Library

Max and I have been making treks to the library every week this summer. While he isn't a fan of story hour - I swear there are like 25 kids there - he loves to play with the puzzles, color pictures, and pick out books.

He will sit in the rocker in his room and read and read and read. I think his favorite author is Donald Crews - what little boy wouldn't love someone that writes about trucks and trains? Uncle Tim came over for dinner tonight and Max wanted him to read all of his library books. I think Max takes after Momma on this one.

We also had a big appointment for Max this past week. On Tuesday we went to a neurologist to discuss Max's speech delay. I have been thinking for a while that it is something a bit more than just a typical speech delay and the doctor confirmed. He believes that Max has something called Apraxia of Speech. Basically he knows what he wants to say, but the message just isn't getting from his brain to his oral muscles the way that it should. It makes if very difficult for him to produce sounds and put sounds together. The doctor we met with was wonderful! He really took his time to get to know Max and help us piece together what is going on with him. He reassured us that we are doing everything right, but that Apraxia is not something that can be fixed over night. We are looking into changing some of Max's speech services - in fact we have an evaluation at the Center for Hearing and Speech on July 15th. We have no doubt that Max will get there - he will speak. It just might take a little extra help.

Summer Fun

I haven't posted in forever! Things have been really crazy around here. I'm taking 12 hours worth of credit this summer, we are looking into some changes on Max's therapy, and we are preparing to put the house on the market Sept 1st. Lots of changes in the Dull household.

Max continues to be his fun little self. He is loving all the time we are able to spend outside. He loves going for walks around the block, either on his bike or with his golf clubs. He usually makes it all the way around, but the other night he got a little too hot and made me carry him the rest of the way. We haven't ventured any farther than one block because he gets really, really heavy!

Since it has been getting really hot, we have also been spending some family time inside. We had 'doh' time at the kitchen table tonight. He had lots of fun making bananas with Daddy. He even pretended to feed the bananas to the pets. Sierra and Chewy weren't too sure. So fun. We really are lucky!

Flips

We made another road trip to Columbia this weekend. This time to celebrate our nieces fourth birthday. We headed to the town gymnastics center. We weren't too sure what to expect. Max had a great time! He loved jumping into the foam blocks. I was terrified he would end up head first and not be able to breath, but he did just fine.

He also practice climbing over and crawling under the balance beam. Max's favorite part was hanging from the bars. He was able to hang for a few seconds before falling to the mats while laughing like crazy. He kept standing up and asking us to list him for more and more. I think he just liked falling to the mats. It was too cute.

Max's New Hat

We have had a potty in the bathroom for Max for about a month now. At first he wouldn't look at it. Then he would take a peek. Now we are at the point where he will sit on it with his clothes on. Progress.

Tonight he was feeling like quite the ham. He took the potty part out of his chair and decided to sit down. Then the bowl became a hat. We cracked up and he just thought he was the funniest thing ever, which he was!

Mom's Deli

Mom's Deli is one of our favorites, and now it is one of Max's favorites too! We bought him a kid sandwich and he couldn't get enough of it. He loved it!

We also had Max's two year check up last Thursday. Max checked out well. He is 36 3/4 inches tall and 30 lbs 2oz. He is still in the 90th percentile for height and 75th for weight. He just keeps on growing! I swear sometimes I look at him and wonder when this little boy replaced my baby! He is just so much fun!

Happy Easter!

What a wonderful day we have had! We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day to celebrate. We headed out to Grandma and Grandpa's house for a delicious Easter lunch. Before lunch the kids had lots of fun hunting for eggs in the back yard. Max quickly got the hang of it - after all hide and seek is one of his favorite games. He marched through the grass and used his eagle eyes - and daddy's help - to find all eight of his eggs pretty quickly.

The best part of the holiday is seeing our family - and it doesn't get any cuter than watching Max with his cousins. Graham wasn't too into the picture taking, but Paisley and Max posed for a few. The kids had so much fun together. In fact, Max had so much fun that there was no way he was going to nap. After the festivities we ended up taking him home where he was out for two hours. Hunting for eggs and playing with cousins is tough work!

Road Trip

Doesn't Max look super cute in his little Mizzou shirt? Today Max, my mom and I took a short little road trip to Columbia. We visited my cousin Anna at Mizzou. Max was a trooper in the car, in fact he slept nearly the whole way there. However when we got there he wasn't being much of a trooper - he was cranky!! We walked around campus and Anna told us all about her home away from home. Towards the end of our visit Max finally perked up a bit and he was an angle on the drive home.