Oh my!

Wow, my hat is off to all of you people out there who are bloggers and have children. I set this blog up to keep in touch with family and friends who are far away, but it doesn't help when I only update it every 3-4 months! When I get home from work, it is: cook dinner, eat my dinner and feed Max, do dishes or laundry or both, give Max a bath, play with Max, put Max to bed. By then, I am too tired to do anything on the computer except quickly check Facebook and email. And I only have one child! I know moms out there who have 3, 4, and 5 children who blog constantly. Please tell me, how do you do it? The one thing I cannot do is sit on the computer while Maxon plays - he either comes up to the computer and rips the keys off the keyboard, or I feel so guilty that my face is buried in the computer rather than me spending quality time with my son. Even if I update the blog once per month, that would be an improvment. I promise, I will work on this! :) Anyway, Maxon is very busy now. Not only is he walking and running around, but he is dancing, climbing, and jumping as well. I am finding this to be a difficult stage to keep him safe. He is very quick and has had a few falls already. But, how fun this stage is as well! He tries to talk and say some words, and is getting quite the personality. He wants to be as independent as possible and is definetly learning how to communicate his wants and needs. My cousin, Laurel, gave us a book for one of my baby showers titled, Baby's First Word Book, I think. Each page is a different set of pictures in seperate categories (i.e. "around the house", "toys", "food", "in the garage", "on the beach", etc). Max will go get that book, bring it to me, and point to what he wants. He will point to the soccer ball and then go find it. He will point to the strawberries and then go over to the refridgerator. The other day, Nick did not give Max his breakfast right away and Max got the book, pointed to the yogurt, and cried. How fun that he can advocate for himself now! I know at some point I will wish he didn't advocate for himself so much, but for now I like his resourcefulness.