Max Update

I don't know if I am just a bad blogger, or bad mom :-( Max has had many milestones come to pass, and what better place to share the news than on a blog...so here is a recap! On New Years Day, Max made the New Years resolution to potty train... Well it worked, we started New Years day and have been going strong! It really was the hardest thing I think I have done in terms of raising a kid, and it took awhile before I even saw the advantage of doing it (Diapers were easier :-) After about two weeks, my husband wanted Max to start standing...well I will say things will be A LOT cleaner with a girl, but Max loves being a big boy, and is always asking for the urinal when I take him in a public restroom. I wish they all had one, but we can make do without. But now that it is done we are happy in ALL of our diligence (Brian, Max and myself), and hopefully it will not all go away with baby #2!

So in other milestones, Max has known his alphabet since before New Years. We did flashcards in his bath and he loves pointing out all the letters throughout the day. We also discovered he knew how to count to ten. One day he was asking his dad to watch a show, Brian jokingly said, "Ok you can watch a show if you can count to ten." Max would usually just throw out a few sporadic numbers, well I guess he really wanted to watch a show because he counted 1-10 perfectly! You never know what these kids have up their sleeves.

Max started school last month too. We have been going to a Mommy & Me school for 1 hour Mon and Wed, and then an opening came up at the school he will be going to preschool next year for their toddler program. So he goes Tues, Thurs for 3 hours a day and loves to "go learn" as he says!

And last but far from the least of it, Max has learned to say his own prayers. We have been trying really hard to say prayers at meal times and started family prayer at night. Max has always been good about folding his arms when we say prayers, and now has started to join with us. So now he says his own prayers... here is a wonderful example of the simple gratefulness of a child at the end of the day, Max: "Heavenly Father, Thank you for day, Thank you mommy, daddy and Pippin, Thank you for big house, thank you for race car for nighty night. Name of Jesus Christ, Amen." Out of the mouth of babes :-)