saturday-wednesday = fun with grama...

while drew and i were in kentucky, max got to spend some time with a few of his favorite people... saturday-wednesday, grama came and stayed with him. they did lots of playing...he loves this car. when you ask him where he is going...his answers include - going to work, to oshkosh, going shopping, or see you later drive safe!

here is max with his new elmo stuffed animal.

i asked my mom why she bought him this. her answer, "because he wanted it." we are in trouble!

striking a pose for the camera!

trying to do his cousin teddy's monkey face.

here he is with his new tractors. he apparently carried this around for hours because he was so excited about them.

looking like such a big boy.

messy eater!

more play time with the tractors.

and some snuggle time with elmo before bed.

my guess is he is taking in a few minutes of blues clues! grama planned on taking max to the children's museum on wednesday. the weather did not cooperate!

so she made him some homemade pizza for lunch!

thanks for taking such good care of max.

he loves you so much!

busy week...

it has been a BUSY week around here.
i had a few grants to finish up at work.
we had our annual meeting and awards ceremony on thursday and recognized 74 of our youth!
and to top it all of...we are leaving for kentucky in the morning.
i'm not quite sure i'm ready to leave max...but he gets to stay in his own house and spend quality time with grama, amie, and grammi (and maybe austin too).

i have already instructed my mom to take lots of pictures so i'll have lots of blogging to catch up with when i return. sorry for the lack of posts this week and the slow week to come.

bust a move...

max's dance moves are getting more hilarious by the day!
enjoy!

baby johnson...

we found out last weekend that...
baby johnson is due in october of 2011 and we are as excited as max in this photo!

max, where is becky's baby?

we can't wait!

the anticipation is "driving" us crazy! :)

play doh...

we embarked on a new adventure and broke out the play doh.
(by the way thanks for the play doh grampa mark...this is one of the things that we got max with his christmas money!)
he wasn't sure what to think at first.
he just sat there and held onto the chunk of play doh.

then dada stepped in to show him how it's done.

hey...this is fun!

squishing the doh and looking out the window.

drew's snowman creation.

checking it out...

he was putting all of his energy into squeezing it here...look at that facial expression! :)

overall he did pretty good.
he only took a few bites.
the last one was the worst...as you can see by the yellow in his teeth!

baby glow worm...

max has been carrying his glow worm around like a baby and rocking it back and forth.
if you ask him what his baby's name is, his response is "baby wee-um (liam)."
friends of ours have a new little baby named liam.
he and max are destined to be good buddies!

here is max sharing his water bottle with baby wee-um.

and giving the baby a kiss!

reading with dada...

he had to select just the right book.

they read about 4 books together sitting here on the floor.
his attention span for things like this is getting longer.

i love watching him learn and really take things in.

warning-serious bragging ahead...

let me just start of by saying that max amazes us every day with something new.
i can't get over how smart this little guy is!

for example...

the letters at the top left of the puzzle are the only 5 that he didn't correctly identify tonight when we were playing with this puzzle. and with the "c" and the "d" he got too distracted with the pictures on them!

we have been singing songs and he picks up on the so quickly. he knows "itsy bitsy spider," "twinkle, twinkle, little star," "ring around the rosie," "baa baa black sheep," "mary had a little lamb," and "you are my sunshine." sometimes we will hear him singing them to himself while playing or riding in the car. he is just too precious!

he is getting better with his colors. for awhile, everything was "green." now he can usually identify green, red, blue, yellow, and purple and sometimes orange and brown.

he can count to 11 and sometimes makes it to 14. he loves to count things around the house or the stairs when going up for his bath.

he can finish the sentences to most of his books by adding in the last word or two. and the other night for the first time he did the same thing during our "angel of god" bedtime prayer. it made this momma tear up a bit.

mr. max, you are a smartie pants and we are so proud of you!

hey grampa mark...

...max made something for you and it's going out in the mail tomorrow!

saturday fun-day...

saturday max and i headed to the outlet mall in oshkosh with grama and hannah.
i didn't bring my camera...frankly, it would have been in the way of some serious shopping.
i found some amazing deals for max, drew, and even for me!

after getting home and taking a nap, it was play time!
running with the ball popper...

dada teaching max about static electricity...

i wish you could have heard him here..."i got it. i got it."
yeah buddy, i'd like to see you get it! :)

rocking some of his new jammers...only $4.99 from the gap outlet!

such a handsome little guy!

awww...so cute!

the interrupter...

drew and i were all set to watch a movie and have some yummy nachos for dinner on friday night. well, somebody decided that they were not interested in sleeping.
usually he just talks, sings, or rolls around until he falls asleep.
friday night he screamed...for momma, for dada, for anything other than sleep.
so dada went and got him and brought him down.

he was eyeing up our nachos but didn't like that there was cheese, beans, and peppers on the chips. he was picking the black beans off of the chips and eating them up!

then he stuck his finger in the guacamole and took a taste.
"mmmmm....like it," was his response so he dug in with the fork.

he finished things up with a little bit of water and then back up to bed.

this time he actually went to sleep.
drew and i watched "inception."
it started a bit slow but was a pretty good movie.

crazy bath baby...

bad timing...

he was actually making a funny face.
the camera paused before taking the picture and i ended up with this...yikes!