Pumpkin Patch

Max had fun this weekend running around trying to pick up super heavy pumpkins. Last night when fighting sleep, he started talking about pumpkins and bats. After finally convincing him to close his eyes and dream of them, he drifted off.



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The Flintstones

The Flintstones
Originally uploaded by banotdog

This labor day weekend we decided to take a last minute trip to Monterey. We had a great time at the aquarium, at Dennis the Menace park, in the hotel pool, and riding around on one of these.

Hat

Max has been real obsessed with his hats lately, often refusing to take them off.

Walk

Another one of Max's new words. Now he says it when he's in his stroller and not too happy about it. However, he is really great about holding our hands while walking, which he would never do a few weeks ago.



Other recent additions to Max's vocabulary include; wet, dance, help, Elmo, go, and a good attempt at Muno and Plex(Yo Gabba Gabba). He also knows almost every letter in the alphabet but insists on calling the letter D dadda, and Z zip. I have to admit, I think zip as the last letter of the alphabet is so cute, I don't want to correct him.

New words of the day

Bug. Down. Nana (for Banana).

More Words

Today Max blew on his food and said, "hot." And he pointed to his water and said "wa-wa." Yesterday Max pointed to the door on his toy bus and said "door." However he continues to refer to DJ Lance Rock as "Dada."

Happy 1/2 Birthday (18 months!)

Along with Max's happy half birthday came the dreaded well baby check up. This time, I tried to ease tensions between Max and Dr. Simons by having the doctor present him with a shiny new toy truck. It started off great in the waiting room but just when I thought they were best buds, Max LOST it when he saw the exam room and screamed his head off as usual.

Here are his stats -
Height - 32.52 inches/ 2.7 feet (55%)
Weight - 26.8 pounds (55%)
Head Circumference - 49 cm (80%!)

So Max is slimming down (probably because he eats nothing but Joe's O's and goldfish), but is still a healthy weight and height and developing and growing marvelously.

Here are some of the words that Max has been using lately in addition to mama and dada - Ball, book, bird, bus, dog, duck, truck, rock, up, moon, no, nose, eyes, block, boat, car, blue, hat, "M", and a whole lot of animal noises.

He's been really into playing with cars and trucks, having us read to him (and is very particular about his choices), watching Yo Gabba Gabba, running, going down the slide on his own, playing in the dirt and touching flowers and plants, climbing and jumping all over the furniture, and headbutting and wrestling with daddy.