Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! Max made it through the entire service today at Church in the nursery.
We have been going to church for quite a while now and in the beginning Max would do really good, he would just be clingy to whomever was in there. Then he started going through this phase where he would cry the entire time. One of the great things I love about the nursery is that they will only let the child cry for 10 minutes and then they come and get the parent. Well they have come to get us a few times, then it ended up that Karl would be in the nursery the whole service trying to leave but not quite making it.

Karl does much better at leaving Max while he is crying then I do. But it was starting to get frustrating because Karl would miss the whole service but finally it has happened. He only cried for a few minutes and Karl got to sit with me through the whole service..:)

When I talked with the volunteer in the nursery she said that Max cried for a few minutes but he stopped, then he was a little clingy but then he got down and started playing. I have been really upset about this because I want Max to get used to be around other kids, especially ones of different ages. Sadly the playgroup that I was in has fallen to the wayside so I have been trying to find other things to do along with finding a new playgroup. So going to Church has been a great way for Max to interact with other kids. I feel so relieved to know that he is starting to enjoy his time in there. :)

FREEZING!

Woke up to a dusting of snow this morning. It was all gone by lunch time but I am stilllll soooo coooolllldddd.....Wishing for summer already... :)

Have to go later and find Max some snow pants and boots...will try to get pictures asap!

The New Star Trek...

I found this trailer on Yahoo and thought it looked cool. I totally grew up watching Star Trek with my dad and Karl loves it too...I just know that when this comes out we will be seeing it. It actually looks pretty good....

Max playing with blocks

Here is Max playing with his blocks....his auntie jennie was having almost as much fun as he was. You can clearly see that Nana and I were laughing almost as hard as he was!!!

High Chair Conversations

It's hard to believe that this was Max a year ago! He is soooo little in this video. Now he is all over the place and really talking like a fool!!

Not A Happy Camper...

Max is usually pretty happy when he gets up from his naps. Apparantly yesterday he was not...

I kept trying to get a picture of his shirt. It says "that's it, I'm calling nana". But every time I picked up the camera this is what he did...

The last time that I did it he came over and sat in my lap, hence the reason you can see me....I am realizing this probably make me a really bad mom but I was laughing so hard. It was hystarical! Pick up the camera - cry. Put it down - stop crying....so funny!

He seemed to be better once I stopped clicking away. I guess he was just not feeling photogenic. Go figure!

Not Just Another Day....

Thanksgiving. As I get older this Holiday mean more and more to me. It used to just mean alot of food and then sleep but now I really think about the things that I am grateful for. Plus of course I can't wait for the food! LOVE Turkey!! We will be spending Thanksgiving this year in New York with Karl's family which will be cool because we haven't spent a THanksgiving with them. The plan was to flip flop the holidays but somehow it just hasn't worked out that way.


I am so thankful that I have such a loving husband! Karl is such a great guy I sometimes wonder how I got so lucky, but then I realize that God has a plan and it was supposed to be that way. It's a good thing too because I was really starting to wonder about my choices in men for a little while. LOL! But thankfully there was someone else watching over me and knew what I needed....


I am also thankful for my son. He has taught me so many things in such a short period of time and to be quite honest he is still teaching me things. The biggest lesson of all is patience. Something I have needed to be better at anyway...thanks Max!


I am very thankful for my wonderful family...mine and Karl's. They are amazing people and I am just blessed that I have them, even though we don't always see eye to eye on things I know that they are there for me.


I am thankful for the wonderful, amazing friends that I have. Many of which are back in Michigan. You all have been so supportive since we have moved away and I miss each and every one of you dearly!


I am thankful that we were able to lease our house back in Michigan, although I miss it every day. Having a brand new house makes you kind of spoiled.

Leading me into the next thing that I am thankful for. The house we are living in. Although it's not my home and we are just staying here for a short time I am thankful that we have a roof over our head and don't have to pay two mortgages. Especially with the economy the way it is.

There are so many things that I could put down that I am thankful for but I don't want to bore everyone, so these are just a few that really were on my brain. I hope and pray that everyone of you has a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Day and that you think about the things you are truly thankful for! Happy Turkey Day!

Yippieeeeeee!

I am sooo very excited today. My mom and my sister are coming out for a long weekend visit. :)

They will be here today around 4'ish and are staying through till Tuesday. Can't wait! I don't have a recent picture of the three of us together so here is one from my Mom and Jim's wedding. My sister is standing to the left of me with her two boys, Camerin and Brady. Who by the way are about a foot taller now! :)

I was just looking at my hair and realizing that it looks pretty darn cute blonde.....:) May have to make the switch back. Won't Karl be thrilled!

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...

This morning Karl, Max and I went out and voted. Until the moment I stepped into the booth I was undecided. I have been going back and forth with a lot of the issues and was sooo 50/50 on each candidate. I am not going to share my pick just because I don't want to get into a huge political debate on my blog but I think that I made the right choice.

This has been the first election that I have really got into. This is my 3rd election and to be honest I don't even think I voted in the last one. I kept telling myself that I didn't like either candidate so why bother but now that I have a son and have a home (in Michigan, LOL!) I feel like I have a responsibility to vote. Why call myself an American if I choose to give up that right. My pastor made a comment in church this past weekend that really rung true...many countries don't have the freedom of choice and many countries never will. So I am using my freedom and voting...which I hope everyone I know did as well!!!

On a side note my voting location was in a church. I find it very ironic that the Government is all about separation of Church and State but I was voting for the next President (can you get more government than that?) in a Church. Interesting.