TWO NEW GAMES

Here I am playing two of my new favorite games with our wonderful friend Momma Beyerlin! We adore each other...can you tell? :)

PEEK A BOO!


















And "waving hello" is something else I am learning. Mommy is very excited about this one!

I haven't got the hang of it quite yet...as I wave hello at random times. But we think I will have this mastered in no time! So fun to communicate with others!

PLAYING "DOCTOR" (OR NURSE!)

Max absolutely loves to play with stethoscopes...makes for a great chew toy!

INTRODUCING MASTER OF THE "DOWNWARD DOG"

Yep, this is Mighty Max's new favorite position....how funny is he? (For those of you not familiar with yoga, this position is "downward dog." But he didn't need to take any classes, he learned it all on his own!)

He absolutely loves being on his hand and feet! He must do this at least 30 times a day! He even had a little rug burn on his forehead the other day! Yikes!

He is one funny and strong dude! GO MAX GO!

MY SPECIAL FRIEND

Miss Stephanie is one of my very favorite people! We have so much fun together! She comes over sometimes to play with me, so Mommy can get some things done in the house. But Mommy has a hard time staying away, because she just loves watching how much we enjoy each other. :)

Mommy teaches her our different games and therapy goals so that our play is not only fun, but productive too...which makes Mommy really happy. Thank you Stephanie for always being so great with me. I love you very much!


I am learning how to push on this toy to make the objects go round and round. Finally this week I did it! YAY!

MAJOR "TRANSITION" ACCOMPLISHMENT

After I learned to sit independently, it was quickly on to my next goal...the transition from laying down to sitting and vice versa. This takes a lot of work! MEGA coordination and strength required!

My physical therapist was great at teaching mommy different ways to get this to happen. At first I really objected and was definitely not happy about all of this additional work. But my PT is wonderful at always pushing me to do more, more, more!

So for the past month or two, Mom and I have been really working at this. A few weeks ago I started to do it every once in a while (very exciting!), but there was no consistency.

But as of a few days ago, I do this A LOT! I cannot tell you how amazing and wonderful it is to be able to get in and out of the sitting position! This new achievement gives me such freedom!!! Mommy and I just love it! WOW! WOW! WOW!

And I always get lots and lots of praise for it. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in the excitement that when I do my happy dance, I fall back down! :) But the super cool part now is that I can get myself back up again! :) YAY FOR ME!

Mommy has tried to capture this on film, but the camera distracts me everytime (as evidenced below). I was just about to sit but as soon as I saw the camera, I immediately lost interest in that and scooted over to Mommy instead!

There are more Mighty Max milestones on the way...stay tuned! :)