in Rancho

2011-01-12T09:46:00.000-08:00

After we got back from Seattle, we decided to drive to Rancho and see Paul's family for New Years. It was a lot of fun to see everyone, but also a little weird not to have Paul's parents there. They were missed very much. On New Years we played games, ate and hung out with everyone. Paul was a little mad that he couldn't play soccer with everyone, but he hurt his back really bad when we had to move some things, but hopefully next time he will be able to play. Here are a few pictures of the trip.

All of the brothers together from tallest to shortest.

All the siblings together

Mark got both of my kids when the clock it 12. Thanks Mark for letting them sleep on you.

Christmas in Seattle

2011-01-12T09:06:00.000-08:00

This year we decided to spend Christmas in Seattle. It was a lot of fun to be with everyone and for Max to spend time with his cousins. Everyone was there except Jason who we all missed very much. Even though it was very crowed in the house with 12 adults, 5 kids and 4 dogs it was very fun just to be with everyone. While we were there we did some shopping, saw the famous gingerbread houses, saw the wonderful lights at the botanical gardens, went to the park, ate food, hung out and ate some more food. Even though vacation can be very tiring, I am so glad that we made the trip out. I love spending time with family.

Our little family Christmas

2011-01-12T08:53:00.000-08:00

Before we went to Seattle for Christmas, we decided to celebrate Christmas with our little family before we left. There was no way I was going to bring all of the kid's toys to Seattle so they could open them Christmas morning. So the Sunday before Christmas we woke up nice and early and had Max go to the Christmas tree. I think he was a little confuse when he saw all the presents, but as soon as he start opening them and realizing that all the weird boxes are toys he had a blast ripping all the paper off the boxes. It was a perfect little Christmas for our little family. Max got a lot of new toys and clothes, but his favorite present was some new cars. Chloe got clothes and some new toys as well.

Our little Christmas with our little tree. One of these years we are going to get a real tree. I hate fake trees.

My 2 favorite boys

Chloe didn't have her stocking for our little christmas, but she did have it on the actual Christmas morning.

I love this picture of him. It just makes me laugh

Playing with his new cars. I think he played with them all day.

Chloe 5 months

2010-12-15T08:06:00.001-08:00

This past Sunday, Chloe turned 5 months old. I can't believe that she is 5 months already. It has gone by way to fast. Why can't they just stay in that newborn stage forever or at least for a long time. Anyways, she has gotten so big. She rolls all over the place, loves to talk in her own little language, loves to laugh, loves loves her big brother, only wakes up once in the middle of the night, and she is just a great baby. The only time that she really cries is when she is hungry and tired. She is such an easy baby. She can entertain herself which is a great blessing especially because I have Max running around like a crazy man. Here are some pictures of Chloe.

She is so cute. I love her smile.

Max loves to read to Chloe and Chloe loves it.

Gingerbread house

2010-12-05T08:41:00.000-08:00

This past weekend, we decorated our gingerbread house. Every year I get a gingerbread kit from Costco because there is no way I will ever make one from scratch. This year was a lot of fun because Max was there to help. He put on all the candy while I frosted. By the end of decorating, half of the candy was gone and Max had frosting all over his hands and face. I love that Max is a little bit older now to help celebrate with us. Everything is always a lot more fun when you have kids to celebrate with.Max dancing to the Christmas music while eating the candy

Every picture that we took of him, he had something in his mouth. He loved the gummies.

Chloe didn't have fun decorating. All she wanted to do was go to bed.

The finish house.

Max loved the frosting especially the green one.

Max Time

2010-12-05T08:20:00.000-08:00

I felt like I needed to post about Max because he has been doing some very cute things lately and I have some cute pictures of him. He is getting so big. He is starting to say a lot more words now and understanding more of what we say. He is getting better at catching a ball, doing very well at being a big brother, sleeping in his bed at night and not on the floor. A new thing that he loves to do now is cook with me. Whenever I am getting dinner together, he will pull a chair up and start to help. He his such a good little helper. He still loves his blankets and carries all 5 of them around the house. He also still loves his juice and will not drink anything else except juice, not even milk. The best part is that Max stopped playing with his poop. No more rubbing poop all over his toys, walls and himself. Anyways, here are some pictures of our little guy.

Max loves to play and help with Chloe and she loves her big brother. We have been very lucky because so far Max has been very good to her.

Max loves to play with our itouch and he knows how to play the games that are on it. His favorite game is "Peekaboo Barn." He touches on the barn and animal comes on and makes a sound. I think that is how he learned all the different animal sounds.

I decorated for Christmas over the weekend and got out the singing snowman and of course Max loves these. He played them over and over again while dancing around the house.

There matching Christmas pj's.

Whenever Paul has whipping cream on his hot chocolate, Max gets some too.

Thanksgiving

2010-11-30T10:37:00.000-08:00

This year for Thanksgiving, we decided to spend it in Danville. It was a lot of fun to see everyone especially Jason and Ali. It has been almost a year since we saw them last. While we were there we went to the zoo, spent time at Ben and Barbie's new house, went shopping and relaxed. It was so good to see everyone and spend time with the family. Thanks for everything and for the wonderful Thanksgiving.Max had so much fun playing with dog. We really need to get him one.

Chloe and Ali at the Zoo on a very very cold day

I was trying to get all the kids to look at me and smile, but of course that is impossible.

Everyone on the train

Max and Ali had so much fun playing together especially when they discovered jumping on the bed.

Grammy Babs with Carter and Chloe

I love this picture with Hailey smiling and Max with a big smile in the background

Best picture of all the cousins except Chloe, Sky and Gabe of course

Max's Thanksgiving dinner

We were at the mall and there was no line to see Santa so we decided to see him. We will go again when they are all dress up and so we can actually see Chloe's face. I was only allowed to take one picture of the kids even though no one was waiting in line. Oh well, next time we will get a better one.

