Summertime

Today is the first day of summer. So far so good. Things at work have been the busiest they have ever been but I am so thankful and blessed to have such a flexible job doing something so worthwhile.

Max had his 4 yr check up and his immunizations. He is 46 inches tall and 45 lbs. 99.9 percentile in both areas. His eye sight in one eye is 20/30 and the other is 20/20 and his hearing is great. The shots were SO sad. He got 5!!! It was awful. He cried but was brave. Poor guy. Max is definitely my child and a total McLemore. He talks NON-STOP!! It makes me hate myself a little. ;). I guess I'm just getting a taste what I give to everyone with in earshot of me!! Ha!!

Maggie is chugging right along. She is ABSOLUTELY rotten. She is a very busy little girl and super head-strong. She is so defiant at times I really just don't know what to do. But we'll figure it out. She is still wearing 18/24 month clothing. She still doesn't talk a lot but she is getting better. We are working really hard on making her use words rather than allowing her to just scream at us. ;). She still has a great appetite. This weekend she wanted to eat off pops plate. He told her no. So she got a chair, pushed it right beside him, climbed in it, and basically begged for food. It was hilarious. Luckily, Sugah saved the day with maggie's own lunch. She has really gotten to be more loving. She gives kisses and hugs and it's PRECIOUS!! Melts our hearts. Maggie was eaten up by mosquitoes this weekend. She was SO swollen. It was so sad. And she just scratched scratched scratched. Maggie is pretty jealous too. She didn't like when I held Banks and even climbed in his little bed. She keeps us on our toes!!

Max is definitely started to exert a lot of independence. It's can be hard at times and I'm unsure how to handle it at times - so we are working on figuring it out. It's so hard to know the right way to handle every situation when your 4-year old absolutely won't do what you say/want. For example, He had a splinter when we went to the lake with Kelly's entire family. He WOULD not let me get out bc he was scared and it hurt. I was so worried it would get infected if it stayed in and then he got in the dirty lake water. And he was complaining/crying that it hurt. So i felt like it really needed to come out. I tried MULTIPLE ways to get him to let me help - nice and not so nice. Nothing worked and at one time he kicked me over -not cool. Needless to say I have had some less than stellar parenting moments but I guess that's to be expected. He is still such a sweet little boy. Kelly asked him why he climbs in bed with mommy and he said so mommy can love on me bc mommy loves lovin' on me. It was so sweet. He is doing great writing but it's hard for Kelly and I to really help him hold the pen/crayon bc we are both left handed and max writes right handed. Poor kid. He still LOVES super heroes. He loves action figures and will play for long periods of time by himself. Sugah said Kelly was like that as a child. I think we are going to sign him up for soccer this year and t-ball next year. I've also been thinking about enrolling him in first tee, which is a golf program. He loves wrestling with Kelly and I've thought about karate classes or something. But we will see what he's interested in and decide what to enroll him in.

We went to the lake with Kelly's entire family. It was so much fun and great to see everyone. We also spent some time with Kelly's parents when Kelly was out of town. They are such a blessing. Max and Maggie got in lots of good time with sugah, pop, Memaw and papaw.

We will go to florida in July and can't wait to get our hands on baby Finn. He's soooo precious!!

Enjoy some pictures. Have a great week. Love and hugs!!