Making Memories

McKay LOVES family home evening. This past week he asked nearly every day if we could have family home evening. We try to play a game each time we have it and the last two times we have played hide and seek. McKay, Max and I will play during the day so having Daddy play with us adds a fun new dimension to the game. It has been fun coming up with hiding places, especially spots where Max won't give us away too soon. Other spots are so funny we all laugh and laugh together... the kind of memories I love to make.

Some of the things making us laugh:

McKay hiding behind the curtains... with his feet hanging out waving back and forth.

McKay running to the front door for his turn to count and not stopping in time so his head bounces off of the door. And it doesn't phase him one bit. The first time he did it Jordan burst out laughing and asked if he was okay. McKay started laughing hysterically and as he turned back around to count by the door, his head bounced off the wall. Too funny.

Jordan sitting on the floor in Max's room with a blanket over him. I saw him and was laughing so hard I nearly dropped Max. He was laughing so hard he couldn't hardly breath since he was doubled over (and because he had passed gas and couldn't breath, praying I would find him quickly). I am laughing now as I remember...

Me hiding on the floor in Max's room (his room is very dark...) half hidden by the shadows and a blanket and fooling BOTH McKay and Jordan.

Jordan sort of hiding behind and under Max's crib. He didn't have much time so as I said 20 I heard a thump. That was his body hitting the wall, and pulling the crib back over him.

I was the one looking and McKay came out of my bathroom holding his underwear out to me. I was worried they were wet. No, just inside out. He had been hiding in my shower and needed to go potty. After he was finished he said he had needed to go everywhere he had been hiding (imagine his arm quickly pointing to all the places he had hidden) and couldn't wait any more. 'You can find me in a minute, after I wash my hands.'

Jordan hiding on the floor in Max's room behind my rocking chair. McKay saw him and asked 'Can you get out?' Jordan did looked pretty tight.

Hmmm... I wonder where McKay is hiding?!

Things To Remember

2-28-11
McKay really likes the 'MeMs' in trail mix.

McKay was eating his Omega 3 little critter gummy vitamins and they happened to both be star fish. He said 'Mommy, the star is going potty in my mouth. Now the other star is going potty in my mouth.'

'You CAN call me crazy because I DO have crazy in my name...'

Max was eating something off the floor and McKay exclaimed 'this floor needs to be swept today' (wonder where he's heard that before...). I agreed with him. McKay got the broom from the garage and proceeded to sweep the floor. 'There you go Max'. Then he went the extra mile and pulled out the swiffer and did the whole house. I hope it never changes!


McKay decided he wanted to talk on the web cam to Nanna and Papa so he turned on my computer, clicked my name to log me in, minimized fire fox, double clicked on Skype, double clicked on Papa's picture, and clicked on video call. Nanna Anna answered and he was talking 'all by himself''. He is 3 1/2!!!

2-17-11
McKay knows right where to double click on my desktop so he can see 'whose online'. (skype)

2-16-11
When McKay needs to do something fast he pushes a 'button' on his shirt to 'turn on Buzz Lightyear' and then he can go really fast! "Buzz Lightyear to the rescue & Beyond!" (have I mentioned we don't own Toy Story?? *update: we found TS3 on sale for $9 at Target and decided it was time to get it.)

Jordan was trying to help McKay with bathroom etiquette and asked him if he had wiped since there was not any toilet paper in the toilet. McKay said he had so Jordan asked where he put the toilet paper. McKay replied that he put it back on the toilet paper. He MEANT that he put the roll back on the holder but we still had a hard time keeping a straight face.

2-14-11
McKay likes to get a pillow from the couch to lay on the floor... just like he saw Papa do many times in Arizona. NOTHING goes unnoticed with this boy (yikes!)

2-12-11
I was reading the comics my Grandma sent me with my birthday card and chuckled at one of them. McKay asked what was funny so I told him the comic was funny. He said 'oh' and proceeded to look at each one and chuckle like he had seen me do.

2-11-11
If you call McKay ANYTHING (good boy, helper, smart etc) he will correct you with, 'No! my name is Silly Buzz Lightyear McKay Cars Moser'. You have to say them in the right order too. He was Crazy until Papa McCleve called him Silly so much when we were visiting them that shortly after we returned home, he abandoned crazy (No Mommy, I am not Crazy anymore. Now I am silly) and adopted silly. I am still Crazy though. :)

"I'll open your presents and give them to you. Okay Mommy?"

2-8-11
McKay used a toy bin as 'Nanna Papas house' and had all his little people animals drive to their house on the firetruck to visit them. They weren't there though because Nanna had to tell Papa something in the guest house. David....
He had it all worked out.