Halloween Time

2010-11-05T15:47:00.000-07:00

I thought that Halloween was not going to be that much fun because it was on a Sunday, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. This year Max was a Dalmation dog because he loves dogs and Chloe was a Broncos Cheerleader because it was a free costume from one of my friends. On Friday we went to our ward party where we ate, played games and went trunk or treating. The Bronco Cheerleader

The Dalmation

I love this picture

Getting candy at the trunk or treat

Then on Saturday we went to the Goodyear Ballpark where they had a big Halloween party. It was just ok because the rides were more for older kids and there was a very long wait just to get on a ride. But Max had so much fun playing with his friends, running and rolling around on the grass. I have never seen him with so much energy until that night. It was so funny to watch.

On the ground being a dog. Some lady actually thought he was a real dog when he was crawling around on the ground.

Having lots of fun playing with his friends

Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-24T09:40:00.000-07:00

On Friday, we decided to do a little family outing to a Pumpkin Patch where they had a petting zoo, bounce house, a train, corn maze, and other little fun things to do. Max had so much fun there. There was so much for him to do.

He was not afraid of any of the animals. He had so much fun petting all the horses, chicken, goats, and cows.

Max loved the bounce house. He would jump, fall and laugh. It was really fun to watch him because he just had the biggest smile on his face.

This was the little train that Max and Paul went on. After Max rode the train he kept trying to chase it whenever he saw it because he wanted to ride it again and again.

Max's first corn maze

The corn maze was suppose to take 45 minutes, but Max got a little tired while we were in the maze

A big corn box. Max didn't know what to think of it, but then he saw other kids playing in it so then he decided to go for it.

We can never get him to smile for a picture

Chloe did great. She slept the whole time in the baby bjorn until the very end.

It was a great day at the farm. It was nice to do something fun as a family and it was so much fun seeing Max so happy

Update on Max

2010-10-21T17:00:00.000-07:00

I can't believe how fast Max is growing up. He is getting so big now. I can't believe that he will be 2 in January. I still remember him when he was Chloe's age and learning how to roll over, but now he is a big boy. He is saying a lot more words now. My favorite thing he says now is "help please." Another thing that I love that he does is whenever he wants something he will grab one of our hands and pull us over to whatever he wants. Another cute thing he does is in the mornings when he wakes up he says "walk" because most mornings we always go for a walk for some exercise and then play at the park by our house. But these last couple of weeks we haven't gone because I don't have a double stroller at the moment so Max has been very very sad when I tell him we are not going for a walk today. I have been trying to make it up to him by going to the park that has lots of playgrounds for him to play on and a dog park which he loves. I am so blessed to have Max in my life. Even though at times he can do things that make me very mad, I love him with all my heart.He loves wearing his hat just like his daddy. Whenever Paul wears a hat, Max has to wear one also.

For the last couple of days Max has gotten into Blue's Clues. The movie that we have is all about the ABCs. One of the episodes, Blue reads the book "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom." Whenever that episode comes on Max goes to his room to find that book. I think I have only read that book once or twice to him, but he knows it so well and recognizes that book when Blue reads it in the movie. My child is so smart.

Rolling Over

2010-10-21T13:56:00.000-07:00

My little girls has learned to roll over. Chloe rolled over for the first time right before she was 3 months old. Things have defiantly changed since she can roll over now. Now we can't put her on the couch, she spits up a lot more and she cries a lot more. She hasn't really discovered how to roll back onto her back once she is on her stomach. So at night she will roll over to her stomach and gets frustrated that she can't get back on to her back. Here are some pictures of her rolling over for the first time. I didn't get her in action, but she did roll over.
I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She can roll over, she can hold her head up pretty well, she laughs, holds on to toys and only wakes up once or twice in the night to eat. She is such a great baby. I am so blessed to have her in my life.

Poop

2010-10-21T13:35:00.001-07:00

For the last month or so, we have been dealing with poop. I have one child who is a pooping machine and then the other child who will never poop. Chloe is the one who will never poop. The first month she pooped great, but then after that she will go 3 or more weeks without pooping. And when she finally does poop it is very small like a dime size. I took her to the doctors even though we don't have health insurance for her and the doctor said she is fine. She is now 11 pounds which the doctor was happy about. When we get insurance in January, my doctor wants us to see a specialist just to make sure everything is ok.
Now for Max, the pooping machine. Max poops everyday and he has never discovered his poop. He has learned to reach inside his diaper and rub it all over his body, all over his walls, and toys. I think he has probably done this at least 20 times or even more. So we are cutting down on his juice, so maybe his poop won't be so liquidy and he always has to wear pants when he goes to bed. He hasn't discovered how to pull down his pants yet, so putting him in pants has saved me but as soon as he learns to pull his pants off, I am dead. Here are some pictures of him with poop all over because I know everyone wants to see pictures of this. By the way I took these probably a month ago when he just started to these are not even bad at all. Now he has learn to put it in his hair, mouth and basically all over so he is covered in poop from head to toe.

Chloe's baby blessing weekend

2010-09-28T14:04:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went to Danville. Paul's cousin got married on Saturday, so we decided to bless Chloe on Sunday in my home ward so both sides of the family could be there. We did the 11 hour drive from Az to Danville with 2 kids. The kids actually did great. Max watched movies the whole time and Chloe slept. We only stopped once and that was for lunch so all in all, it took about 12 hours.
We arrived in Danville Thursday night. On Friday we went to San Francisco and it was the perfect day. It was sunny and warm and no clouds in the sky. It was so nice to walk around in the sunshine by the water. Max got to see the seals, ride the marry-go-round and play in the sand. It was the perfect day.

Max kept chasing the birds all over.

He had so much funny running on the beach and playing with the dogs. He kept running with them and falling straight into the sand, but he didn't care. It was the best time of his life.

Then Saturday we drove up to Auburn for the wedding. The wedding was at a Bed and Breakfast and it was so pretty. It was surrounded with trees and it was the perfect weather for an outdoor wedding.

