Max's 2nd birthday!!!

He thinks shutting his eyes is how you are supposed to smile in pictures (brings back memories of Riley doing the same thing)

Super fun to share your birthday with Christmas day right?! Haha luckily it still isn't bad. Max must just think he is super cool to keep getting more and more presents all day long and a special cake just for him...

   Im sure when he is older he wont like it but it's been great so far :)

   When he woke up on his birthday we just said merry Christmas and happy birthday Max! Then celebrated Christmas. Josh's parents and 3 of his brothers came over later in the day and brought a gift. When my mom and stepdad got here they gave him his gift too. Josh and I waited until after dinner and cake to give him our presents. 

My mom stayed home Christmas eve because she wasn't feeling well so she decided to keep herself busy and make max a super cute caterpillar birthday cake! Max loved it and liked picking off all the candies :)

Our presents to Max. 

Funny story behind the back pack and sleeping bag. Josh and I got him that backpack that came with the sleeping bag inside because he needed one for camping trips etc. (my mom got him a cool ninja turtle backpack just to play with).  Max fell in LOVE with the backpack and still carries it around. ALL. DAY. LONG. He sleeps with it in his crib, he cries when he can't wear it on his back in the car. I just stuffed his sleeping bag back in and hung it in the closet. I'm nervous when he realizes its gone! We are hoping to get him hooked on his ninja turtle back pack-it's pretty cute how hooked he is. He LOVED the sleeping bag too and that night we let all 3kids sleep on the boys floor with their sleeping bags-Max ended up in his crib because he kept getting up and walking around. But i put his sleeping bag in his crib and now that is a "must have" when he sleeps...we will see how nap time goes here in a few minutes when the sleeping bag is mysteriously gone.

   Max is our wild little boy for sure! He is very loving and cuddly and sweet but man he can have a mean little streak when things don't go his way!! He called me "NEANY!" (meany) the other day when I wouldn't give him something. He tells josh and i "NO!" and gets in trouble for that a lot. He is pretty funny to watch and a little exhausting to stay on top of. But we sure love him. I am an incredibly blessed mom!

   Max still isn't talking well. He can say up to about 20words give or take (learns new ones each day now) but most are still hard for even josh and I to understand. He does know almost 20 of his letter sounds! It's incredible. We tease him "you can't talk but you sure know your letter sounds good weirdo!" at his 2yr check up the doctor wasn't too concerned and said he thinks he will improve greatly over this next year. 

   It seemed the day after he turned two he was talking so much better. Over night. We will see. 

  Josh and I agree, for not being able to talk well he let's us know his wants and needs REALLY well. He can get his point across with body language quite well :)

    Happy birthday our sweet, rough&tough, funny, snugly wild boy!!