getting caught up...

trying to catch up on blogging...

there's more to come but not tonight, i'm pretty tired! :)

our weekend...

(st. patrick's day weekend...)
max is currently going to voice therapy with a speech-language pathologist to help him learn different ways to breathe when he exercises...

after one of his appointments, we went out for a max and momma date.

we decided on lunch at aspen.

and a ride on rudolf...but only for max! :)

and then we stopped for a haircut.
he wanted to read a magazine like the "other mans" there at the haircut place.

saturday he got himself dressed.  can you guess what his favorite color is?

then we whipped up a leprechaun trap to try to catch one...

the finished product.

final morning in florida - thanks for a great visit...

we had a great time visiting you in florida.
thank you dad for making it all possible!

i am so very thankful to have made so many memories as a child with my grandparents.
watching my child make memories with them is pretty unbelievable.
thanks for taking such good care of us.
we can't wait until next time.

florida vacation - day 4...

our last full day in florida...and daddy's birthday!
we decided to start with a trip to the pier.

max really enjoyed wearing gg's sequin visor.

max and daddy got started looking for dolphins...

they're were about 3-4 hanging out around the pier.
it was awesome to watch!

a quick photo of the guys before we headed down to the beach.

i love this picture!!!

we didn't realize we were hanging out on the beach...so we didn't change.
max walked right in...oh well!

:)

he loves everything...seriously, the kid is too much!

he had sand EVERYWHERE!

he got in some serious playing with grampa mark...running, jumping, and playing catch with the football.

after some fun in the sun, we rinsed off and put his clean/dry swim stuff on of course!

and we made a stop at a local music store to check it out with the birthday boy!

i was pretty impressed with his efforts here...not bad for a 4 year old!

we headed back to gramps and gg's house, showered and then headed to go out for a birthday dinner for drew!  when we returned, we asked max how he wanted to spend his last night.
his answer....THE POOL!!!

and drew, gramps, gg, and i ended our night...like the other 3 before...with a hot game of fast track! :)

florida vacation - day 3...

we decided wednesday would be the perfect day for a morning trip to the zoo before grampa mark arrived to join us for a few days.

max got himself ready...notice the socks and sandals! adorable!

not sure why i'm getting a salute here?

max wanted a picture by this tree because it looked like a pineapple.

we got to feed some animals...

various birds and ducks

and giraffes too!

it was awesome!

then we took a boat ride to check out the monkey islands

our monkey.

their monkeys...

after the boat ride, we checked out a few other animals...

a sleepy tiger

at the bear exhibit

and the playground.

we had max convienced that this tiger was real and he had gotten out of his cage.
he quickly realized we were full of it...

we took in a few minutes of the tiger show,

made a souvenir and then headed to the parking lot for our ride.

and we ended up back at the pool of course...max's favorite place!

catching a ride with grampa!

and we ended our day with gramps' famous fish fry!