Just Breathe.....

Nap

2012-02-12T14:27:00.001-06:00

A laundry basket is always a good place for a nap

Little family

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I love my little family so much.

Good morning world

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Maxx gearing up for the big game!

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oh Smurfie

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We took Maxx to Build a Bear in Gulf Shores when we went out of town for New Years. He wanted to build a Smurf. So say hello to Smurfie.

Not the new year I was expecting....

2012-01-10T20:07:00.003-06:00

Well I already seem to be MIA. 8 days since my last post promising more updates. But 2012 has not been what I was expecting. On 1/3/12, my father in law passed away. He had been battling cancer for a very long time and it got really bad around the holidays. It seemed sudden and then not so sudden give the rapid decline that he had. But Popsi is now finally at peace and isn't suffering anymore. We will miss him terribly but we know that he is in a better place. The last week has been difficult, kind of feeling like I am in a haze. And then last Friday, Maxx came home from school with pink eye. Oy, when it rains it pours. I am really going to try to keep up more often. I plan to start my new year over this weekend.

On a good note, the house is progressing nicely. We got spray foam done last week and Scott has started sheet rocking. WAHOO. Things are looking really good.

Here is a really cute video of Maxx and Harper from our mini New Years vacation. Check them out in the red airplane. That air noise is Maxx moving the wheel.

We are back

2012-01-01T20:40:00.001-06:00

Hi! Maxx and I are back. Life seemed to have gotten in the way towards the end of 2011. However, I have high hopes for an amazing 2012 so I plan to try to keep up again.

The last few weeks if 2011 were a struggle so please say some prayers for friends and family who are experiencing some rough patches.

On a good note, Maxx is growing into an incredible little boy. No longer my baby! And the house renovations are beginning to pick up again. So stayed tuned for lots of excitement.

Here is a picture of Maxx and all his stuffed friends. He is really loving stuffed animals right now.

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2011-12-27T14:17:00.001-06:00

Testing out the blogger app.

Photo Card

2011-11-30T21:00:00.001-06:00

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Halloween 2011

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Me and my little man

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Cheering on the Saints.

And here he is in his new big boy undies!! So excited.

Tie the Knot!

2011-08-01T17:25:00.002-05:00

Great friends of mine recently opened up a wedding accessory and gift specialty store.

Tie the Knot is located at the corner of West Esplanade and Chastant in Metairie. I went today and the shop is amazing. They have a great selection of the most adorable wedding accessories I have ever seen.

Please check it out if you are planning a wedding or if you need a wedding shower gift for a special bride.

http://www.tietheknotnola.com/

MIA

2011-07-27T19:45:00.003-05:00

I know I have been MIA lately. Just don't have enough energy to keep up with this lately.

Here is a pic of me and Maxx a few days ago when he was being good.

And oh to be 2 again. Eating a popcicle, with mix matched pjs, wearing Elmo slippers, while holding a flashlight. HA!

Just a few things...

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happening over the last few weeks.

Happy 60th Birthday to my dad and Happy 31st to me.

Maxx and his OCD coloring.

Fun at the Monkey Room

Annual Mother's Day Tea

Maxx in hus cute hospital gown before getting his tubes.

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Update on tubes

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Maxx's surgery was a success. The procedure went very well and he is doing great. Pretty much back to normal now. YAY. Here is a pic of M coloring the night of his surgery.

Tubes today

2011-06-28T05:35:00.001-05:00

I know I haven't posted in forever......

But Maxx is getting tubes today. Keep us in your prayers and I will update when we are finished.

Thanks

Happy Mother's Day

2011-05-08T19:57:00.003-05:00

Had a great day at our annual Mother's Day crawfish boil. Scott and Popsie really know how to boil up some crayfishes. YUMMMM!!!! Thanks to everyone for coming over to enjoy this gorgeous day.

Here is a pic of me and my little man...my reason for waking up everyday. He is my world. (Excuse the chicken tender)

First snowball

2011-04-25T19:36:00.002-05:00

Do you think he was excited?

And he really is in "monkey see, monkey do" age. I put my snowball down to put him in the car. He had to put his down too.

How much....

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do you think it would be to ship this wiggly box???

Some people have stuffed animals

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M sleeps with DVDs.

Temper tantrum

2011-04-16T20:41:00.000-05:00

At least M is still cute when the throws a temper tantrum.

