Welcome 2013

I'm exhausted and my house is a mess and I really don't feel like cleaning it right now so instead I'm going to blog. I don't have anything special to blog about and I'm not going to pretend that I do so my thoughts might be super random.

I'm so excited about this year! One of the first exciting things we did this year was give Max solids... very liquidy solids. I know we kinda jumped the gun. They say you're supposed to wait until they are 6 months old, well Megan and Kyle got Max a Baby Bullet for Christmas and I have been too excited to use it! I've been reading their recipes and charts. Cleaning Max's special little spoons anxiously waiting for his 6 month mark. Well we were eating dinner the other night and Max was in his Bumbo thing on the table while we ate. The whole time he kept reaching for our food no matter what toy we tried distracting him with. Well he happened to turn 5 months that day and we had also received a rice cereal sample in the mail. So I caved. We mixed up a little bit, strapped a bib around his neck and gave him his first bite...

 Yep he loved it! and he ate it like a champ! It took him a couple bites to get the swallowing thing down but he did so good!

I gave him a little bit the next 2 days but soon found out that it made him super gassy! So he's back to his original diet and I guess we'll wait until he's 6 months to try something new.

Here are some more pictures of Mr. Max cuz I know that's why you're all here.

All bundled up for a walk! Cutest bear you've ever seen!

In other news...

2013 brings another missionary in our family! Yep. Emily has been called to the Halifax Nova Scotia mission. She reports January 30th and we are so excited for her! She will be an awesome missionary! We are also excited for us! (Selfish. I know) But having missionaries serve is such a great blessing to our family! So thank you Em! We love you lots! Nova Scotia is lucky to have you.

Exciting, I know! But there's more exciting things that will be happening this year! Mainly this...

and this...

(Stole it form Facebook. Hope ya don't mind)

Yup! My best friends are getting married. 

(They seem to like to do things about the same time.)

And it's so EXCITING!! 

I'll be honest I felt super left out when they started throwing out the "M" word and these men were still complete strangers but since then I've met one and the other I follow on Instagram so it's pretty much like meeting him...right?

Either way, I have come to the conclusion that they are awesome! And they had better be cuz they have the heart of someone that is very special so me. Most of all I've gotten to see that Anthony makes Jodi happy and that Spencer make Kait happy. That's pretty much all I need. Marriage is the best and I'm so excited that they get to experience it!

The other reason why I'm so excited that they are getting married is because I'm going to their wedding! I've had a small hole in my heart for almost 2 years now. March 18, 2011 was my wedding, the best day of my life and neither one of these incredible women were there to share it with me. They were doing better things, I know, but it still left a hole. A hole that I'm hoping will be filled when I get to be there for their special day. Yup that's right, I'm not going to their wedding for them. I'm going for me.

After that more exciting things are going to happen!... But I really only know of 1 at the moment and that 1 is soo exciting!

Elder Moojalsky comes home!!!

(again, stolen from Facebook)

Welcome 2013! I can't wait to get to know you better!

Home For the Holidays

We had an incredible Christmas holiday! It was so much fun to be back in Alberta and to see so many people that we love!

We knew that things would be pretty busy before Christmas so the first thing we did when we got back was meet up with these wonderful people! We feel so blessed to have such amazing friends. We have so much fun together!

 Pepper Jack, Cambrioleur and Mr. Max hanging out with Uncle James!

Nicknames courtesy of Mark

 The next night we headed out to Mountain View to watch the Christmas Program! One of my favorite parts of Christmas! I loved being in it when I was going to school in Mountain View and honestly I wish I could still be in it...but I can't so I'll just watch it instead.

 My favorite part of the whole program was the nativity!

Mikhail was in it too and even though he complains about it, once he gets on stage he gives it his all and he does a great job!

We also got to see some more important people!

I just love this girl! It was so good to see her!

We also got to see these lovely people which doesn't happen very often so we are so glad that we did. Love em!

 After the program there was a dance and of course Santa came!

 Does Santa look familiar to you?

The next day we had the opportunity to attend Adam and Jane's wedding. I got to briefly meet Jane in the summer when they had only been dating for a bit and since then we have been routing for them to get hitched. They are so good together and we couldn't be happier for them!

Christmas Eve was spent with the cousins on the Toth side. It started off with a toonie lunch and then we played some basketball! It was so much fun but I was so tired! I hadn't exercised since Max was born and my competitive side might have made me over do it...BUT I survived and it was a lot of fun!

Later we got together again for a beautiful and delicious dinner at the Toths!

We played a couple games. Some organized...

and some not.

Later Grandpa handed out some presents and we watched a couple short Christmas videos.

After the Toth party finished we headed back to open our Christmas pajamas!

Christmas morning!

Max loved the bows!

Natalie figuring out that she's going to Taylor Swift!!!

Waiting for breakfast with Hub.

This might be my favorite present Max got. Isn't it the cutest! Thanks Nat!

And of course some mini floor hockey.

That night Max got a bath from Dad and Uncle Ben.

The next morning we headed out to the ranch to celebrate with my family.

The boys got matching outfits. Aren't they the cutest!

Cousins!

My handsome men!

I also was lucky enough to hang out with these crazy kids to take some engagement pictures! Aren't they cute!

My Men

Max had been a bit fussy today. Not awful but there definitely wasn't a lot of smiles... until his dad came home. I was sitting on the couch trying to play with him when Mark walked in the door. As soon as he heard the door open he turned his head around to see what was going on and all Mark needed to do was smile at him and he got all excited. This is a regular occurrence. Max loves his dad! And Mark loves Max. It's a relationship that I had anticipated being jealous of when I was pregnant. I'll be honest, I was worried that Mark would love this baby more than he loved me and I was not OK with that! Mark has made extra effort to remind me that I'm number one and I'm very grateful for that but I'm also grateful that Max has a dad that loves him so much! I love my boy and I love my man even more!

Soo handsome!

What a Week!

Last week Max got to meet a lot of new people! His first meeting was on Tuesday and it was a total surprise! The last person I ever thought would be knocking on our door would be Cody but that's exactly what he did Tuesday afternoon. It was soo good to see Cody and be able to actually sit down and catch up. It's been a long time since I've been able to do that. What was even better is finding out that he is doing so good! We were excited to introduce Max to Cody and Max seemed to really enjoy him (though you can't really tell in the picture). 

One of the best surprises ever!

 After Mark was done class on Thursday we headed back to southern Alberta. The plan was to surprise Uncle Ben. We went straight to the ranch and spent the night there and then headed into town Friday afternoon for a gathering with my family.

Cute Cousins!

That night we headed over to the Drew's. We had set up a video chat date with the family so they were all downstairs sitting in front of the computer when we came up behind them. It was fun to see Ben again and it was really cool to be able to introduce him to Max. He was a little unsure of how to hold Max at first but he warmed up to him quickly! They definitely got along.

Grandpa Hub playing with Max... Moose pouting in the background.
Photo from Emily

Max with Uncle Ben. 2 very happy boys!
Photo from Em 

While we were in town we also got to catch up with Carly and Ryan and Jaqui and Johnny. Max got to meet Cambree and Jack for the first time. It's so fun that our friends had babies the same time we did.
I wasn't very good at getting pictures that weekend but I did happen to get one of Max and Jack, the rest I stole from sisters:)

How cute are they?!

They're going to be buds!