Due to the fact that Max’s birthday is at the start of the questionable weather season, I decided to have a little get together for him while I was in Watertown to have little friends come over to play.
we also reused his cake from two days before since we didn’t eat it all. He didn’t mind.
Then Daddy showed up to join us at the holiday parade. It was pretty chilly. Max didn’t last very long and got to spend time walking around with daddy. Bella enjoyed it and the candy too.
I'm thankful for this little guy. He doesn't know it but he keeps me center in this crazy stressful time
I'm thankful that i can stay home with my kids. In these tough times i know I'm very lucky to have the choice. I was able to stay home when the snow came down and enjoy it with max. He wanted to go out and play. Then i was able to go into Bella's classroom to help out. I love getting to know the kids and learning what really happens during the day. Then we were all home to enjoy the snow together and help out with chores.
Thankful for lazy sunday afternoons with my family. Josh hunted in the morning and then spent the afternoon with us watching the packer game. I'm also lucky to have a wonderful photographer who can trick smiles out of Max and
Mr. Maz ended up with a few small birthday celebrations. First was with Aunt Diane, Then Aunt Darlene, next up was with Grandpa and Grandma Judy (even though he slept through there visit 
here’s some pictures from his fun time!
Opening his gift from Aunt Diane. He really enjoyed them…also helped his sister was in school at the time, too.
Nana came with Aunt Darlene, and max had some help with his presents. he wasn’t a fan of opening them this time.
present from Grandpa and Grandma Judy.
From Mommy and daddy.. I didn’t bother to wrap because max just wasn’t into unwrapping.
A visit from Auntie Tori.
My little superhero!
he enjoyed his brownie
Oh Maxon Charlie, Mommy is not ready for this day yet. I swear you are still my slightly yellow colored dark haired little boy that I brought home from the hospital. You have changed and grown so much.
I think you are around 27 lbs and 34 inchs tall. (offical stats will be updated after your doctor’s appt on the 20th) You have sandy blond hair, blue eyes and the cutest little dimple in your cheek. You are wearing 18 months pants and shirts along with 24 month one pieces outfits or jammies. You wear size 6.5 shoe and size 4 diapers.
Oh there is so much that you like and do these days. Your favorite thing is your trains and tractors. I swear you have one or the other with you at all time. Sometimes you play with both together. I mean everyone knows tractors drive on train tracks, right ? 
Speaking of talking, you still aren’t a fan of it. You say ‘esse” for cheese. bubble, cow, duck, uh-oh(#1 fav word) and go.You wave for bye and sign milk, please, thank you, help and water. I’m not really sure of the reason for your lack of talking, but hopefully that will change beore you turn three. Then when I’m complaining that you are talking too much, remind me I asked for it.
Eating with you is funny. You have been a fan of Breakfast and Lunch in the last few months, but it’s rare you sit down to join us for supper. You eat a couple bites and then you are done. You are hit or miss with snacking too. Some days that’s all you want to do, other days if no one goes into the kitchen you don’t care about food. We discovered you really only like chocolate milk. the Doctor wanted you to drink more, but it seems only adding chocolate makes you drink more. Totally a habit we will work on breaking in the next year. Your favorites still seems to be meat, mostly hamburger, and applesauce. you also enjoy cereal with milk and pancakes. Most of the time you will try just about anything, but that 2nd bite is guaranteed. the other say you ate about three raw carrots , that was a first for you. I’m hoping once you have all your teeth in your eating habits will change.
Your almost done with teething!!! Not that I’ve enjoyed the last month or so, but so happy that you are getting your two year molars in early. You have all your teeth except for one top molar. One looks like it was about to break through and that was last week, so hoping it broke through. Totally ready to be passed the teething stage.
When you are teething it’s affected your sleep. Mommy and daddy are not a fan of waking up in the middle of the night anymore, but it seems that you do wake up for a couple nights and a new tooth has broken through. Otherwise you sleep from about 7:45pm until about 6;15am. The time change took about a week to get you changed around, but since then you have been good. You nap about three hours a day, weather it be one three hour nap or two 1.5 hour naps. Maybe this winter we will figure the best nap time for you.
We stay pretty busy these days with Bella in school. I thought we would spend more time at home, but that’s not the case at all. Tuesday you go with mommy to a playgroup where you have some friends your own age. There is one little girl you like to play with. We are working on you playing nicely with other kids. Honestly I think you ask like an only child sometimes since Bella is gone most of the day at school. Then on Wednesdays we have storytime at the library. We seem to run some sort of errands on Fridays Thursdays is the only day we really stay home. You do pretty well with all of it, as long as there is the dvd player on in the car.
We’ve had our first taste of snow and cold in the month before your birthday. I can already see this is going to be some problems. You aren’t a fan of staying inside. Thankfully you enjoyed the snow and have a snowsuit and boots. The lime pile in the back of the barn is still your favorite, thought you do enjoy playing with the seed in the sprouting room too. You still love your tractor rides with daddy, too.
A rough schedule of your day
6:30am wake up, cippy of milk and tv until daddy comes in
7:00am: daddy comes in , breakfest and getting ready for the day.
7:40am: Bella leaves for school, sometimes we go with for our adventures other days we need distractions because you are not happy to be left behind.
9:ish am: we sit down to watch Thomas and get ready for our nap
9:30am: naptime ( on a twice a nap day)
11:30ish : wake up.
Noon Lunchtime
12:30 until 2;00 Playtime and then thomas to settle down
2:30 naptime
4:00pm Wake up , snack play with bella
6:30pm Suppertime
7:00pm bathtime, jammies, books
7:30pm Bedtime.
Other Max Tidbits
He loves drinking out regular cups and only has a couple Sippy cups that he will use.
He also likes forks and spoons and doesn’t like to be sticky hands
If Bella does it, Max wants to do it too.
He is in the anti camera phase
he loves to “fix things” and “cook things”
He never seems to forget where you hide anything
likes to “draw” and will “write” his name if you ask him too.
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A little side note: max you share a birthday with mickey mouse!!
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/11/18/happy-birthday-mickey-mouse/