Potty in the front, potty in the back...

2011-04-16T20:39:00.002-05:00

Watching TS3 while sitting on the potty.

House update

2011-04-16T20:31:00.003-05:00

S has been really working on the outside of the addition. Check out this awesome siding and the cool machine that S rented for the next month. And we finally decided on a paint color! So excited.

So I failed again

2011-04-10T19:21:00.012-05:00

**disclaimer** I have tried to edit the layout of the post for 15 mins. It won't work and I don't have the patience. Anyone else having problems with blogger lately??"

At keeping up with this daily blogging thing. Honestly, I just don't have the energy in the evenings to keep up with it. I missed 12 days so 12 pics it will be. I hope I have them....

Time-outs are begining to work with Maxx. Just the threat of time-out is getting us some results lately. I have also been able to use time-outs to tame some terrible temper tantrums.

But then some times he is too cute that it is hard for me to leave him in time-out.

We are no where near potty training yet but I have brought out the big boy undies. We put them over his diaper to show them where they should go.

Last Sunday, M was so tired that he feel asleep on the kitchen floor while I was cooking. Elmo slippers and all....

How could you not love this face???

We visited the Easter Bunny on Tuesday. Maxx wasn't happy.

Isn't this shirt cute? Will and Rach gave it to M for his birthday.

We finally got M's 2 year picture proofs back. Love them.

If you would like to see the entire album, go to www.blinknola.com, Enter Site, click on Client, password is Henderson3 I will try to get back on track this week. But I am making no promises.

So sorry

2011-03-29T07:04:00.010-05:00

So sorry I haven't blogged in over a week. I spent last week in San Antonio taking a payroll class and getting my final payroll certification. I am now officially a CPP. YAY. I should not have to travel for work again anytime soon. I was sick before i left to go to SAT and I was able to keep it at a minimum while I was there. However, it hit me hard once I got home. Lost my voice on Saturday and it is not completely back. So, I have 7 pics to make up for. Thanks to Gran Pat for posting the Blink sneak peak.

Monday night playing with buttons in Lowes. He was in heaven.

Friday, playing with da in the front yard and eating a frozen pop.

Thursday night, he fell asleep sitting up by the front door. Must have been tired.

Gran Pat and Paw Paw Bill stopped for a visit while I was away. I think M was happy.

Then Gran found him playing with the dvd player.

The view from my room in SAT, overlooking the River walk area.

Here is M last Sunday. In the car with his new Toy Story shades on.

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A sneak priview of Maxx's 2 yr old pics

2011-03-25T10:41:00.002-05:00

A day ahead

2011-03-21T02:37:00.001-05:00

I have some time to kill before leaving for the airport. Here is a pic for Monday.

One of my favs from our trip to Galinburg.

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Another break

2011-03-20T08:19:00.004-05:00

So it seems I am going to have to take another break from blogging...well at least blogging with pics. I will be in San Antonio this week for payroll training again. I won't have the laptop with me. I will try to do what I can. Maybe Gran Pat can take over for a few days, hint hint hint.

As for today's picture, I downloaded the picturs off of Maxx's V-tech camera the other day. There was 240 pictures but most of them were of the floor or just black. They did have some funny ones that I will share.

Can you see M's feet in the one? I thinkhe was sitting on the sofa.

Nice shot of the wii remotes and one of the trains.

I think I took this one in Wmt one morning.

And, i just loved this one. I think M's Nanny must have done this special one.

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Big Boy Bed

2011-03-20T03:26:00.000-05:00

Crib no more. We converted M's bed into a toddler bed last week. So far so good. It is on our room right now since M's room is no longer M's room. We had to go buy a rail for it since 1) the toddler conversion kit didn't come with one and 2) he fell out the first night. (But he was fine, don't worry.)

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Parading around the neighborhood

2011-03-19T15:23:00.002-05:00

M and I took a walk today in his wagon. Luckily, the wagon had some beads left in it from our one and only Mardi Gras parade this year. At one point I turned around and M had a neck full of beads. The neighbors probably think we are one crazy family.

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Passing time...

2011-03-18T20:18:00.003-05:00

Waiting for the dr.

