uh-oh.

okay okay...so it's been a looong time since we blogged last. this blogging thing is hard. it's been almost 2 months, and little max is 9 days shy of being 8 months old. can you believe that? a lot has happened since we last did this, and we've had a pretty stressful past two months. so here's a little photo diary of max's life as of late...

he's had his first trip to vegas, he even saw his first stripper. eek. but we also ate at our favorite, johnny rockets.

had his first hair cut

spent lots and lots of time being loved by this old guy, (HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA JOE!)

had his first lunch with the boys

met his cousin, also named max. i think he has 10 different rolls on his legs. and his cheeks alone out weigh max's by a full pound on each side.

and he just keeps getting more cute by the day. but i don't need to tell anybody that. see for yourself.

next time we won't wait so long to blog.

you're 6 months old my darling boy!

and milestones like this require pictures...

lots of 'em.

i can't believe 6 months ago i was crying because i wasn't sure i could love this thing growing in my belly, making me feel sick and icky. but everyday he gets bigger (ok, maybe just taller) happier, and sweeter than the next. he never complains, he's very polite (as grandpa joe says), and he loves everyone. especially brunettes.

can you imagine a cuter little guy?
and he's mine all mine.

i love you my max.

i miss you hair...

you know the saying, blondes have more fun. it's a total lie.

sometimes i wish i had brown hair again. yea yea, most people didn't like me with brown hair. i don't care. i think it looked good. i know i'll never go brown again, but i can wish.

(--wishing wishing wishing wishing--)

i wish somebody would have told me...

not to leave home looking like this.

(2 days before my due date)

thanks everyone.

jellystone part II

i don't know what your family does when you get together, but we take pictures....

lots of them.

manly love.
(bunc (justice) and isaac)
mia wanted her own family pic with just max and ike. she tugs at my heartstrings a little bit.

i love my man.

bunc and paige loving our max. he's going to miss his aunts and cousins once they're all gone. i know he's still young, but he really does love them already.

everybody keeps commenting on max's hair, but i can't believe they haven't noticed his mustache yet. it's coming in red, just like his dads.

until next year west yellowstone. we'll miss you.

jellystone...part 1

so every year my family goes to west yellowstone for the fourth of july. it's one of my favorite times of the year. it's pretty amazing when we can all get together in one place seeing how there are 7 brothers and sisters and we are scattered across the country, from coast to coast. the only one that didn't come was my brother luke, and his two kids. but they had a pretty good excuse, and believe me i checked into it. here are all of the guys except isaac. they are all gung ho on the mcdonald's fillet-0-fish. and of course, as much as isaac loves mickey d's, he doesn't love the fillet-o-fish.

so they decided to try and break isaac into loving them, but after a fishy fight, their evil plot didn't work. but it sure was funny.

we do a lot of celebrating every 4th while we are in yellowstone, too. it's georgia's birthday, and this year was her 2nd. i know i'm partial to thinking this, but i think she found her new favorite cousin

happy 2nd birthday georgie, we are so glad we get to celebrate it with you every year.

we also celebrate something else on georgia's birthday. our anniversary. our marriage is as old as she is. 2 years, can you believe it? and i love him more everyday.

there aren't many places to have a romantic dinner in west yellowstone, but when we saw this cute old couple, the bistro made it well worth our while. i hope one day, we'll be sitting here for our 50th anniversary. and we'll probably look something like this...

more to come.

ogden's 25th street

(isaac took this, and it's ideal!)

t and georgie came in town this week. so grandpa joe took us on an adventure to go explore his old stomping grounds in ogden. 25th street is one of the main streets in ogden that leads directly to the union train station. so it's pretty old, and pretty ideal. there's lots of antique stores and little boutiques, too bad they were all closing by the time we got there. so we went to eat instead. georgia loved pushing max, and wouldn't let anyone else help. she gave tiana the evil eye when she tried.

we love grandparents. especially these two...

georgie was having so much fun at dinner. last time georgia came to visit, she had a melt down when she saw isaac and didn't want anything to do with him. so i was surprised she sat by him at dinner. she's pretty stinkin cute, especially when she got a straw stuck up her nose.

max is wanting everything we have. so grandma gave him a glass and he went crazy.

after dinner at roosters (which was sooo amazing, by the way), we headed home. maybe next time we'll get to shop a little more. and there will definitely be a next time. i'm starting to realize how ideal utah is the more we explore it. i've kinda been in denial the past few years.



i couldn't end this without showing max's newest smile. he's found his inner grandpa.

thanks bob.

happy happy father's day

to my husband,

i love you. max, bob, and i are so blessed to have you. everyday with you only gets better and better. thanks for being my best friend, husband, and confidant. you have given me the most beautiful boy. when he smiles i think of you. we are yours always and forever.

isaac and i have also been blessed with wonderful fathers, who are also some of the greatest grandfathers. scott t. has always been more than a father-in-law, he's been a great friend. i know i can go to him with any problem, and he can help me work through it, and he gives some of the best advice. we love you scott t. thanks for all you do for us.

one of the most special guys in my life is my step dad joe. he's more than a step dad, i think of him as my father. he's been there for me during every high and low point. he's taught me to be more patient, and kind. he always puts things in perspective. he always has my back. and he has the biggest heart of any one i know. i thank the Lord every day for letting joe come into our lives. we have been so blessed.

happy father's day everyone, love the buie's.

i love love love this picture.

isn't my grandpa so handsome? i hope max is as cute as my grandpa was when he gets older. for those of you who don't know, we named our little max after my grandpa max. he passed away a little over a year ago. i was very close to my grandpa, i always knew nobody loved me like my grandpa did. i remember telling my grandpa a few months before he died that i was going to name my first boy max. it took me the whole 9 months of my pregnancy to convince isaac max was THE only name i would accept. obviously, he didn't have a choice. it's so important to me that my little boy knows what a great man his great grandpa was. i was named after my great great grandma sophia, who came here from denmark to be a nanny for a widower with a lot of children. she ended up marrying him and having even more children. she was a beautiful, stylish woman with a wonderful heart. i never knew her but i always hear about how wonderful she was. i hope the name max will mean as much to my little boy, as the name sophia does to me.