My New Trick & Max Update!!!

I learned a new trick seen below are pictures that i made black and white then i added a splash of color i am doing it with a lot of our wedding photos too nd they look fantastic! i love to learn new fun things and decorate my house with them, anyway if you want to know how just ask i like to teach new things too!

This one is the dat we went home from te hospital!

I Love the blue in this one!

and the green in this one it looks so summery!

The same picture but in color! And Max got his first tooth i tried to get a picture but he wouldn't have it so i will try again soon! but seriously is he not adorable and he is this happy the majority of the time!

More Cuteness!

I love his little mohawk and his huge smile he laughs all the time even if there us nothing to laugh at! i wish i could be a kid again i know he has no clue but he is not self concious of any of his problems i.e. his lis, his palate and his excema(spell check) he will open his mouth so wide and before his surgery didn;t even know his lip existed. anyway the point of that comment was i wsh i could be fearless about my body and be less self conscious and not worry if anyone is thinking look at her what is she thinking doing that/wearing that/saying that! But Max's flaws are so much more adorable and loveable than my own so i guess there is really no comparison there!

I just wish i knew what he was thinking in this picture! i can only imagine in a year from now what he will be saying to me when i a snapping photos of him 24/7!

At the park in Phoenix with Aunt Jaimee, Aunt Jessica, and Brooklyn! He loves to be outside!

Max and Aunt Jessica at the Park!!!

So Paul went to st. george a few weekends ago and stopped by to see his sister, she gave him this jumper that was his when he was a baby! Thanks Helena Max loves it! Well Paul brought it home and could not wait to let Max give it a try! He hasn't quite figured out how to use it yet but he sure does look cute trying!

Adventures With Max!!!

Before we begin this is my third post today so be sure to check out the next two posts before this one!
We are now trying to get Max to eat solid foods. The first time went fantastic we gave him peaches and he loved it so i tried rice cereal tonight and every night since and it has been nothing short of a disaster. I feel so bad for him he tries so hard but to no avail!


If you will look to his nose, most of it just come straight back out of his mouth because he does not like rice cereal but some comes out his nose as well, It does that a lot with his formula so i am used to it but it is so much more sad when it is actual food dripping out of his nostril. Poor kid i bet he can't wait til May when he will be able to eat and not have snot in his food. On the bright side maybe when he gets older he will be able to do cool tricks for his friends!

Yeah if you can't tell he doesn't like it he just looks at me like..... are you kidding me with this crap mom! ha ha he doesn't even really spit it out he lets me put it in his mouth then he just lets it sit there until i take a rag and wipe it out! ( and if you will look past the adorable baby you will see the picture on the screen of my TV) That is right you got it Twilight came out on saturday, and that is Alice on my tv screen playing baseball (my favorite scene of the whole movie by the way) yipee now i can watch my beloved twilight characters from the comfort of my own home i was camping saturday morning but i made sure my amazing friend Jill picked it up for me early saturday thank you Jill i owe you one! Anyway i was so excited i watched it today snuggled on the couch with my little boy! Fantastic movie my favorite movie at the moment by far....that is until New Moon comes out!

We took Max on his first trip to the park he loved the swings but by the time we were done with those it was dinner time and the park wasn't so interesting to him anymore!

Swinging with mommy!

He is so stinkin' Cute!!!

His lip is healing so well thanks again Dr. Singh and team!

Look Daddy i can swing!

Paul and Max on the swing, paul was not sure what to do with him and it was very awkward for the both of them so needless to say this did not last long!

Aren't they so cute though!

After the Park we went to grandmas and grandpas and tried our first taste of baby food. it was peaches and he loved them! they came out his nose and were all over his face but if that isn;t a sign of love i don't know what is!

Trying to feed himself. He didn't do a very good job, he ended up gagging himself rather quickly!

He did not want to give me the spoon back! and is this not the most adorable first feeding photo you have ever seen in your entire life!

2nd Anniversary!!!

It was Our second anniversary on St. Patty's Day Paul had to work so we decided to celebrate it that weekend! When Paul came home wednesday morning the day after our real anniversary he made me breakfast in the hour and a half slot he had until he had to go to a training thing for work! he is so sweet! i Love him so much, he also told me we would be going camping on the lake this weekend for our anniversary so here are the picture of our week as a family who is in it for the long haul! Now that we hit the two year mark i think things are starting to look up, we are getting along better and spending more time together and just loving each other more in general!

This is him cooking me breakfast in our HUGE kitchen!

Paul Pre-made fantastic tin-foil dinners for us and he cooked them over the fire himself it was too dark to see so he wore this attractive head lamp to see with, and followed by making some joke about how he was wearing a head light ha ha get it head light like on a car but it is really on his head! ha ha yeah that is what i said! i am afraid i married my dad!

