Look at this big boy! He's getting tall!

Still a little goofball that loves to laugh!

Here's Max in one of the outfits that Aunt Laura sent him!

Oh no! Not that flashing camera again, Mom!

Here's a rare photo of Max looking serious! His eyes are still blue but I think they may be getting darker and darker. He has added a new trick to his repertoire...he now rolls from his tummy to his back. He generally still hates being on his tummy. When I go to set him down on his belly, he starts to roll over before I even get him all of the way down. I don't know how he's going to learn to crawl without being on his belly! Maybe he'll skip crawling and go straight to walking!

Happy New Year!

We took the boys to the Cleveland Zoo yesterday for a little celebration that they have for kids called "Happy Noon Year." The animal exhibits are open and at 12 pm they have a countdown and a ball drops and it's a nice little early version of the new year's celebration that the kids will probably sleep through at midnight.

We saw tigers, bears, lions, sea lions, giraffes, etc. Max's favorite was the camel because it was standing right up next to the fence and we could get really close to him. Jake liked watching the sea lions swim. Although crowded, it was a good time and a beautiful day weather-wise. As of today, most of our snow is melted and now everything is very muddy.

Last night, Max stayed at Grandma's house and we went to a friend's house for a party. There was a friendly ten dollar buy-in poker game. I am proud to say that I took down the 80 dollar prize pool. Jon was proud of me.

Max is asleep in his room so I am going to try to get some work done on the computer. I have lots of data to analyze!