Bitter Sweet Picture Overload!!!!!

So my handsome little boy is having surgery in less than 2 weeks so i have to take as many pictures as i can of his wide smile so #1 he can see them one day and see how far he has come and #2 i just realized in two weeks i will never be able to take another picture of him again with his cleft they way it is, and to be honest it makes me a little teary. Paul says i am silly because i cried when i found out that Max would have a cleft and now i am crying because it is going to be fixed. I know I know i am just a big fat girl and shouldn't be crying but he i have just gotten so used to his cleft and have grown to adore and love his smile so much i am not exactly sure i want it to go away! Anyway here are some pictures i have taken lately and believe me there will be many more to come in the next few weeks.


He is so happy!!!



I think in this one he is saying.... "Okay Mom enough pictures already!"
He is getting so big and so Handsome!!
Good Morning!
This is one of my favorites. Paul is such an amazing Dad and i love him so so much, as does Max he is so good with him and they have so much fun together. doesn't his picture just make you want to hug them!!

Nothing Beats Smiles, Love and Sugar Cookies!!!!

Max had his first adventure in the kitchen with me this week, he is finally able to sit up on the counter with me in his bambo chair(which i adore) and we made sugar cookies for Dad and the rest of the fire department i am sure. Anyway loads of fun and i know i always say this but he is adorable!

This is the nothing beats love part of my title for this post, is this not the most precious picture ever. i am so lucky that my child has such great grandparents. Not only are my parents so amazing to him but Grandma and Grandpa Jones just love him to pieces as well they just do it from a distance.

And TADA this is the smiles part we were singing songs and Paul was making him dance! i know fun huh yep that should be our middle name is fun!

Fun Filled Saturday!!!

So one of Paul and my new years resolutions is to be more active as a family so today we went for a hike! it was wonderful to get outside together and spend quality time as a family.

This is horseshoe bend the beautiful place we hiked to i can't believe i have lived here most of my life and only have come here a handful of times!

I love my family and our new goal!!

My two boys max is sleeping so we didn't want to take him out!

Oh My Freekin Gosh!!!

Seriously he is the cutest little person ever! i know i know everyone says that about their child but how can you look at that face in these pictures and not agree with me! I know you can't!
I almost caught his smile in this one!
And would you look at those beautiful baby blues, don't they just melt your heart and make you want to squeeze him til you cant squeeze any tighter! i know i am one proud mama but how could you not be with a son this adorable and fun and cute and oh i could go on forever!

Could he be any cuter?

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This is Max just being his happy self he is getting so big and cooing so much i love it. he is so much fun!Sorry i had to post both of them i know they are similar but they are a little different and both so adorable!

Ho Ho Ho Has Come and Gone!!!

Well another christmas has come and gone. sorry it took my a few days to get our christmas pictures up. but here they are. we had such a wonderful first christmas as our new little family together. Of course Max didn't care much but Brooklyn was so much fun to have their on christmas morning and our traditional christmas eve family night and dinner was delicious and uplifting as always.

Grandpa and Max watching a football game on christmas day!!

I told Paul not to make a stupid face but he did so this is what he gets for doing it a picture on my blog for all to see! P.S. this was christmas morning!

Max with some of his presents! Grandma and Grandpa got the play mat for him he loves it and is finally starting to grab things!

He loves the ball with the bell in it he will sit there and hit it for hours!

Brooklyn on Santa's present. it took her a minute to wake up and decide that she wanted to play but once she was awake she was so fun and so excited!

Me getting the poor girls hair out of her face on christmas eve. she couldn't see a thing!

Brooklyn wanted to hold Baby Max!!

Max in his first ever christmas eve pajamas!

Christmas is here Again, Stand up and cheer again!!

Paul, Max and I went to Phoenix this past week for another doctor appointment for Max and we had such a wonderful time! We got to see Jessica and Jaimee and Brooklyn and go see the Lights at Mesa Temple which were gorgeous! they had a magnificent manger scene that Paul and i both felt the spirit at! Christmas is such a wonderful time to ponder on all the miracles that have happened on this earth, (i.e. Christ's birth)! We had such a good time Max Loved looking at all the lights and we met a very interesting and motivated missionary who i think scared Jessica and her boyfriend just a bit!

Paul, Max and Myself in front of the lights Aren't we just the cutest little family!

Jessica and Max

Paul and I before his work Christmas party, it was a lot of fun better than any other year we have gone, but that is only because my amazing husband was in charge and did an absoloutly fantastic job! Everyone had a good time, i think it is because alcohol was allowed this year that everyone thought it was better than previous years as well, needless to say Paul and I were one of the few sober people there and it was definitly interesting!

Another shot of the Cute Couple i love him so so much he is such a great man and sometime i feel like i don't say it enough so i want everyone who reads my blog to know how much i adore my husband and admire him! i hope to be as levelheaded, loving, kind, hardworking, and fun as he is one day, oh and don't forget skinny as well but that one probably will never happen!

My Little Cowboy

A Huge thanks to Adam and Aspen our friends in Wyoming for this adoarble shirt and beanie! And would you look at that huge smile he is so stinkin cute i can't get over the fact that he is mine and so handsome, Paul and i make gorgeous babies if i do say so myself!

Cutie Patutie!

He is so Pleasant when he sleeps i hate it cuz i just want to pick him up and squeeze him and love him but he is asleep so i cant!

HoHoHo is coming very soon!!!

Winter is here isn't it beautiful! i love the snow and everything that comes with it! most of these pictures are taken in Flagstaff, but some are taken in Page as well believe it or not!

So Pretty!! God really does have a way of making you appreciate the beauty of this earth when you least expect it!

I couldn't pass this picture opp. up! I got to sit in my truck and look at this for a good half hour or so!

My beautiful Christmas tree!!

My backyard after a night of snowing! I wanted so bad to jump in my hot tub and then roll in the snow and then jump back in my hot tub! (too bad my hot tub is not up and running at the moment)

View from my front door! this is my favorite thing to wake up to in the winter time! especially right before christmas!

My Cute house!

The tree in my front yard i thought it looked so cool, until i saw the trees in Flagstaff which were way more cool, but still it made me happy!

My Favorite place in the world after i took this picture i put Max to bed and sat on my couch with all my blinds open sipping hot chocolate and listening to Roger Whitakers Christmas album (Darcy the Dragon) for my family who knows! All i could think was it doesn't get any better than this, well if Paul would have been there with me it would have made it better, but it was still the best night ever!

Roll Over

My little boy is growing so fast, he rolled over a few days ago for the first time! (i think it was by accident but he still did it so i am excited) i can't believe how much he has grown since his surgery he is becoming his own person instead of just a baby! i am sorry i didnt get a video or picture of him rolling over but it all happened so fast and he hasn't done it again since(which is my reasonig for thinking it was a fluke) but as soon as he does it again you better believe there will be pictures galore! i am such a proud mama if you can't tell!

BABY BLESSING!!!

Max in his blessing outfit, Thanks to cousin Jaclyn for the outfit it was perfect! Paul gave such a beautiful blessing he is such a wonderful father it was just what our family needed to get us in the spirit of the season!

My Little Family on Max's blessing day in front of our christmas tree!

Me and My wide eyed little boy!

Daddy and Max don't i have the most handsome men in my life?

Mom and Dad, Paul and I and Max on Max's big day!