I took M to the dr today since he started with a runny nose and funky cough yesterday. I wanted to be proactive since I will be out of town next week. Good thing we went b/c he has a slight ear infection starting. At least now we can start on meds early and hopefully stop this infection before it gets too bad.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

2011-03-17T18:17:00.004-05:00

I was lucky to have today off of work! So Uncle Will and I loaded up a toddler (Maxx), an elderly women (Maw-Maw El), and a cripple (Gran Pat) and went to the Square to celebrate St. Pat's with friends and family. We had a really great time and the weather was gorgeous. Maxx and I are both tired. I think we will sleep well tonight. :)

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Astronaut Maxx

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Chillin

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Chillin' and eatin' dinner with momma

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First nap

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in his big boy bed!

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Another miss...

2011-03-13T16:37:00.005-05:00

So i know i missed yesterdays post. But here is why....

You really didn't expect me to do a blog post after a day of consuming 120 jello shots.

Yesterday was one of my favorite days of the year. I LOVE the Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day parade. I love that it is such a wonderful family tradition.

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Catching flies

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Paw-Paw....

2011-03-10T19:48:00.002-06:00

this is why M does not get M & Ms.

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SNOW

2011-03-09T20:37:00.002-06:00

We had one day of snow while in TN. It was raining and snowing so it didn't stick to the ground. It was really cool and so different from any "snow" we see in SE LA.

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We are back!

2011-03-09T20:19:00.008-06:00

Sorry for our brief hiatus but we traded the craziness of Mardi Gras for the peaceful mountains of Gatlinburg this year. I only brought the ipad so I could not upload photos. I am going to make up for it by posting a pic from each day of our trip.

Friday (03/04/11)

M & S running across a wooden bridge over a rolling stream.

Saturday (03/05/11)

M contemplating his next move on the putt-putt course while eating a rice krispie treat.

Sunday (03/06/11)

Us waiting to go into a place called Wonder Works

Monday (03/07/11)

M and his little friend checking out the river that ran along side of the restaurant.

Tuesday (03/08/11) Happy Mardi Gras

A 10 hour car ride for a 2 year old is not that fun. But M was VERY good on the trip.

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Maxx and Noah

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Ready to start their adventure!

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Hiatus

2011-03-03T08:26:00.002-06:00

So the blog posts are going on hiatus for a few days. Blog posts will resume next week. I will make up for lost time.

Stylin'

2011-03-02T06:22:00.001-06:00

Anothr shot of M from the parade on Sunday. I loved this one.

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Dancing machine

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2 year stats

2011-02-28T08:40:00.000-06:00

M had his 2 year checkup on Friday.
31 lbs (80th percent)
34.5 inches (50th percent)
Perfect toddler!!!!

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We have shingles

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on the roof, that is. Not the illness. :)

And we have picked out a siding color. WAHOO!

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Cheese Puffs

2011-02-26T18:14:00.003-06:00

M loves cheese puffs. Those soft ones that melt in your mouth. He will bring me the bag and a "cup" when he wants some. But he hates to have dirty hands so we have to keep a towel near by so we can wipe his hands between puffs.

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Book recommendation

2011-02-25T19:54:00.002-06:00

I am not really in the blogging mood today. Here is a book suggestion for those looking for something different.

http://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-Vampire-Seth-Grahame-Smith/dp/0446563080

???

2011-02-24T18:11:00.001-06:00

So tired after his party.

Giving props to Walmart...

2011-02-23T06:23:00.000-06:00

I didn't think I would be able to do this. I was sure I was going to be on the phone with the Walmart corporate office this week chewing someone out. But I was very surprised and impressed when I saw Maxx's birthday cake.

A little background: I fell in love with a specialty cake made at Walmart. I was hesitant to get it at first but I couldn't find anything anywhere else that wasn't going to cost me a fortune. And I wanted some place convenient (and you know I wasn't going to the dreaded Haydels with their sorry excuse for cakes.) I digress...I attempted to order the cake 3 weeks early from the Wmt on Jeff Hwy. The nice lady told me to come back the week of the party b/c my order would get lost that early. OK.... so i go back about 1.5 weeks before the party. I was then told that this Wmt didn't have that cake. The lady was rude and I couldn't understand why they couldn't do it. I got very annoyed with her b/c I didn't understand why they had a cake in their display book that they couldn't make. I left very annoyed and fuming. After I calmed down, I called the Wmt on Veterans (the newish one). I figured if they could do it that my mom (Gran Pat) would be able to pick it up for me since that one is decently convenient for her. This Wmt lady was very nice. She explained that this cake required a certain kit with the decorations in it. (Know I understood why the Jeff Hwy store couldn't do it.) But the Vets Wmt had the cake kit and I ordered the cake. I attempted to call 2 days before the party to confirm the cake and that was a fiasco. The lady couldn't understand what I was calling for and told me that if the cake was ordered then it would be ready. Ok, I wasn't too optimistic that we would have our cake but what could I do at this point.

