Max can say "Buddy!"

Over the past few days Max has become very good at saying "Buddy."  Now it's his favorite word!

Here he is visiting Buddy last night!  (The first thing you see him do is hit himself in the head with a little piece of cardboard and say, "Ow!")

He tries to say "Grandma" too, but it always just comes out sounding the same as "Mama."  So ... there are three people that Max refers to as "Mama:"  me, mom ...

... and Dan!  (Although an occasional "Daddy" has passed his lips, Max seems to be calling Dan "Mama" nowadays.)

He can't say "Gabe," but he is quick to point when you ask him where his brother is!

Gabe and Mom had a hectic morning getting to his little class today.  I knew something was amiss when I discovered his lunch box still in the fridge ...

They had forgotten his lunch and had to stop to buy him something.  As it turned out, he also spilled juice all over his pants on the way to school, and they had to stop at Target and buy him a new pair!  Then the pants turned out to be too big for him, so they had to buy a belt ...

Sounds like they had quite a time!  Apparently some of his important drawings got food on them and got messed up.  Then this afternoon Gabe's video game locked up on him, and he was upset that he didn't get to open a package that had his name on it.  I guess it was Gabe's no-good, very bad day.  He seems to have a bit of a cold too.  Last night in bed he was sniffling so much that I dreamed he was blowing up a raft.  Poor Gabe!

Max is at the stage where he appreciates airplanes.  He says, "Wow!" every time one goes by.

Here's a great picture Gabe drew of Broly, one of the Dragon Ball heroes.

More of Max saying "Buddy" and "Mama!"