2 years old

max, the most awesome 2 year old we know.

at 2 years old, our boy is

36 1\2 inches tall (90%)

weighs 30.2 lbs (76%)

and continues to have his daddy's brain at 50 1/2 cm (90%)

at max's appt, dr. david (or goliath, as max called him-i think the bible story is taking over his thoughts just a bit) was astonished at how much our little boy talks. apparently, its not typical for a barely 2 year old to have over 100 words, speak in sentences, and answer adults questions. so proud of our little talker (and already praying for his school teachers to understand that being a blabbermouth is not necessarily a bad thing!)

this boy fills our hearts with so much joy.

it's christmas time in the city!

first stop, the light parade in downtown fort worth.

i believe this will be a new vanderveer tradition...next year we plan to get there a little earlier with chairs and hot cocoa.

next stop, the christmas tree farm.

max and i checked out mainstay farm in cleburne on a "field trip", and i believe this will also become a new family tradition.

the next day it was time to get our family tree. but let's all hope this does not become a tradition. :( around midnight that night, our tree took a tumble. being the night owl that i am (ha!), we left it there until morning. needless to say, our tree is now securely anchored to the wall.

and a 3rd new holiday tradition, a visit to bethlehem....with my bapa and nana, aunt kacy and uncle jd, and a whole lot of cousins.

happy birthday max!

i can't believe our boy is 2! joey can't stop saying "he's so big!" and i agree. max is just as cool as a kid can be and we love him so much! we celebrated with an art party...max loves to color and play with playdough so we invited all his friends over to join us for some fun!

max loves pizza (and these 2 best buds too!)

opening presents was CRAZY!

max even lost it for a few minutes but luckily, he got back on track and opened all his awesome gifts!

bc of his allergy to eggs, we decided to do ice cream sundaes.

this boy loves himself an ice cream cone!

date 11 of 12

and what a date it was! we began our 4 day date in 1st class on a flight to miami.... day one was spent enjoying the art deco area of southbeach
and getting it started right at the buffet on our cruise!

day 2 in key west florida...we walked to the southern most point of the continental usa and tried to get some key lime ice cream :(

that night was formal night and a small, early birthday celebration for me

day 3: scooters in nassau, bahamas...need i say more....so so fun!!!!

day 4 was spent relaxing on coco kay island and winning 3rd place in the volleyball tornament :)

it was a great time to relax, eat, take naps, eat, get a little sun, and eat!

the joys of friendship

no explanation needed. just a great day with great friends.

halloween: take 2

sunday night, we gathered at my mom's house for dinner and trick or treating
aunt amy (as a tridelt), max (the pirate), and g (the pumpkin)

have you seen these on cars?!!? no way did my kid just walk up to it and say hi!

the whole gang hits the road

Happy Halloween!

halloween: take 1

over the weekend, we hit 4, that's right 4, fall festivals.

friday night: lake dallas trunkortreat and the boys school carnival

saturday: dbc's fall fest and venture community's fall fest

we had fun at all of them but chasing max (and his nearly 2 yr old attitude) around was a little tiring for me!

these are the pics from saturday morning

the 1st of many random meltdowns during the day

(but as soon as the train starting moving, he loved it!)

the cowboy and his horse

date 10 of 12

our #10 date had a very different look then a typical vanderveer date.

part 1 of our date was a random afternoon movie (the social network-very interesting to me)
part 2 was max's fall party at MDO

the costume parade...our little guy was not a fan of seeing mom and dad and not being able to go say 'hi!

part 3 was a small shopping spree. while max was at school we hit the stores and then after school, we hit the mall playground (and some more stores) as a family.