Playing in the snow

This morning Max woke up very unhappy which is unusual for him. He cried and fussed and wasn't happy with anything I did so we finally just went outside. Luckily it is a beautiful day in the 40's. So we went for a walk. He was happy as soon as I started walking. We walked a little over a mile down the road to a park and then I got him out of the stroller and we walked in the snow for about 30 minutes. He didn't want to play he just wanted to walk. He's not very stable really especially on the snow, so I held his hand and we walked all over the place. He was having a great time. He cried when I finally put him in his stroller but then fell asleep about 30 seconds later. I am pretty proud of myself I ran all the way home, just over a mile. I haven't run in probably 2 years. It felt really good, I need to do it more. It was pretty cute to see him bundled up and loving being outside so much. I have loved having snow this winter because it means this summer we will actually have some water. Having said that it will be nice when Max gets rid of his runny nose and we can go outside more often and play.

yes he is on the picnic table, he liked putting his mitten in the hole in the middle.

On our way home

He couldn't get back up, he didn't like that too much
walking
Footprints. Max's are in the middle
He is looking more and more like a little boy these days, It is cute and it makes me sad.

Getting Pedicures

On Monday all the girls went out to get pedicures. BethAnne's birthday was January 23rd (happy birthday BethAnne) and she wanted to get pedicures for her birthday with all the girls, so the 18th was when we got it together. Mom treated all of us, Thanks Mom! Ashley, BethAnne, Sydney, Amethyst (BethAnne's boyfriends daughter), Mom and I all came, Amethyst didn't get a pedicure she is too young still, and then Stacy met us for lunch. It was pretty fun. We missed you Juli. Joe was kind enough to volunteer to watch Max and Riley so we could relax for a bit. Thanks Joe! Max was a stinker for Joe so he came to lunch with us.

Sydney, BethAnne, Amethyst, Ashley
Mom waiting patiently
Syd, waiting for her toes to dry
Me enjoying a good foot massage. I love pedicures!

My son the couch potato

So I have this set of videos that is supposed to teach Max to read. It is called Your Baby Can Read. I show it to Max 1-2 a day, it just shows a word and says it twice and then shows a picture or video of the word. It sings fun songs and has kids reading the words and acting them out. Max LOVES it! I've been showing it to him for about 6 months now, no he's not reading yet, but he knows a lot of stuff most of which he has learned from these videos. He learned his body parts and some of his animals and what sounds they make from watching this movie. Of course we read a lot too. He loves to read stories we will read for hours sometimes. Anyway, the point is, today I put on "Max's show" after breakfast so I could get some stuff done. He usually watches it while he walks around the couch and picks up toys and moves them to other places in the room. He doesn't usually sit still for any amount of time. Today I put the movie on and cleaned up the kitchen a bit and then came upstairs to do something and Max was just sitting in front of the couch. In a few minutes I heard the credit music and Max having a melt down. I went downstairs and he was running around with the remote whining and saying; "More, More, More!" As soon as he saw me he ran up to me and handed me the remote and pointed to the T.V. I laughed so hard I had to start the movie again for him. Sure enough twenty minutes later we had an exact repeat. (I turned the T.V. off that time.) I've created a monster!

Eating an orange

I put Max in the car today and there was an orange on the seat, he thought it was a ball and wanted to play with it so I gave it to him. He of course took a bite of it first thing, I thought that would be it but he kept on eating. He chewed on the orange for the whole 20 minute drive home and then I just took him straight to his high chair and let him finish it off. He ate for almost an hour. He made a huge mess, but it was pretty funny. He loved it. Peel and everything. Keep in mind this was a whole orange with peel intact when he first got a hold of it. I didn't help at all. I didn't get a picture of the end result, it was half an orange in pieces with most of the peel missing.

Taking a picture

I was trying to take a picture of Max in this outfit because it is one of my favorites and he barely fits into it anymore. He was not in the mood for a photo shoot. He just wanted to be held, he cried a lot. So the pictures aren't as cute as I wanted them to be but they are kind of funny.

At least he isn't crying in this one
Here we go
Throwing a fit because I sat him down on the couch
I love the little snot bubble.
Finally something that makes him happy, opening the DVD's and pulling them out.

Rob's surgery

On January 17th Rob had his 4th retinal reattchment surgery since June. He has had a rough year for sure. The surgery went well, the initial plan was to cut away the periphery of his retina and just laser the retina down so that it would stay attached this time. They were pretty much counting on Rob not having any peripheral vision in his left eye after the surgery. When the Dr. got in there he cut away the scar tissue and the retina laid down really well on its own so they ended up not cutting away any of it. It has been about a month now and so far the everything is looking good. The scar tissue isn't forming as much as it has in the past which is promising. Rob is doing really well now, he is back to school. He still can't see out of his left eye, but that is normal. Anyway, keep him in your prayers. We went and waited at the hospital for a while and saw Rob when he came out of surgery. Max was very patient, he's a good kid. Here are some pictures of Max playing with his Grandpa.