Three Generations

Grandparents are the BEST!!

Max and Mimi (my mom)

Max and Papa (my dad)

Max and Grandma (Joe's Mom)

Max, Joe and Grandpa (Joe's Dad)

Three Generations of Moss Men!

Stella LOVES being a big sister!!

Look at Me.... I am 3!

Our little girl is growing up....

Stella turned three!!

She's been singing the song "Look at me, I am three three three" all week long.

Her party was very low key as I'm still trying to find energy to do anything

We had a few presents and some Hello Kitty cupcakes.

During the party she said "This is the BEST party EVER!!"

I'm glad she does not remember her ONE year birthday party or she would have been sorely disappointed this year!

Playing the Fishing Game with Kaya ... one of he favorite gifts

We love you Stella Boo! Next year I'll show you what a birthday party is supposed to be like!!

Thanks for thinking your party was great.. i needed to hear that this year!!

xoxo

Mom

Already Loved Beyond Measure

Maxwell Joseph

08.24.10

7 lb 7 oz 19.5 inches

Already Loved Beyond Measure

After nearly four miserable weeks of pregnancy our baby Max arrived very easily. We checked into the hospital around 4:30 pm. An epidural and five hours later I pushed through two contractions and our little man was in my arms!!

We absolutely love Dr England - he is amazing.

My mom and sisters joined us for the delivery. And my dad was put on Stella Duty at home. As soon as Max arrived my dad brought Stella to the hospital to meet her baby brother... but she was too tired to wake up and meet him... but we did get in some quality cuddle time.

(I can't believe we have two kids!!)
Papa with Maxwell

Baby Max just minutes old

Father and Son

The final day I was in the hospital I was in a lot of pain. Max had already been discharged so he and daddy had some quality bonding time all day and night while mommy slept.

The next morning Stella came wide eyed to meet her little brother.

She absolutely LOVES him!! She calls him "my little baby" and always checks to make sure he is doing okay.

Bright eyed boy

Less than five minutes old

Mimi and Max

Daddy and Max

Proud Parents

Its Official...... she is potty trianed!

(and we could not be more proud)

Good Job Stella Boo!!

xoxo

Thanks Mom

I've been on bed rest for the past few weeks. Our baby boy was thinking he wanted to come into this world early and my doctor was thinking that was not a good idea. So I've been down for a few weeks... if you can call it that. I've been laying in my bed finishing up work (40-50 hrs a week from my laptop) so that when he does decide to arrive i would not be stressed with work.

Well work is nearly done and our sweet baby boy is still cookin inside of me. I'm officially 37 weeks now and the doctor is not as concerned with keeping the baby in. He'll likely be healthy and developed now when he decides to come. The past few week and a half we went to the hospital 3 times to be monitored and medicated to stop my contractions... and it worked every time!

I just wanted to thank my wonderful angel of a mother who has taken on way more than she deserves! She's taken Stella for me nearly everyday (while keeping my neice and nephew as well), kept my laundry clean, folded and put away (i don't even do that!), kept the dishes done, the floors swept, the bathrooms cleaned, and picked up the phone every time i wanted to talk to her. She's been over in the middle of the night so we can make hospital runs. I don't know what I would do without my mom.. she is an absolute angel. She's the ONLY person that Stella may love more than me! I love you mom - I don't know how you do it all!

Thank you also to everyone else who has taken Stella on the fly, brought us food and loved us.

We love you ALL!! We have the most amazing family and friends!

I'm officially dilated to a 4. Contracting, contracting and contracting more. Our baby boy will be here before we know it!

Standby for adorable pictures of our little man.... any day now!

{preschool}

I can't believe that she's old enough for preschool!

They always say kids grow up too fast... I'm starting to believe it!

All smiles as she anticipates her first big day of school.

Daddy, Mama and Stella outside of the school

Playground fun.. everything is just her size.

Stella with her teacher Miss Charlotte

We love you so much Miss Stella! You are going to do amazing in preschool!!

xoxo

mom & dad

Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken a few weeks ago at the Lehi Train Station.

I LOVED how they turned out!!

We actually got over 1300 photos... i only posted a few here.

We loved our photographer too!

www.beeskneesphotography.blogspot.com

Getting Ready...

Baby Boy (whom Stella and I call Max) will be arriving in just six short weeks. I can't believe how quickly this pregnancy has gone by. I'm so nervous to be a mother of two kids - how do people do it? I guess I'll find out soon enough!

Over the next few weeks my mom and I are going to get the nursery ready and make Stella's room fit for a princess. My mom has been so kind in helping me clean my house (maybe I should say cleaning my house and not helping.. I'm not that great of a helper!)

One more thing I want to do before the baby arrives is make about 10 freezer meals so that we have food on hand when I/we are completely and utterly exhausted. Here are the meals I'm planning on making - I need a few more good ideas.. please let me know what you like to freeze!

• Creamy Chicken Enchiladas
• Honey-Lime Chicken Enchiladas
• Beef Stroganoff
• Chicken Pot Pies
• Sweet Pork (for nachos or burritos)

I hope the next six weeks I can stay focused so I can have everything ready when our little man arrives!!

xoxo

Leslie

Funny Stella

Stella says the funniest things... I wanted to write some down here before I forget them.

Oh look mom.. its an ant. He's all alone and cant find his family (in a very sad voice)... I will just smash him! (she then kills the ant)

We were at the Bees Baseball game and sitting right near Frank Layton (former coach for the Utah Jazz). As we are leaving Stella looks at him and says "See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!"

She was out at night with my mom and the moon was just a sliver. She said Look Mimi, someone took a bite out of the moon!

She dropped my clippie on the ground so I asked her to find it. She gets down on her hands and knees and says... I will find it with my sense of smell!

I love you Stella Jane.. thanks for always making your mama and daddy laugh!!

xoxo

Play Land Fun

Stella sure is having fun while her cousins are in town!!

We love your Kinzie and Ayden (and Kaya and Linkin)...

Get ready for 2 more weeks of FUN!!

xoxo