First week of November

The first week of November was beautiful.  The weather was great, Max was great.  It's a fun time!

Max and Landen enjoying some snacks.

Here's my smiley happy boy.

Since the weather was so great, Brittany took the boys outside.  She sent me pics - clearly Max is enjoying himself!

He enjoyed playing in the dirt.

The next day he slept all through my lunch break so this is all I got to see of him.  :(  I let him sleep but I

 really wanted to wake him up.  Spending time with him makes my day go better!

He pulled this box out and really wanted to get inside of it.

He forced himself in there

So proud of himself!

My Maxwell.  He's got a few bruises on his head but that's what happens lately.  He gets banged up as he becomes more and more active/mobile/adventurous.

Video - Max is starting to sing with me.  Here's him helping out with Old McDonald.

Trying out his new hat while he plays with his favorite toy - his airplane.

Playing with the velcro on his shoes.  Who needs toys?

He looks so grown up from the back in this outfit.

I can tell he's in the middle of saying "hat?".

Still crosses his feet all the time.

Big kid carrying a BIG truck!

He happily hung out while Landen pushed him around.

The light is hitting his cheek perfectly to highlight that dimple.

Brittany took the boys outside again in the afternoon to enjoy the nice weather.  When she sent me the pic I noticed that Max was wearing socks in the dirt again.  Whoops - I forgot to send him with shoes in the morning.  It's a new thing, needing to send him with shoes! 

I just LOVE this picture.  It makes me so happy that Max gets to grow up living minutes away from the cousin that is closest in age to him.  I would have never guessed that would happen.  These two boys love each other. 

Video - Max talks, talks, talks in the car on the way home from Brittany's.  Today he must have been excited to get home to his dad.  Since it's dark when we drive home, there's nothing to watch.  Instead just listen.

I had a work dinner to attend so Peter had Max duty all by himself in the evening. 

He sent me this pic in a text.  Apparently Dad decided that Max should watch Tangled???  He probably gave him ice cream, too!

What Max has been up to this week:

1. After he wakes up in the morning and we take off the sleepsack, he loves to use it to play peekaboo by putting it over his head.
2. As you can tell by the video, he says "E-O-E-O-E-O" a lot, whether or not we are singing "Old McDonald."
3. He says "No" but usually says it in such a sweet voice that you can't help but laugh.
4. He doesn't want to take his second nap in the afternoon at Brittany's instead he's been taking a really long morning nap from 10 am to 1 pm.
5. We are not having luck getting him to take naps at all at home.  Regardless of what we try, he just cries and cries and won't go to sleep.
6. He talks a lot and will carry on conversations in his baby talk.
7. He "sings" more and more every day with me, not on pitch yet but it's a start!  I sing to him on the way to Brittany's, on the way home, while changing his diaper, and at bedtime.