He's a Gabber

Max takes after his GG Brownstein. He likes to talk. He Jibber Jabbers quite a bit and today I caught video evidence when GG called. You'll need to excuse the diaster area my son turns our family room into every morning :)

Another video for the Grandparents and my sis who says she doesn't see Max enough. It's another new Max favorite- sidewalk chalk.

Can you guess our secret?

And if those were not enough, here's an easy one :)

Germ Wars

My mom visited this week, so my sister and her 2 kids came to stay for a couple nights. They came straight from Disneyland on Tuesday night which is where I believe this war began.

Wednesday my nephew wasn't feeling so great- cough and runny nose. I'm sure the germs from disney didn't help. Major germ share #1 when they all want to play with the same toy. The kids all played in the bathtub Wednesday night. Cute, but major germ share #2.


Thursday Carson was feeling better so we spent the morning at the LA Zoo. They all got a lolly pop as a treat and the drool fest began- germ share #3.

I lost the war. Max was fussy at the zoo, clingy on Friday and sick by Saturday. Grandma stayed home from church with him on Sunday. Sunday night he was so stuffed up & crying. This is how he woke up Monday. :( Swollen red eyes and dried crusty gucky stuff all over his face. Bath time still cheered him up :) So for now we're just working on getting lots of fluids in him and keeping him happy. He pretty much gets his paci all day now. Here's hoping this skips all your families!

Marlboro Max

We started up our Monday night Potluck dinners again. We discovered a park way up in Altadena that has lights on the picnic area and park until 10pm. It was nice to get out and catch up with friends, let the kids wander & eat. However, Max seems to have picked up a bad habit...cigarettes. Mike was chatting, I was chatting & when Max walked over to me to beg for more food, what was dangling from his mouth? A cigarette butt. YUCK! He clearly had been chewing on it for a while cuz' I had to wipe the butt off his chin and Mike swiped his finger through Max's mouth to clean out the tobacco. Max must have liked his new habit since he promptly bit Mike which he's never done. They make a patch for toddlers right?

Saturday we joined Natalie and Fallon at Jefferson park to watch our hubbies play softball. It was a seriously hot day, Max should not have worn jeans and a black t-shirt, I kept giving him gatorade & he was pretty happy wandering around with Grandpa and playing with Fallon. Next time I think we'll go to the game a bit later & not for the whole 2 hrs :)