Dearest Max,

(Please excuse no pictures but I am having problems uploading.)

So much has happened this month. You are growing up so fast. You are 32 pounds and becoming harder to carry everyday. You are growing into a little boy and your chubby cheeks are lessening each day. 

You are such a helper and your favorite line is, I HELP! So you clean your dishes and put them in the sink, you load the dishwasher, help with your sister, and help your mom and dad constantly. You are so vocal now and love to say I do or I don’t want to. You also love to say All Done. You also tell your sister to STOP or Don’t if she is playing with one of your toys. You have so many words in your vocabulary now and you are enjoying using them. You work great with both your teacher and speech therapist and you are such a good worker at night when we do our puzzles, books and flash cards. You are really trying and I am so proud of you. I have learned to just keep you excited and so you keep working. You call me Bom because you cannot say your M’s easily but it is cute. 

This month we got back your allergy test results and oh boy. There are so many NO foods and luckily it did not freak me out. I just figured it was a blessing because it would give me insight into how to get you better. The big ones were eggs, chicken, turkey, almonds and cantaloupe. I am so happy we did the test and holding you down was totally worth it…not fun..but totally worth it in the end for this info. No wheat, no gluten, no soy, no chicken, no turkey, no safflower, sunflower, almonds and more. It took me forever to find a potato and tortilla chip that is not made with safflower and sunflower.

You rode a train the other day with me, Nana, ans Sam from Ardmore to Center City Philadelphia. You thought ti was amazing. We had been watching trains every Saturday for the past month and you finally got to ride one. It was exciting. Nana loved sharing this experience with you and so did I.

Tomorrow we leave for the beach for 10 weeks and I am so excited. I think you are really going to love living at the beach. I know it will be fun to be together everyday as a family for 10 whole weeks. I am sure you will blossom just like a flower.

Things you love this month: tickling your sister, watching bugs, playing in the dirt, playing in the rain, snuggling as always, singing songs, playing with cars and trucks, Curious George, your grandparents, burgers, being outside, going to the aquarium and zoo and watching or riding trains.

You are one of the sweetest boys I have ever met. You are really good, most of the time, sharing your toys and you always offer toys to a friend who is sad. You still want to snuggle and cuddle with me. You are an amazing big brother and such a funny kid. You have an awesome sense of humor as well. You officially peed on your sisters head this month while you were both in the bath. Of course she thought it was hysterical and so did you. I tried to explain that we cannot pee on people, especially our own family. 

I still think of our few few moments together and how you allowed me to see myself in so many ways. You opened a door to my heart that could only be opened by my own child. I have become the mom I want to be because of you. I will always be there for you. I will always be there. I am forever grateful for your relationship. I love you Max! Keep growing. Keep finding out who you are. It is wonderful to watch. 

Love, your momma

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