So Gran Pat was instructed to attempt to pick up the ordered cake but to just get anything if the ordered cake wasn't ready.

I was mighty surprised to see the final product. It was totally PERFECT!!!!!!!!! We added the Sesame Street Characters on top and the star candles. The cake was so adorable and super yummy. I got many compliments on it!

So if you are looking for an adorable cake, this one is called Shooting Star style A from Walmart. I highly recommend the bakery at the Veterans Walmart. They rock!

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The last

2011-02-22T05:20:00.001-06:00

and final monthly picture with the teddy bear. Done, done I tell you. This was such a pain but totally worth it to see little man grow. I might try to put them all in a little montage for you people. We will see.

The only way i could get him to sit still for this was to give him the garden pinwheel to play with. I am pretty sure the pinwheels won't make it through the summer.

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A movie for today

2011-02-21T04:03:00.000-06:00

I figured this was just as good as a picture.

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Lazy Sunday

2011-02-20T13:29:00.004-06:00

We are having a lazy Sunday today. Organizing the wonderful birthday presents that M received yesterday and trying to catch up on some rest. (well at least I am, M doesn't seem to want to nap today)

Here is another pic from his party yesterday.

Love the smile on his face.

It seems that I am shelving the Sunday spotlight. 1) i totally forgot about it last weekend and 2) some people (who will remain nameless) think I am going to hurt people's feelings and I don't want to do that. :)

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Happy 2nd Birthday MAXX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-02-19T17:14:00.003-06:00

I really can't believe that it has been 2 years. How can my precious little 7lb 11oz baby be a fun and adorable 2 year old toddler already? Where did the last 2 years go?

Maxx had an awesome party today at Bookoo Bounce. It was so fun and totally worth it to not have to do all the work. We are all still exhausted, however. Thanks to all our family and friends who came out to celebrate with us.

One quick pic of M having fun.

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Last day as a one year old....

2011-02-18T20:53:00.002-06:00

Wow how time flies....

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More cookies....

2011-02-17T06:25:00.003-06:00

But these are so much cuter. Nanny Rach made these adorable cookies for Maxx to take to school tomorrow for his birthday celebration.

"Maxx's Birthday brought to you by the letter M and the number 2"

Sorry, the phone pic isn't the best. Yellow icing with red M's and blue 2's.

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Cookies

2011-02-16T17:36:00.003-06:00

M and I baked cookies on Sunday morning as a Vday treat for M's grand parents and great grand parents. M did pretty good with icing...until he discovered the sprinkles. Then he LOVED (ate) all the sprinkles.

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Cute shirt

2011-02-15T08:32:00.002-06:00

Check out this cute shirt that M wore for his 2 year old pics on Saturday. It is from Sew2grow. Love it.

Too bad the model wasn't happy to take this picture.

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Happy Valentine's Day

2011-02-14T20:07:00.001-06:00

Love Maxx!

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House update

2011-02-13T20:30:00.001-06:00

An updated pic of the house renovations today. (pic from Friday)

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Sleeping bag

2011-02-12T17:56:00.003-06:00

Paw-Paw Bill got Maxx his awesome fire department sleeping bag. M loves to play in it.

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Wok it to me

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Lalalala....lalalala.......

2011-02-10T02:37:00.000-06:00

Elmo's world.....lalalala....lalalala.......

I made these suckers to send to school for Maxx's birthday next week, along with some yummy cookies that Nanny Rach will make for us too.

I am really excited with how they came out. I can't wait for our house to be done so I can finally have my dream craft room. I might never come out of there.

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Sneak peak

2011-02-09T09:07:00.000-06:00

A sneak peak of some decorations I made for M's birthday party.

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Laundry Basket

2011-02-08T08:01:00.000-06:00

I was doing laundry over the weekend and someone thought it would be fun to hang out in the dirty clothese basket. He stayed in it for about half an hour. And later in the day I found him hanging out in the other one.

