All is Well!

We seem to be on a roll here with sleep, daycare and health. Max has one new word to add to his vocabulary-WOW!
According to Allegro he says mama-dada all day long. He points to every object and says mama-dada. He does this at home too. I'm sure it's just a phase but we are trying to tell him what things are instead of just saying mama-dada. It's cute though.

Here are some pictures of the house. In the days to come we will start to add some of our own personal touches. We have been sampling paint for a while and I hope to reach a decision this weekend for the dining room. This will be the only color we do for the house. All of the other colors are good enough....for now. Next we are going to get some fabric for the bar stools in the kitchen. These stools came with the house. They wouldn't be my choice but I hope with some new fabric I'll grow more attached.

This time around I'm trying to think environmentally and also just take our time.

Great Visit

We had a great time with Paw-Paw and GJ while they were here. Judy helped me plant flowers, herbs and some veggies. I intend to make her proud but I can't guarantee anything.

Max got over his upper respiratory infection and for the past 5 days we haven't wiped his nose! We were wiping it about 30x a day for months. He seems to be free of any kind of illness right now and it shows. He's sleeping better, eating better and in general much happier. All this just after paw-paw and GJ leave. But Charles and I are loving it. It's really nice to see Max this way. I knew there was a happy healthy kid in there somewhere!

He's doing about the same with his words but each day seems to say them more often. Especially mamma and dadda. His new daycare is going really well and I am so happy to have him closer to me. There is more work involved for me now with having to make his lunches and drop/off more but nothing I can' t handle.

I just got Sugar-Free Toddlers by Susan Watson and I'm using some new recipes from it.

Pictures

PawPaw and GJ

We have been having a great time with Paw-Paw and GJ during their visit with us.

Unfortunately, Max has had an upper respiratory infection and has been on antibiotics. In some ways we feel like he's taken a few steps back as far as sleeping through the night and even with daycare but I hope it's just the infection and he'll get back on track soon.

On the good side though he's been expanding his vocabulary! Some of his words are:

Hi
More (with signing)
Doggy
Dada
Mama
Nana (for bannana)
and
Yum Yum

He can point to almost all of the objects in his world, shoes, fork, spoon, ball, book and all body parts and so on.

This is where he's at right now at 17 months.

I'm writing this for my benefit to keep track of things. I'll be updating as new developments come along.

Maybe tonight I'll be posting some recent pictures. Oh yeah and he says mama and dada all day now. And he loves to play with his cars all over the house.