us!

my dear friend and AMAZING photographer ashlee raubach took these pictures for us this fall and i could not love them more! of course i am so behind on blogging it is out of control, so i haven't had a chance to post them yet, but she just posted a few today, so check them out here!! thank you so much ashlee!

"tsenzie."

we look amazing in crazy mirrors. love that there is apparently a smudge on the mirror that is giving kenz the appearance of the perfect goatee!

dude. aunt kenzie (or tsenzie as max calls her) is coming to town on thursday and we are sooooo excited! max saw a picture of himself with kenzie on the computer today and he gasped and yelled, "dat me! dat my tsenzie!" we basically can't wait.

lovely things about today...

{image courtesy of caroline drake}

1. consultation this morning which lead to booking a wedding. yay!

2. max's friends AND my friend came over to play.

3. we made (and ATE) reeeeally good chocolate chip cookies.

4. max watched no T.V. all day! i told him yesterday that is was broken. we have been watching waaay too much lately. plus, i got inspired by my t.v. abandoning cousin.

5. i have an awesome cleaning lady, and she came today. yeeeah clean bathrooms! her name is tammy jo, only max calls her BAMMY jo. it's awesome.

6. i had a plethora of homemade pico de gallo from my weekend with mom, and i had to hurry and use it. Caroline recommended i make her yummy TOMATILLO SOUP for dinner to use it up. OH. MY. GOODNESS. i died it was so good! i doubled it so i could freeze some and i am super glad. it's amazing. for real.

7. even though he struggled for a minute (and got out once) max went to sleep for the third night in a row, by himself, in his big boy bed.

8. I GOT MY HAIR DONE!!! au revoir FRUMPY. ahhhhhh. i love you laci.

9. max asked me to check out his booty.

he walks up to me, shows me his backside and said

him: "hey mom, see my butt?" (this is new as of monday, and i about hit the floor!)

me: (being very stern) "max, we do NOT say that word. when we say that word, we get yuckies in our mouth." (last time he said this, meaning yesterday, it was worchestershire.)

him: "otay. mom, (now SMACKING HIS BEHIND) see my BUNNERS?" (bum, buns, and bunners are allowed).

what do you even SAY TO THAT???!

appauling, yes. hillarious? also yes.

mission accomplished!

nothing more needs to be said.

i mean really people.

ok. so i am a bad blogger. like, really bad! the thing is, i needed a break. big time! the christmas photo rush was nuts, plus getting ready for a two week trip over christmas, plus finishing our basement (yes, it's DONE! the carpet went in over new years!), i have been needing to just plain check out for a while. i mean for crying out loud, i haven't even mailed my CHRISTMAS CARDS! and they are killer i might add. =) don't worry, i will probably still send them out. yes, really. tacky huh? but i worked hard on them and printed them all, so i WILL do it! even if they show up around valentines day.

as you already saw (thanks to my baby sister- that stinker!), our christmas was just perfect. we were so spoiled to spend so much time with our families! no gift was better than that, to be sure. though max thought the gifts were pretty cool too! as usual between everyone, he got too much stuff, so we didn't even open half of them, we're saving them for his birthday. i hate when kids get so much that they don't get to enjoy each thing. you know? less is more, i say.

anyway, we are back home and getting into the swing of things again and it's so nice! we worked really hard on getting some of the basement organized this week, and wouldn't you know my mom came out and helped us do EVERYTHING! you would not even believe how much work she did, we can not thank her enough! we really are so lucky. pictures coming of the basement soon, i promise! i am just waiting for my wide angle to return from the nikon hospital. =)

however, here are some darling little shots of my sweet max. he is getting soooo big and saying the darnedest things. and to top it off, he is officially out of his crib this week! he has been doing great and hasn't gotten out once. yay! i won't lie, i maybe cried when we were setting up the big boy bed. just a little. =)

aww. i just died over this one. basically, we adore him.

he thinks he's so funny. and really, he is.

wrapping up in his choo choo towel, and of course coloring while sipping some chocolate milk in my room.

Round one

here are a few pictues of what we did over christmas break with jessica danny and max!

Max, nana, and bapa!
ICE SKATING

Out on the frozen lake!
Tyler on Christmas Morning!!
Me, jess, and becca chillin on the couch

on christmas eve!
Max and Danny enjoying the evening :)
New years eve morning! max LOVES WILSON!

officially hijacked!

because it is obvious to me and my father that jessica lynn kettle is no longer blogging. we decided to take over her blog until she gives us a post. so let the games begin.

P.s. a word of advice, dont share your password with anybody, even your sister :)