If only I'd gotten a better picture of the splash. Maybe on the 4th...
Monday, June 29, 2009
Cannonball
We spent a good part of this past Sunday with our friends, The Kennys. They are a fun and wild bunch. Max loves running around with their four munchkins and we love hangin' with the adults. The Kenny kids love to play in the pool and they think Dan is loads of fun. Cannonball seems to have been the word of the day.
If only I'd gotten a better picture of the splash. Maybe on the 4th...
If only I'd gotten a better picture of the splash. Maybe on the 4th...
All Done
Tonight I am just enchanted with Max.
He's such a sweet and smart boy with such a big heart and gobs of personality. It amazes me that he communicates so well for someone that has relatively few words. Most of all I love that he's so interested in communicating with us. The last few days he's woken up and promptly started naming all the things he can see. Mama, Max, blanket, doggy, monkey, dot, cup, light, shirt, shoe, book - I think you get the point.
One of his sweetest moments tonight was going on a hunt for his skateboard. It's been almost two weeks since he played with it. Who knew he even remembered he had it? He did and he knew just where it was. Marched to the closet, pointed and insisted on opening the door.
Another heart-melter was when he ran from eating his beans to me for hugs and then back to eating his beans or when he sat on the front porch oh so patiently watching me unload the car. When I was half way through he patted the top step and said, "Sit. Sit. Sit." Of course, I sat for a while and then finished unloading the car. When I unlocked the door he shot off the porch and ran as fast as he could down the sidewalk toward the park. I had to run as fast as I could to catch up!
He had some funny moments with the dog, too. He wanted to go in the yard with her tonight. He seems fascinated with her toys and tries to bring them inside for himself. Tonight he got distracted by the birds. They were twittering away so he stopped what he was doing and started singing to them, "tweet tweet tweet tweet."
He has started to realize that we tell her what to do - and sometimes she listens. He seems most interested in "sit". When I tell her to sit, he comes over and sits like she does all the while saying, "Sit". It's so funny because he squats and puts hit hands down on the ground in front of himself just like she sits. Sometimes, he'll tell himself to sit and other times he tries to tell her to sit. She doesn't listen to him yet.
It's always sweet to see him with Dan. They love each other so much and have such a good time. Tonight he wanted to "Go high" as in ride on Dan's shoulders. He thinks it's so much fun. And tonight he wanted to stop periodically to get hugs and kisses from Mama before resuming his trek around the house "on high".
Warning: These pictures are not from tonight but I've been wanting to post them. I think they are about two weeks old - near the end of Dan's trip to Paris. Time flies. One way you can tell that these aren't up to the minute is that he doesn't have scratch marks all over his face. Pretty cute, though.
A couple cute ones of Hoover.
And now, like Max, I'm "DONE." Good night.
He's such a sweet and smart boy with such a big heart and gobs of personality. It amazes me that he communicates so well for someone that has relatively few words. Most of all I love that he's so interested in communicating with us. The last few days he's woken up and promptly started naming all the things he can see. Mama, Max, blanket, doggy, monkey, dot, cup, light, shirt, shoe, book - I think you get the point.
One of his sweetest moments tonight was going on a hunt for his skateboard. It's been almost two weeks since he played with it. Who knew he even remembered he had it? He did and he knew just where it was. Marched to the closet, pointed and insisted on opening the door.
Another heart-melter was when he ran from eating his beans to me for hugs and then back to eating his beans or when he sat on the front porch oh so patiently watching me unload the car. When I was half way through he patted the top step and said, "Sit. Sit. Sit." Of course, I sat for a while and then finished unloading the car. When I unlocked the door he shot off the porch and ran as fast as he could down the sidewalk toward the park. I had to run as fast as I could to catch up!
He had some funny moments with the dog, too. He wanted to go in the yard with her tonight. He seems fascinated with her toys and tries to bring them inside for himself. Tonight he got distracted by the birds. They were twittering away so he stopped what he was doing and started singing to them, "tweet tweet tweet tweet."
He has started to realize that we tell her what to do - and sometimes she listens. He seems most interested in "sit". When I tell her to sit, he comes over and sits like she does all the while saying, "Sit". It's so funny because he squats and puts hit hands down on the ground in front of himself just like she sits. Sometimes, he'll tell himself to sit and other times he tries to tell her to sit. She doesn't listen to him yet.
