A New Perspective...

We never know the plans that God has in store for us. Last summer I decided that I wanted to go back to work and luckily there was still a position to fill at my school. This year had many many ups and some downs. One of those downs was the entire daycare issue. Daycare has just not been the right fit for our family. Also, I am sure there are many women out there who with ease and grace fill the roles of career woman, wife, and mother. I am not that woman. The role of working mom was never the right fit for me.

So, Lane and I changed our perspective on life. We have tried life with two working parents. Now with some fancy financial finagling (try saying that 3 times fast) we will try life with me at home. Max has officially had his last day of daycare and summer has started.

And really, who wouldn't want to spend their days with this little cutie?!

Day of First...

About a month ago Lane started to voice his dislike of Max's long hair. He felt that his son looked like a girl. I felt that Max's baby curls were beautiful and didn't want to cut off one of the last parts of his baby-hood. We compromised and I said that I would get Max's hair cut when he had been called a girl by someone else... twice. Well, not soon after a waiter asked Lane "What does she want to eat?" in reference to our little man. Then at the doctor's office a women kept referring to Max as "her" and "she". Well, I didn't tell Lane about this incident because I still wasn't ready for a little boy haircut. Then, yesterday at Chick-Fil-A a woman asked me if the "little lady" wanted a cinnamon role. My honor got the best of me and I let Lane know that it was time I kept my promise.

Well, we officially have a little boy and Max officially got his first candy as we tried to get him to sit still for the last few minutes of getting his haircut. He did great, didn't cry at all. He wasn't too big a fan of the electric clippers, but he really was a trooper through the whole thing! Our hairdresser Alissa did a great job and we even saved a few of his beautiful curls. Here is some before and after pictures!

Summer Lovin'

The official start of summer isn't until this upcoming Memorial Day weekend. But it sure felt like summer had begun at our house this weekend. We had swimsuits on, sunscreen applied, and a new sandbox/water table to play with in the backyard. You will notice it is only water. Max is still likes to put everything in his mouth, not matter how disgusting. Hopefully soon Max can play in the sand without Mama worrying about what is going on in his mouth! I hope everyone else had as good as weekend as we did. Thanks to all the grandparents for the table, Max LOVES it!





 

For Lane...

Lane has complained A LOT recently that I am not blogging.  In fact, I get lots of emails with pictures of Max and a complaint about the fact that I haven't posted anything in awhile.  

I am not going to try and come up with some cute excuse for why I haven't been blogging.  All I will say is that I am at the end of a school year.  Life is insane!  Soon I will officially become a stay at home mom and will hopefully start blogging a lot more.  But until then, here are some shots per Lane's request!

Ask Max...

Lane and I had been brainstorming ways to involve Max in the creation of his blog and Lane had the great idea of an "Ask Max" column. This is a great idea...in theory. However, so far, Max's vocabulary consists of "ball, da-da, baby, bye-bye, uh-oh, kitty, and hey". So we could ask Max these questions:

us: "What do horses eat?"
Max: "hay"

us: "What do you think of Hilary becoming president?"
Max: "uh-oh"

us: "What do you want Grandma to do at the toy store?"
Max: "Buy-Buy"

So, as you can see this column is a work in progress and will hopefully become a reality when Max's vocabulary expands! For now, just enjoy the serious cutie in the chair.

May the Dork be with you...

We started the process of turning Maddox into a full-fledged dork. We took him to his very first comic book convention this weekend (it was also his mama's very first comic book convention). He was greatly entertained by the wide variety of people that attend this type of event and he also got to meet Darth Vader. All in all, a pretty decent way for a 13 month old to spend his Saturday!