Max & Corey's Favorite Thing to Do.

Any chance Corey gets to plow he takes, and Max likes to go right along with him. He gets all bundled up and comes back with a red nose. Really it is funny to see him walk in his snow suit and boots do you remember "The Christmas Story"? Max would be a slightly modified version of Ralphie. They plow and I make the snowman, Max isn't too interested in making the snowman yet.

Christmas!

Max actually had fun opening presents this year. It took along time because he would rip only small pieces off but he enjoyed it.

We spent Christmas Eve night with Corey's family mainly and read the story about the Christmas orange. Then everyone got oranges, Max however was more interested in throwing his.

Karen gave Maurice a special gift wrapped inside many boxes including one that was ducktaped. He got a new wedding band, it was gorgeous.

Max Loved being the youngest and the center of attention. Here he is sitting with Karen, Sarah and Wendy.

I did actually get a clear picture but I thought this one was funnier. We tried taking a photo of the grandkids together at my parents house and I turned out to have like 5 pictures of Claire and Meghan moving around and Max sitting completely frozen. It was hillarious.

Corey and one of his presents from his Sister.

Max got a steering wheel toy from Grandma and Grandpa Christensen and it really turned out to be a hit with all of them.

Me cheesing it, of course.

Grandpa Christensen getting in position to hand out all of the gifts with Meghan Claire and Max all ready to go.

Santa's Reindeer!

Well we didn't get to see Santa but we did get to see some of his Reindeer. Thanksgiving Point was taking care of them for Santa and so we went to visit them just before Christmas. It was Fun Max thought they were really neat.



Daddy just had to get a picture of me with Max even through Max really wanted Daddy to hold him.




Can you see Max and Corey peeking through the fence?

What's Up!

So I know that there are no pictures to accompany this little UPDATE. Sorry it goes against the grain really.

School for me ended on the 4th of December! Yea! till Jan. 11th. I talked to my preceptor for my clinicals this next semester. I am nervous but she seems nice her name is Julie and she has credentials about a mile long! She is from Australia, and I believe will be my primary preceptor the whole year. I start clinicals also on the 11th with an orientation at PCMC.

Corey is just finishing midterms. His school is set up with 10 week terms. He is a little stressed. The 4 wheel drive when out on the 4 wheeler. He got a flat tire and his laptop stopped working. EXCELLENT! Still we are very blessed it seems like I am always seeing people who are so much worse off than we are, I don't know if it is just the social situations that I see at work or what but I really feel blessed right now.

OH.... Daycare we got daycare Yeah! Little Social Max will get to socialize yeah! We start in Jan and when he turns 2 he will be started in their preschool program. Wow... I thought preschool was for 4 year olds. He craves learning though one night I heard him talking in his room after I had put him to bed I finally went in and found him with one of his books "reading" using the light of his music aquarium. I think that is a good sign.

Christmas is coming Corey and I went shopping today. I know it's practically suicide the last weekend before Christmas. We enjoyed ourselves for a whie and then decided that we should just get Christmas for eachother after Christmas when no one is shopping and everything is on sale. So we will just enjoy Max's Christmas along with a couple of gifts.... Then we will probably forget about shopping and save money in the end.

Ok I know that this isn't really interesting but I felt that I really needed to write something and that is it!

Halloween!

So this year I had to work on Halloween as always so our Halloweens were separate but good. Corey and I dressed up for the first time in a LONG time. Corey went to Heber to do Trunk or Treat with his family and I well you already know what I did. Anyway. Corey said Max didn't quite get it at first but he was having fun just being out and about. We used his monkey costume from last year thinking that maybe we could just put brown sweat pants underneath them to lengthen the legs. Well you can see how well that worked but he didn't care he had fun anyway.

I was a piece of Gum on the bottom of a shoe.... I had a friend in High School Lara who dressed like that one year and I always wanted to try that someday.

Corey was the Grim reaper. I tried to talk him into being a banana to go with Max but yeah I guess it wasn't manly enough or something.

Here are the Pics!

Gracie & Max

So forever ago! Ok maybe it was a month or two ago Roger and Gracie came to visit. Jonna had to stay in Idaho and work which was sad but we all went out to breakfast. It was so funny to see Grace and Max interact. Grace is almost just as tall as Max and she is 2 months younger. She was a little shy at first but warmed up. She is cute I can see a lot of Jonna in her. Well for those of you who know Jonna I kept promising that I would post pictures of her so finally here they are.