It's always sweet to see him with Dan. They love each other so much and have such a good time. Tonight he wanted to "Go high" as in ride on Dan's shoulders. He thinks it's so much fun. And tonight he wanted to stop periodically to get hugs and kisses from Mama before resuming his trek around the house "on high".
Warning: These pictures are not from tonight but I've been wanting to post them. I think they are about two weeks old - near the end of Dan's trip to Paris. Time flies. One way you can tell that these aren't up to the minute is that he doesn't have scratch marks all over his face. Pretty cute, though.
A couple cute ones of Hoover.
And now, like Max, I'm "DONE." Good night.
Daycare Can Be Dangerous
It's official. Max is a resilient little trooper. Last Thursday he basically got attacked just about all day by one of his little friends in daycare. No one knows why but look at the damage done!
I was so shocked when I picked him up that I was literally speechless. There were 8 - count them - 8 big scratches with 2 of them quite close to his eyes. Thank goodness the eyes were avoided. Child care had called me twice to tell me that another child had scratched Max a couple of times but no way I was expecting this. Poor guy. We still can't figure out why they let it go on so long before sending the child out of the room (at 4:30) and why they couldn't keep the two separate.
I am amazed by how well Max took all of it. Physically, I think it bothered him for about 2 days. He would cry a lot when he woke up but otherwise he seemed fine. The next day I asked if he wanted to go to school and he was so excited to go and I asked if he wanted to see his friend and he said yes so hooray for leave the past in the past.
It's Monday now and we've had no further incident on Friday or today. Max seems to be healing well and has a bunch of shiny, neosporin dots on his face. Wee ones. They are amazing.
I was so shocked when I picked him up that I was literally speechless. There were 8 - count them - 8 big scratches with 2 of them quite close to his eyes. Thank goodness the eyes were avoided. Child care had called me twice to tell me that another child had scratched Max a couple of times but no way I was expecting this. Poor guy. We still can't figure out why they let it go on so long before sending the child out of the room (at 4:30) and why they couldn't keep the two separate.
I am amazed by how well Max took all of it. Physically, I think it bothered him for about 2 days. He would cry a lot when he woke up but otherwise he seemed fine. The next day I asked if he wanted to go to school and he was so excited to go and I asked if he wanted to see his friend and he said yes so hooray for leave the past in the past.
It's Monday now and we've had no further incident on Friday or today. Max seems to be healing well and has a bunch of shiny, neosporin dots on his face. Wee ones. They are amazing.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Not a Big Fan of the Bland
We're discovering a whole new Max as we watch him explore and expand his palate. Lately he's been so adventurous with food and we're loving it. For a boy who took his time starting to eat "human food", he really has come so far. It's interesting and amazing to watch.
He loves to try what we're eating and it's always a surprise what he will and won't ask for "more" of. The most recent winners were:
*Garlic and Onion Shrimp (one of Dan's specialties and very popular with the little man)
*Feta Cheese - Say what? It's good stuff but I was surprised.
*Roasted almonds
*Spicy Barbacoa from Chipotle
*Goat's Milk Cheddar
*Extra Sharp Cheddar
It appears he's got a taste for sharp, tangy and spicy.
He loves to try what we're eating and it's always a surprise what he will and won't ask for "more" of. The most recent winners were:
*Garlic and Onion Shrimp (one of Dan's specialties and very popular with the little man)
*Feta Cheese - Say what? It's good stuff but I was surprised.
*Roasted almonds
*Spicy Barbacoa from Chipotle
*Goat's Milk Cheddar
*Extra Sharp Cheddar
It appears he's got a taste for sharp, tangy and spicy.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Fun and Games
Max and I had a lot of fun on Saturday morning. He was starting to get sick - a little laryngitis if you can believe it - and it didn't slow him down a bit. He was eating breakfast and being quite the card playing a rather strenuous game of peek-a-boo. It's just divine to hear his giggle. Such joy and so pure.
Ah, those blocky little Barney Rubble feet.
