from max, with love

nothing says love like a handful of the neighbor's flowers, right? max came home with these today after playing in the sprinkler with his friend bennett. he was soooo excited to give them to me- it was the most adorable thing ever and it honestly made my day. danny prepped him to tell me that i was pretty too, but he forgot and told me he ran in the water instead. i'll take it anyway though! the whole situation was so funny i HAD to try and get some pictures of him with the flowers. here's what i got...

for real!? i have been looking at this picture over and over allll night and i just die laughing every time. if you all could just see me staying up alone in my jamies on the couch, laughing my head off. oh, it's a sight. a few more silly and sweet ones...

notice the roots and dirt still in tact?

he was so proud of his pretty bouquet in the cup and i couldn't love them more. perfection. =)

thanks little boy, you completely melted my heart today.

grandma r

my cousins were looking at old pictures and found this one of my grandma, the day before my dad was born. they think we look a lot alike. rach sent me the photo, and i'm so glad she did! i like to think i look like her too, and it makes me happy because she's an amazing woman, and soooo beautiful. if i am ever compared to her in ANY way, i consider myself lucky. =)

marilyn rands, 1957

me, 2010

the moral of the story is, let people photograph you. even when you're pregnant. =) she may not have felt that great the day before she gave birth, but i think she's stunning. and i'm SO glad to have this photo of her now!

au natural...

this blog, it's a place for honesty. even when honestly might be a little (or a lot) disgusting. i'm sorry for those of you who have weak stomachs, but i just couldn't pass this up! so. max lately has taken a liking to peeing in the great outdoors. i don't know why it's soooooo much cooler than going in the potty, but he seriously will leave the house and go outside just to pee! i have tried to convice him it isn't necessary, but honestly at 31 weeks pregnant, some things JUST. AREN'T. WORTH IT. you choose your battles with a three year old.

anyway, a couple days ago max told me he had to go potty, and that it needed to happen outside. whatever. then he casually mentions "i need do poo too!"

HALT. no way. sorry pal, that's an inside ONLY deal. and i direct him firmly to the potty and go back to my room to fold laundry. all the sudden i look out my window to see my STARK NAKED child bee line it to the back yard, stop at the flower beds and SQUAT.

my reaction? "NOWAYNOWAYNOWAYNOWAY!!!" of course it's too late for me to actually stop anything from happening so i do what any other mother would do, grab my camera (iphone). by then, the deed is DONE and he has turned around to pee (see above).

this is the part when i should have gone out and grabbed his naked self and had a talk. you know, the serious kind. the only problem is that i am laughing WAY TOO HARD!!! so again, plan b, i do what any mother would do, i called my mom. and my cousin. and danny. so that i could report "i just watched max take a dump in our flowers!!!!??!"

AND LAUGHED MY FREAKING HEAD OFF.

finally i composed myself enough to retrieve my child, who is now sitting (still naked mind you) on the deck blowing bubbles like he hasn't got a care in the world.

enter serious talk about appropriate places to poo. but really, all i'm thinking is that i would seriously pay a million dollars to know exactly what was going through that head of his throughout this entire process.

so for the rest of the day whenever it came up he would say, " noooooo, we don't do poo out-thide, dat'th thiwwy [silly]."

well said.

our friend megan...

seattle girls, remember our friend megan? of course you do. well, she's all growed up and married and i just posted her bridal photos today. check them out here and leave her some love! she's more beautiful than ever, wouldn't you say!? and let me tell you, her hubby is just a gem. worth the wait for sure! =)

happy weekend

love a very naughty little boy [do not let the picture deceive you] and his mother. he got a haircut yesterday and i'm kindof dying over it. is it not the sweetest?

he really was cute, huh?

oh man, for some reason tonight i was having a good ole time looking through my first couple months of pics on my photo blog (and laughing my BUTT OFF!) and i came across this image of max. can you believe how little? he is sure one feisty toddler now, but this just reminded me of the sweet, cuddley, angel baby he was (and there IS still a little of that left!). it sortof hit me, i am going to be doing all of this again! little fingers and toes, wispy baby hair, onesies, ... the whole thing. will she look like him? i hope so. because i honestly would love to relive his entire childhood over and over again. is that so much to ask? =)