Then on Sunday we blessed Chloe and then we drove to Rancho which is about 6 hours and spent the night there. Then on Monday we woke up and drove another 5 hours until we were finally home. It was a very short weekend, but also a lot of fun. Thank you for everyone that came to Chloe's blessing. It was so could to see and spend time with everyone. Max had a lot of fun playing with his cousins and all the dogs that he came across.

I am very blessed and so lucky to have such a wonderful husband and 2 wonderful children.

Chloe and stupid health insurance

2010-09-01T16:04:00.000-07:00

Chloe had her 1st month check up about a week ago and she is doing great. She now weighs 9 pounds which is very good news because she dropped all the way down to 6 pounds. She is still a little Jaundice so I am trying to make sure she gets sun light every day. She is now sleeping in her crib and only waking up twice during the night to eat. Chloe is such a great baby. The only time she cries is when she is hungry, has pooped or when she is tired. She is now starting to smile and it is very cute. She always smiles whenever Max talks to her. She loves hearing is voice. It is very cute to watch.
Anyways, Chloe is doing great. I am very excited when the doctor told me that everything looked great because the next doctor's appointment will not be until January. Chloe will not be added to our insurance until January because we didn't call our insurance within the first 30 days to had her. We have tried to do everything possible to add her, but nothing has worked. How can they not cover a newborn? I hate insurance companies. Why do they have that stupid rule. Why can't they automatically put her onto our insurance?
So to any new parents: Make sure you add your newborn to your insurance within the first 30 days. And don't think because you got an insurance card for your newborn that they are covered. They are covered for the first 30 days and then after that they are not until you call. That is what happened to us. Anyways enough with that, her are some recent pictures of the kids.

Max and Brooklynn holding hands after a day of swimming

Whenever we go outside to play, Chloe is in the bouncer and she loves it

I wish we had a real pool, but I guess this will have to do

I love her little smile.

August

2010-08-22T20:08:00.001-07:00

I sill can't believe that it is already August. The time has gone by so fast. Life is a lot more different ever since Chloe has arrived. Even though there are times that it is very stressful like when both kids are screaming at the same time, I still love every moment of it. Having 2 kids is a lot of fun, but it defiantly has its challenges. Both Max and Chloe are doing great. Max finally had his 18 month check up and he is doing well. He weighs 23 pounds, loves juices, loves to climb on everything, loves giving Chloe kisses, loves to read books, loves to color, hates going to nursery at church, is a very picky eater, loves to play outside, and loves to watch movies like "Finding Nemo." On Tuesday, I have Chloe's first month check up, so i will let everyone know how she is doing after her doctor's appointment, but so far she is doing great. Here are some pictures of what has gone on so far in August.We decided to go to Prescott one day to escape the heat. It was a random day, but it was fun to do something as a family. We decided to go to the little zoo that they had there and of course Max loved to see all the animals.

She loves her swing. She can be in it all day long. She even loves it when it isn't even turned on

Max loves to help me sweep. He is such a good helper.

His new thing that he has discovered is he will pull a chair over to the counter and climb on top of it and play with everything that is on there.

I can never get a great picture of Max and Chloe together, but one of these days I am going to.

Max loves his animal puzzle and he knows where each animal goes all by himself. He is so smart.

Max loves to take everything out of our pantry and line everything up in a line. He does this over and over. it is really funny to watch him.

My sweet little girl. She sleeps all day long.

Seattle Visitors

2010-08-02T08:39:00.000-07:00

This past week my dad and my 2 younger sisters came to Arizona to come help me with the kids and Michelle came for the weekend. It was really good to see them and they were such a big help. Max had such a blast. They played with him and took him out everyday. They went to the splash park, zoo, amusement park and all different kinds of stores. My dad made some amazing food. it was so nice not to do anything. My sisters were such a big help. They played with Max like crazy and it was so nice. Max was very sad to see everyone leave because now he doesn't have anyone that will play with me 24/7. At the Phoenix zoo

Max and the girls on the spiny ride

Max loved this ride. He could do it over and over

Max's first time on a train

Thanks again for coming and helping out.

Grammy Babs

2010-07-25T08:10:00.000-07:00

Everyone thought that I was going to have Chloe early even the doctors. Paul decided to go to Utah at the end of June to go see his parents at the MTC and I really didn't want to be home by myself. I had a doctors appointment before he left and I was dilated to a 3, so I ask my mom to come out a couple of weeks early just in case something happend. But of course nothing happened and I went past my due date. My mom ended up being in hot Arizona for about 3 1/2 weeks. Two of those weeks were just waiting around for Chloe to arrive. My mom was a trooper. She doesn't like the heat at all and while she was here the weather was any where around 105 to 115 degrees. I don't think that she ever really got use to it. She was defiantly ready to leave and get out of the hot weather. Even though she was miserable from the heat, she was a big help. She cooked, clean, played with Max, and hung out with me. Max had so much fun hanging out with his Grammy. She played outside, took him on walks, played at the water park and took him places. He was defiantly sad when she left because he could no longer play in her purse and there was no one to play with him 24/7. Mom, thank you so much for all your help and for coming out early. I really appreciated it and enjoyed the company.

Here are some random pictures:

My mom gave Max his first bath and now Chloe's. Max also pee on my mom while she gave him a bath and Chloe pooped on her while she was giving her a bath. My mom has great timing.

Max had a lot of fun watching Grammy give his sister a bath

Things are a lot different now with 2 kids, but I love everything about it

I love this picture. We were trying to teach Max to smile when we would take a picture of him. He thought that is was a lot of fun.

