Is it Really That Time Already???

I can't believe that it is almost Thanksgiving and I haven't even posted pics of the kids from Halloween. My sis-in-law Elise is a better mom than I am when it comes to showing off my kids. She already posted pics of them from Halloween all over Facebook apparently--I wouldn't know b/c I haven't been on FB for about a month. Anyways, I always have a good excuse or it seems like a good one until I start typing and then I realize, "What the heck am I doing????" Am I really THAT busy that I can't take a few moments out of my day to re-cap what is going on in the Proffit family life?..No I am not. Not that our lives are THAT interesting but someday I'm guessing my kids will appreciate me journaling a few moments from our crazy days. So here goes:

While driving to Grammy's house so I can go teach piano lessons Max says from the back seat, "Mom, did you know that Jesus doesn't have to wear a bathing suit?" I chuckled and said, "No Max, I didn't know that. What made you think about that?" Then Max says, "Because Jesus just wears that robe thing and walk on water." I guess we are doing something right as parents :)

Max has turned into the BEST helper EVER!!! He makes my bed for me in the morning while I take a shower without being asked. He knows how to vacuum, dust, feed the dog, do the dishes, pour his own cereal and milk, and sort the laundry! Now if I could just get him to stop teasing his sister, stop talking ALL the time, Stop picking his nose and eating it (he says it tastes delicious!) and Stop taking off his PJ's in the middle of the night--I didn't know that sleeping in your underwear only started at this young of an age. Well, I guess there is always room for improvement.

Audrey, Audrey, Audrey.....I know that my mind shouldn't draw I blank as I sit and think about my little baby girl but I am right now. Maybe that's because I am Sooo tired. She seriously wears me out. She is active like Max but emotional like me. It's her way or a tantrum. I am not a push over but some things I just don't care about anymore....like, my moms malibu lights that she tears apart the second she gets outside. Or like bows she constantly pulls out of her hair, or the lace she tries to rip off of her socks as we are going to church. Or like the food she decides to dissect before each meal, or the dirt she manages to get all over every outfit even if outside for 5 minutes.

The other day Audrey sat contently playing for about 30 minutes inside her sandbox table. The only problem that was by the time I got out there she had about half of the sandbox sand in her hair and the other half was on the ground. Oh well, I had 30 minutes of my own to do the laundry and empty the dishwasher (the things I haven't taught Max to do yet!) Don't get me wrong Otter-Pop, you know how to give great big hugs, flash a daring smile with those dimples, and look cute in about anything. I only hope that you can experience the same thing I'm going through everyday with someone as sweet as you :)

Oh ya, Josh and I are doing great too....

Beaches, Parks and Babes

These are only a few pictures of our daily summer adventures. WE LOVE YOU CALIFORNIA!

Life's Good for the Proffit's!

Funny Things About Max:
The other day while my sis-in-law was babysitting him he told her he was so freakin' smart!
He talks SOOO much and is starting to talk back and get in trouble. He IS the class clown at school.
Sweet Things About Max:
He tells me that I am so beautiful while holding my face or playing with my hair. He wants to snuggle with me every morning and LOVES to touch my chest---must be a boy thing that guys never grow out of.

Funny Things About Audrey:
She LOVES stuffed animals and to say hi and wave to everyone at the grocery store. She stares them down until she gets their attention. She is my little social butterfly!
Interesting things about Audrey:
Now 14 months old, she decided 2 days ago that she was ready to walk, I mean run. As long as something is her decision she will do it. She is a very stong willed little girl. She just learned how to say "Bop it!" which means "stop it" to me and Max. She loves her Daddy and has him wrapped around her finger.

