December 26, 2013

December 25, 2013

Merry, Happy, Jolly, Jumping for Joy Christmas!

Max had a blast on Christmas!  He smiled, played, danced, and literally jumped for joy non-stop all day, so much so that he took a 3.5 hour nap and promptly walked himself upstairs to sleep at 7:20pm!  It will be tough to top the Christmas two years ago, when we brought Max home from the hospital, but this one came pretty close!

Max must have been a very good boy this year- Santa was quite generous!

Wrapping paper fight!


Chef Max at work in his new kitchen 

Max loves his new presents but his heart still belongs on the basketball court 

Christmas lunch



Playing his birthday guitar in his Christmas playhouse

Max was jumping for joy all day!

Straining to keep his eyes open to watch the last quarter of the Heat-Lakers game




December 24, 2013

24 months old!

Max is TWO! 

Last chalk board picture until next December...

Max loved his birthday/Christmas Eve dinner

Happy two year old!

Family photo

Brooks family favorite meal with our favorite birthday boy

Aunt and Uncle love the General!

Grandma Barbara and Aunt Arielle 

Shoot two for two years!

Max loves his new gui-tar!










December 23, 2013

Happy Birthday Party!

Max had two birthday parties and 200 cupcakes on his last day of being one!

Max's 2nd birthday party

Uncle Santa made another appearance at Max's birthday party!

King me!



Music time



Very serious about music time

School party!

December 21, 2013

Warm Winter welcome

Is it really the first day of winter?  

No jacket, no hat, and a lot of fun!




December 19, 2013

Peek-a-boo Pawley

Max enjoyed a rousing game of peek-a-boo with Pawley by covering his face with his Yankee helmet ice cream cups.  

December 18, 2013

Basketball court

When Max came home today he went straight to the former dining room/current playroom and said "basketball court".  It sure is.


December 17, 2013

Green light

Max's new tooth brush lights up for one minute and when the minute is up- the brush goes down. Yeah right. 

December 15, 2013

Yoga

Max had his first Flintstones vitamin tonight.  Thank goodness the container is child-proof, because it was a huge hit!

Cobra pose at gym class


December 14, 2013

Game date

Basketball game...

...and dinner. Max got a lot of laughs from Sadie and a lot of dirty looks from everyone else.


December 13, 2013

Holiday party twins

Matching outfits, unique personalities

Max spent most of the time at the party looking for Pawley. No one knows exactly why he thought Pawley (the feline) or Pawley (the stuffed animal) was there.  But if he was there, this seems like a good place to look.

Making himself at home on the couch 

Some medicine for Max, and some for Pawley 




December 12, 2013

Thirsty Thursday

Milk or water? Both!

Max wanted to go night night after school in the rocking chair 

December 11, 2013

Making his mark

There is a pipe in our basement that has names, heights, and the year 1972, marked on it.  That is the year the house was built, so they were probably the first family to live here.  Is Max the shortest person [on record] to live here?

Max liked drawing on the pipe more than standing in front of it to be measured, but  we did manage an accurate height marking.  

Mother-son song along to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".  Max especially liked throwing himself on the ground for the valley part of the song.