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Mama's Boots

2011-02-07T05:04:00.000-06:00

Here is M playing in my boots.....OY! At least it wasn't my heals this time.

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The Sunday Spotlight

2011-02-06T08:58:00.004-06:00

Ok. So after only a month I have realized how hard this 365 challenge is going to be. Our lives just aren't that interesting. I came up with a cool idea last night. Each Sunday I will spotlight an important person in my (our) life. I will give a few brief facts and a couple of pics. I won't spotlight M since everyone already knows enough about him.

So of course, the first spotlight will be the hubs, S. I won't give too much info here since he is not a huge fan of all my internet activity.

Facts:
We met on Spring Break in Panama City (yeah, i know.) We have been married for 6.5 years and together for almost 11. He has a college degree and works as a plumber (people are always surprised to find out he has a degree.) He is a hardworker and I know we will never starve. :)

2006

2008

2010

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Happy Birthday Shay!

2011-02-05T06:46:00.003-06:00

Happy Birthday to my cousin-in-law SHAY!!! YAY! I am so glad that everyone else is starting to turn 30. It is about time I get some old people with me.

Here is one of my favorite pics from Tim and Shay's wedding which was in April 2010 in Little Rock. This is of me and the three oldest cousins on my mom's side and our spouses. My mom's side of the family kind of has two sets of grandkids. Cherie, me, Tim, and Will as the olders and then Kacie, Katie, Kyle, Colin, and Kellie as the youngers. I think there is a pretty big age gap between the two. (Of course, Shay is the one in white!)

And so everyone has their Maxx fix for the day, here is a pic of my mom and Maxx at the wedding. Maxx looks lik a chunk in this pic. Mom looks wonderful. Isn't she beautiful? Thanks goodness I look like her. :)

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Look who I caught...

2011-02-04T05:14:00.000-06:00

sleeping in M's bed? Boo!!!

I guess she figured since Maxx doesn't use it that she would!

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Ears

2011-02-03T03:05:00.000-06:00

So Maxx is sick with a double ear infection. Gran took him to the dr on Tues. I worked from home on Wed to stay with home. Luckily Gran has him on Thursday so I can go to work. Ugh, M seems to be sick every other week right now. I just hope he gets better for his birthday which is quickly approaching.

Maxx was sleeping on the sofa cuddled up into my side as I was on my laptop working from homee. Oh, to work like that everyday would be wonderful.

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FACE

2011-02-02T07:17:00.000-06:00

How could you not love this crazy little guy and his crazy little faces???

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View

2011-02-01T07:14:00.000-06:00

This is the view from our couch most evenings. "Toy Story" is always on in this house. Gotta love all the toys that are everywhere!

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Sick....again....

2011-01-31T19:07:00.002-06:00

Maxx seems to be getting sick again. He came home from school with a fever today. Not fun, not fair. Man, this 2nd semester of school is killing us and we are just finishing the first month.

Here is an updated house pic. This is from the front of our driveway. Kind of hard to tell what everything is at this point but you can see how big it looks already.

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Not much going on...

2011-01-30T22:04:00.002-06:00

I almost missed today's post. But then I got off the sofa and decided to not be lazy. Here is a pic of me and Scott from our cruise in December. That's all I got for today......

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My name is A....

2011-01-29T18:57:00.006-06:00

manda and I am a bookworm.

After reading my friend Mel's post about one of her obsessions http://thislifewithyou.blogspot.com/2011/01/coffee-talk.html, I wanted to share mine with you. READING!!!!

I love to read....sometimes it seems like it could consume all my free time if I let it. S even bought me an Ipad for my birthday with the thought that I could use it as an e-reader (like a Nook or Kindle.) I have recently figured out how to borrow e-books from the library. This, to me, is amazing. Along with my reading obsession, I also love the public library! I could sit in the library for hours if I had the chance. Jefferson Parish has a great library. My favorite part is their online services. I can search anything (books, movies, music) and, if they have it, I can request that it be sent to the library of my choice. And then they even call or email to tell you when it is ready to be picked up.

Today I started on my 3rd book this week. The first one I read was "Pricless" by Nicole Richie (yes that Nicole Richie). Book was decent, easy read. The second was "The Carrie Diaries" by the person who wrote the Sex and the City books. This was about the high school days of Carrie Bradshaw. Pretty easy read and interesting if you loved SITC. The book I started today is in the current series that I am reading. The Southern Vampire/Sookie Stackhouse novels or the books that HBO's "True Blood" is based on. I totally LOVE these books. They are great reads, pretty easy, have some suspense, some romance, and a few laughs.