Chloe Veirs

2010-07-15T11:27:00.000-07:00

On Monday the 12 at 1:00 in the morning, we went to the hospital to get induced. When I got to the hospital I was dilated to a 4, so they waited to give me pitosin until 3:30am. They thought once I had the pitosin, I would go pretty fast. At 3:30am they started me on pitosin, but very slowly. At 9:00am, I was dilated to a 6, so they broke my water and gave me the epidural. After about an hour, I started feeling some pain so they gave more medicine and turned me to my other side. The pain went away, but I kept feeling her kicking my ribs which was a little painful. Then all of a sudden I heard this sound like a "gushy" sound, so I screamed at Paul to wake up and to look under my sheet to make sure that everything was ok. Paul lifted up the sheet to check on everything and there was her head and shoulders just laying there. Paul screamed for the nurse to come in and everyone comes rushing in and the nurse pulls the rest of her body out. I did not have to do one push for her to come out. The doctor came in about 3 minutes after everything happened and said that was the easiest delivery he has ever had. But let me just say, that when everyone was taking care of the baby and me, I was laying in bed in shock. I couldn't believe that she was out of me and I didn't do anything. It was a crazy experience.

Anyways, Chloe Beverly Veirs was born on July 12, 2010 at 10:50am. She was 7 pounds 1 ounce and 19 inches long. She is so tiny and very cute. Max is doing pretty well with her. He loves to give her kisses and give her blanket to her. It is a lot of fun to have her in our family. It is a lot different changing a girl's diaper, but I do like to dress her.

Max meeting Chloe for the very first time

She is so much smaller than Max was in this car seat.

Max is and looks so much bigger than her and he is on the small size for his age

Thank you for all the calls and comments posted. Chloe is healthy and we are both doing well.

Splash Park

2010-07-05T16:27:00.000-07:00

I decided that I needed to do a post all about Max before this baby comes which is any day now. Max will be 18 months this Saturday which I cannot believe. He is too little to be a big brother, but he will be a great one. These last couple of weeks, I have been trying to spend a lot more time with him because once this baby comes it won't be just him and me anymore. I love spending time with him. He makes me laugh at all the things he says and does. Here is a list all about him:
-he carries around not one blanket, but 3
-he says "ball" to everything that is round like a watermelon and my pregnant belly
-he loves loves the movie Shrek 2
- he loves ketchup. He will eat anything if it has ketchup on it
-he doesn't sleep in his toddler bed, but instead he sleeps on the floor right next to the door on top of toys and books
-he loves the water
-he gives my tummy a kiss when we say "kiss the baby"
-loves to jump, dance, and spin in circles
-loves his juice cup and hates any kind of milk. Trust me I have tried to give him every kind of milk and in every kind of way and he still hates milk.-whenever he sees a dog, he will chase after it.
-loves bubbles, but what kid doesn't
-he is just a happy little boy. The only time he really cries is when he is hungry, thirsty, tired or in pain from his teeth. We are very lucky parents to have him as our child. Now I am a little scared that his sister will be completely opposite from him because I don't know if it is possible to have two angels right in a row.

One little fun thing we did the other day is that we went to the splash park. Let me just say that Max had a lot of fun and was very sad to leave. He has been before, but this was really the first time that he played in the water and got very wet.

He tried to step on the water coming out and now he does the same thing with the water in the tub.

Max loves these things. I don't know what they are called maybe "the spring rocker," but anyways he loves them.

He loved swinging with his daddy

Summer in Az

2010-06-15T08:12:00.000-07:00

So summers in Arizona are not that much fun especially when you are pregnant. I feel like if you live in Arizona, you have a pool. I don't know why we never put a pool in our backyard or why we didn't buy a house that already had a pool. Anyways, we do make do. We play in our little plastic pool or even the sprinklers when they turn on. Max has lots of fun running through the sprinklers. Here are some of the latest pictures of him playing in the backyard.

I have discovered that Max loves bubbles, but what kid doesn't like bubbles

I still can't believe that my little boy is going to be a big brother soon. He is going to be a great brother. Every day he comes up to my belly and lifts up my shirt and gives the baby a kiss. It is so sweet. I am a little scared having a newborn and a 18 month old, but I know everything will be fine. But I am going to miss spending all day just the two of us.

Farewell in Rancho

2010-05-30T09:53:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, we drove to Rancho for Paul's parent's mission farewell. It was a good weekend, but also a sad weekend because it was probably the last time we will see them before they take off at the end on June. It will be weird not to have his parents around for 3 years, but I can't wait to see them in Honduras. They are going to be great mission presidents.

On Friday, someone in their stake had a little going away party for them and 2 other couple missionaries leaving from their stake. It was a lot of fun and the kids had fun playing and eating all the food.
Then on Saturday, we all decided to go down to Laguna and spend the day at the beach. We thought that it would be a little cold, but we just wanted to spend some family time together. It actually turned out to be a perfect day and I am so glad that we decided to go. Max had so much fun. I thought that he would hate the sand, but he loved it including the water. This boy was not afraid of that water at all. Now that I know that Max loves the beach so much, we are for sure going to make some more beach trips in the future.

At least Max was good about holding our hand when he wanted to go in the water.

Every single time he saw a dog on the beach, he would chase after it and Paul would have to go run after him.

We really need a dog. Max loves dogs.

He watched daddy play volleyball and try to catch the ball as well.

He had lots of fun playing with his cousins

He had lots of fun destroying someone's sandcastle that they made.

A little scare

2010-05-10T08:17:00.000-07:00

So i just wanted to post what has been going on with me these last past couple of weeks. Paul and I did have a little scare with the baby, but everything is fine now. A couple of weeks ago, I did have some bleeding. I called the doctors and they had me go to the hospital to get it checked out. When I got there the nurse checked everything out and said that I might have this baby tonight at 29 weeks. She told me there were 3 possibilities for the blood. First, my water broke. Second, the placenta tore away from the wall or third, my body thought I was in labor. Either possibility was not good. They hooked me up to an IV machine with 4 different medicines/fluids. I got a shot to stop my contractions because apparently I was having contractions even though I could not feel them. Then they gave me a steroid shot to help develop the baby's lungs.
Long story short, I was in the hospital for 4 nights and no baby which is very good. They gave me 3 ultrasounds to make sure everything was fine and everything was. My water did not brake and my placenta was still in place. They have no idea why I started to bleed. Their only guess is that my placenta broke away from the wall just a little bit and that caused the bleeding. The good news is that I am fine, but more importantly the baby girl is doing great. She is kicking like crazy and she is also very low in my tummy.
I do have to be on moderate bed rest until I at least hit 32 weeks and then from there I guess we will see what happens. I am at 31 weeks now, so next week I have a doctors appointment, so I will see what is going to happen from there.
I just want to thank all my family and friends for all there thoughts and prayers. Thank you so much for all the help that everyone has given us. We are so blessed to have so many people that love us and that will help us in a minutes notices.

