boring

i know i haven't been blogging too much lately but that's frankly cause i don't have much to blog about:) that and we haven't been taking too many pictures...probably because by the time i waddle to get the camera the moment is over:)
we've just been trying to beat the heat but we've had some of our hottest days recently...i mean 110, really, is that necessary. we still try and get out most mornings but yesterday we were leaving the house at 9am and it was already close to 90. mama doesn't last too long in that heat:( its supposed to start cooling off on thursday (highs only in the 90's) and gasp, there is some rain in the forecast...please let it rain!!!!
max is really saying a lot of words...keys, cheese, juice (he calls his milk juice), help, up, ouch, itch, hot, down, no, truck...and then a whole lot of nonsense that i have to struggle to figure out what he means:) he mimics everything, loves papa's new computer, is becoming quite proficient with his apps on the ipad, he took his first shower, he gets that baby J is in mama's tummy:) we are taking a sibling class tomorrow evening at the hospital so that should be interesting!

he loves using the keys to "get into the mailboxes"!
mama tried her hand at a 3 layer 8in round cake over the weekend and had purchased some piping bags and got to try those as well. it was a lemon drop cake and my, oh, my was is delish:) here is how it looked...not bad for my first try!

that's all i got and the beast is awake!

a little of this, a little of that

not too much going on here in ATX except the unrelenting heat and who wants to hear about that...its miserable, by the way!
we're surviving, i'm sure max would say that some days mama is hanging on by a thread if he could:) max got a potty chair last week, no, we are not starting potty training yet grandmas (i know you both are thinking it!) but we thought it would be a good idea to get a chair and start to let him get use to it. he climbed onto the actual toilet and that is what prompted the purchase...that and the fact we needed another stool for handwashing and this potty chair doubles as a stool! max will occasionally sit on it but is mostly obsessed with putting toilet paper in the real toilet and flushing...loves it! he definitely knows when he goes and has "uck" in his pants but we don't get any forewarning yet!
on the real potty

on his chair


let's see, what else...he really likes the hair dryer and sometimes even actually uses it.

last time we were at target he insisted on riding in the back of the cart instead of the seat upfront:)

he continues to love his jumperoo!! he actually put himself in there yesterday!

he got an abacus.

he's just really picking up on so much stuff...he put emlo in the shower, when he got him out, he toweled him off:)

he wanted us to help him put a diaper on one of his stuffed animals. he's started to help get himself dressed...getting his pants over the hump of his diaper is a big challenge...hee-hee! he tried feeding my belly button a grape and a goldfish...he didn't want baby J to go without a snack!
he's shut himself in the cabinets a couple of times:)

mama and baby J are doing great...he's been moving like crazy the last few days...alien in my tummy type movements:) that's all we got folks! stay cool.

records

as in record setting heat (or cuteness, see above), people! aghhh, this summer has been brutal here in TX. we are desperate for rain and the heat isn't letting up. this weekend we are set to break the record of most consecutive days in triple digits (21) and i think this year so far we've had 52 days in the 100's. all last week we were 105, 106, 107:( its starting to put a strain on the ole power grid and here's hoping we can avoid some rolling black outs.
we try to go out for a bit in the morning but its still pretty hot in the sun and in the afternoons, we try to stick to indoor activities, like going to target, the grocery, or a play date. max is really starting to pick up new words...funny enough one of them is hot:) he is also fond of yuck and dirt...can you tell what he hears a lot! we got him a stool for the downstairs bathroom and he loves to get in there and wash his hands...its so much better than having to hold him up:) he's getting super independent on the stairs...went up a couple of steps without holding on last night and the last couple days he wants no help coming down. he's actually doing pretty good with it and he makes funny little grunt every time he completes a step.
last weekend we went to costco and we happened to get some new chip clips, papa and max thought it would be fun to load up. here's a pic of him all loaded up

and here's what happened when he decided he wanted them off:)

here is me at 30 weeks with baby J

and here is me 30 weeks with max

max starts MDO in about a month. we have his backpack and a lunch box. we got his supply list all taken care of:) i'm starting to get nervous about the whole thing:) i'm sure that first day will be harder on me than it is on him!
i was gone for a bit a couple of saturdays in a row and papa and max love to use the camera:)
here's max and our favorite gamer host day 9

yummmm, delicious coffee

one of max's and papa's favorite pastimes...watching starcraft:)

classic!

i can't remember if i've said it yet but all 4 of max's canines are pretty much in...i think there is one on the bottom that still has to push through. i'm sure i'm forgetting so much other stuff. oh, i had my glucose test and didn't hear anything back so i'm assuming no news is good news! i also start going to the dr every 2 weeks. its starting to get close!!! we are having friends over to BBQ this afternoon so hopefully i get some good pics of the kids!