~Things I'm missing~

Maddix was in the best mood today. Although I have to say a few things involving my previous post:

• That glorious nap he took..... 
• .... the cake he ate so close to bed.... 
• all the shaking Kohsee did to wind him up....

Well they all equal him waking up at 2:20am and running into my room crying. After I calmed him down and got him into bed he was WIDE AWAKE! We didn't get back to bed until just about 4am. Only one good thing came from this: I finally got to know what time the sun rises here: 3:20am, and by 4am it's as bright as it is at 6 or 7am in Utah. So, I guess, Thanks for that Maddix?

Also, as mentioned in the previous post about the study/party we had. Well Travis and his class were studying for their Polish Language Exam and when Travis got to class today his teacher called his name and announced that he was the ONLY person to receive 100% all semester so he was exempt from the final! Way to go Travis!

Okay today was nice, Maddix and did our workouts, he took a less long nap, and then we went on a really long walk with Mckay and Cole (who were dying to get out of the house), and we had a great time. When we got home we made dinner while Travis continued to study away and then we ate, I put the boy in the tub, got him to bed, and went for a run with Ceena (a fellow classmate). Then I finished The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and am now missing Mackenzie quite a bit, and it's got me thinking of all the things I miss at home (meanwhile Travis has been studying away)

(These are not inclusive of EVERYTHING I'm missing... they're just pictures I happen to have, so if you're not up here, please know I'm missing you too, but I'm also missing your picture:) (This is also in no order besides the order I found the pictures:)

These wonderful women

I miss these faces

And this face as well!

I miss having a killer/tan body! What did you do to me Maddix?!

I miss boating

I miss this silly girl

These loved people I miss as well

And definitely this guy

The Beach

Disneyland!

These awesome family peeps

Being in school and learning

Grandma Eileen

Our loving Grandpa Herb

This cute little girl!

This valiant young man

And this grumpy, sarcastic, kind hearted, loveable, and devoted Son of God, my amazing Grandfather

~A Great Day with our Friends here in Lublin~

After our workouts this morning
             Maddix and I proceeded downstairs to wait for the Mechams
                                    We played, walked around, and then they came and took us to the castle. 
                                            (Unfortunately my pictures from this outing won't load) 


So then after our long-fun outing this morning
              Maddix crashed and took a nap that lasted over two hours
                                    Heaven


And then Travis informed me we would be holding a Study Night/ Birthday Party for one of his classmates in just a few hours...
              ... Panic to get the house clean, I still needed to shower, Maddix still needed to eat...
                                    ... but it was fun.

Kohsee was starting off the evening with a speach for his knights at the sqare table

Then he dubbed it "study night"

But there was also some pizza and cake for Shepan's birthday celebration

And of course Maddix had another messy night:)

Then almost threw it all up when Kohsee was shaking him all around

To end the night Travis turned on Duck Tales for Maddix (who was uninterested) but look who ended up pretty into it:) And these are all medical students! ha ha 

It was a wonderful day and it flew by so quickly. We are really grateful for all the friends we've made out here! Thank you everyone for being in our lives!

~From Saturday to Tuesday 5/26-5/29~

SaTuRdAy'S EvEnTs
We woke up, caught a bus with the Elders and Kody, and made our way to the lake to once again celebrate a baptism! Now Travis officially has 2 young men in his group!

It was funny because the first time they went to baptize Sebastian his foot popped out and when the Elder's were trying to tell Mikojel to do it again, he got confused and just shoved him under water without any warning. On the third go around we finally got it:)




SuNdAy's EvEnTs
Maddix woke up feeling yucky so Travis took a turn staying home and I went to church and experienced our first ever Relief Society meeting. Normally church for us is "inspired" as it's been known to be called, where we have sacrament and then Sunday school and we're done. But we're going to start having every 4th Sunday be a split meeting for Priesthood and Relief Society, instead of Sunday school. I feel like it went well, and it was nice to be with the women; we even got a Relief Society activity planned for a week from Wednesday. Booya, we're moving up in the world!