Easter

2010-04-13T13:11:00.001-07:00

For this Easter, we decided to spend it right here in Arizona. My mom actually decided to come for a visit and help us celebrate Easter. It was a lot of fun to have her visit. Max of course had lots of fun with his Grammy. One thing that he loved to do was to have his Grammy read to him. It is so funny because whenever people come to visit, all he wants to do with them is read. He just loves his books.

This was the first Easter the Max was able to help color Easter eggs. We decided to decorate outside because it was such a great day and. We put him in his chair and let him go to town. Of course, at first he had no idea what to do, but then he caught on and had lots of fun. After we were all done, Max looked like an Easter egg himself. His arms, hands, stomach and legs were covered in food coloring.

Max loved his Easter basket that the Easter bunny brought him. He got some toys for the backyard and some stuff animals.

Helping mommy and Grammy cook breakfast before Conference.

Max's first Easter egg hunt!
He had so much fun finding all the eggs. At first, he didn't know what to do. We would try to help him, but he kept getting distracted by his toys that were in the backyard. I guess for next year, I will have to put all his toys away before the Easter egg hunt. Finally, he did catch on and then he had a blast trying to find all the eggs. Paul did a great job hiding the eggs.

After Max found all his eggs, we sat down and let him see what was inside. I filled the eggs with fruit snakes and Trix cereal and he loved the cereal. It was a great Easter. It was perfect weather, maybe even a little to hot, but it was so much fun seeing Max so excited whenever he found an egg. Hope everyone a great Easter.

Rancho Visitors

2010-04-13T12:53:00.000-07:00

A week before Easter, Paul's parents and grandma came for a visit. It was really good to see them and Max had a lot of fun with them. On Friday we were able to attend a Dodger's spring training baseball game. It was Max's first baseball game ever and he did pretty well. Of course we had to take many walks around the field, but for the most part he was great.
Then on Saturday, we went out to this farm place in Phoenix which is rated one of the best places to eat. Max was able to run around and look at all the chickens that were there.

The gang

I am trying to teach Max to smell the flowers with his noise, but instead of smelling with his noise he smells with his mouth.

Grandma and Grandpa bought him some Easter eggs and we decided to let Max play with them a couple of days early and it was very funny to watch him. He would take all the eggs out of the container and then put them all back into their places. He would do this over and over again. I think he was entertained for a couple of hours with those eggs. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Busy, Busy, Busy

2010-03-16T13:02:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I have posted last. Life just got in the way I guess, but we are all doing great. Max is doing great and the baby girl is growing on track. This last past month we have been pretty busy. When we found out that I was pregnant, I told Paul that we need to get everything done around the house now because once this second baby comes we won't have all the time in the world. So I made a list and we are slowly getting stuff done.

In the middle of February, we had my dad and my sister, Dana, come for a visit. That was a lot of fun to see them and Max had so much fun spending time with them. We did a lot of fun things while they were here, but my favorite part was when we went to the Worldlife Zoo. We have never been there before, but it was a lot of fun.

Max going down the slide at the Zoo for really the first time and he loved it.

Eating lunch at the Zoo with a great view.

One of the big things that was on my to do list was to get the backyard done For about 7 months, we have lived with dirt in the backyard and it was driving me crazy. We were going to do the backyard ourselves, but with Paul's crazy work schedule and the weather getting warmer, we just decided to hire someone to do it. We got a fabulous deal and they finished in about 3 days. There is really nothing special about it. We just got grass, rocks, and some plants. It is a typical Arizona backyard, but its a finished backyard and Max loves it.

He can now go down the slide all by himself.

He can play with balls all day long. He kicks, throws and chases them.

This water thing is the best especially when it's warm outside. He is entertained by it for hours.

I put the bouncer that I used for Max in is closet to get it out of the way, but Max has recently discovered it and loves it. I think he loves it more now then we he was a baby. He is going to have a real hard time letting is baby sister use it.

Another big project that we are doing is painting. I am so sick of having white walls. We have spent months trying to pick out colors. I can tell that this is our first place that we have ever painted because we had the hardest time deciding what we wanted and what we liked. The most frustrating thing about picking out a color is that we would like a color on the paper, but when we bought a tester and put it on the wall, we hated it. The color on the paper and the color on the wall were so different. But after many different color testers, we finally decided on a color. We first painted the base color that is all throughout our house and that color is a light tan and then in the living room and kitchen/family room we are doing accent walls. We haven't painted those walls yet, but in the next week or two those walls will be done. So that means I only have to paint the laundry room, 4 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms. This is never going to end.

Max helping us paint

The only time we can paint is on the weekend, during Max's nap, and at night when Max is a sleep. So this is a very slow process, but it is getting done and its getting done before the baby comes.

We are having a.........

2010-02-08T15:31:00.000-08:00

For everyone that doesn't know, I am pregnant. Yes, pregnant. It was a surprised, but of course a very good surprised. I am 18 weeks pregnant. My due date is in July which I am not so excited for. It is going to be very very hot here in Arizona. If this was a planned baby, I would be giving birth in March or April, but oh well. Max and this baby will be 18 months apart. Our life will defiantly be different when this baby comes, but I can't wait.

