Grandma V & Grandpa J

Grandma V and Grandpa J were in town to watch Max these past two weeks and Max had a blast. They played hard.

They got Max obsessed with washing dishes. This kid now loves to wash dishes and when there are some in the sink he says "Oh, there's dishes to wash let's wash them together mommy." Ok, I am going to soak this up while this lasts.

They did some art projects together and made blue slime one day.

They made cupcakes and dirt cups together.

Max had a blast with grandma V and grandpa J the past two weeks and he's just living the dream and soaking up all this time with all of his grandparents. Now it's Andy and I juggling work and Max for the next three weeks until Grandma L comes to town.

Happy Mother's Day

I had such a great Mother's Day weekend. For starters, on Friday night I took my mom to Board and Brush in Gilbert for her present. It's right up her alley and I figured she would love it...and she did! I hit the jackpot with this present because she can't wait to do it again.

We each made our own boards and got to do so while enjoying a bottle of wine.

I spent my Saturday at the spa with my ladies. I had the most amazing massage and then enjoyed pool time and adult chatter with two of my amazing friends. I came home to Andy having a pool party with Max. It was beyond adorable to come home and see Max playing with his friends.

We started Mother's Day off with a nice breakfast at Snooze. Then we ventured over to the Peach Festival where we picked peaches off the trees. I had so much fun doing this with Max.

After walking around the farm we headed home for Max's quiet time and to see Tayler. When Max woke he had a blast playing with grandma V and Tayler.

This Mother's Day was so much fun, relaxing and special to spend time with those that I care about the most. My favorite part of the weekend was picking the peaches with Max. He was so adorable wanting to hold the peach bag until it was way too heavy for him to carry anymore.

Weekend Update

We laid low this past weekend since we are going to be busy with house guests for a while. Max was home with Andy all day on Friday and they did a project together that involved milk and food coloring.

Max wanted to go feed the giraffe so we went to the zoo on Saturday. When it came down to it, I ended up feeding the giraffe.

We had rock delivered to our house on Saturday afternoon for the front yard. Watching the dump truck was the highlight of Max's weekend.

I was taking a picture of Andy and Max, but then Max wanted a family picture, so we took some family selfies.

On Sunday we went to visit Tayler's apartment in Phoenix. She moved back and has her own place. Max was super excited to see her and her new home. We went to lunch and headed back home just in time for grandma V and grandpa J to get to our house from WI. They will be in town for two weeks to hang out with Max.

Grandpa T and Grandma S

Max spent all of last week with grandma S and grandpa T watching him. They had a blast together. Here are some photos I received from grandma S of their week together.

On Friday night we went to the "bird poop" (as Max calls it) restaurant in downtown Chandler and ate outside. It was a little chilly (probably 70 degrees) and my AZ baby was super cold. Andy went to the car to get him a blanket to wrap up in. Silly Max!

Grandma S left town on Saturday to head back to WI which left grandpa T to watch Max on Monday - Wednesday this week. They had a blast together. I only got this one picture that Andy took one day, but I do know they had a great time together from lots of playing, watching Paw Patrol and swimming in the pool.

Max is always upset when his grandparents leave town.

Next up to hang with Max will be grandma V and grandpa J.

Fun With Good Friends

This past weekend our friends hosted another craw fish boil. They did this last year too and yet again it was a lot of fun. Ms. Diana watched Max while Andy and I went over there for adult time. There's nothing better than getting together with friends that you are really close with...friends that you can call family. We enjoyed a lot of laughter, adult beverages and 20 pounds of craw fish.

Huge kudos to Russell for making the craw fish. I was also thrilled that he made a "kiddie" batch for my taste buds since I can't handle spicy foods. So much laughter that night, I wouldn't trade this group of friends for anything.

P.S. Andy may have passed out on the couch that night because he couldn't make it up the stairs. Ha Ha!

SAHM: Day 4

Friday was day four of me being a stay at home mom and I saved the best field trip for last. In the morning we went to Urban Jungle out in east Mesa. This place is pretty cool. I showed a video of it to Max ahead of time so he was pretty excited to go. For only $8 it provided two hours of entertainment that completely wore us both out. This giant place was filled with many different activities from trampolines to slides and everything in between.

With a half an hour left on our time Max was ready to call it quits and head home. He was pretty tired, but I convinced him to stay for the last half hour. I really wanted to make sure he was tired. We both played hard together and on the car ride home Max says "I have the best mommy because she plays with me." That was so sweet and worth the backache I had the next day when I woke up. I definitely played hard with him that we were both sweating pretty bad. It was kind of gross, but so much fun.

We get home and Max can't wait to tell daddy all about the Urban Jungle and his special gripper socks that we were wearing. We took one step up the stairs and Max turns around to me and says "That place wore me out." Well, mission accomplished then. I promised Max I would take him again on my next day off of work in May.

My week of being a stay at home mom was a lot of fun. Max and I had a great time together and created a lot of memories. I am pretty exhausted from my week, but it was so worth it. I look forward to the next Max and Mommy day at the end of May.