It's been awhile

Hi!

We're all having a great summer! Max and Daddy flew to Chicago to visit Uncle Douglas, Aunt Erin and Cousins Lauren and Mathew. David received many kudos from fellow fliers for his bravery in flying solo with a 13 - month - old.

This past weekend we visited with Cousins Sharon, Mark, Hannah and Sammie at their Connecticut vacation home. Max fell asleep in the backpack during our hike, it was too cute. He played in the pool and chased his favorite toy: the ball, around the patio pool. Check out our pictures http://www2.snapfish.com/share/p=884281217258383195/l=413751540/g=124666915/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

Max has added three new words to his vocabulary in the last week: nana, dada and car.
Nana means food and drink : ) It's incredibly helpful that Max can now communicate what he wants/needs.

Dada is seems to be "just" a word and Max hasn't yet associated it with his dada.

And just yesterday he started saying car, although we're not sure if he associates it with an actual auto.

He grows sweeter every day! This boy is like a little Casanova with his kissing. Right now I'm seated at my desk, one leg crossed over the other (think Eagle Legs if you can) and he is giving my thigh kiss after kiss. Over the weekend he ran around pulling up shirts to kiss tummies. I think that if all of the bad people in the world could spend five minutes with Max, they'd change their ways.

Lately he's been snorting a lot - not so much like a pig, but more of a rapid breathing in and out of his nose. He does this when he's excited.

He continues to be enamored with Gauss : )

Thanks for checking in on us.
Best,
~ Robyn