Well today we had our first ultra sound. I always get so nervous and excited at the same time for those appointments and I don't know why, but the baby looks good. It has a good heart beat and growing on track. The doctor had a hard time getting really clear pictures of the baby because it was right up against my side, but we did at least get a couple of good ones. We were able to find out the sex of the baby and it is a girl. Yes, we are having a girl. I am so excited. I already have my boy and now I am getting my girl. I am so happy. To celebrate, we went to the store and I bought a cute little summer dress for our baby girl. Today is a great day.

Max's 1st Birthday

2010-01-21T09:21:00.000-08:00

On January 10th, Max turned one years old. I can't believe that he is one already. Where has the time gone. This past year has been an amazing year. Max has brought so much joy into our life. He has been such a great baby. We have been very blessed to have him in our life.
Max has changed a lot in these last couple of months. He now weighs 20 pounds and 29 1/2 inches long. We is walking like crazy and getting into everything that he possibly can. He loves to talk, cry, laugh, play peek-a-boo, play with balls, going outside, and he loves loves his blanket. This is a new thing that he started after Christmas. Ever since he came home he has become obsess with his his blue blanket. He caries it everywhere with him and cries if he doesn't have it. The one thing that we are trying to work with him on is his eating habits. He is a very hot and cold eater. Sometimes he will eat everything then other times he won't eat anything. We are also trying to get him to like veggies. He will not eat them unless they are covered in some kind of sauce. He just loves flavor.
Anyways, on the 9th we celebrated his birthday here in Arizona with some of our friends. We had taco salad and then had cake. It was a lot of fun to have people celebrate with us Max's first birthday. For his birthday cake, I decided to make a cupcake cake. I did run into some problems, but the finish cake was very very cute. I loved doing the cupcake cake because then I was able to give Max one cupcake to destroy, so then everyone else could also have a cupcake. Then on Sunday the 10th, Paul and I had celebrate his birthday just us as a family. We gave him a cake all to himself, so I could get the classic baby destroying his first cake. But no. I didn't get that picture. Max would barely put his hands in the cake. My child doesn't like to get dirty at all. He doesn't like to get anything on his hands. Anyways, Max had a great first birthday and I still can't believe that he is one!

Max's first birthday cake!

Max only ate the cake part and not the frosting which is very odd for a kid to do.

His birthday gifts

Max was so excited to get the car. He loved the school bus one that Grammy Babs had. Thanks Babs.

His second cake with just Paul and I.

So we put the bottom layer of the cupcake cake on his tray to see what he would do and it was the funniest thing ever. He just starred at the cake for a while and then he would slowly touch it.

This is the messiest picture that I got of him.

Christmas Time

2010-01-11T13:51:00.000-08:00

So it has been forever since I have posted anything. I am slowly getting back to real life after being on vacation for so long. It might take me a couple of post to catch up with everyone that has been going on these last couple of weeks.

This post is all about Christmas. I know that Christmas was a while ago, but I am finally posting pictures of Christmas. We had a very fun Christmas this year. We were able to spend Christmas in Danville with all the kids. I really don't remember the last time that we have all spent Christmas together. I finally got to meet my little nephew, Skye and my niece, Ali for the first time and they are so cute. We had lots of fun while we were there. We decorated cookies, went to San Francisco, hiking, played games, ate lots of food, shopping, and just hung out with each other.

While we were there, Max really changed a lot. He started walking a lot better, loves playing with any kind of balls, is not as much of a mommy's boy, loves being around people/kids, loves any kind of meats, learned how to take only 1 nap instead of 2 and rides in a big car seat. Max had a lot of fun playing with all of his cousins and playing with all of his aunts and uncles. He was really sad to come home to an empty house with no one to play with every day, all day long. Here are just a few pictures of Christmas.

Max and Ali

Max's first Christmas

Max and Skye

Thanks to everyone for making it a great first Christmas for Max!

Walking

2009-12-01T08:55:00.000-08:00

For the past couple of weeks, Max has started taking a couple of steps. He has never been able to walk that far until this past weekend. During the Thanksgiving holiday, we drove down to Rancho and Max was able to play with all of his cousins. All of his cousins were running all over the place and Max tried to keep up. By the end of the trip, he was pretty much walking. He still falls a lot, but he loves to walk. He doesn't really even crawl anymore. Here is a video of him walking the day that we got back from our little trip.

Here is another video of Max dancing while listening to Christmas music. I tried to get it on tape, but whenever I start to record he always stops what he is doing. I was trying to catch him dancing to the Christmas music. It is really funny because whenever he hears music he will move his head back and forth and start bouncing up and down. I will try to get a better video of it, but this will just give you the idea of what he does.

Halloween Weekend

2009-11-04T08:45:00.001-08:00

We had our first Halloween with Max. I will have to say the Halloween is a lot more fun when you have kids to dress up and take trick or treating. I can't wait for him to get older. Well the weekend of Halloween, my mom decided to come for a visit to see our house for the first time and or course to see Max. It was a lot of fun to have her here in Az. On Friday, we decided to drive to Sedona and spend the day. It was so pretty there and perfect weather. We went on a hike, had a picnic lunch, and walked around the shops. It is always nice to do something new and to get out of town just for the day.For Halloween, I decided to dress Max up as Tigger. At first he didn't like the costume especially having something on his head, but after a while he got use to it. It was very cute on him. It was so cute to see him crawl on the floor and all you can see is this tail dragging on the gound. I wish I had a picture of it, but all we have is the front.

We did take Max trick-or-treating and it was so mcuh fun. When we got up to a house, I put him down and held his hands so he could kind of walk up to the door. I would also put his pumpkin bucket around his hand so people could put the candy in his basket. When we got home, I let him play with the basket and he had so much fun playing with the candy and trying to eat it.
Max has a lot of fun playing with plastic cups. He will roll them all over the kitchen. One of the cups got under one barstool and then under the next barstool. Max wanted that cup so he tried to do what the cup did. Go under one stool and then the next, but he got stuck at the first one and couldn't not move.
One day, Paul comes back from running and sees that we have an owl sitting on our roof during the day. I have never seen an owl here especially during the day.
Thank you mom for coming to Az to visit us. It was so good to see you and spend time with you. Thank you for taking me shopping for my b-day.

