Labor Day weekend

Labor Day weekend we had a really good time relaxing and just enjoying ourselves. We went to play at the park, Annie's Playground, which is this amazing park built in memory of a little girl. It's really like a kids amusement park, so fun!

See...even daddy had fun getting stuck in the twisty slide with Max.

We even played outside in the pool at home. I don't have any good pictures of him in the pool. They are all dark because it was in the garage to keep him out of the sun. This one I thought was cute though...taken BEFORE, he was naked running around the front yard.

Go Birds Go!

We have a minor league baseball team called the Aberdeen Ironbirds. The stadium is pretty close to our house. We got free tickets from my work and went on Friday night. Our tickets were three rows back between 3rd base and home (closer to home plate). They were quite awesome seats. Max had a BLAST! Oh, he totally thought he was hotstuff, dancing to the music, yelling "CHARGE" at the appropriate times, giving the mascots high five! We lasted until about the 5th inning and then Max got a bit restless so we left. It was a good time! Here are a few pictures of Max enjoying the game.

Rock You

Aunnn T!!!

Sausage,
A couple weeks ago, you and your mommy flew out here to visit for a whole week! You even had your own seat in the Peepain! Once you got here, Gram and Pop picked you up and you headed to Auntie's house. The whole way you kept asking for Auntie! Auntie! Auntie! which makes my heart smile! Once you got here, you kept asking for Pool? Pool? Pool?

Read about Auntie and Grandma's Road Trip!

Sorry for the late posts, but click here to see posts from our April road trip!

Farm Fair

OK...well, Max's first trip to the Harford County Farm Fair was not quite as we expected. I have to say, Max is more like me than I realized. Let me tell you a little bit about our trip to the fair.

So, we park the car in the red lot, from there we get on a bus..A BUS! Can you believe it, we get to ride on a bus. This is totally exciting for Max who says "BUS!" every 5 seconds until we get on "THE BUS!". It's probably not even 5 minute ride until we are at the fair and he says *VROOM VROOM* the whole way. (Sorry...no pictures of the bus, didn't think about it, picture a typical cheese wagon with a cute, excited, little Max riding it.)

We get into the fair, go to see the farm animals first up pigs. What do piggies say? *snort, snort* See the piggies, from the safety of the stroller...um...ya, get me outta this thing momma, I need you to hold me, those piggies are big...but, Max, listen, can you hear them snort just like you do? .....Ya, not so much.

Moving on to the sheep and goats. Look, that goat is putting its hoofs on the fence to talk to Poppa? Nope, no way, get me outta here. Ok, lets go see the cows, what do cows say? *MOOO*

Cows, this is what a cow looks like up close!?! Man, these things are huge! The cows Moo loudly, Max SCREAMS! Grabs at and yells for Poppa, Poppa to the rescue, but really he wants back in the stroller. I try to explain that the cows are just talking to each other just how he talks to Poppa...ya, right mom!

OK, fine, lets go se the tractors. "TRACTOR! VROOM! VROOM!"

After a bit of watching the Antique Tractor Pulls, I say, Max you wanna go see the bunnies? "Ses!" You see, Momma, being a city girl, can only handle so long watching the tractor pulls, and the modern tractors are more exciting than the antique ones, believe it or not. So off we go to see the baby animals, small ponies, the BIG BULL, the BIG PIGGIE, the chickens, ducks, bunnies, etc. It was much of the same with the small animals, but he did get out to pet the duck. Baby piggies, "no", roosters, "no", baby goat, "no".

Look at the size of this Momma!

All in all, if I would have known he would have been so scared, I would have never taken him to the fair. My mom tells me I was exactly the same way. Maybe we'll have better luck next year!

At That Bouncy Place

Happy Fourth of July!

Around the fourth of July every year we try to pick blueberries. This year we went on Friday, the third, and picked 10 pounds right on the nose. That's a lot of blueberries! If we would have weighed Max before and after, they may have had to charge us for another pound. This boy loves him some fruit! Take a look at just how much he's grown since last year!

On the fourth, we had a cookout with some friends at Grammy and Pop's house. The kids had tons of fun playing and splashing in this really cool pool Grammy has.

Beautiful Boy

Just a quick post with a few pictures of my favorite little guy. He was just hanging out with Mommy on Sunday so I decided to take a few shots. Love Him!

Swimming Lessons

WooHoo! It's that time of year when the neighborhood pools are starting to open. Way back in April, we had a few 90 degree days, our neighbors opened their pool and Max and Michael went for a swim. Michael took Max's floating seat over for him to sit in and Max crawled out. He also tried to back himself into the pool and climb down the ladder. So, we thought it might be a good time to get him into swimming lessons. It's more of a water acclimation class than an actual "safety" lesson, but he really enjoys it. Actually, I'm not sure who has more fun, Max or Daddy!