I love how he was having so much fun that he started laughing in anticipation of seeing me on his way down.
What a great way to start the morning!
Ah, those blocky little Barney Rubble feet.
I love how he was having so much fun that he started laughing in anticipation of seeing me on his way down.
What a great way to start the morning!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Happy Father's Day
To all you dads out there - and to my husband who is the most amazing DAD - Happy Father's Day.
Dan had to work today so we celebrated father's day a little early and had a special menu for dinner and some good family time and a great evening with friends yesterday. These a two pictures from our day starting with a typical Max & Dan pose where Max asks Dan to pick him up and then orders him to "GO". Dan had just gotten home from work - a 24 hour shift - and he stepped right into Daddy duty as he always does.
Another classic Dan and Max photo...just goofin' and having fun. It's such a joy to watch them together.
Happy Father's Day to Dan. We both love you oh so much.
Dan had to work today so we celebrated father's day a little early and had a special menu for dinner and some good family time and a great evening with friends yesterday. These a two pictures from our day starting with a typical Max & Dan pose where Max asks Dan to pick him up and then orders him to "GO". Dan had just gotten home from work - a 24 hour shift - and he stepped right into Daddy duty as he always does.
Another classic Dan and Max photo...just goofin' and having fun. It's such a joy to watch them together.
Happy Father's Day to Dan. We both love you oh so much.
Friday, June 19, 2009
TV and MElmo
Warning: These pictures are from the way back machine. April 2009 to be exact. I meant to post them but it just didn't happen.
So, this is in the first 10 times that Max has watched TV. He watched some on-demand animal shows with my mom one day when he was one sick with her but other than that he really hasn't been exposed to TV or DVDs, etc. Pretty much Elmo is like crack. Max loves him. Has loved him from the first moment he saw him on a t-shirt, in fact. As you can see, he is pretty much mesmerized.
We pulled up this episode of Sesame Street on PBS on demand expecting no drama at all. Little did we know that this episode would feature balls - Max's favorite toy in the whole wide world. He is drawn to the glowing box like a moth to flame but he doesn't fully get it yet. (Yay! I hope it's not a big part of his life for a long time to come.) The down-side to not getting TV is that he thought Elmo was throwing him the ball and then he couldn't catch it.
He was so sad and upset when the ball did not come to him. He kept looking at me and saying, "Ball? Ball? MElmo. Ball?" Poor little guy. Of course, he didn't want the ball I gave him either. However, once they stopped throwing the ball and moved on to other ball activities, he calmed down and enjoyed himself. The only picture I got of that was the back of his head.
So, this is in the first 10 times that Max has watched TV. He watched some on-demand animal shows with my mom one day when he was one sick with her but other than that he really hasn't been exposed to TV or DVDs, etc. Pretty much Elmo is like crack. Max loves him. Has loved him from the first moment he saw him on a t-shirt, in fact. As you can see, he is pretty much mesmerized.
We pulled up this episode of Sesame Street on PBS on demand expecting no drama at all. Little did we know that this episode would feature balls - Max's favorite toy in the whole wide world. He is drawn to the glowing box like a moth to flame but he doesn't fully get it yet. (Yay! I hope it's not a big part of his life for a long time to come.) The down-side to not getting TV is that he thought Elmo was throwing him the ball and then he couldn't catch it.
He was so sad and upset when the ball did not come to him. He kept looking at me and saying, "Ball? Ball? MElmo. Ball?" Poor little guy. Of course, he didn't want the ball I gave him either. However, once they stopped throwing the ball and moved on to other ball activities, he calmed down and enjoyed himself. The only picture I got of that was the back of his head.
Super Hero Swimmer
Max's Auntie Bex and Uncle Keith got him a swimsuit for Christmas. Now that it's warm he finally has occasion to wear it! For the most part, we've been hanging out in our friend's pool. (Thanks Chris and Peter!)
After some initial cautiousness, Max has really warmed up to the idea of swimming and seems to show no fear of the water - as evidenced by flinging himself into the pool head first on more than one occasion. Thankfully, his daddy is always there to catch him.
Max's friend Michael says, "I like Max's swim suit. He looks like a super hero." We kind of think so, too. We get a kick out of how tiny his little tush looks compared to his hulking chest. HAHAHA. You can't see it really well in these pics but you get the general idea.