Homecoming in Rancho

2009-10-22T09:26:00.001-07:00

This past weekend, we went down to Rancho to welcome home Paul's brother from his mission. I can't believe that 2 years already went by. I can't believe how fast time goes by. It was so good to see David.

On Thursday we drove down after Paul was done with work. Max did pretty well in the car, but we did have to stop to feed him and to let him crawl around. Friday was the big day of the arrival of the missionary, but he wasn't coming in until 7:30 at night, so we had the whole day to hang out. Because it was such a beautiful day, I mean it was clear blue skies. I have been going to Rancho for about 4 years and I have only seen blue skies a couple of times because there is always smog around. But on Friday the winds were blowing, so for once I could actually see the mountains. We walked around the outdoor mall and had some lunch with the fam. It was a perfect day. I wihs I took some pictures because it was so clear.

Max and his Uncle Mark meeting for the first time. Mark is in the Navy and is station in Washington.

When 7:30 came around, we all went to the airport to welcome David home from being on his mission in Alabama.

The whole family

David with his 2 new nieces, Tiffany and Ashlee and of course Max

Max with his cousin Ahslee

On Saturday, we celebrating Jo Ann's 60th b-day even though it was a week after her b-day. We went out to dinner, which the food was very delicious, to celebrate the big birthday with the whole fmaily and some of her close friends. Before we went to dinner we took a family picture because it has been 2 years since the last one. While we were waiting for everyone to arrive, I decided to take some pictures of Max because we have no nice pictures of him. One of these days I am going to take professional pictures of him, but until then these will have to do. (There are more pictures of him in the photo gallery link on my blog)

David and Max

Max with his Grandma and her birthday party.

Max with his Great-grandma

Here are some random pictures of Max that I thought were such cute, so I wanted to pot them. Here Max is ready for a morning walk and wearing is Halloween sweatshirt that is aunt Kim and Uncle Adil gave to him.

Max had a lot of fun eating beans for the first time

A sick boy and pictures

2009-09-22T09:40:00.000-07:00

Max is now 8 1/2 months old. These past couple of weeks have been very interesting for us. Max had a lot of his first things happening and it was all dealing with him being sick. He had his first ear infection, first cold, first running noise, and his first tooth. He had to take medicine twice a day for 10 days which he did not like at all. It was always a challenge to give to him. But last Friday we went to the doctors and everything went away. Then last night, Monday, the noise started to run again, the coughing started and the fever came. How can he be sick again? He was just sick. I don't know what is going on. I guess he wasn't over his first cold and plus there is a second tooth coming in right next to the first one. I feel so bad for him when he is sick. He just looks and sounds so horrible. I hope he feels better soon. But here are some pictures of him because he is getting so big.

His first tooth. You can't really see it but it is there on the bottom

He loves to play with the DVDs. He loves to pull them down and put them in his month. Well he loves to put anything in his month. Maybe that is why he is not getting over this cold.

Whenever he sees the dishwasher down, he will come crawling over as fast as he can to play with it and he gets so upset when I shut it. I think it is one of his favorite toys.

Helping mommy folding clothes

I went to check on him during his nap and I found him like this and I thought it was funny.

He is finally crawling on his knees. He loves doing the army crawl, but he will crawl on his knees until he gets tired and then he will go back to the army crawl especially when he is on the tile.

Heidi, Eirik, and Skye got Max the jungle wall stickers and he loves to look at him. At times he gets frustrated that he can't put the lion in his mouth.

Jason, Nelly, and Ali got this shirt for Max from Ecuador and it is the cutest shirt ever.

Laguna

2009-09-04T08:59:00.000-07:00

We went to Laguna Beach with Paul's family at the end of August. It was a lot of fun to see everyone and to spend time at the beach for a couple of days. Max did great at the beach. He took his morning nap in his little tent, played in the sand and in the water.

Max with his daddy and his cousin Ella

Owen riding a wave with his dad Rich

Max with Grandma

Max with his cousins Tiffany and Ashlee

Playing soccer

The gang

Tiff with her mommy

Here are some videos of him playing.

Growing Up

2009-08-29T09:31:00.000-07:00

So a couple of days ago, I was putting Max to sleep for his morning nap. Usually I let him cry for a little bit until I go in and check on him. For some reason that day I went in as soon as he started to cry which I don't do. When I walked into his room I found him like this.

He was standing up for the first time. He has never been able to pull himself up like that before. Now we have to lower his mattress which is always a pain in the butt to do. Ever since that day, he is all over the house climbing on things and pulling himself up on things. He has discovered our DVDs and loves playing with them and he also has discovered our food pantry which he loves to play with all the food. Then later that day, I found Max in our living room climbing on some plastic containers. He his such a little monkey now. Yes, he has discovered his tongue now. These last couple of days he loves to stick out his tongue and we have no clue why.

I can't believe how much he has grown up. He is getting so big so fast. I was going through his clothes and packing up the clothes that don't fit him anymore and I can't believe that he wore some of the clothes that he did especially the newborn clothes. They look so small and I don't ever remember him being that small.

Danville Trip

2009-08-11T10:16:00.001-07:00

This past week I was able to make a trip down to Danville to hang out with family and friends. I forgot how much I love going there. It is so pretty there especially coming from the desert. I had so much fun while I was there. Max and I went a couple of days earlier before Paul came, so we could spend more time with my mom and my grandma. While we were there we went shopping, swimming, Monterey, Mt. Diablo, enjoyed the cooler weather and just hung out. Max had lots of fun meeting new people.We took my Grandma to the mall and she bought this hat for Max. It looks so cute on him. Thank you Grandma!