Max's First Haircut (for real!)

The Before Shot Sucker in hand ready to go or so we thought!

We even had Toy Story 2 going.

Corey said "Now I know why you wanted me to come! So I could hold him!"

Hiding as soon as he got out of the chair he didn't want to have anything to do with Weston

Now we are OK! He looks so different, so grown-up!



So we had planned to get Max's haircut by Jaime our friend just before family pictures BUT it has been driving me crazy so we decided to do it yesterday... It was a really long day.... Erika and Mel suggested "Cookie Cutters" So we decided to try it out. I figured that they would be use to moving and possibly screaming children so I thought it would work out great and it did. Though Max didn't think so. So they have this little toy set in the front of the store to play with while you wait and then they have all of these different vehicles and planes (with belts!) That the kids sit in. They even have video games and movies to choose from. OH and bubbles. Weston cut Max's hair I don't know that Max wants to go back but I kept staring at him when we left and for the rest of the day because it was just weird to see how grown-up he looked.

The Toy You Really Wish That You Hadn't Bought!

So I went to the toy store a month or two ago and thought it would be really cute to get this Lawn Mower toy. Kind of like those popping ball toys that we use to have where the balls popped as you pulled it around. This one was much COOLER though. It had noises in addition to the popping! It had a gas switch that "gulped" as you turned it and a starter cord that made engine noises I thought it was a great toy.... Until I got it home..... This Toy is the loudest toy you will ever hear. You can't study you can't watch tv you can't talk on the phone or even hold a normal conversation. It overpowers EVERYTHING and EVERYONE..... So after a couple of months of hoping Max would forget about it Corey found a New Home for it!

Can You See Where it is?????

The ZOO!

For Comcast's Work Party We Rented the Zoo in the Evening. It was Max's first time and was so much fun. I never really liked the zoo until I had a kid, it was fun watching him get all excited about the animals.

Half the time Max was trying to JOIN the Animals!


The only way to keep track of him!

This is the water fountain! His butt was Wet! Go figure.

So Happy! One big happy family! Anytime we tried to get a family picture Max would throw a royal fit!

This is the Giraffe that could have very easily Eaten Max's Shoe that he kicked off into the pen. The Zoo keeper had to come get it back.

Max's 1st Carousel Ride. A Silver Back Gorrilla.

All by himself and not so sure about it.

The Peacocks roam free throughout the Zoo and Max wanted to catch one soooo badly! Anytime he saw one he would try and get it.

Right where they Belong!

Aunt Ashley and Dayne went with us which was great.

The only time Max has actually Enjoyed his ride home!

He was beat tired. It was great they actually have fixed a lot of the zoo up, there is a lot more shade and there are fans and misters. Plus we went at 5pm which made it a whole lot cooler.

What Max is up to....

Climbing on the 4-Wheeler for Rides ALL the time

Longboarding with Aunt Ashley!

Helping Mom with the Laundry!

So as many of you may know we have moved yet again. This time it is a really good thing, I don't fall asleep on the way home from work, we are close to everything again and I am really close to Erika and Mel which makes school a whole lot easier. We like our ward so far, I didn't realize how grown-up our other ward was until we got here. I use to be paranoid about Max making noise and now everyone is making noise! Max also started nursery this last Sunday. He did great and is in nursery number 7! Only in Utah! He still runs to the 4-wheeler climbs on and pretends he is riding it and makes car noises. He likes to UNload the dryer to help me with the laundry and then climb in. He also has a facination with anything with wheels including Ash's Longboard!

There Thats my post for today I just transfered pics to my new computer so I will try to post more frequently!!

Wow It Has Been A While!

So I figure I should at least write a quick update. No pics yet Sorry!

Max- IS TROUBLE! He climbs out of his bed and can open the door no more sleeping in till 8. Normally he is up at 730AM and talks in his bed and I go in at 8 giving me a little time to prepare. No more. We are now also looking at getting him a real bed. He loves cars so I think it will be cars. I just have to find cute bedding of course. Max had his 3rd and 4th trip in a plane to Seattle this time and got to ride on the Ferry too. He did really well. He fell asleep on the way to Seattle and then on the way home he talked and was happy all of the time. The only bad thing was that the girl in front of him couldn't lay back her seat because then Max could kick it.... and he did.

