Ummm.....

I don't really know how to describe this video, mainly because I have no earthly idea what Max is doing!  But this is for all the friends who believe that we are raising a boy genius.  This may change their minds!

Dancing for Sadie

Sadie was talking with Max on the phone.  He still talks about going to see her dance (last May) and jumped up to "show" her what a good dancer he is as well.  I grabbed the ipod and captured it for her.

Vacation in Idaho

These pictures were all taken in July of this year when we went to Idaho for a week to visit Curtis' family.  It was the first time that all of his siblings plus their kids had been together since I was pregnant with Max.  And while he had met all of his cousins at various times, this was the first time they were all in one place.  Aunt Connie and Seth were also there bringing the total up to 18 people.  Whew!  It was a lot of bodies crammed into the house.  In fact the first couple of nights there were even a few people sleeping in tents in the yard (not me, waaaaaay to cold for me!).  Max had a wonderful time with all of his cousins, but seemed particularly drawn to Stuart this trip.  Stuart is the family baseball star and he would get out in the yard with Max to his baseballs off of a tee.  Maybe Max will be inclined to play baseball as well.

Auntie Gwen and Anika were helping Max walk out into the St. Joe river.  Again, it was waaaaay too cold for Mommy to go wading out there!!

The three Quiglateers: Cash, Ross and Emma stuck together like glue!

The swimming area is designated with a floating log wall.  Everyone was out hanging off of it here.

Out for a scenic drive up the St. Joe river valley.  I haven't done that since Curtis and I were first dating.  I forgot how beautiful it is along the river!

In the garden picking raspberries.  Max would pick any and all of them and eat them just as fast.  We worked hard on learning to only pick the red ones.  Can't blame him... they were delish!

Stuart and his shadow!

We roasted marshmallows for smores one night.

Max helped shuck and carry in the corn.  This was not from the garden (it wasn't quite ready yet) but tasted good anyway!

MIA

I know I have not updated the blog in a good long while... longer than I have ever gone before without an update for sure.  However, most of you already know that we have gone through yet another difficult time and I have not had a lot of motivation to sit down and keep track with everything that is going on with Maxwell.  I am sure sorry to have missed a few weeks, but hopefully I will keep on track moving forward.

So with that in mind there will be a smattering of pictures and videos that have been backlogged for quite a while and more than likely they will be all out of order.  I will try to add commentary so that we have some sort of a record of each moment.  Thanks for the patience... let's pray that bad times are behind us!

Kite Flying

Our last morning in Galveston over Thanksgiving weekend was finally windy enough to let Max fly his first kite!