Hailey was so good with Max. She would bring him toys and play with him. She is a great cousin.

Hailey (3 yrs), Carter (10 months), and Max (7 months)

Max with his Great Grandma. Thank you Grandma for bouncing Max and playing with him. He just loves you and the wheelchair and the fan in your room.

Max with Grammy Babs. Thank you mom for everything. We had so much fun while we were there and thank you for the clothes for Max.

We decided to drive to the top of Mt. Diablo because Paul has never been there. We got out of the car and it was so cold. It felt like winter, but no it was August.

Max with his daddy!

Max with his Granddad!

While I was in Danville, I actually got to see my dad. My dad flew down from Seattle to spend time with his mom. It was so good seeing him and spending with him. Thank you for lunch.

One of the nights while we were there, we went to downtown Danville to listen to music and have dinner. They had all these fun things for kids to do and one of them was to hula-hop. A guy asked my mom if she wanted to try and she said yes. She actually did a very good job.

We took Max to the park and put him in the swings for the very first time. He loved it. He would just be laughing and enjoying the wind blowing in his face.

We went to Monteray and Max loved sitting in the double stoller with Carter. He thought it was so much fun.While we were in Monterey, we went to the Aquarium and it was a lot of fun. I haven't been there since I was little.

We also went to the beach to eat some lunch and once again it was very cold.

While I was there, I was able to attend Caitlin's baby blessing and I am so glad that the timming worked out. Her baby is so cute. I couldn't stop starring at her and I love all her hair that she has. Caitlin, it was so good to see you and see Olivia. Good luck with her new adventure. It is going to be so much fun. Liz, I am so mad that I didn't get a picture of Max and Will together. He has gotten so big. It was good to see you also. Thanks for the decorating tips.

If you want to see pictures of our house and more pictures of our Danville Trip then click on the link on the top right of our blog that says "Photo Gallery"

Catch up time!!

2009-07-19T16:37:00.000-07:00

It has been forever since I have written. Lots of things have been going on with us, but I wasn't able to blog about it because we didn't have internet for a while which by the way is a total pain in the butt. Anyways, here is what is new with us.

First, we have moved into our first house. We are officially homeowners which is a little scary, but very exciting at the same time. We have been here for almost a month now and we have enjoyed every day of it. I am so happy to finally be in our house and no longer be living in a hotel. I would have to say that our house is amazing. We have so much room to put everything especially because we came from an apartment. I have never had this much room. The house will take some time to get it all decorated with furniture and pictures, but it's slowly coming along. After we get the house all decorated that is when we will have to work on the backward. That is the only down side of buying a new built, the backyard is not done. My goal is to have the backyard completely done before Max starts to walk and want to play outside.

Second, Max is 6 1/2 months old. He is getting so big. I can't believe it. On his 6 months check up he was 15 pounds 14 ounces and 26 1/2 inches long. The doctor says that he is doing great and he is. He is eating baby food which he loves pears and he is still nursing like a champ. He is only waking up once or twice in the middle of the night to eat which is very nice for me. One of his new things that he loves to his making all different kinds of sounds, blowing bubbles and sticking out his tongue. He is also doing an army crawl. He loves being on the ground and moving everywhere especially on the tile. I do have some videos of him that I will post later. Here are some pictures of Max because I know the grandparents want to see him.

On 4th of July, we went swimming and then we watch the fireworks at the practice field for one of the baseball teams. It was a lot of fun, but of course very hot.

Max wanted to let Granddad know that he is ready to go to Montana and go fishing.

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-06-01T11:29:00.001-07:00

For Memorial Day Weekend we decided to go down to Rancho to see Paul's family. We have not been there since I was pregnant around October so it was time to make the trip. It is about a 5 hour drive from Phoenix and it was Max's first road trip. He did pretty well, but he is getting to that age that he hates his car seat. I don't know how often we will make that trip because the older Max gets, the harder it will be.

On the way to Cali we decided to stop by our house to see how its doing. It is exciting to see the house and how well its coming along. Here is the picture of the front and the backyard. We will definatly post more pictures when the house is done which should be in a month.

While we were in Rancho, we went to Laguna Beach. It was Max's first trip to the beach and he loved it. It was a lot of fun and it was so nice there.
We also had a BBQ at Paul's parents house. It was a lot of fun to hang out with everyone. We ate some good food and played some water volleyball. Max went swimming for the second time and he loved it. He is such a water baby.
Grandpa and Max relaxing and watching tv. Well Max watching and Grandpa sleeping.
Max has a lot of cousins to play with whenever we go down to Rancho.
Max and Tiffany are only a month apart. Tiffany is the older one.

Eating Solids

2009-05-21T11:02:00.000-07:00

It's official!! Max is growing up. Last week Max had his 4 month check up and he is doing great. He weighs 13 1/2 pounds and is 25 inches long. The pediatrician said that he is doing so well and it is time to start feeding him solid foods. So I started feeding him rice cereal and let me tell you that he did not like it very much. The first time I put the food in his month, he got the funniest look on his face. He did not know what to think of the new food that is in his mouth. But now it has been a week since he has had rice cereal and he is doing so much better.SWIMMING:

Max went swimming the first time last weekend. He finally wore his swimsuit and hat for the very first time. The swimsuit fit him pretty well, but that hat was really big for him. He has a pretty small head. Once he was all ready we went in the pool. Of course, he loved it. He loves the water and especially when it is very hot outside. We didn't stay in the pool that long because it was very sunny and hot outside. I think it was about 102 outside. You got to love Arizona.

Max Laughing

2009-04-28T10:09:00.000-07:00

So one night while Paul and I were eating dinner and talking about things, Max all of a sudden starts laughing. For so long now we have tried to video tape him laughing, but whenever we get the camera out to record him he just stops. Luckily, this time we were able to get him on tape. It is the cutest thing ever. I hope it works because this is the first video I have ever posted so I hope that I am doing it right.