Max seems to have grown and changed every day during the past 6 weeks or so. His vocabulary is greatly improving...we now have at least 10 words that he remembers and can associate with their correct meanings....Mama, Dada (Daddy), Oma, Jiggs, Em (Ummmm), ball, car, uh-oh, night-night, hat, Nana, and yum-yum are the most common. He still jabbers constantly...we figure one of these days that jabber will turn into complete sentences. I'm sure it's all complete to him already! We're trying really hard to get Gamma and Poppy, but he's still struggling with those.
Since Max has finally decided to start drinking milk again (only about a cup a day, but at least it's something), and because he pretty much eats non-stop, he is starting to pack on the pounds. It seems like just this week his face and body have filled out more and he's starting to get too heavy to hold for a long (or even short) period of time. Matt and I were discussing yesterday how tough he is. He'll fall down and scrape his knees or run into or over something and it doesn't phase him at all. He cries a lot more when his feelings are hurt than when he's physically hurt. He is also going through a very obsessive-compulsive stage. Everything has to be just-so, and when he can't make things work the way he thinks they should, he has little meltdowns. They usually do not last very long, but can be interesting...I hope a lot of that will go away when he is better able to communicate what he wants/needs.
We've got a really busy next month or so coming up - Matt is going to Destin for his yearly work trip so Oma is coming to stay this coming weekend. Then next weekend Aunt Em is coming for a while to stay with Max while Ms. Wanda has a week off. We hope to get to go to Louisville while Aunt Em is here to see Maddie and Rivers (and Mariah and Mike, of course). Then back to Vardaman the weekend of Oct 23 for my 10-year reunion. Oh, and tomorrow (Sept 20) is our 7th anniversary! Happy Anniversary Matt!
Here are some pictures from the last 6 weeks. I posted a big batch to the shutterfly site as well...about 130 of them! Have a great week!
Fun on the 4-wheeler
Caitlin's 3rd birthday party. Max had a blast in the kiddie pool (he was in there for about 45-mins straight!)
With Jiggs & Toby
Big smile!
Check out those eyebrows! (sorry you got those from Mama, Max)