Michael has quite the swim get-up as well. Not only is he sweet as can be, he's outrageously cute. The goggles are our favorite part.
Auntie Bex also outfitted Max with some sunglasses last summer. He wanted no part of those! This summer he's warming up to them. He likes to wear them inside while he rides his pony.
After some initial cautiousness, Max has really warmed up to the idea of swimming and seems to show no fear of the water - as evidenced by flinging himself into the pool head first on more than one occasion. Thankfully, his daddy is always there to catch him.
Max's friend Michael says, "I like Max's swim suit. He looks like a super hero." We kind of think so, too. We get a kick out of how tiny his little tush looks compared to his hulking chest. HAHAHA. You can't see it really well in these pics but you get the general idea.
Michael has quite the swim get-up as well. Not only is he sweet as can be, he's outrageously cute. The goggles are our favorite part.
Auntie Bex also outfitted Max with some sunglasses last summer. He wanted no part of those! This summer he's warming up to them. He likes to wear them inside while he rides his pony.
Fun in the Morning
Here is Max all ready for school earlier this week. Usually, he's a bundle of energy and a super happy guy in the morning.
This particular morning I actually managed to get up in enough time to go for a small walk before taking Max to school. You can see his little wheels of mischief just turning, turning, turning here.
Birds are a constant source of interest and amusement. He loves to sing to the birds and you can often hear him singing to the birds and saying, "tweet, teet, teet" as he's riding around in his buggy, swinging or walking around. Here he is showing me the birds that are flying above our neighbor's house.
Max absolutely loves to be outside. There are so many more interesting things to do out there! Sometimes it's a challenge to get him a) in the car or b) in the house. This was one of those days but thankfully I had a little extra time. There's a little catch me if you can moment going on here.
I'm hoping to get a bunch of posts up this weekend but if I don't, I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!
This particular morning I actually managed to get up in enough time to go for a small walk before taking Max to school. You can see his little wheels of mischief just turning, turning, turning here.
Birds are a constant source of interest and amusement. He loves to sing to the birds and you can often hear him singing to the birds and saying, "tweet, teet, teet" as he's riding around in his buggy, swinging or walking around. Here he is showing me the birds that are flying above our neighbor's house.
Max absolutely loves to be outside. There are so many more interesting things to do out there! Sometimes it's a challenge to get him a) in the car or b) in the house. This was one of those days but thankfully I had a little extra time. There's a little catch me if you can moment going on here.
I'm hoping to get a bunch of posts up this weekend but if I don't, I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!
SIT
This is what happened when I said "Sit please." this morning. Looks like they both listened for a change! Ha!
It's funny because Max is beginning to realize that the dog will do what you say - sometimes. Right now the only thing he tells her to do is, "Go." Usually he wants her to go outside or go on her bed but sometimes none of us know where he wants her to go. Havers, for her part, either ignores him or looks at him with her head cocked awaiting further directions. Funny funny.
It's funny because Max is beginning to realize that the dog will do what you say - sometimes. Right now the only thing he tells her to do is, "Go." Usually he wants her to go outside or go on her bed but sometimes none of us know where he wants her to go. Havers, for her part, either ignores him or looks at him with her head cocked awaiting further directions. Funny funny.
Friday, June 5, 2009
If I Don't Tell You Now, I'll forget.
I keep forgetting to leave a record of so many of Max's firsts. They just get away from me. There are so many of them, after all. Anyhow, I so looked forward to the day that Max would start blowing kisses. Well, that day came and I went and I forgot to chronicle it. That's what happens. You get so busy with pick-ups and drop-offs and ear infections and crazy dog escapes that you just forget to write things down on the date they happen. Not so with this one.
Well, ok, so I don't know the exact day...but that's not the important part. Within the last week Max has started making kissing noises a.k.a. the pucker when he blows a kiss and even sometimes when he kisses you. He also starting meowing on Monday. This may not sound like a milestone but we've been working on this for months. It's pretty cute and actually more of a mew than a meow.
I'm sort of working on not too much sleep - if you couldn't tell. Have a good night everyone.
