Some recent pictures and true tales

True Tale: Max does Javier's homework (no that one isn't true, but the rest are)

True Tale: Max has randomly started loving binkies again after refusing to look at them for 9 months. NOw of course I really don't want him to get addicted agian so I try to hide them. Unfortunately he keeps finding more. I dont know where. And yes....he is sitting in my cleaning bucket.

True Tale: Max looks sooo handsome in his new church outfit that Mimi got him.

True Tale: I was so sick during the first 3 1/2 months of this pregnancy that feeding Max (let alone myslef) was an extremely taxing chore. I did my best, but my little baby became somewhat of a scavenger too. In this picture, he got this tupperware out of the cabinet went to the pantry and filled it with chips, them brought it to the couch to eat. I was amazed!
More scavenging. The bread was on the table and he was hungry so he climbed up on the table and ate it. He also ate a lot of cereal this way. He can pour it into a bowl even with some accuracy. Pretty impressive. Don't worry though, I am able to feed him consistently again. I never really let him go hungry, but there were times I just saw that he could do it himslef and just let him. As you can see those were messy times in the Bucheli apartment. It is so amazing to be able to clean withuot throwing up again! THe things you take for granted!

True tale: At our local library they have these ingenious computers where pictures flash across the screen but the keyboards are not attached, so little munchkins can play with them as much as they want without damaging the machine. Brilliant!

True Tale: Max and Ruby have had a playdate every week for 2 months and last week was the furst time he looked at her (I think she made him nervous because she is a girl, he doesn't have any trouble with his friends who are boys). They had a lot of fun pulkling oeachother's socks.

Trip to Austin

So a couple weekends ago Javier had his interview with Dell in Austin and I came with him just for fun (mostly because Javier was staying in a really nice hotel for two full nights and they were going to give him food vouchers so we could eat and stay for free). We did have a really fun time! Austin is beautiful and this time of year the weather was heaven (which probably tells me it is going to be miserable in the summer). Here are some pictures of our adventure.
Max loved flying as usual. This time he lioved escaping every time he could get his hand free and running wild through the huge crowded air ports. I used to think that all of you with more than one child were amazing, now the closer I get to 2, the more I think you must be super human!!! How in the world would I have kept Max from dying or permanently losing himself in the airport if I would have had another child to watch. Please tell me it is possible to keep two children alive at the same time. I can't imagine how.

This is the Texas state capital. The grounds were so pretty!

This is the University of Texas where my grandparents went to school. The highlight of the trip for me was seeing this place which I have heard sooooo many stories about. It is huge and beautiful.

We had such a fun time. I was glad that I got the chance to see Austin before deciding we would live there. It is such a pretty city. So you should all start making plans to visit us there next year. I would come in November since the weather was seriously unbeatable then. We would love it!

More good news!

So this must be the Bucheli good news week, because here is some more!

Javier accepted a Job!!

With Dell in Roundrock Texas which is just outside of Austin! We are so so excited about this job! He starts in June, so that wil be about a month afetr the baby is born. The best part about it is that he will have a normal work week, none of this 80 hours a week like I was so afraid he would have to do. Plus Roundrock is the nicest little city. I got to go with him to his interview last week and we both just loved it! It has a warm climate which I think will be so much better for my two little constantly sick boys, so I am thrilled about that too. We will be sad to be so far from family, but I am so glad that if we have to be far (which we do, there were no possibilities remotely close) that we can at least live in a nice city where we can live a normal life. We are thrilled. We feel so incredibly blessed! It is amazing how in spite of how bleak everything has seemed so many times, the Lord did take care of us. We knew he would, but it was hard waiting sometimes.All worth it now.

So, I'm Pregnant!

And Thrilled about it!

I didn't post about it before because I figured most everyone who reads this blog probably already knew, but all the announcing got very confused because my mom accidentally spilled the beans a few weeks before I was going to announce it and then I just started randomly telling people, so now I really don't know who knows, but if you didn't, now you do!

I'm 15 weeks along, and we are very excited. I go back and forth between being just in extasy at the thought of having a little baby again to terror at the realization that I will now be in charge and responsible for 2 little babies. But I dare say we'll survive. I am sure I will look to all of you for much advice as usual.

SO that's our exciting news!

A thought for all you wives and mothers

I heard this story a few days ago about a discouraged young stay at home mom who was feeling like her life was pretty mundane one day. She was reading her scriptures and she read the part where Jesus says we should feed the hungry, clothe the naked and administer to the sick and afflicted. Suddenly she made the connection. Thats all I do every day she thought.

I just thought that was pretty encouraging.

I thought this was a good picture because Max was naked and hungry when I took it.

Halloween!

We went up to Boise this weekend to spend Halloween with my family. Even though we were only there for about a day and a half it was definitely worth it! We had SOOO much fun! Max was Zoro for Halloween.
Maddie made him that awesome sword, which was by far his favorite part of the costume! He loved waving it around and hitting the little trick or treaters in front of him on the head with it.
Here Max is with his little cousin Addie. SHe made a darling little dalmation.

We went in a big pack with all 9 of the grandkids. That made it so much fun!Max's yopungest cousin, Christian was a darling little Mickey Mouse!

We planned on just going to a few houses because we thought Max wouldn't be that interested, but as it turned out, he LOVED trick or treating! He got so excited every time a door opened and he loved waving his little sword all around as we walked to every house. After all the other kids said thank you at each house, Max said, "A-men". We thought that was pretty funny. So Max probaly trick or tre3ated for almost an hour. It was so much fun!