Max is now23 months old. I know I missed two months. Now that Max is a very busy toddler I don’t get a lot of time to do much else but take care of and play with him. He’s really growing up to be a very special little boy. He’s really smart and you can see him really trying hard to figure things out. We’re thinking that he may be an engineer like his Grandpa Tadjbakhsh.
He still loves the outdoors and picking up sticks and rocks. I guess we need to get some warm clothes so we can spend some time outside in the winter because he won’t let us stay in for a second. I’m really excited to see him play in the snow.
Although he’s a little picky, when he likes the food (like pasta, macaroni and cheese, fruit, French fries, fish sticks, peas, bread, yogurt, and crackers to name a few of his favorites) he eats really well. He’s doing really well using a spoon and fork and he’s starting to drink from a real cup.
His favorite words (or at least the ones he says the most) are: What’s that? Who’s that? and What is it? And if you don’t answer him quick enough, he asks repeatedly, each time getting a little louder and with a gruffer voice. It’s really cute. He also tells us to “sit down” a lot.
One day Roger said to me “Honey look at this.” And Max looked at me and said “Honey.” Now when asked what Daddy calls Mommy, he says “Honey” and sometimes calls me Honey.
He’s not into TV too much but lately we’ve been introducing him to Sesame Street and Barney and he likes them. Elmo seems to be his favorite. I don’t mind that he’s not a TV kid but would love if there was something we could put on to keep him sitting still for longer than 5 minutes.
In October, Tutu came to visit. It was great to spend time with her and Max loved seeing her. While she was here, we went to Florida (Max’s third trip to Florida and his fifth plane trip).We had a great time visiting with Uncle Glen, Aunt Doreen and Amanda. The weekend before that Jason, Dana and Aunt Janet came to visit and we had fun with them too.
The Terrible Two’s have started. He’s very independent and fights with us to do things he’s not ready to do….put on his coat to leave home or daycare, get in the car, stop playing, getting in the highchair etc. I think his other favorite word is “NO.” We can’t really complain because he is generally very good and even tells us when he wants to get in his crib to go to sleep at bedtime.