Corey- Is thinking of starting a project car or truck. He has been looking around. He wants to as an outlet for stress of which he has plenty at work! I hate Comcast. My mom looked up a bunch of information for him on the Police Academy and POST test which has been very helpful. I went to UVSC and got him a couple of review guides and he got all of the answers right on the first review guide. He has wanted to do something in Law Enforcement for a long time. I think he should take advantage of it. They aren't really hiring right now so he has time to look into it and prepare himself.

Katie- 3 weeks is not long enough for a break from school! OH but it is long enough to get out of the Groove. I am having a hard time starting to write papers again. School started on the 17th. I am excited and actually really enjoying my textbook readings because they are actually applicable to the NICU. We have started our Core Classes now Yea! No more Adult stuff! I guess that is a good sign that I am in the right area when I actually like reading my textbooks.


The Fam--- We just got back from a family reunion in Seattle. My dad is from Seattle and we haven't seen them in a really long time. I think I was particularly excited because I remember everyone. I was old enough when we last went to visit. The weather was perfect! It rained really one part of one day and the rest of the time it was just partly cloudy and in the 60's and 70's it was wonderful. I love Seattle. I will post pics when I have them.

Ok so that is the Quick update I will try to get some Pictures soon!

Q's

These are Max's Q's! Can you tell what he is trying to say? He reminds me of Linus from Snoopy. He will pull his blanket from between the bars of his crib, grab a binkie and come to me. Then he will plop himself on the ground with his blanket. When I get him a bottle he will walk with me and his blankie to his room and go for the rocking chair. Love It he is So Cute.

So Much Fun!?! Really?

This is the Ambulance Yea. Never before have I had sooo many MEN at my beck and call!

Nick & Hagen and I would the one in the truck Before the Ambulance got to me.

Look I am watching. He does the same stitch we do with umbilical lines. Dr. Young was awesome!

Does this wheeler look damaged? Nope the handlebars had to be readjusted but that was it. Apparently I am no match for a 700+ lb 4-wheeler.

This is the new tent trailer... MUCH MORE TAME!

So I am back! I am now momentarily caught up with my homework so I figured I would post my pics (non-gruesome) of course! So this all happened a week and a half ago but we went out wheeling with Corey's friends Nick and Hagen (his little boy), we met at 5 mile pass just past Lehi on Saturday morning. This was the first time Corey and I had really been out in a long time so we were looking forward to it. Corey has a 400 EX and I have a 750 Brute Force. Nick and Hagen brought their dirt bikes. While we were there we saw some of our other friends Eric and Amber and their two girls. I don't think we were there for more than an hour when I went down a hill following the guys and the wheeler slid to the side and hit into a rock and I went a flyin! My leg must have caught the handlebar and then the the wheeler rolled over on me. SLOW MOTION... Why do things like that always happen in slow motion? Corey pulled the wheeler off me and Nick got his truck and they carried me out of the reviene. I think I kicked into nurse mode or something I didn't really cry except when I thought about school and Max and Corey and all of the Crap I have to do in the next month! They took me to the ER in AF. I got to go get xrays and go to ultrasound to make sure I didn't need to go to surgery, then they put me out to clean my wound (THANK YOU!). I kept thinking my friend Janalyn would have really loved to be the therapist on to watch this. I guess my Therapist passed out! When I woke up the doctor was stitching me up and I wanted to watch so they sat me up and I watched. He was a great doctor I learned a lot about him and his kids and all that kind of stuff. ANYWAY. Now I am repairing. I had a drain and now I just have stitches, bruises, scabs and swelling. I am no longer attached to my crutches (thankgoodness!) I never had chaffed armpits until this last week. My incision is numb I think I did some nerve damage go figure. BUT I wasn't a WUSS! That is the important thing... right? :). So here are some pics. Oh so we sold the 400EX and the 750 is up for sale and we bought a Tent trailer! You can't get hurt in a tent trailer right? Ok here are my pics. If you want gruesome I will send you some later....