US:
Josh and I celebrated our 7th anniversary. We went to the Getty museum, the beach and 7th street prominade without kids (thanks Mom). We had a blast!
Now that Max is back in school, I'm busy teaching piano and doing real estate we are starting to look forward to the Holidays. In the meantime we are keeping busy remodeling our kitchen cabinets and since we are doing it all ourselves we hope to be done by Christmas. We average about 1 new cabinet a weekend! Max just started basketball on Saturday mornings and LOVES it. He does have an advantage over the other 4 year olds though since he is about a head taller than all of them. Now the challenege is to get Max to listen to his coach instead of his crazy Dad yelling at him to do defense and stick his arms up. I think we should just be happy that he's throwing the ball at the right hoop---heck with dribbling! Life's Good for the Proffit's!

My Baby Girl is 1 Year!

I know it took me forever again to post Audrey's cupcake party pics but what can I say. My excuse is that it is summer time, I am never home, and my kids always need to be doing something outside so I don't go crazy on our little place! Anyways getting back to the subject of my baby girl Audrey....She is my determined little girl who is growing up WAY too fast. Some of the words she says now are "NO, mama, dada, Daisy, dog, Ma--for Max, all done". Some of the things she loves to do is take all the stuff out of my linen cabinets, purses, pantry, trash cans, etc. She LOVES being messy and I swear I give her a bath a few times a day now. She likes crawling up stairs but has not figured out how to go down them without rolling down head first :) She has 4 teeth on top, 2 on bottom, and molars starting to come in. She likes to feed herself (Ms. Independent), doesn't like people to watch her sleep, has the funniest fake laugh ever, and has an obsession with pinching and blowing on my arms. She thinks her brother is hilarious (he is) and likes dancing in her car seat to music. She's a wild one but I love her sooooo much. Daddy can't help but love the little stinker either. Happy 1st Birthday Otter-Pop!

Packasport Story

So, Josh and I realized that there is NO WAY we can fit all our camping gear, all the stuff for the DX triathlon, a dog, and 4 people in our Honda Pilot as we get ready to cruise up to Wyoming for the Annual Proffit family reunion in Wyoming. our solution is a luggage car top carrier. Since we do this Wyoming trek 2 times a year we decided that we needed a good, strong, car top carrier that will hold lots of stuff as our family will only be getting bigger in the future. The Packasport 90 seemed to be the best solution. We looked online everywhere and found one in Ojai on craigslist for $400 which is a smoking deal since they are over $1000 new. We decided to have Josh leave work early Wednesday and stop at the beach house in Ventura since Ojai is pretty close to there and the drive is about 3 hours with traffic. The kids had fun playing on the beach for an hour, we cleaned up (audrey took a bath in the sink), and then we headed to Ojai. We purchased the carrier, headed home feeling good about our purchase....

Then 3 days we had a community garage sale. Our neighbor just happened to be selling the exact same Packasport we just purchased, in better condition, for $50. So being the entrepreneurs that we are we bought it and now have 2! We are selling one of the packasports for $500 on craigslist. If you are interested in purchasing one please let us know!

Love My Girls

Yes, I consider My Dog Daisy as one of my girls. I just can't imagine our family without her. We are actually going to get her certified as a Therapy Dog to go to hospitals and visit cancer patients, sick kids, etc. She will absolutly LOVE it and it will be so rewarding. When you have a dog as good as Daisy you want to share her sweetness with everyone. And yes, she is a pitbull :)

Ms. Mischief

The pictures say it all but yes, Audrey is officially into everything! She is so quiet about it but definitely causes a huge mess in no time. She actually broke off one of the handles on the cabints in our kitchen after getting so mad that I put a child safety latch on it. Don't let the cute face fool you....she is crazy!

Too smart....

The other day our whole family was driving down to Pat and Larry's (Josh's parents) in San Clemente when Max started making this awful screaming noise...like on Dumb and Dumber. It was seriously so annoying and dangerous in my opinion as Josh was driving. Max continued to scream after I asked him not to since it was making Audrey crack up laughing. I asked him why he does stuff like that and he said "because it makes Audrey funny." So I said that I didn't think it was funny and neither did Daddy and that's 2 against 1 so he better stop right now. Then that little stinker responded by saying, "Well I like it too and so that's 2 against 2." Can he really already add??? At this point all Josh and I could do was laugh.

