Grandpa and Grandma Finch

Saturday Curtis and I went to Santaquin to visit my grandparents. I love them so much. It is difficult for me to visit them, getting old is hard. Grandma woke up grandpa to let him know we had come to visit. He kept his eyes open the rest of our time there. He seemed so tired and I felt bad to make him work so hard for us. He doesn't say much because it hurts to talk but when we left I heard his say I Love you.
I cried for about 5 minutes after we left. I love you was seldom said growing up. It wasn't until my brother, Jared, returned from his mission and decided we all needed to say it more often. Grandpa started telling me he loved me right after he had his stroke. I always knew he did but it really touches me when he uses all of his energy to tell me.
Happy Valentines Day! I love you.

Tree

So...by tradition, Curtis and I get a live tree for Christmas every year. We love the smell and there is something magical about picking out a tree. After new years we run into a little problem, we have had some hard times getting the tree out of our yard. The first year we had a truck so we took the tree to a green yard. The second year my dad took it away for us. Last year the city picked it up.
This year...We don't know what happened.
The city asked all trees be out on the curb by January 10th. We had ours out by January 3rd. It has been on our curb for about 5 or 6 weeks. I have notice the tree keeps moving. One day the truck will be facing the road then the next day it is turned 90 degrees. Today it is missing completely. We had talked to a few people about possibly moving the tree for us but we never had solid plans.
To whom ever took our tree, Thank you. We don't think the city would pick it up on a Saturday a month late. I really hope it's not an annoyed neighbor, I'm sure the tree has been an eye sore.

baby bump

Here he is. 2 months from today is my due date.
Yes, it is 6:30 in the morning....Max woke up at 3:30. Luck for me, he went back to bed. Not so lucky for me, I couldn't sleep.

ABC

I just finished making this poster for Max's room. I'm really excited to get it printed.

Alone?

Yesterday My Mother-in-law offered to take Max for a few hours after I finished work. Curtis was finishing up work so i ended up with 2 hours to my self. I can't remember the last time I was at home alone. It felt really nice. I wonder if I wasted all that time by taking a nap.

More reading

I tried again last night and Max recognizes/reads the words: Ball, Car, Mom and Dad.
Thank you Signing time! Max likes the praise he gets from reading. I tried to show off his new talent to his dad but Max just started signing whatever he wanted...I wrote car and he signed baby. I think he was testing me to see if I would notice.

DOG

I am so proud! Max read his first word today. I was writing on his Magna-doodle and showed him the word DOG. He first made the sign then said "Dog". I was shocked! Usually he just tells me the letters I used. I tried other words like Mom or Dad, cat, eat... He just pushed it away. I guess I will try again tomorrow.
I love him so much and I really need to celebrate his accomplishments more often.