Holiday left overs make for yummy meals! (I made Grandma B's jello for the first time, so yummy!)
Kaitlyn got her reading practice in by reading to Max.
There was lots of "boy" playing over the past week!
He liked Kaitlyn's reading so much that he sat down and got comfy. :) So sweet!
This is how we saw Kimberly quite frequently - we gave her a hard time about it, of course.
Max didn't want Kaity reading to him anymore but he still wanted to be by her.
I went back to work the next day and while I was at work, magic happened. And by magic, I mean an awesome cleaning lady named Katy. Seriously I LOVE her. See those baskets on the fireplace? That all the laundry she folded for me.
She cleans any dishes that aren't in the dishwasher. (I do my best to limit this because I feel bad having her clean my dishes.)
There is nothing better than climbing into bed at night after Katy has made the bed. She must have gone to school for bed making because she's amazing! I count my blessings that we get to have her come every 2 weeks. It has been a very worthwhile expense for us. It has removed stress on our marriage to not have to bicker about cleaning the house. It frees up time for me on the weekend to spend time with Max instead of cleaning toilets. PLUS it means I HAVE to completely tidy my house every 2 weeks because I don't want her to have to tidy it. It ensures my house never turns into a complete disaster.
I'd love to say that I'm a neat freak and not messy at all however I have come to accept the fact that it's not true. I leave stuff all over and am not great at putting things away when I touch them plus I get distracted and move onto something else. Oh well, that's why I work hard!! So I can have someone make up for my shortcomings. :)
Video - When we were looking for our house our realtor talked about how with all the building going on around us, we would probably get to see some of the workers "throw" bricks. He said that's how they got bricks from the ground up to the scaffolding above. I've been looking for that and finally got to see it! I took a quick video. It's pretty cool. The brick worker takes multiple bricks, throws them to the guy above him, who catches all of them at once. I think it's pretty cool - you can watch.
We spent Kimber's last night over at Britt's house. Max finally had warmed up to them. He sat on Kimber's lap and here he cuddled with Ty. It's too bad they had to go back home and next time we will have to start from scratch. I love my sister, niece, and nephew. I am so glad they got to be here for so long and we could all celebrate the holidays together.
Video - Here is Max's goodbye wave. It's no longer the pageant wave.
Silly boy
Video - Max was singing in the car and I wanted to capture it so I held my phone over his car seat. I didn't realize until I watched the video later that he was waving with his hand.
Max hadn't been feeling too hot for weeks. At first I thought it was just a cold but then this week he had a fever, his cough was worse, and he just seemed sick even after his teeth broke through. I had regularly been putting essential oils on Max to help him get over whatever it was. I struggled with whether or not to take him to the doctor but eventually decided to go. I didn't want to not get him help if he was really sick with something that could only be helped with some medicine. So, on January 4th, to the pediatrician we went, for the very first time for anything other than a well child visit. (Not bad considering he's almost 18 months old.)
Trying to get into everything
I love when he stands on his tip toes. :)
His doctor checked him out and the good news was that it wasn't anything other than a possible cold. The bad news, that meant he would just have to get over it. It stinks to spend money to be told that nothing is wrong and nothing can be done. But, of course, Max is worth it and I was glad to have the peace of mind to know he was okay.
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