MoNdAy'S EvEnTs
Well Monday was a long day of trying to play catch-up from putting everything off during the weekend. Maddix was TERRIBLE ALLLLLLLL DAAAYYYYY! Will I survive these terrible two's? We did manage to have a family night of tears, fits, two large pizza for $14.00 (love prices here), and a movie.

This was in between tears and just before he got sent to bed for being out of control. I wish I could say the FHE went as pleasantly as this picture looks... but we tried.

TuEsDaY's EvEnTs
(Just a warning: Picture overload) Today was good day. He still had many many out of control moments, but they were shorter and spread out.

He was yelling "night night" and when we'd come into the hall he'd look like this for a split second then start laughing. Ha Ha, what a goof!

And this.... well this is just how we feel lately! All of us!

This is his new thing he does. He runs around the house making this weird noise, with his hands like this so we've dubbed it, "what does the beaver say?" And this is what we now get :) Now he looks smart instead of ADD!

He was SO ready for his nap. Even superman needs a nap (wore his blanket like a cape his whole nap)

And today he was feeling yucky again. After his nap I took off his shirt and his belly was covered in the biggest rash I'd seen to date :( He was scratching uncontrollably at his belly and just couldn't handle it, so I turned to one of the two things I have here for illnesses; my oils. I want to THANK my GRANDMA JANET for the ESSENTIAL OILS. I rubbed them all over his skin,

Finding some relief from the oils!

  built him a bed on the couch, got him a drink, and put in Finding Nemo and before the movie was over his rash was gone! It was such a relief to see it gone! So we prepared for our next event: Our combined Mutual Activity! The second one we've ever had, and the first one not everyone could make it:

Yep, this was 100% attendance! But we got it! Plus I don't know if you can tell but the boys have a Polish B.O.M, Bailey has my English set, and Travis has his German set so they could all follow along! Pretty awesome I think

We did make your own Pizza's and sugar cookies with chocolate centers.

Maddix and I played hide and seek for a bit to give everyone else some space...

... so they could play Mario Smash Brothers:)

~I love how intense they are~

Then we ate... some of wore more of our food then actually ate it

But he did eat Lots of it, I'll give him that. He was so dirty I just had to throw him in a quick bath, then we said goodbye to everyone, cleaned it all up, and threw this little one into bed.

Well, I think that comprehensively catches us up! Hopefully I stay more caught up so I don't overload everyone with all these pictures again :) But I hope you enjoyed it!

My Date Night/Day with Maddix

What a fun day. Today we did a Mother-Son day long Date.
After Maddix helped me do dishes and get the apartment picked up we started our together time. Here's how our day went:

So he was throwing my make-up around like he does each day I'm getting ready and I decided to pin him down and paint a face to match his out of control hair!

Since I wear very little make-up I had little to work with, BUT it was a Lion nose with whiskers, and this was his "roar" So then we played Lions for a little bit

Then we got read for our outing

Maddix took me somewhere nice and lush

He was a gentlemen and "brought the jeep around"

He even chose to sit on the bench next to me at one point on the date... awh!

Then a little friend showed up and he played better with him than I've ever seen before

He treated this baby (who honestly was Maddix's size with the mental capacity of a 10month old) like a little brother and showed him how to do everything, coddled him when he would fall, and always shared the toys or picked them up when the baby would drop them. They laughed together, Maddix showed him how to run, they hid in the bushes, and for an hour they played so well. Oh and notice they both had to carry around their phones! Then the little boy had to leave. We then played with an older boy for a minute, went and petted a sweet dog, then went up to make dinner. 

Once dinner was in the oven I came and found this:

Not only was he watching the movie too closely, he was latched onto the entertainment center. My fault for leaving my date untended for so long :)

Once I hopped in our special viewing area he cuddled right up to me!! So fresh for a first date, but I was loving it. ha ha. We were watching The Little Rascals. I hadn't seen it in years and he LOVED it.

This is when they're pledging to be "He-Man Woman Haters." We pledged right along. 

We also had the balcony doors open, I don't know if you can see, and the breeze felt so wonderful in our hot apartment. We paused the movie, ate dinner, and then Travis joined us for the last of the movie, which was a wonderful way to end the night.

Thank you Maddix for taking your mommy on a date and filling in your daddy's shoes while he's "away" studying.

Love this boy