The Great Outdoors

Max loves being outside! No matter how upset he may get, if we take him outside he is all smiles. He wants nothing to do with the grass, so he always sticks the to the concrete. It hasn't taken him long to figure out that the concrete hurts his knees when he crawls. I thought this would motivate him to pracitce walking, but that has not been the case. Max has perfected a little monkey crawl that uses his hands and feet so that his knees don't touch the ground. It is pretty cute to watch!

Family Fun

We have had a very busy weekend! Yesterday we were able to celebrate our niece Paisley's third birthday. We are so excited that Max's cousins have moved back to Missouri . . . we are happy to have Mark and Kathy closer too, of course. Max was not in the best of moods for the party. He didn't want to be more than about a foot away from mom or dad. He is working on cutting four more teeth right now so he has been pretty cranky. He did play with his cousins a bit. It is hard to believe that Graham is going to be one soon! Don't they all look cute hanging out together?

Today we celebrated my cousin Anna's graduation from high school. Max was in better spirits today - he was okay being about five feet from mom or dad so that is an improvement. He was willing to pose for one picture, as long as he was in dads arms. I really can't wait for his teething to be over so we have a few pictures of him without a bib on!

Every time I look at Max I am amazed at how big he is getting. I feel like he is charging full speed ahead into toddler hood. I even see a glimpse of the terrible twos once in a while. Tonight he was all smiles getting ready for bed, so we couldn't resist taking a picture.

On another note, I set up an appointment with an ENT. We are going to see Dr. Hardeman at Midwest Head and Neck. We will be seeing him on the 11th of June, so more to come later!

14 Months Old

Doesn't my little boy have the most beautiful blue eyes in the world!?

It has been forever since I have blogged. I was out on maternity leave this time last year and I completely forgot just how crazy things are at school in May. At the end of the day I am ready for bed as early as Max . . . well almost.

Max had his 14 month 'birthday' yesterday. How did we celebrate you ask? With yet another trip to the doctor! Max was pretty miserable with a cold this weekend and yesterday he had an awful day at the sitters. I took him to the doctor yesterday afternoon. I always feel like I am over reacting when I take him to the doctor for a simple cold. Unfortunately, my fears were confirmed. Max has yet another ear infection.

We have asked the doctor about tubes before, but he was always hesitant to refer us to an ENT because Max's ears always seem to clear up in between infections . . . they just don't seem to stay clear very long. I am going to make some calls tomorrow to set up an appointment.

Other than his ears, Max is doing very well. He still isn't quite walking. He is standing more on his own yet, but just isn't comfortable walking on his own. He walks great holding two hands and he can walk holding one. He has also discovered cars - it must be in his little boy DNA. He will spend the entire evening crawling around the living room with his train or his fire engine in his hand. I am just waiting for him to add sound effect.

I had to tack this picture on. We just had new windows installed - had to take advantage of that Obama tax credit :) I think they look great! If you look closely you might just see my two favorite men in the window. I do think we might need to do something about those black shutters though.