He's a talker!

So...think back to the end of my last post...Remember Maxing sucking so cutely on that baby food pouch?  Well, he liked them so much that I gave him one on Sunday morning a little bit before we were going to go to the store.  I was going to take it away from Max while we were in the car but Peter said that I should just let him keep it.  I was a little nervous about it just because he's still rear facing so we wouldn't be able to watch what he was doing but I went with what Peter thought we should do.  So when we got to the store and went to get Max out of the car seat, this is what we found...

The baby food is EVERYWHERE (the lighting makes it hard to see).  It's all over his clothes, face, hands, and especially all over the buckle and straps.  It was a MESS!!!!!!  He must have done a lot of squeezing and not so much swallowing.  The honor of cleaning up went to Peter since this was his idea.  :)

Here's the "after" picture with the frame for the screen up on the wall in the media room.

We finally took care of Max's crazy hair and buzzed it all off.  I wondered if he was going to freak out but he really liked it and wanted us to keep going after we were done.  I feel like he looks so different with his hair buzzed, I don't prefer the look.

Peter and I sure made a cute baby!

See?  he looks like he doesn't even have hair!

He can't figure out how to sit on the trike the right way but can get on it backwards.

Video - Max is doing great at learning his body parts and words.  This video is longish but worth it to hear his sweet voice saying words.

Here's the view of what our neighborhood looks like lately.

Maxwell loves riding the horse that Nana and Grandpa gave him. 

My sweet husband brought me home flowers - thank you babe!

I LOVE getting fresh flowers.

Some things about Max during the second week of December:

• He's great at letting me brush his teeth with the little thumb toothbrush that looks like a thimble
• Words that he's saying, "Hat, No, Up, Ears, Shoes, Banana (or more accurately, nana), apple, and turkey
• I have now stopped nursing Max at Brittany's during lunchtime.  He just isn't staying focused anymore and is distracted by anything so it's a hassle.
• He is so smart and it's clear that he now really understands most of what we say
• He's able to communicate with us (which is crazy!!!)
• He is "singing" more
• He's really talkative
• He has 2 molars that have broken through each side of his mouth on the bottom but no canine/incisor teeth yet so there's a gap there