The antics of Mr Maxwell Oliver!

Welcome back to the antics of Mr Maxwell. Yesterday Jeff got home early before Max woke up from his nap. About an hour later Maxwell started to stir awake and this is how Jeff and I found him. His poor leg squished in between the slats and his foot in the trash can. This isn't the first time for his leg to get stuck, but this is the first time that his foot happen to fall into the trash can. I thought it was an adorable camera moment.

This picture I took a few days before the last one. Oh how my little guy is getting so big and becoming a real little boy. Sitting with his daddy watching TV. Jeff has one hand on the remote and Max has one hand down his pants. PRICELESS!

Passing the Time

Max fell in love with this stupid flashlight, but it drove Herman CRAZY!

Ahh, a quite moment...

I don't know what was in the bottom of that basket. Max really wanted whatever it was though.

Max loves to share...

Especially an apple with his Papa.

It did take Max a little while to figure out how to get out from under that chair. More than anything his head is what got him stuck. While I have been out sick Jeff and I have managed to take a few pictures of what Max has gotten himself into. Since he doesn't walk yet he crawls over and into everything. This surgery has been a blessing in disguise because every time Max gets himself into something he has to figure out on his own how to get out of it.

The almost forgotten play date.

I forgot to blog the play date that all the kids had at the begining of the month. Max and Nicholas went over to Miss Kacee's house to play. As always the kids had fun. And Kacee and Nicholas put Maxwell to sham. They give Max something to strive for though. After my surgery and the holidays we will be hosting the next play date. We have some pretty big shoes to fill.

On another note, my surgery went well and I have been resting. I'm really blessed to have such a great family. Everyone has been helping out watching Max since I cant lift more than 10 pounds. My dad is taking Max tomorrow night and Tina is going to watch him on Monday. Plus some of the greatest people I know have been bringing dinners over so the boys wont starve. I'm excited to post all about Christmas and hope to have a TON of pictures.

Ho Ho Ho!

So things as usual have become somewhat hectic in the Brown house. Turns out that my gallbladder is only working at 6%. Needless to say that I am now going under the knife on Tuesday. Nothing to major and it's not like I have or ever have had a bikini body so I'm sure it wont be bad. I'm not really worried about the surgery just the recovery. The doctor doesn't want me lifting more than 10 pounds for four weeks after the surgery and Max definitely exceeds that. This is going to be interesting. I have a great family though and everyone is offering up help. Hopefully the house doesn't turn into a pig sty while I'm down for the count. I'm just trying to get everything I need to do done before Tuesday. One of the first things on my list was to make sure that Max got to see Santa. The line was short, thank goodness, and even though Max did not take more than a 30 minute nap today he was in a good mood. At first he wasn't sure what to think of this big jolly man with a beard. The first two pictures were of Max just touching Santa's beard and looking him over. Then came the Brown charm. I know this might surprise some of you, but Max inherited his daddy's charm. He just turns it on more often than his daddy does. In this picture I think he looks like me of course, but that smirk is all Jeff. I love my boys! Also while I'm on the usual topic of Max... he had his big hearing test yesterday and passed with flying colors! I guess he is his daddy in more way than one. Turns out he can hear me talking to him he just doesn't care what I have to say, ugh men. Also Sooner Start came out right on time and they are happy with his improvement. Jamie (his worker) says that he is showing improvement every week. He is pulling up on everything and if he drops something he makes the effort to lower himself down or bend down to get it. Yea Maxwell!!! At this rate I hope he will be walking by the end of February. Other than that we are all working and getting excited for Christmas. Keep Jeff in your thoughts while he is taking care of Max and me and I'll try to sneak in a blog of two while I'm off work.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Road Rage!

Cruising

Why did no one ever tell me that Lowe's has the coolest shopping carts! We all went to pick up some light fixtures the other day and I just couldn't get over how cute it was.

We also went to the Haile's for Thanksgiving. Max charmed everyone and lived the true meaning of Thanksgiving. That child ate SO much. I finally cut him of, but I think he would have kept going if I hadn't. Max had a little Buddha belly when everything was all said and done. Second Thanksgiving in the books as a success.

Mom's Day Out

Max before we left for his first big day at St Elijah's Mom's Day Out!

We were packed and ready to go!!!

Yesterday was a hard day in the Brown house. Well, it was only hard for me I guess. Yesterday morning I took Max to his very first day and Mom's Day Out at St Elijah's. We went early so we could meet the teachers one on one and I never wanted to leave. He was on the floor playing and I picked him up to say goodbye and he was trying to get back down! Then I went to pick him up thinking he was going to be so excited to see me, no not really. He looked at me then went back to playing. WHAT!?!? Needless to say he had fun. He even took a nap. Go figure, maybe this is what he needs.

