baby bump

Here he is. 2 months from today is my due date.
Yes, it is 6:30 in the morning....Max woke up at 3:30. Luck for me, he went back to bed. Not so lucky for me, I couldn't sleep.

ABC

I just finished making this poster for Max's room. I'm really excited to get it printed.

Alone?

Yesterday My Mother-in-law offered to take Max for a few hours after I finished work. Curtis was finishing up work so i ended up with 2 hours to my self. I can't remember the last time I was at home alone. It felt really nice. I wonder if I wasted all that time by taking a nap.

More reading

I tried again last night and Max recognizes/reads the words: Ball, Car, Mom and Dad.
Thank you Signing time! Max likes the praise he gets from reading. I tried to show off his new talent to his dad but Max just started signing whatever he wanted...I wrote car and he signed baby. I think he was testing me to see if I would notice.

DOG

I am so proud! Max read his first word today. I was writing on his Magna-doodle and showed him the word DOG. He first made the sign then said "Dog". I was shocked! Usually he just tells me the letters I used. I tried other words like Mom or Dad, cat, eat... He just pushed it away. I guess I will try again tomorrow.
I love him so much and I really need to celebrate his accomplishments more often.

Christmas

I know this is going back in time a bit, but I never posted our Christmas.
We invited my Parents and Claire over for gifts and breakfast. We started out with gifts...we couldn't wait.

We sat in a circle and each took turns opening up gifts. This usually gave Max enough time to play with what he had opened - or walk around to see what everyone else had.

We had a wonderful morning. Max still loves to play with all of his toys but he will not touch the training potty he got - no matter how fun we try to make it look.

Curtis cooked a ham and I made breakfast casserole for everyone. I got a citric juicer for my bosh and a box of oranges so we all had fresh orange juice with our meal. It was so yummy!

The crash

Curtis was driving to school to buy his books and was broad sided around 10:30am Monday morning. The other guy ran a red light completely and didn't even brake.

Lucky for us, Curtis was not hurt...well he is sore but not seriously injured.

The passenger side was the side that was hit and the glass shattered and showered Curtis. The car is at the impound for the adjusters to look over. Lee and Faye were kind enough to lend us their car until we are approved for a rental.
We are all thankful Curtis was not hurt. I pray every morning that he'll make it home safe and I give gratitude every night that he does. With all of the road construction and unsafe drivers, I'm suprised this is the first incident in the (almost) 5 years he has been commuting to Salt lake or out of state.