THE BABY IS A....

Healthy baby! :) Come on did you really think we were going to give in last minute and find out what we were going to have? Sorry but you all have to wait till December! Good news is that the baby looks perfect. They even said that the baby was measuring about a week bigger than what he/she "should" be. Maybe we will be having a baby a little early!!! :) (or I will be having a 10 pounder!)

Max's Birthday

Max started off his day with a car ride with some of his favorite buddies, Tate and Solomon. Kelly (my friend/their mom) was driving back from LA on Wed. and her tire blew out. She had to be towed to the next town (Newman) for her car to be fixed. Her car was
ready on Friday so we gave them a ride. Max loves Tate and Solomon and was asking where they went the remainder of the day.

When we got home Max went swimming and played in the backyard. We later had to run a few errands and then waited for a couple of his friends to come help him eat some cake.

Max LOVED his train table!! He played with it non-stop until 12:00 that night and everyday since. (I have been able to get a LOT of organizing done around the house.) :) Here are a few pictures from the day.

(Peter putting the table together)

Peter and I were up till almost 1:ooAM putting Max's table together. It was like Christmas!! :)

ONe mORe DaY!

I have been waiting for Max's birthday to come for 2 weeks now. He has become crazy about Thomas the train lately and I got him a train table for his birthday. Every morning (for the past two weeks) when he wakes up he says "Thomas, mommy." We have to watch Thomas first thing. Then all day long he asks me to take him to the choo choo store to play with the train tables. When Peter gets home each night, he asks his daddy to build a house for "Molly" and trains out of his duplo blocks. (Molly is one of Thomas' friends. Peter bought Max Molly to hold him over until his birthday.) He takes Molly everywhere and even has to sleep with her. This last week I kept asking Peter if we could pretend that it was his birthday that day so I could give him his present. :)

(Molly's house and one of the trains Peter made Max out of duplos)

Watch now that I think I found the best present for Max and am so excited to give it to him, he will probably end up liking the wrapping paper better! ;)

Pixieland...(last Wed)

Every Wednesday Jenny, a friend from our ward here, plans an activity for the moms in our ward to go to. Last Wednesday we went to Pixieland. It is a cute little amusement park for smaller kids. There were no lines so we were able to ride all the rides with no wait. Max had a lot of fun with the exception of him having a reaction to the sunscreen or something in the air that day. His eyes were red and teary and his nose would not stop running. He even got a little rash on his face. (you can see it a little in the carousel picture)

The 4th...

We had a great 4th weekend. We went to our ward's pancake breakfast to start the day off. Max had a great time climbing a tree, petting all the other dogs that were there and stealing candy from the balloon toss game.









After the ward breakfast, we went to Concord to watch their parade. We enjoyed some live music and fresh corn on the cob while waiting/watching the parade.

(When this lady drove by, Max pointed to her and said "Pirate.")

(Question: White shirt, blue shorts, long black hair...male or female?
Answer: Male with a mullet and really short shorts)

We went to Dairy Queen for a banana split and blizzard...YUM!










Later that night we went to Berkeley Marina to watch fireworks. It was too foggy to really see much, so we actually left before they were even done. It was nice to have a relaxing but eventful day!

A couple other things we have been up to...

I went swimming with dolphins...yes that is right. I got to swim with dolphins thanks to my niece Kira. Peter's sister Dani promised our niece Kira that if she graduated high school with a certain GPA or above, then Dani would take her swimming with Dolphins. It just so happened that others wanted to come too. So it turned into a "girls trip." Peter's mom, two sisters, 1 sister-in-law and 2 nieces came. (We missed you Brin!) We had a great time and made some great memories.












After we swam with the dolphins, we rode rides. Max had a great time riding rides with Grandma Novak and Peter took advantage of roller coaster partners (pregnant + roller coaster = not good) We wore ourselves out but had a great time.

We also went to Santa Cruz with Peter's family. Again, Max loved riding rides with Grandma. He even went on the log ride with a huge drop! I think I was more nervous than he was. After the ride he kept pointing to it saying..."water fall mommy!" I think he was so proud of himself and wanted to do it again.

FYI...

• Max went #2 in the big boy potty on Saturday (July 5th)!
• We sold our Altima!
• I can't wait to give Max his birthday present! (he has been asking for it (not knowing I already bought it) for 2 weeks now...multiple times a day.
  
• I went 1 month without throwing up! (that ended today but still, 1 MONTH!!!) :)
  

Life is great!

Tag...I'm it.

Marriage Tag

1. What is his name? Peter

2. Who eats more? I probably do right now

3. Who said "I love you" first? Peter. I didn't tell him back right away and he said I could not have a kiss until I told him back. Lets just say it didn't take me much longer. ;)

4. Who is taller? Peter

5. Who is smarter? Peter (I think he is the smartest person I have ever met)

6. Who is more sensitive? me

7. Who does the laundry? me

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Peter

9. Who pays the bills? we both do

10. Who cooks more? neither of us really cook...but Peter can grill like no other!

11. What meals do you cook together? if we did cook, I am sure we would have a couple

12. Who is more stubborn? Peter ;)

13. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? me (that is what makes Peter more stubborn) haha

14. Who has more siblings? Peter (he has 4 I have 3)

15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? we both do, depending on the subject (he mostly does)

16. What do you like to do together? vacation, watch tv and play with Max

17. Who eats more sweets? me

18. What is his guilty pleasure? me...ha ha

19. How did you meet? dancing...he claims I couldn't resist his moves :) (he was right)

20. Who asked who out first? Peter

21. Who kissed who first? Peter

22. Who proposed? Peter

23. His best features? smile and butt

24. What is his greatest quality? sense of humor and love for Max

25. Tag: Jodee and Tara B.