Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day included a sick little Maxwell so a trip to the doctor's office to find out his immune system was working double time on the cold he has causing him to get a vesicular rash. We baked cookies & a Valentine's Day cake for Daddy (A Tropical Strawberry Pudding Cake). For dinner we made heart shaped turkey meatballs with marinara sauce, angel hair pasta, & garlic ciabatta bread. Mason loved the meatballs! Mason now says, "cat", "kiki" (for car), mama, & dada. He has designated special sounds for other words, but we haven't been able to decipher them yet. Mason is officially walking everywhere! He is beginning to become a bit deviant & likes to test Mommy & Daddy. He is also becoming tougher so he and Max wrestle around often. He loves to visit Max while Max is in time-out. Max's behavior is improving; he is the most successful when he is the center of attention and gets a tremendous amount of positive reinforcement. My favorite Max-isms this week, "Yummm... needs salt!" (what he says when he really likes something he's eating), "I like this white cone ice cream.", "I need to play with my itch-a-skitch." , "Can I have some lick-o-liss?" , & "Mom, you look so cute!"