I asked Max who his favorite teacher is and he said, MOMMY!

I sat down this morning next to my son and he said, I LOVE YOU!!

My daughter loves to shake her head back and forth as if she is dancing when she is crawling somewhere with determination. It is so cute.

Sam loves to splash so hard in the bath that she actually is drinking bath water.

Sam loves the kiss the dog with an open mouth and is so gentle when she pets her. She also pats her baby’s butt with her hand at she holds her close to her chest..then she kisses her forehead. Makes me feel warm inside my heart because I know she is treating her baby like her momma treats her.

Max can say his own name but he calls himself, MAC! Cute name actually.

Samantha is so strong willed that she actually throws a mini baby tantrum if she does not get her way. Geez-having a strong little girl is already teaching me the lesson of discipline at am early age. BUT I love that she is so strong.

We had a break from winter and actually got on the swings during the weekend. Aw, the sun made us all so happy.

Life is good. My kids are awesome!!

Imagine this scene: the baby, Max and myself are all in the garage where I was working out. Sam was playing and Max was running around doing odd jobs like collecting rocks from outside and putting them in the raft. As I got up from doing some push ups, Max picked up a box and said..

“Ope” (which is open)

Then I said, “Open what”

Then he said, “This”

Then I said, “No, not now”

Then he said, “Cock”

Then I said, “what did you say?”

Then he said, “daddy cock”

Then I said, “what is cock?”

The he said, “Daddy cock”

The I said, “show me”

The he moved his hand back and forth along the box and said COCK again and I said…of you mean CUT!! CU-TTTTTTTTTTT!

Funny because Max had been saying COCK for a week now and had no clue what he was saying. I guess his speech intervention is working. I love that kid!

I have this strange thing that happens to me during pregnancy, which is that I am grossed out by the thought of germs. It is not bad to the point that I have a tough time or anything like that but it keeps me thinking. I knew I was pregnant when I started to just throw things out, which I almost never do. It ranges from old clothes to food in the fridge. I just feel like it has no room in my life anymore and must go. Now the germ thing is strange because I start to feel like bacteria is everywhere and things must be clean. Luckily, I have two ladies who clean my house weekly and do a major scrub but in the last few days I find myself scrubbing the floors and washing Max’s hands. On a side note, before I met my hubby I was never a “germaphobe”. I did not really think of germs and then came my hubby and his family, well especially his father and step-mom, who are obsessed with germs. Now after being with my hubby, I am that girl. I have always flushed toilet with my feet in a public bathroom but now I open doors with my sleeve. I do not think anyone notices but I actually find it very funny. I guess over time we really do become like our partners. The good part o=about this germ things is that it really motivates me. It actually gets my ass to really get cleaning in my kitchen. I am by no means a dirty person and I do not keep a dirty house but the germ thing has me vacuuming after dinner. LOL Through out  out Max’s whole life I have used only natural products that I buy at Whole Foods but now I want real bleach and Real Kitchen Cleaners with Bleach and Clorox and all of those products that are horrible but they make me feel like things are clean. But I am only using them with gloves. I don;t want to harm myself or the baby with too much bleach. Did you experience any funny things like this during pregnancy and if you are a guy-then did your wife?

Howard Stern 3/2008Originally uploaded by MaxsmomAfter a lot of thought I am convinced that my kid has attitude because he has listened to Howard Stern since he was a very little baby. Especially when I started back to work when Max was 2 months, Scott would watch him. I am sure that he took many long drives to New Jersey listening to Howard on the radio. I am sure this is the root of all our problems. Look at the happy face while he was wearing his Howard T shirt.

I am participating in the Ultimate Blog Party by 5 Minute Moms.So here is a little about me. I am 32 years old. I have been married for 2 years and have a 14 month old named Max, who is my pride and joy. I also have a dog child named Esther and she is a pug. We live near Philadelphia, actually we used to live in the city and then Max arrived and our house got small and so we moved to the burbs.I used to work in commercial real estate but now I am Reiki School, which a type of energy healing and I stay at home with Max.  We cannot wait to have another baby. I am looking forward to more sleepless nights and more diapers to change and making more milk. Seriously, I am. I write a lot about natural remedies, homeopathy and health in general. Plus I tend to write about my chaotic brain but who doesn’t have one when they are a mom??I did not have any party pics but let me say it is a party everyday with the toilet paper. So thanks for stopping by and Enjoy!