So, if you have any reading suggestions, send them my way. Or let me know if you need any suggestions, I have lots of favs!

And for you picture today, another one from back in November

I will try to get more of the house renovations tomorrow. You aren't going to believe what it looks like already.

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Cheese

2011-01-28T08:22:00.000-06:00

Gotta love the crackers falling out of his mouth.

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My little photographer

2011-01-27T08:19:00.000-06:00

M and I were coloring the other night and I wanted to get a cute picture of him. He, of course, wanted the camera again. I got one shot of him first and then he got one of me.

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Baskets

2011-01-26T20:13:00.002-06:00

M's newest place to hang out is the clothes baskets. He was having a grand time when I came home to visit on lunch time on Tuesday.

g. bncdnvg,.h,rfxncdxcf,,,,aaA

,,,,,,,

(that translates to "hi people" from Maxx.)

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Renovations

2011-01-25T05:28:00.002-06:00

A non-Maxx post here. Just wanted to give an update on our renovations. They are coming along nicely. Scott has been working very hard thus far. He is trying to do what he can now instead of hiring someone. He is still working on framing up the garage. This weekend he worked on the 2nd floor with some help from family/friends.

This house is going to be huge!!!

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Finger paint

2011-01-24T09:06:00.000-06:00

One of my New Year's resolutions was to do more "fun" things with Maxx. Since the weather is so cold right now, those fun things must be done inside. Friday afternoon we did some finger painting in the kitchen. M had a blast. He was really funny. He doesn't like when his hands are dirty. So he would paint, then i would have to wipe his hands clean and then he would stick them back in the paint. Finally i just gave him a foam brush and then he really loved it.

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Birthday Fun

2011-01-23T07:59:00.001-06:00

On Saturday, we celebrated the birthday of M's friend Harper. Harper is the cute little girl who lives down the street from us. The party was at the Children's Museum. It was so much fun. M was wild for 2 hours straight. He wouldn't stop to eat, drink, or even sing Happy Birthday. I will totally be getting a membership to the museum once M gets a little bit older.

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And you should see the other guy...

2011-01-22T20:32:00.004-06:00

Maxx got into a fight on friday...with the headboard of our bed. Poor baby busted and cut open his eye and busted up his nose. Not fun. His nose was slightly swollen with a brush burn on it. His eye is swollen with a cut on it. I blame this one on Scott. He was in the bed with him. I was not in the room.

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Cold playground fun

2011-01-21T15:32:00.002-06:00

We stopped at the playground after I picked Maxx up from school today. I thought maybe since the sun was out that the cold would be tolerable. I was wrong. After less than 15 mins, our noses were running and our cheeks were super red. I figured it was best to get us indoors since we are both still getting over being sick.

I tried to put Maxx in the swing. He hated it!

Climbing up the slide.

This playground is not terribly toddler friendly. (even though the age says 2-12) The only way to get to the slide is either a 6 ft tall rock wall or a inclined crawl through tunnel. Maxx can't do either at this point. So I realized that I could reach up and put him on the top of the rock wall and then he could slide. He was in heaven!

Hopefully this weather will warm up soon and we can start going back outside again.

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23 months

2011-01-20T19:39:00.003-06:00

Well, this was actually yesterday. We didn't take pics until later in the evening so I didn't get to post them. It was a pain, again. M didn't want to sit for pics. He just wanted to play with the camera. Gran even tried to take some this morning and you can see that all he wanted was the camera.

My attempt:

After the drama

Gran's attempt--and yes, he does have her camera.

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Sitting at the big table

2011-01-19T19:17:00.002-06:00

I am trying to transition Maxx out of his highchair and into his booster seat at our table. We are going to need the space in the dining room soon and the highchair just takes up so much room. He did pretty decent tonight. I think he enjoys eating on his Manny mat.

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Sorry--updated

2011-01-18T19:54:00.003-06:00

Sorry, no pic today. Our Internet is down at home. And I can't upload pictures via the iPad.

Updated--Good news. The wireless is back up and running for now.

Here is another quick pic from a while back. I loved his face in this one.

