Update on the boys

Max is really on the move now, he is even pulling up a lot and will sometimes balance for a second or two! Its funny we were not in a hurry for James to walk, but with Max I think I am ready especially because he is sooo heavy and my back and bicepts are sore from carrying him! He still has a great disposition and really loves being with James, he still thinks James is the funniest person ever (we have to agree!) and he is happy go lucky most of the time. I think he is going to be fearless like his brother too, which means I'm going to really have my hands full with these two, I was kinda thinking that Max might be the hesitant one, but he seems to be pretty tough. Not much phases him, I have to bathe him in our bathtub because it is deeper than the one in the back, he is constantly pulling up to stand in the tub which scares me to death! So I have to keep one hand on him at all times.... Even still he sometimes will slip and float on his back, you would think that this would scare him but instead he just starts dying laughing and kicking those fat legs until he is sitting up again! Another water baby! He is not much into baby food and just spits it back at me most of the time. BUT he loves finger foods, like Cheerios and little peices of peaches/pears out of James' fruit cup cut up into small peices. So I'm just starting to feed him noodles and things cut up and he loves it! I really didn't realize he was old enough but seems to do great, actually better than with baby food. He has absolutely NO interest in holding the bottle on his own though, or using a sippy cup. Nope, still prefers for Mommy to hold that bottle........ can't wait for that day!

James has been pretty good lately, we definitely go through some extreme phases at this age. The favorite phrase at this point is "But I don't want to ______________" (fill in the blank with pretty much anything that has to be done) We have definitely backslid in the potty training department, he does great with the peeing, not so much with the other..... For the most part he is a ball, and constantly has us laughing. He has pretty much dropped his afternoon nap because he was going to bed at 8:30pm and would still be awake at 10:30pm which was killing me and Jim since this is our only time together..... So now I just have a "rest time" in the afternoons, sometimes he will nap (I wake him after about 45min. so he will sleep at night) or sometimes not. He has started Sunday School now that he is three and is pretty excited about being with the big boys and girls at church, no more nursery for this boy! The weather has been beautiful so we have been spending a lot of time outside, he LOVES playing in the sandbox and pretending to be a pirate on his new pirate ship playground. He still eats like a champ and will try just about anything. He also still loves his books, although asks about a million times "whats she say? whats he say? whats he say? whats she say?" as he points at various people, animals. etc. He also still loves playing his ukelele and making up songs as well as playing his keyboard. His drawings continue to get better and better, he drew a choo choo train yesterday that was amazing, I'll post a picture.

Business is going great, Jim has been extremely busy. His emloyee Mike is doing a great job. We are blessed. I've found a terrific school that I can drop the boys in when needed and have used them a few times so I can help Jim get caught up on paperwork, ordering, billing, etc. The boys both love to go, even Max starts kicking and smiling as soon as we walk in. He gets to crawl around with all kinds of cool mats, toys and other babies around. Of course James loves it, big surprise..... he wants to go everyday and play on the "blue playground". The teachers and owner are amazing and I feel great having the boys there.

The inspectors came today, the framing inspection failed, because of some tie downs or something, hopefully easy to correct... I think the electrical and HVAC went well. As soon as they get the insulation in and inspected I can start drywalling, yay! Jim spent the weekend being a lumberjack, trimming trees and finishing up the fireplace. There's always a tool for the day............. yesterday it was the chainsaw!