sunday movie night

this last sunday we had a movie night, we had popcorn and watched "hotel for dogs" lilly really liked it.... max didn't get to much out of the movie but we sure had fun on the floor:)

sorry lilly, i cut your head out of the picture.

that's better... now you just need to both smile at the same time.

thank you:)

ahhh...its a monster!!!

oh, its just max:)

what a nice smile lilly:)

you to max:)

peek-a-boo through a door:)

lilly was playing outside with nick and then max saw her and started screaming with so much excitement lilly heard from outside and ran over to the door and it was so cute, she just started to play peek-a-boo through the door with him.... he loved it:)

lilly was getting board with play peep-a-boo with max and ran over to play on the swing set

then max wanted to join her:)

special delivery

this morning we had a unexpected visitor and she brought a special delivery. for every holiday my aunt lynn, lilly and maxs great aunt lynn mails them those hallmark musical cards, because its always fun for the kids to get mail!!! growing up my aunt lynn lived one house away form my mom and dads, she was the aunt that i have memories of painting my nails, being so little and her letting me play dress up with her fancy jewelry, reading me story's, and helping me with my reading (i never really liked reading as a kid, it was something i struggled in) my aunt lynn is a wonderful teacher and is great with children. she was with us on Christmas mornings, Thanksgivings, oh and never missed a birthday. so even though she lives now lives in Milwaukee she is still a huge part in our lives. anyways instead of getting these cards by mail she made a special delivery and stop at our house for a nice visit. we really love her visits, cards or no cards:)

thanks again great aunt lynn:)

here is lilly and great aunt lynn last Halloween:)

she was waiting in my driveway when i got home and scared the "poop" out of me!!! (and just so you all know she put paint on her front tooth, it's not really like that, ha... that was such a funny day!!!)

eleven months

yesterday max turned eleven month!!! this is what he has been up to this past month;

he knows how to do "So Big" and clap:)
he got his first tooth letter O (lower left front) and it is super pointy and sharp as a pin,
he pulls himself to sanding (and hes not sure how to get down...someone must be there at all times because he takes quite the tumble when he wants to get down),
he is starting to bring large pieces of food to his mouth (don't worry they are safe pieces of dissolvable food),
he is drinking through a straw,
we just moved his crib down to the lower level,
and i'm leaving my favorite for last... he now has an infectious giggle that really lets his little personality shine:)

happy eleven months max

cousin fun:)

after a busy morning of getting the flu vaccine for lilly and physical therapy with max's new therapist debbie (who we like a ton), two of lilly and max's cousins came over to play this afternoon:)

they play so nice.... well most of the time:)

kids in pumpkins:)

who doesn't love pictures of little ones in pumpkins?...

pumpkin patch

last weekend we spent up north, my mom and dad heard of this farm that had pumpkins for sale any size $3... it was a ton of fun they had pumpkins, cows, pigs, cats, and chickens:)

family picturelilly and daddy lilly sitting on her pumpkin

we tried to have max in the picture but all he would do is play with the mud:)

grandpa elrick.... and lillys pumpkin

lilly picked out a small pumpkin for max

that's one strong little pumpkin, lilly wanted to carry it herself to the car.... and gently dropped it 4 times:)

slow down lilly, i don't think it can take a 5th drop:)

lilly and the cows:)

max and daddy

boy, i wish i could touch that cow.

thanks mom.

(that's lillys new thing no more mommy... its just mom now. )

as you see, max wouldn't take his eyes off them:)

whooo hoooo max:)

max went from belly to sitting today @ 4:28 pm!!!!!

( all by himself!!!! )

is it just me?

is it just me?... or do other mom feel like they need to tell random people that our child has Ds.

for example...

we (lilly, max and me) just went out this morning and another mom was out with her son. he was up running around the store and ran over by us and sat down by max, who was still sitting in his car seat. he smiled at max.. max smiled back. it was really cute. then his mom ran over, and asked how old the "baby" was, i said a little over ten months. she then went on saying, oh my goodness my son just turned one year!!! he is so much bigger, wow your little guy is so tiny... my son is huge!

at this point i don't feel bad for max being so small but for this lady who thinks her child is a giant! i responded, well max was born with Down syndrome so he is a little smaller then the average little boy.

i'm not sure if it's something that i need to say or explain to strangers, i'm not sure if it's something that they can obviously see on their own or if i'm just blind to it, i don't know if just because i look at my beautiful child everyday that i just don't see Down syndrome. do others? do people we don't know see Ds? or do they really just see a small sweet little boy. okay, and if they do just see a small sweet little boy should i tell them about max, about Ds? i feel in a way i should so maybe if they never met anyone with Ds... now would be their chance, and they could maybe change some sort of thought they had in their head about a baby, child or adult with Ds. or would i just putting them in an awkward situation? does it make them uncomfortable when i talk about it?

wow, lots of questions i didn't even know i had until i started to type them!

oh and happy Down syndrome awareness month everyone:) i would love to take the 31 for 21 challenge but i know i wouldn't get to my computer every day. maybe next year:)