Fan Mail

A few weeks ago we came home to find that Max had received a letter in our mailbox:

Envelope Translation: 
Baby Max
Silver Vista Court (our street name)
3530 (our house number)
OK!

Letter Translation:
Baby Max is so cute he makes my smile so bad that he is sooo cute.
Love, Sophia (our six year old neighbor)
3520 (her house number)


Already getting fan mail from cute girls at 18 months... looks like we're in trouble! ;-)

Video Catch-up!

If the shoe fits! The timing of the music and Max's "exit" are spot on. :-)



http://youtu.be/UJVj6MU4FUA

This kid LOVES to dance! Check out his sweet moves.



http://youtu.be/MkKhQzOJAro


Max loves to help with chores around the house. He can carry items from one room to another, throw paper in the recycling bin, wipe off his high chair tray, put away books and toys, and even helps with the laundry! I let him drag a bag of dirty laundry to the laundry room and he was very focused and determined to do it all by himself.


http://youtu.be/dR7g8cWeaBs


Based on Max's facial expression, do you think he enjoyed the slide? haha



http://youtu.be/Km_CSvF6JwU

Max just can't stay off the dance floor! Keep an eye out for the older boy who runs by during the video. It turns out that Max was imitating him!


http://youtu.be/sQi54hwsZyU


Our tiny, silly lizard...


http://youtu.be/6BHqjOoaSN8


Max is completely obsessed with dogs. Our neighbors have two dogs that really enjoy being outside. Whenever we go out to play, Max always makes a beeline to the side yard to check and see if the dogs are out. He loves to "bark" back at them (which he does in a whisper), wave at the dogs, and just sit down and watch what they do (or don't do). Max has also been known to sit down in front of our bedroom window to look at the dogs. Sophie, our six year old neighbor, commented, "I think he likes our dogs more than we do!"

At the beginning of the video he is saying, "Hi dog! Hi dog!", around the 26 second mark he says "Bandit" which is the name of the little dog (Grover is the big black dog on the steps), and you'll hear Max start to "bark" around the 34 second mark.


http://youtu.be/sFeR3MghBRA

Big Boy Haircut

We have given Max a few trims at home, but his baby locks were starting to become all one length. It didn't look all that bad when it was neatly combed, but after running around and playing it would often get in to a "rat's nest" and wasn't.... looking his best.  :-)

Not wanting to completely hack his hair by trying to cut it ourselves, we took him in for his first big boy haircut!

Ben held him in his lap and I was in charge of taking pictures and distracting Max so the hairdresser could cut. The hairdresser had definitely worked with little ones before because the moment Max held still she'd cut, cut, cut! When he started to wiggle and whip his head around she was great about moving the scissors away quickly, too (which made Mommy feel better haha).

While it's not a super dramatic change, Max does look much neater with his new 'do! The sides are nice and cropped in, and the layers in the back keep it from getting all tangled up.

Here are a few before and after shots! (As good as you can get with an active toddler, anyway!)

"The Nest".... (this is actually fairly tame!)

A bit shaggy...

 All one length!