Merry Christmas

I am finally getting around to posting something. We had a dusting of snow the other day. It was actually coming down pretty hard, but not much stuck because it wasn't cold enough.

Since Christmas is only a few days away, I thought I'd share some photos of our tree and Maximus.

 

 

 I was having fun shaking my camera while taking pictures of the tree and got this interesting shot. Looks like a dove on the top, doesn't it?

Maximus loves this musical card that my Mom's cousin, Elaine sent him. He likes to open and close it so that the music plays. Since there is a doggie on the front, he'll say, "dah dah" and "maah" and will kiss the dog.

  

Recently, I have been a bit lackadaisical with M when it comes to letting him touch the tree and the ornaments. It's a tough balance. I don't want to be a scrooge, but on the other hand I don't want him breaking stuff or hurting himself.

  

 This would be considered a "no no..." I don't want him taking the decorations off the tree.

  It's hard to resist this face though sometimes.


I hope all of you are having a wonderful holiday season. If I don't get around to visiting you, I wish you the Merriest of Christmases!!!


For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 KJV



Love,

Lost & Found

This is my cell phone. It hasn't always had this beautiful stain glass design, etched into the screen. Nope, this occurred on Monday when I did exactly what my husband has been telling me NOT to do.

I have a habit of carrying my phone in my pockets, which are shallow, so my phone doesn't always stay put. It must have fallen out of my jeans and onto the ground where I was parked in a store parking lot. In turn, it got ran over.

Of course, it took me a while to figure out where my phone was. I felt like a chicken with his head cut off running around trying to find it. When I discovered it I was so relieved, but then quickly "crushed" when I saw the screen. It still works, but as you can see, the screen is a mess.

Unfortunately I'm not eligible for a new phone on my plan until next October, so that means I would have to pay full retail for a new one. Rob was able to find a used one and ordered it for me.

I know it's only a phone, but things like this really annoy me. I hate having to spend money on mistakes that could be avoided. And now I am wishing I would have paid for phone insurance. All of this could have been avoided if I had heeded my husband's advice about not carrying it around in my pocket. (I know. I know). Thankfully, he didn't rub it in too much. :) 

In my defense, I'd like to state that in the 20+ years that I owned a car phone/cell phone I have never had anything like this happen to me. Yes...I'm dating myself. I had a car phone and I thought I was SO cool!


haha...

Have you ever destroyed or lost a cell phone?
Do you have insurance on your phone?


 

22 Months

 

 On the 7th, Maximus turned 22 months. It was tough trying to get a picture of him for this. He wouldn't stand where I wanted him to and he insisted on holding his snack. I think he was a little mesmerized because normally we have the tree blocked in with ottomans so he can't get to it. This freedom was both exciting and very tempting. Here he is reminding himself that he shouldn't touch the tree, by saying, "No, No, No."

 

Over the last month, he is talking more and more. Some of the words he says are as clear as day. He has the cutest little voice. I try to write things down on a pad of paper so I can compile this for these posts, but surprisingly, as long as these posts are, I don't record everything. Here's some of the things he's been saying:

 

clock, money, ring, tattoo, tea, yucky, ew, heat, heater, hot, bunny, hop, wet, back-up, home, no more, toot, ding-dong, Gramma & wheel.

 

guy = this usually refers to the guy that is blowing leaves with the blower outside. One day Rob was asking me what guy Maximus was talking about. LOL...

 

reek = rake

 

dup = dump (as in dump truck)

 

lee-ap = lap

 

deep = dip (loves to dip his food in ketchup, sauce, dressing, etc)

 

doot = dirt

 

pah-tah = pasta

 

pee-tah = pizza

 

pum = prune

 

geep = grape 

 

tea pot = tea cup (this cracks me up that he says pot instead of cup)

 

E U = Ernie...however he sometimes says Ooo-knee.

 

cooh = cool

 

pan or pan-ah = pen (lately he is adding the "ah" sound to the end of words).

 

bag or bag-ah = bag

 

pritty = pretty

 

Pooh = for Winnie the Pooh

 

honey or hi-knee = honey

 

dow = down

 

ah-gah = ???

 

caw-key-koh = ???

 

teep = tape

 

cam-rah = camera

 

bambino = Rob calls Maximus this a lot. M will say it correctly sometimes...other times it sounds like bam-ee-no.

 

doot or doo-dah = dude (this is another thing that Rob calls him).

 

Timmy & Pan-nah = the dogs at grandpa & grandma LaLa's are Timmy and Panda.

 

ee-mo = email

 

mo-more = MORE, MORE!

 

bubba = bubble

 

peek = pink

 

pie-you or P U = P U (as in stinky)

 

oh-dee = oh dear (I say this, but I LOVE his version way better & may adopt it for good).

 

Maximus has gotten real good at imitating me. He'll say, "what?!" really fast, in an assertive voice. He also has picked up the habit of yelling, "Rob!" when I'm calling Rob from another room. M even does this on his own, when Rob is downstairs. Rob, a.k.a. Papa, isn't too excited about it, but I must say it is quite comical!

 

He's getting good at repeating certain names of people that we say to him: Danny, Timmy, Tony & Mindi. Sometimes he says "Tina" or "Annie." I'm not sure where those came from. He better not have any girlfriends that I don't know about. haha...

 

Maximus will say "baby" when I say, Sydney, his newest cousin's name.

 

why or rye = ride bike (there's an exercise bike in our bedroom, so he says this a lot).

 

ba-na-na = banana (so cute how he really enunciates the syllables).

 

Most of the time, he's able to recognize the letters: U, M, T, B, Y, P, O and the numbers 2 and 9.

 

We are learning more sign language. I love that he's able to communicate to us in this manner. He does a great sign for monkey.

 

We're back to a better sleep schedule again. He wakes up around 6:00 to 7:00 am and goes down for a nap around 12:30 pm and gets up 2 or 3 hours later. Bedtime is still between 7:30 & 8:00 pm. When he's napping he tends to groan and moan sometimes. I'm not sure if he's really awake when he's doing this.

 

I've weighed him recently on our scale and he's around 25 pounds. I'm fine that he's on the smaller side for his age...much easier to carry around. M still wears size 3 diapers and size 4 in night time diapers. He likes sleeping with his blankies and teddy bear. At night he wears a sleep sack most of the time. He's a size 6 wide in shoes. As far as clothes, he's anywhere from a size 12 months - 2T. It just depends...bottoms are usually 12 - 18 months. Tops are typically 18  months and sleepers 18 - 24 months.

 

It's hard to believe that in less than 2 months, this guys will be turning 2! What a blessing he's been to us. I cannot imagine life without him. And to all of you that read and/or comment on my blog, thank you! I enjoy sharing this little guy's life with you!

 

 

Happy day!



Back Soon

 I have been MIA lately and just wanted to say that I'll be back soon. It's been nice taking a little break from blogging, but I miss you all very much and hope to be visiting soon.


I am also trying to figure out an alternative way to upload photos to my blog. I'm getting the following message:

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In the meantime, I am using flickr, but not sure how that's going to work out. Maybe I'll fork out the extra dough for more storage. How do you out there in blog land upload your photos? Any good ideas?

Sunrise at our place


Happy day!