HAL- LE - LU- JAH....HAL - LE- LU- JAH

Nap time... No More Chore!!!! For those of who don't know Max.... well let me inform you. We tease and call him crack head baby because he never slows down and never wants to give it up enough to take a nap. He would stay awake all day if I didn't make him take a nap. I literally had to force him to take a nap for my own sanity. We tried everything sticking him in the crib to cry it out, but the fits just weren't worth it. He would get so mad he would throw himself down and hit his head, makes himself throw up, one time he pulled himself up over the side of his crib and fell out. It was as low as the crib could go. So then he was terrified of his bed and wouldn't even sleep in it, let me tell you it was never easy. Sleeping has never been fun for us. Well the day has finally come after 16 months of sucky sleep... this last week he has just been so good about falling asleep on his own he likes his crib his blankie in there with him and walla. Last Thursday it all began. He was totally exhausted and I couldn't get him down so I took him in his room and laid him down with blankie and baba in hand. He laid there great no fuss at all and I sang him a couple of songs and he just fell asleep. I was shocked so excited, slowly I creaped out and waited for a cry. No cry and he slept clear till 6 am. So we did it for our nap the next day, and night time again, and ever since I can go set him in there and in less that a couple of minutes I can leave. Oh my life is so great. How much easier kids are when they sleep:) What a great week I hope he sticks with it.

3 YeArS aNd CoUnTiNg

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!! Wow 3 years have already gone buy and how fun our journey has been:) October 8th....tomorrow is the big day! It is so fun to have a day to always remember and reminisce about our lives and when it all started for us. We dated for about a year and had lots of fun times together.
Here we are at the Padres' Pro Baseball game in Cali.

Us at Rusty's brothers wedding... I made my Hawaiian dress.

When we got engaged and I got my beautifu; ring....

Our engagement pictures we got them taken at Rusty's house at the Ranch.

Slashing around in the boat

We got married in the St. George temple it was beautiful

Rusty and Josie Hughes together forever



1- Where did you meet? at UVSC in English class..... he came sat by me:)


2- How long did you date before you were married? 1 YEAR.... Broke up for a couple of months!!!

3- How long have you been married? 3 years on October 8th


4- What does he do that surprises you? Dances with me

5- What's your favorite feature about him? I love his sexy arms... he has great veins too:)


6 - What's your favorite quality about him? He knows how to be a friend to others

7- Does he have a nickname for you? He calls me babe and Jos


8- What's his favorite color? Red


9- What's his favorite food? My enchiladas


10-What is his favorite sport? Favorite sport to play is basketball. His favorite to watch is football

11- Who said I love you first? Rusty


12- When and where was your first kiss? At Rusty's apartment. He tricked me I was sitting next to him when he was laying on the couch and he hit my elbow and made me fall into him right onto his lips:)

3-Do you have kids? 1

14- What's a hidden talent that he has? Can play a song on the guitar after hearing it or just strumming out the tune in his head.

15- How old is he? 26 Years Old


16- What's his favorite type of music? Punkish kind of stuff and old school classic rock

17- What do you admire most about him? He loves Me and his baby boy so much and works so hard for us to give us what we need.

Grandpa Lee's truck!

My dad was trucking past my house today and got to stop for a couple of hours and we had so much fun. Max is obsessed with grandpa's truck and has to climb up and play with the steering wheel. It is bigger that him. He loves it. He said, " Grandpa's Lee's truck." it was so funny

We had to take the classic pic with gramp and his truck

Dad could finally stand being outside cause it was only 86* so we played at the baseball fields. Max feeding Grandpa yogurt from Maverick our fav!

We had lots of fun today thanks grandpa Lee:)

aLl AbOuT tHe BuD!

Name and Meaning: - Max Russell: Man we had the hardest time finding a name for him. We were debating between (Jackson my choice)(jack for short- rusty's choice)We couldn't find a middle name to fit so after fretting over that I said okay I'ts Max Russell and ever since then Max fit perfect. Russell is Rusty's real name and we wanted him named after his dad. We joke that we gave Max a General Authority type of name cause it sounds so much like Russell M. Nelson:)

Age: 16 months and could be mistaken for 21 months cause he is so dang big. What a solid stud he is. I through my back out all the time picking him up and down.

Nicknames: Well first everyone always just adds an ie to the end of the name well when they did that to Max it ended up being maxie and all I could think about was maxi pad. So know no one is aloud to call him maxie. so her is what we came up with.He has too Grandpa Lee and Easton started calling him MAX-O-KID and it is so funny he loves it. Down in mesquite our little 24 month old cousin Jessa out of the blue just started calling max BUDDY so that stuck so much everytime she say him it would be BUDDY we finally had to teach her Max.

Favorite Activities: I let him watch Toy Story 2 one time and know I can't get him to forget about it. Right when we wake up we have to go straight to the back room to watch Buzz. he says,"BU....ZZ BU...ZZ!! this kid is ubsessed with the stearing wheel in the car, truck, ranger, four wheeler anything. we could play on that all day. Going for bike rides... he loves the baby trailer. Going to Papa's house to play with all the trucks.
Favorite Foods: noodles.. noodles....noodles, yogart, peaches, nana's, peas, corn,pickles, salt and vinegar chips, ice, and popsicles:)

Least favorite food: He loves everything I put in front of him

Favorite Toy: his lightnign mcqueen car and race track

Favorite Book: Lolly the loin learns about animals.

Favorite item of clothing: socks and shoes. I swear I take them on and off 100 times a day:)

What makes him happy: Dancing to any music that comes on, He's got the moves! waking up from a nap, baba, mommy and daddy, buzz, and going outside.

What makes her sad: Not getting what she wants.

I tag:
Jamie
Kara
Karli