1-28-11
"My favorite thing is making a snowman with David & Nanna" (McKay likes to talk about our favorite things when I am feeding Max, or just any time he wants to 'talk'. David & Nanna built a snowman with him when he was staying in AZ while Jordan & I were gone. He'll never forget it!)

1-23-11
'Chantelle Silly Moser'

1-20-11
After watching Nanna give piano lessons, McKay learned to start on one end of the keyboard and say the ABC's A-G then start over till he got to the end of the keyboard. Then He'd find all the 'M's (Nanna has her students find all the A's on the keyboard, etc). The first time he saw the students do A-G he kept trying to correct them since they weren't doing H-Z. :)

1-14-11
"Cookies are good for your body."

1-10-11
'I missed you Mommy' said to me casually the day after I got back from being away from him for a week on a cruise. It was sweet.

McKay typing an e-mail message.

McKay wanted me to take a picture of the tower he built.

Take my picture too Mommy!

McKay love practicing cutting with his scissors. He usually does it for over an hour and is very careful to make sure he picks up the paper off the floor before Max wakes up.

Another tower McKay built. We talked about having a strong foundation so he would have more success with his tower not falling over.

McKay is always anxious to help, especially when he needs to use his drill too. Here they are putting the crib together for Max.

Maxwell - 9 Months

At 9 months:

• Max Loves to play peek-a-boo. He'll get under the table when we are eating and poke his head out at me and grin. He also likes to hide under the towel after his bath and then take it off with a grin and 'ah!'
  
• He loves to play on McKay's bed and get off hands first. He got nervous about getting off on his own after he got a little carried away rolling & falling on the bed and fell off onto the floor a few times, and now either calls for help or gets off very carefully. He'll also sit with his head and back against the wall and hit his head on the wall.
  
• He is getting to where he is very adamant about expressing his opinion (shrieking) until you listen to him.
• Max must be part of the meal when we are eating and usually eats cheerios or bananas while we have dinner. He'll squawk until we hear him and put him in his chair with the rest of us.
• He likes to throw balls or other toys overhand and chase them to throw them again.
• Max loves to play with McKay (and vice versa). McKay doesn't like it when Max 'messes up' what he is playing with and Max quickly looses interest when McKay moves on.
• Max is a HUGE distraction at church. He says 'HA!' to everyone around us. One Sunday he made everyone around us giggle/chuckle with his spitting sounds. He is impossible to ignore, which makes teaching the 16-17 yr olds Sunday school a little interesting sometimes!
• He knows what he wants and he goes for it! It is obvious by the intent look on his face. One day Max could hear McKay & Jordan outside (the sliding glass door in the kitchen was open) and he didn't want to be 'left out' so he crawled over to the garage door (the door they went out through) and got my attention and looked at me asking to go out too. He is not about to be left out of anything!
• Max likes to be with us but will go into the other room to play if we aren't doing anything exciting.
• Max will lay flat on the floor like a snake and slide back and forth on his tummy on the tile.
• He pushes anything that will move across the room - the laundry basket, stool, chairs, toys, etc.
• He greets Daddy with hugs, kisses & cuddles after work. He is determined to get his time with Daddy.
• Max lays his head on the side of his chair and says 'ah' in his high chair.
• Max is fascinated with ears and when he sees Jordan or McKay's he has to touch! (and pinch too!)
• Max is generally a light sleeper.
• Max fiddles with my hair when I am holding him and/or laying him down for sleep.
• He mimics sounds McKay makes.
• Max giggles with excitement and anticipation. Things like reading the 'ABC & 123' book and going out to the garage are preceded by cute little giggles.
• When Max hears music, whether it is us singing, music playing, or a toy with music, Max starts dancing.
• Max has started getting into the cupboards and has found that my pan lids make a lot of noise when he drags them across the tile floor.
• He loves his cheerios and can position them just right to take a bite out of them with his front teeth.
• Max is really starting to enjoy reading books, as long as it is not just before nap time when he is too tired!

This such a fun age and we are really enjoying our sweet Maxwell.

Apparently he was done taking pictures...

He was holding the phone up to his ear just before I snapped the picture. Smarty pants!

The first time I saw him do this, it scared me. He is strong though and never fell getting off unless he had help (ahem). He fell off twice one morning when he was playing too close to the edge and now he is more cautious.

'Ahhh!' so sweet.

This boy loves to climb and explore. Y.I.K.E.S!

More 'ahhhs' playing on the bed with his brother.

Max loves to look outside.

Every inch of the house must be explored...