Playing Catch-up

Clearly, I've fallen way behind on my blogging. We have been traveling, enjoying the holidays and preparing for baby sister's arrival in a few weeks and left the blogging behind. Here are some highlights of the past few months.

Playing on the beach in Hawaii in early Nov.

Making omlettes with Uncle G at Pamma & Doc's house.

In DC after our personal tour of the Supreme Court with Uncle Chris over Thanksgiving.
Asking Santa for "car toys" at the Santa House in Midland Dec. 22nd.

Happy little boy on Christmas morning!
Riding on the mower with Pops.
At Monticello with the family.

Mini James Dean

Nana and Pops gave Max this bomber jacket and he has been wearing it all of the time. It is perfect jacket weather here so I'm glad he has had an opportunity to wear it. His favorite part of this jacket is the airplane zipper. Max gets compliments every time he wears it.

Max is in a pre-school class once a week.  One of his favorite days at pre-school was the day we learned about worms.  Max loves bugs and couldn't wait to get his hands on them.  Many of the kids were not excited about the worms but Max loved holding them and putting them in the dirt. It's official- his is pure boy.

Walking the Dog

During a recent visit from Pamma, she and Max took the dog for a walk. They left with Max in the stroller and Famous on the pavement. They came home with a different arrangement. In the end Max loved to push and Famous loved lounging in the stroller (imagine that).

So Long Summer

I feel like this was the longest and shortest summer of my life. Long because the morning sickness felt like it would never be over and short because I missed out on summer because of it. The leaves are turning color here and I've already had to turn on the heat. Michigan is cold already. Here are some pictures of Max from the summer. Sorry they haven't come sooner.

Eating lunch at Walden Pond.

Reading in his new chair.

Running and screaming at the spray ground.

Hanging out at the Tridge.

Max 25 Months

1. Each month Max gets more fun.
2. Digging in the dirt in the back yard is one of Max's favorite past times.
3. Max loves reading his new book: What People Do All Day by Richard Scarry- he loves reading it so much that his parents have hidden it because they need a break.
4. He gives lots of hugs and slobbery kisses- I love it.
5. Max is doing all of his "pee-yews" on the potty. Mom is most happy about this.
6. When asked recently what he wanted for breakfast, Max answered, "Avacado and popcorn." A summer favorite is corn on the cob.
7. He wants to be outside every waking hour.
8. Friday Max and Daddy had a boys night out. Max came home beaming.
9. Max loves jumping on the bed.
10.His vocabulary kind of has a jamaican vibe because he say "da" instead of "the."
11. I was warned it would come and it has- in addition to his obsession with dump truck and diggers he is also into trains.

How old is Max? Two!

Today Max had his second birthday. It was a soggy day in Boston for a birthday so we headed indoors for our Bugged Out Birthday Bash. This is Max blowing out the candles on his beetle bug cupcake. We had a great party with all his little friends that are still around Boston. I was surprised that Max understood so much about his birthday. He knew it was his special day, demanded cake and ice cream, loved opening presents and kept asking to open more and blew out his candles on cue. What else is there to it? He pretty much had it figured out.

Happy Birthday to my big boy. Two years have never been so fun.