Monkeys and Pumpkins and Wolfs, Oh My!

Here is Max 2 years ago.



Say it with me, "awww"!

Here is Max last year.



Quite the cutie!

I'm currently in full on stress out mode about getting his costume this year made. He is stubbornly insisting that he will be a "wolf boy". I'm seriously afraid that this year's costume won't be near as cute. Right now, I'm thinking I shouldn't worry so much about it being cute as I should about just getting it done. Right now all the costume pieces are mocking my Martha Stewart wannabeness from the Walmart sack they are hanging out in. I'll let you know how it all turns out!

All Our Family Proofs

All of our proofs are up. I'm in love with several of the pictures. I have no idea how I'll choose!

Click to see!

Roller Skating...really?

I decided to try something new with Max last week:

Roller Skating.

Yes, you read that right. Roller Skating. It was an interesting experience to say the least. I think part of him enjoyed it and part of him hated it. I took a couple of pictures with my phone, not the greatest quality but it certainly captured the moment.

We have officially entered cold season here in KC. I had strep a couple of weeks ago and Lane is still fighting a cough he has had for almost a month. Max is struggling with an ear infection and cold. He is such a trooper that when he really loses it on you, it is a sign that he feels horrible. The other night he slept for 13.5 hours. That is something he never does and definitely shows that this kid is fighting something bad.

Last night he woke up crying and I went in to check on him. He H-A-T-E-S to have snot on his face and his nose was running. I laid him back down in bed and took a wipe to his nose. Afterwards, he looked up at me with all the love in the world and said "Thank you so much". At that moment he could have asked me for anything and I would have moved mountains to make it happen. Good thing he just fell asleep.

This morning he announced in between bouts of pure fussiness that he wanted donuts and donuts would make him feel better. I sadly told him I had no donuts but I could make him pancakes. He happily agreed and even helped me in the kitchen. I realized I just took one giant step in motherhood, making a true breakfast in the middle of the week. It is crazy what love for a sick child will inspire you to do.

It is gross outside (again). I have a sleeping kiddo and I'm contemplating the rest of the afternoon. Laundry is needing to be done. A dishwasher needs to be unloaded. There is always a never ending list of things to do. I'm thinking we are going to make chocolate chip cookies when Max wakes up (or as he likes to call them : Granny Bop Cookies). Maybe not to best way to spend my time, but I'm thinking they will make Max happy and really that is all I'm worried about right now.

Family Pictures

Here are a few pictures from a family photo shoot on Saturday. I will update when the whole proofing slide is posted, but I thought there might be people out there that want to see the preview!

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First Day of Mother's Day, etc.

Here is Max on his first day of MDO. Scroll down and you'll see extra bonus shots of Max the goof and Max the spaceman!

Date Night

Such a novel concept. Who would have thought when we married 9 plus years ago that we would ever have to resort to scheduling time with each other?!

Lane and I have been noticing a serious lack of "us" time in our life. We have family time and we are pretty good at doing things all together, especially on the weekends. However, time where Lane and I just concentrate on each other has become few and far between. This is something that definitely needs to be fixed because when you are dealing with a two year old terrorist, you need your marriage to be STRONG!

To even get this started we had to decide what night to put a scheduled date on and wouldn't you know, that alone was a chore. We finally decided on Wednesdays. Rarely will there be something in our schedule on a Wednesday night that would conflict with our date. Not the most exciting of days to 'date' but it works for us.

So, tonight starts the first ever Nelson Date Night. We couldn't afford the babysitter expense this week and I like to save the calling in of friends for bigger occasions (like Zombieland on October 2nd: Laresa, Alissa, either of you free to spend some high quality Max time).

Lane is bathing Max as we speak. I'm finishing up some laundry. If the two year old cooperates we should be sitting down with each other for Gran Torino in about 45 minutes. Wish us luck!