Weekend in Texas

Max slept most of the way to Texas.

L-E-T-S G-O, Lets Go Crowley Eagles! Max and his Aunt Jenny at Eric's Senior Night.

So couple weekend didn't really go as planned. We left really early on Friday and stopped in Ardmore for breakfast. After getting some food in our tummies we hit the road again for Aunt Jenny's house. Once we got to Jennifer's we stayed for about an hour and left for our weekend together. Jeff and I had a great time together on Friday. Saturday however was a different story. We woke up had breakfast and took a TWO hour nap! Got up and went to lunch. After lunch I called to check on Max and it turns out he was sick. And not just a little sick, he was not good. We had to go pick him up and unfortunately we missed the comedy show and Jeff was really looking forward to that. Friday was great but the rest of the weekend was spent nursing Jeff with and ear ache and Max back to health. My sister did manage to get a few pictures of Max though.

Happy Haunting!!!

Another Halloween has come and gone. I had to work late so Jeff met me at work and we took Max to Downtown trick or treat in Edmond. We met up with his friends Dr Kacee and Nicholas "Romo". They both looked so great! Granny Richardson asked that we stop by before going home, so after going downtown we headed to see Granny. Once we got home we only had 2 trick or treaters. Then again once we put Max to bed we turned the light off and we didn't get home until just after 7. I was excited that for the most part Max kept his costume on. For those of you who cant tell Max was a gnome. Too cute!!! Max is also cutting another tooth. That is number 6!!! Now that they have started coming in there is no stopping. We leave for Texas on Friday for Jeff and I's couple weekend. Aunt Jenny is keeping Max and I'm sure he is in for some MAJOR spoiling! I'm also sure she will take a crazy number of pictures, so until then...

Up Up & Away!

Up...

Up...

And Away!

BIG UPDATE! Max pulled himself up on Saturday!!! He is also using his knees more while he is doing his army crawl. I came home form work on Saturday and Jeff had a surprise. He had Max playing with his activity table and told me to watch him. Then up see daisy he pulled himself up. I'm so proud of him! Also yesterday Sooner Start came out. They were happy to hear about him pulling up and some of the progress he is making. We worked on sitting and getting Max to crawl on his knees. They gave me so pointers on ways to get Max on his knees. We also worked on standing. Max has been having some problems standing because he keeps turning his feet and ankles in. Turns out after talking to Tina that this runs in her family and Jeff actually had the same problem and had to wear inserts and special shoes. I need to take Max to an orthopedists and have him fitted for braces that will help him walk and stand. Also since Max failed his last hearing test again we have to go see a hearing specialist in Moore to have more tests done. I'll keep you updated though. Also I have been feeling like my little man is getting to big to fast. Now he is pulling himself up and as of this last weekend he is off the bottle. Where has the time gone?

Jeff and I are both doing well. Jeff has recovered from the Star Wars show at the Ford Center. He doesn't work again until the November 4th when ACDCcomes to town. He and I both getting excited for our couples weekend coming up next weekend. We are going to Dallas and my fabulous sister is going to watch Max for us. I cant wait! Also Halloween is coming up and we will be going downtown to trick or treat. Max was going to be a banana originally but that didn't work out. Know he has the cutest little costume. He is going to be a gnome. He has a beard and everything. Hopefully he will wear is and if he wont hopefully he will let me take a picture of him with it on. I'll post Halloween pictures as soon as I get them.

The Brown's are on the mend!

I think in general the Brown's are back! Max's ears seem better and he just cut another tooth. Also Sooner Start came out for Maxwell's first session. For those of you who don't know Sooner Start is a state run program for children between birth and 3 years old. It basically helps children that are having delays (speech, social, developmental etc.) get on track. It keeps them on track and identify possible problems. We set a short term goal of having Max walking short distances without help in the next 6 months. This session was pretty much a meet and greet between Max and I with his worker. She is very nice and sweet. Our next session is on Tuesday so I'll update you all more then.

I'm also feeling better. The shingles are almost completely gone and it looks like there wont be any scars left behind, from that. The Sweet's is also gone and the infection that was in my arm has cleared up. The doctor did say that there is going to be discoloration on my arm for the next couple of months. I'm a little worried there are going to be scars left behind from the Sweets though. Oh yeah I almost forgot, the ulcer I got from all the medicine I was taking is also healing up nicely.

Jeff has started picking up some events at the Ford Center. Just last night he worked Star Wars. He has told Max that he is never allowed to watch anything Star Wars. I guess he kept getting hit with light sabers and what is worse about it wasn't children but 30 year old men that were hitting him. Jeff is feeling a tad bit under the weather the past few days, but hopefully it is just the weather changing. I hope you all are not to tired from reading this long of an update. I'm excited for Halloween and ready to show off my little man!