Well, ok, so I don't know the exact day...but that's not the important part. Within the last week Max has started making kissing noises a.k.a. the pucker when he blows a kiss and even sometimes when he kisses you. He also starting meowing on Monday. This may not sound like a milestone but we've been working on this for months. It's pretty cute and actually more of a mew than a meow.
I'm sort of working on not too much sleep - if you couldn't tell. Have a good night everyone.
Yard Drama
This is what I found on our door when I got home from work yesterday. It's a Cut Yer Darn Grass Citation with a big heart from Michael Brown with the City of Frederick. Nice duct tape on the door. Looks like our neighbot finked on us for having "too high" of grass.
This is what Max thinks of our citation.
Hoover wanted to check out what all the commotion was about.
She and Max are pretty much in agreement about the citation.
Enough about the citation. Here's just a cute one of our Max. He's doing his "Milk Please".
Max dressed himself today. Tree Hugger shirt and "socks" on his arms. Those are a pair of baby legs leg warmers (Flash Dance fashion will never truly die.) and Max has suddenly become obsessed with them over the last two days. "Socks" was the first word he said upon waking today. Little nut.
This is what Max thinks of our citation.
Hoover wanted to check out what all the commotion was about.
She and Max are pretty much in agreement about the citation.
Enough about the citation. Here's just a cute one of our Max. He's doing his "Milk Please".
Max dressed himself today. Tree Hugger shirt and "socks" on his arms. Those are a pair of baby legs leg warmers (Flash Dance fashion will never truly die.) and Max has suddenly become obsessed with them over the last two days. "Socks" was the first word he said upon waking today. Little nut.
Monday, June 1, 2009
My 100th Post - Max's 1st Overseas Call
Evening all. I can't believe I've actually posted 100 notes on this blog. It's amazing that I got beyond 25.
It seems that I'm going pictureless for a couple days. I've got no photos to upload but I do have stories to share and rather than stage re-enactment photos for each and everyone while waiting to post, I decided to go ahead and post sans photos then update later.
Yesterday, Sunday May 31, 2009, Max had his first overseas phone call. His pops is off glavanting around the world for work and the two of them had one of those AT&T moments where they just had to reach out and touch someone. The phone call was actually Max's idea. He had listend to Dan say hi the day before, smiled, grabbed the phone and promptly hung up on him.
We were just hanging out yesterday morning when he grabbed my phone from the hall table, opened it up and handed it to me while saying, "Daddy?". It was one of the sweetest things I've ever seen - even in my current cynical existance. I called Dan immediately. I got voice mail so I left a message. Dan called us back within 5 minutes and Max was so happy to hear his voice. He smiled, blew kisses and said hi. He really didn't know what to do while Dan was talking to him but he clearly loved knowing Dan was there. I suggested the only no fail, ongoing interactive conversation that I can have with Max any time, any where. It starts with, "What sound does an elephant make?" Max and Dan went through his whole zoo and then Max said, "Byeye", blew a kiss and off he went. Sunday sweetness.
It seems that I'm going pictureless for a couple days. I've got no photos to upload but I do have stories to share and rather than stage re-enactment photos for each and everyone while waiting to post, I decided to go ahead and post sans photos then update later.
Yesterday, Sunday May 31, 2009, Max had his first overseas phone call. His pops is off glavanting around the world for work and the two of them had one of those AT&T moments where they just had to reach out and touch someone. The phone call was actually Max's idea. He had listend to Dan say hi the day before, smiled, grabbed the phone and promptly hung up on him.
We were just hanging out yesterday morning when he grabbed my phone from the hall table, opened it up and handed it to me while saying, "Daddy?". It was one of the sweetest things I've ever seen - even in my current cynical existance. I called Dan immediately. I got voice mail so I left a message. Dan called us back within 5 minutes and Max was so happy to hear his voice. He smiled, blew kisses and said hi. He really didn't know what to do while Dan was talking to him but he clearly loved knowing Dan was there. I suggested the only no fail, ongoing interactive conversation that I can have with Max any time, any where. It starts with, "What sound does an elephant make?" Max and Dan went through his whole zoo and then Max said, "Byeye", blew a kiss and off he went. Sunday sweetness.
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