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17

2011-01-17T20:13:00.005-06:00

Not much to post today. Thanks to MLK I was off of work today. The only gov't holiday that we get in the year. Maxx has been moody today. I am still not feeling great...kind of feel like my head is in a bubble. Today's picture is one that I took with the webcam on the laptop. Not great but i forgot to bring my camera with me when M and I ran errands.

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Yummy soup

2011-01-16T18:38:00.002-06:00

Today with a non-M post. I finally got around to making some yummy veggie soup (with meat of course.) And yes, i do realize that the temps were back into the 60's today but it is still soup weather. Plus, I have been miserable sick this weekend and soup was just what I needed.

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Potty

2011-01-15T08:45:00.000-06:00

M likes to sit on his potty in the living room while watching tv. Now if he would just start to understand what he is really supposed to do on the potty....

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Ipad

2011-01-14T13:39:00.003-06:00

Maxx's newest obsession is the the ipad. He calls it 'me' since the background has a picture of him on it. He sees it and goes crazy. I have downloaded some really cute apps for him to play. Plus he likes to play with ours too. I just have to watch him when he uses it since he sometimes deletes things.

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Another cheese face

2011-01-13T07:01:00.004-06:00

Now that Maxx has been sick it is now time for me to get sick. I started last night and feel terrible. Today's pic will be one from Gran's camera. She asked for a smile on New Years morning and this is what she got.

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Everything needs a nap

2011-01-12T07:19:00.001-06:00

This is what I found when checking on Maxx during nap time. I guess the Vicks Warm Mist needed a nap too.

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Faces

2011-01-11T06:09:00.001-06:00

I think M has inherited my ability to make some wacko faces.
Like mother, like son.

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Photo session with some friends

2011-01-10T12:17:00.004-06:00

Back in Nov (i think) we went to the park for some fun and photos with our neighbors/new friends. They have a little girl who is a month older than Maxx and they play really well together. I don't think I ever shared some pics from that day. I used one for our Christmas card this year. I really like how they came out.

They are taking forever to upload b/c the files are so large. I will share more on another day.

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Lazy Sunday

2011-01-09T19:02:00.004-06:00

A total lazy Sunday for us for two reasons:

This weather is CRAP.

Sick baby! Not fun.

How sad is this??

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Saturday fun.....

2011-01-08T17:06:00.003-06:00

Today we attended a birthday party. It was at a sports center near the house. We had lots of fun. It was a open turfed warehouse where the kids could run around and play with misc stuff. They also had a bounce house and a big slide set up for the kids to play with. Maxx and the other little ones played a lot in the bounce house. It had ladder thing and a slide which Maxx loved. I was nervous about him climbing this ladder all by himself but he did great. Some of the bigger kids kind of ran over him a few times but he was a tropper. It was hard to get pics b/c the boys kept moving and most of the pics came out fuzzy. Here are a few.

Maxx and Erik Jr playing in the bounce house.

After one of his many slides

Going up the ladder.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Playing with hula hoops

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Cheese face

2011-01-07T16:32:00.002-06:00

This was what I got when I asked M to smile for the camera this morning.

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30#'s

2011-01-06T17:29:00.005-06:00

Gran Pat took M to the Dr today for a follow up to a sick visit from 3 weeks ago. He got the a-ok from the ped! YAY No more ear infection or green funk from the nose. I am sure he will get something again soon now that school has started again. Maxx weighed in at 30 lbs today. WOW. I can't believe it. I actually thought he would be under 30 since he is slimming out a bit but I guess not.

I am going to share 2 pics today. One old and one new. The first is a pic of Maxx and his two friends from this time last year (Jan 2010). Look how little they were (Erik Jr, Joe Jr, and Maxx.)

The 2nd is a recent pic of the 3 boys + one more friend. This one was taken last week when the 4 boys and their parents got together to exchange Christmas presents. (Joe Jr, Maxx, Erik Jr, and Noah.) I can't believe how big they are now. They are all so precious and so sweet. I love them all!

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In a row

2011-01-05T19:14:00.004-06:00

I think it is funny how little ones love to line things up. If only this need to be organized would continue until we were older, huh? M had fun lining up his cars on the parking garage tonight. I love the concentration on his face.

Today is day 5 of blog posting. I am surprised I even made it this far. I am proud of myself. I am so glad this full work week is almost over. Only 1 more day. And M went back to school today from his holiday break. Thank goodness. I am sure it won't be fun to drop him off on Friday morning.

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