Max's Baby Shower

Our first weekend in Seattle, Whitney Smith and Mari Short (the amazing mother-daughter duo) threw Max and I the cutest baby shower! They are so creative and adorable. Everything they did matched Max's room- green, chocolate brown, and scallops. I had such a blast! Max slept like a rock the whole time, even though he was being passed around from person to person all afternoon. Thanks Whitney and Mari for such a fun shower and all the guests for coming. We felt very loved!

The invitations- handmade by Whitney and Mari.

The favors- circle rice crispie treats in these adorable bags Whitney made.

THe mini cupcakes- chocolate with green frosting. Yum! These are Whitney's cake plates that I wanted to steal. She collects them and has a bunch of cute ones.

Even Whitney and Mari's gift matched! I even saved the paper- haha! The best part was that inside was the baby gap bubble outfit I had been dying to get. Jill and I- thanks to her and Debbie, Max is the proud owner of baby pumas. So cute!
Some guests- Karen, Whitney, and Debra.
Mari, Janalee, and Kristin.

Seattle: The Fam

Watching Jordan's baseball game.

Uncle Jordan playing for Eastlake. Go Wolves!
Mx with my cute cousin Becca. Don't you love the sunglasses?

Max and Nana. True love! She and Mackenzie were always fighting over him. Thanks to those two, I hardly changed a diaper the whole trip! And Max has a LOT of stinky diapers. He likes to poop up his back at least once about every other day- or more.
Kenz broke her foot doing gymnastics while we were there, so she borrowed Max's stroller!

Kenzie and Max are so cute together- they TOTALLY love eachother!
After a game with Unky Jordy, as he likes to be called.
Max loves Grandpa! He was just sitting there staring at him. Grandpa was the second person Max ever smiled at (after Nana.)

With Uncle Tyler. He was so sweet with him! For those of you who don't know, my brother Tyler is autistic and has an extra special place in everyone's hearts. Every time you asked if he wanted to hold him, Ty would hold his arms out like you were passing him a log. It cracked us up, but he did great! He walked around church telling everyone about baby Maxwell, but if they would try to touch him, he would say, "No. You can't touch him. Maxwell doesn't want your germs." We created a monster. He did the same thing at dinner one night, itroducing "baby Maxwell" to the cooks and servers. Tyler also talks to Max so sweetly. He calls him his little prince and tells him all kinds of things. We can never aknowledge that Max's first name is Jon, he hates it! He can't handle two people in our family having the same name and pretty much freaks out about it. He used to get really mad, but now he just says, "actually, I think his real name is Maxwell." As opposed to "No. We can not have the same names! I hate it, it is a stupid idea! I wanted his name to be Jagger!" Yes, Jagger. That's the name he had picked out. It just added to the problem when we didn't use it. Uncle Jordan being crazy. He got these v neck shirts at American Apparel- so funny.

Max's second cousin Asher. How cute are they in their matching camo?
Snuggling in bed with Auntie Kenzie. We would bring him in to her almost every night when she went to bed. My mom used it as a bribe to get her in bed at night!

The Jons (Grandpa). Sometimes I think they even look alike!
Great Grandma and Grandpa Rands. Max is their first great grandchild. Max is not a very good burper, but Great grandma has the magic touch! We all tease her about how hard she "pats."

More Seattle: Trampoliney

Mackenzie is really into taking crazy pictures on the tramp with her friends- we're hooked now that we've done it! These are of me, Kenz and Britt. Yes we are nerds. Especially Kenz. I was amazed at how hard it was to do simple tricks on the tramp after having a baby! I thought I was going to wet my pants every time I jumped. I can still do a layout though... barely... I threw my neck out after like 15 minutes!

Blog Slacker

Ok, so I haven't been a good blogger at all lately! We have been running around like crazy- Seattle, Salt Lake, Denver, wherever. I am so out of sorts I can't even remember what city I am in when I wake up in the morning. Anyway, tons of things have happened, and I am going to try and catch up, but I have a feeling they won't really be in chronological order. So here's my best shot. Oh, and I'm sure they'll be long because I have about a trillion or so pictures.

shameless bragging about Max

I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure I have the cutest little boy that ever lived! He looked so cute today I had to have some photo fun. I love him to pieces! Plus, Danny misses Max like CRAZY and asked me to post some shots of him. We are having fun in Seattle but we really wish Danny was here too! By the way Kettles, doesn't Max look like Cody in the second picture?