Max and Daddy on our first camping trip as a family! hopefully with many more to come!

Paul builds a beautiful campfire, wouldn't you agree?

Okay so Max truly takes after his father in the freek department! Paul is a really touchy feely kinda guy and Max is the same way i am afraid! he absoloutly loves to be kissed on the cheek and will let you kiss him repeatedly for 45 minutes if you would. It is honestly the weirdest cutest thing i have ever seen, and if you stop kissing one cheek he turns his head to you can kiss the other one repeatedly, sometime it is the only thing that will calm him down. Anyway so the above picture is of Paul and i kissing max's cheeks when he woke up on our camping trip!

And kissing him some more!

And some more! Doesn't he look so content!

Mommy and MAx sitting by the campfire snuggling and making S'Mores

We had so much fun and Max loved the fire!

A Months Worth of Max in one Post!!!

Sorry i know it has been almost a month since my last post or maybe more than a month but i am making up for it hopefully in this one and the next. Max is growing bigger by the second! And yes these photos are in chronological order with this first photo being the most recentish. (i don't know if that is a word or not bit if it isn't i just made it one) Anyway as i was saying max is getting so big, he rolls all over the place, tries his hardest to sit up on his own and wants to crawl ever so badly but is not quite there yet, maybe in the next few weeks. I told Paul the other day though, i don't want him to crawl because then i have to baby proof my house! Anyway as you can tell by these picture Max thinks he is pretty fancy and i do have to agree with him. I think getting his cleft fixed boosted his self confidence even though he had nothing to be ashamed of before!

Paul and I were going for a walk the other day and i pulled out this hat that My cousin Vicki Gubbles gave to Max so this picture is for her benefit. Thank you so Much, Max and myself can't wait to meet you!

Adorable and ready for the great outdoors!

Paul Came home the other day and caught me and Max asleep in my bed, Paul had been at work all night and needless to say it was probably a long night for both of us. But he thought we were cute so decided to snap these few photos!

Mommy & Max after a long night!

Sleep is fantastic you get it whenever you can!

Max was just being incredibly adorable and i bought him this new shirt because it is beginning to look like summer and he has no short sleeved clothes. Anyway i thought his eyes looked especially stunning in this color and i loved the saying on it!

He gets so excited sometimes for no reason and just kicks and moves and squeals it is the cutest thing ever!

Yep Mom I am "STRONG AS AN OX" so dont mess with me!

Just some Random Cuteness!!! (his forehead looks really greasy maybe i just applied lotion i don't remember)

Max in a pair of his new Summer Shorts he is so handsome and stylish! i like to think he gets his looks and style from me, but sadly i can only claim the stylish part the looks come from Paul!

Him trying to sit up by himself i snapped this just in time before he folded in half and started sucking on his toes!

He sure does smile a lot!

He has finally found his feet, i can't get him to let go of them anymore he loves to grab them, eat them, go crosseyed looking at them, and play this little piggy with grandma!

Look at all that yummy drool just waiting to come out and dirty mommy's clothes!!

He is so happy and smiley all the time i love it his laugh is so original and adorable! hopefully i will be able to catch it on video some day soon and then figure out how to get it on here. i think with Page being so secluded youtube and every other video place cannot function in such a remote place! HA HA you guys think i am kidding!

Smiles Galore!

Max William Jones Before & After!!!!

This is Max at a few weeks old with no work done at all!!

This is Max a weeks or so before his surgery with all of the navoalveolar molding completed!

Here are some of my favorite pictures of max right before his surgery was done. I have to admit i miss this smile so much but his personality has not changed at all and his new smile gives me the same warm fuzzy feeling his WIDE smile did!!

He is so happy and content no matter what smile he has!!

In the Hospital waiting to go into surgery! it was a hard day for all three of us but everything turned out fantastic and Max did great. Paul and I are so proud of him!

Our little family waiting for the surgeons!

Max and Dad right after Max woke up from the anasthesia(not sure if i spelled that right) with his new smile he looks fantastic and we are so impressed with his doctors. A Huge thank you to Dr. Singh and her team, and Dr. Glick and her team!

My handsome little trooper in his arm restraints after surgery just waiting to go home!!!

A little more than a week after the surgery he is healing great and looking better every day! i am slowly getting used to his new smile. i love him so much and couldn't ask for a better husband to help me through all this. they are both fantastic. A huge thanks to all our family and friends for all of your support and prayers. One surgery down and one more to go for this year. We love you Max and are so excited to see the handsome boy you will become!

I just had to add this he looks so angry but he was being so happy and fun at this moment. plus it was a really good shot of what his surgery looks like today!!!