The picture is of one of Max's many train tracks and the paper trail is a waterfall and river. Max is so creative :)

Beach Club Babes

Can I just say how much I LOVE that the beach club is finally open!!! Max loves to swim and Audrey loves to crawl by the sandy banks playing with her toys and splashing in the water. This last week, Audrey had a play date and invited our friends Christine and her daughter Samira. Audrey and Samira are only 2 weeks apart and enjoy each others company immensely! It's days like this that I know why I live in a little townhouse with a mortgage that would get me a 4000ft home somewhere else where it snows. To each his own....and let mine be in Sunny California.

Where did April Go?

O.k., So once again I've gotten caught up in "life" and forgot to blog the entire month of April. The first week (General Conference weekend) we went to the beach house to see Mima who was going in for surgery the following week. The first night we went to my cousin Jeffrey's documentary of India which was totally awesome, found out that Audrey is allergic to cumin pita bread, and later Max and Dad camped out in the bed of his truck. Josh said he woke up to Max right in his face saying "Dad, I heard a train". Considering the tracks are right next to the beach house this was not a shocker. The next day we watched conference at the Ventura building and later went on a walk/bike ride from the beach house to town. It was a 5 mile walk one way and Max insisted on riding his bike the whole way to town and back. We found a really cool campground there that had a little store where we got ice cream and tried to cool down from the heat. Max still managed to get heat stroke from riding his bike too long and not drinking enough water, Audrey and Josh got sunburned and I took care of everyone.
The second week of April was Easter weekend. We had the Johnson clan and the Proffit clan all congregate at Pat and Larry's house for an Easter feast and egg hunt. This was yet another fun and crazy weekend. Max helped me bake treats. Josh and I stayed up way too late Sat. night hiding eggs at home. I think we were more excited than Max was.
The third week of April my sis Shanny came down to visit. We went to the San Diego zoo and had fun right before it started to rain. Later that week we went to St. George for my cousin Ben and Jodi's temple sealing. Their 3 kids were also sealed to them in the St. George temple. It was a beautiful ceremony and thankfully my BFF Heather watched the kids so Josh and I could go. Lots of food, family and nice weather made the weekend wonderful.(In between this we went to Don Jose for Russ's 20th B-day)
The forth week of April my sis-in-law Elise, my mom, Audrey and I went to Palm Springs. You would think we were all but vacationed out by now but Elise and I wanted to go to the country music festival StageCoach! We found some tickets for Sat. on Craigslist and decided to make a girls trip. The thought of leaving Josh alone with both kids (esp. while Audrey was teething) was too mean so we took OtterPop with us. My mom stayed and laid out by the pool while, Audrey, Elise and I threw on our cowgirl hats and did the country thang. We saw some awesome bands such as Little Big Town, Darius Rucker, Reba and Brad Paisley. I seriously think that country is the best music to listen to. It's upbeat, fun and I don't feel bad having my kids listen to it. I loved how this concert felt like a hometown county fair and was so family friendly. Yes, I think next year I will have to bring the whole fam and get an RV and campout. Anyone else interested?
So, looking back at the past month, it's no wonder I didn't blog, some of my plants died from being neglected, and I'm racing to get caught up with "life". But it's experiences like this that make life worth living.

4 Years Old

I cannot believe that my baby boy is 4 years old now. He had an awesome dinosaur birthday party at Melinda park. We made a dinosaur egg pinata for the special day which I am glad is now finally out of my house---we had it hanging from the dining room chandelier for a week while letting the layers of paper mache dry. A few days after the big party (60 people!) I took Max to Disneyland California Adventure since he got in free on his birthday. He had a blast going to the tortilla factory, playing in the fountains and his favorite was the zip line at brother bear country. He is still not a fan of going on rides but enjoys watching them. I'm actually glad he didn't want to go on all the rides since I had Audrey there too. Josh later joined us in Downtown Disney for dinner. Happy Birthday to Max!