Nana got Max this cute little t-shirt at Merry-go-round, my new FAVORITE baby store in Bellevue. Had to show it off!

Project Burpee

Yay me! Today I started and finishe a project (this almost never happens)! I recieved some really cute burp cloths as gifts and I loved them so much I decided to make my own! So I went to Ben Franklin (the best craft store ever) to get fabric, bought some cloth diapers and had a hay day. My mom and I had so much fun making them! Of course now I'll be sad when Max pukes on them. =) By the way, the one on the bottom is Dick and Jane fabric, it's not just a vulgar burpee.

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A Social Smile

This morning was Max's first real smile! It was absolutely adorable. I could tell it was the real deal because his whole face lit up and he was making eye contact. Of course, he didn't smile for me, but for his Nana! It was about 7 am and he had just finished eating. We went upstairs to say good morning to Nana, who was writing an e-mail. She held him and started talking to him and he just lit up. I'll never forget it! Then later that morning, he smiled for Grandpa. THis is a shot of the tail end of that one. It doesn't even come close to showing how big and cute the smile was! For some reason I never have a camera at the most important moment. Im just glad I saw it! I can't wait for him to do it again (hopeully next time at me)!

Seattle: Downtown Excursion

Since Brittany and Max had never been to Seattle before, one of the first things we had to do was go to Pike's Place Market. It's a really famous outdoor farmer's market and shopping area right on the water. They sell all kinds of stuff: flowers, fruits and veggies, fish of course, art, clothes, food, you name it. Here are some photos of the ware.

These are really cool pepper wreath hanging things. Sorry, I don't really know how to describe them.

Asparagus: my FAVORITE veggie.

The market has the most insanely beautiful flowers, all locally grown. There was this gorgeous bouquet that I wanted with a bunch of white flowers and cherry blossom branches (not shown because the picture did it no justice). So when I said they sell fish, I do mean ALL KINDS. How hideous is this thing?! But they also have lots of crab and lobster and ... mmm... that's me drooling. Okay, you cannot come to Seattle and miss the fish and chips, they are to die for! Here we are eating some at Cutters, a great restaurant near the market. They were amazing.

Something else about downtown, there are lots of crazies. Especially the tree-hugging-free-love-organic variety. This is my favorite example. No this is not two chicks. Am I rude to take random picture of people kissing? Yes. Do I care? Only if I get caught. Which sometimes I do. There may be another blog to come devoted to just such crazies. If any of you know me well, you know that I have a MAJOR staring problem and I am soooo indiscreet. I think that's why I love taking pictures so much.

So there was this guy selling his art, which I'm sorry was not really fine, and apparently telling fortunes. I'm not sure if you had to buy his really fine art to get your free fortune or not, but now I wish I would have asked, because I have never had my fortune told, other than by a cookie. This is a picture of the sign on his wheely cart. I serously wish I had one exactly like it. I don't know what I would do with it, but I'm sure I would think of something.

This is on the University of Washington campus, which is amazing. Al of the buildings are really old and beautiful. I didn't actually get out of the car, so I don't really have great shots of the architecture.

Random seats on the side of a building.

So of course we sat!

A couple more shots. Sorry such a loooong post.

See ya lata California

I am sad to say that on the 19th, We officially moved from California! I am so sad to be leaving such a fun place and our great friends. We really enjoyed the time we lived there! Now the plan is this: move all of our stuff into storage for the summer, hang out in SLC for a few weeks while Danny finishes real-estate school, bless Max on May 6th, pass the real estate test, live in Rexburg for a month or two while Danny learns the ins and outs of owning a Help-U-Sell office, open our office with the Hebs in Layton around the beginning of August. I'm exhausted just thinking about it! Max and I are in Seattle until May 3rd, and then we are going to Denver over Mothers' Day weekend to hang with the Guest Fam and the Guiboards. Yay! So that's our deal.

So Happy Together/ Sucking Face

On Friday, I took Max over to Chrissy and Luke's to meet baby Naomi. She is beautiful, and apparently Max agrees with me! He loves her as you will see in the pictures. We couldn't stop laughing! Max will apparently suck on anything. Here's the play by play...

Sucking binkie...



Mommy takes binkie because it looks silly in photos...

binkie replaced by Naomi's hand...


Naomi's hand replaced by Naomi's face...


Max loves Naomi's face...




Naomi is rescued, but is left with significant amont of slobber in hair. Poor Naomi.

"Sorry" says Max.