Brother, Can You Help Me?

Maxwellhas been pulling up on things, but really likes to walk on his knees.  Dexter saw that and started backing up to Maxwell saying, "crawl on me Maxwell!"  He then slowly (most of the time!) crawled across the room letting Maxwell hold onto him so he could "walk". 

 

Maxwell is quite pleased with himself!

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I Love My Brother

We went out to get a celebratory ice cream cone at our local Baskin Robbins.  The boys were playing and Dexter wanted to kiss his little brother.  And this is what I caught on camera.  Priceless.  I will keep this and use it as blackmail treasure it forever!

Maxwell is super grabby these days when it comes to food.  Once he sees what you are eating, he lunges for you and you better look out!

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Personality!

6 months and the personality starts to show! Maxwell is such a happy guy who loves to just be around his family, especially Dexter. He shrieks with delight whenever he sees Dexter after being away, say after nap. I usually pick up Maxwell first and then go into Dexter's room if he is awake. Maxwell may smile at me, but he shrieks and grins for Dexter. And Dexter responds with so much love. He will ask, "where's Maxwell?", "Is Maxwell coming?","I want to sit by Maxwell". It makes this mommy's heart so happy to see her son's friendship growing!

Maxwell always wants to see what is going on too.  He arches his back if he can't see and will just grin, upside down, at whoever or whatever is behind him.  He is also quite the wiggle worm on the changing table.  Not sure if Dexter;s girth kept him more immobile, or if we just have an extra active little guy on our hands.

It's a good thing Maxwell is so vibrant too.  He has to hang with quite the firecracker...

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One of Those Sweet Moments

The last few weeks haven't been the easiest.  But today I said "no" to errands, meeting up with friends, or anything that would take me out of the house or would keep me too busy to really play with the kids.  We've read a million books, built train tracks, made pretend cakes, and done a million other little things this morning. 

The highlight was watching the two boys play this morning.  It started with Dexter blowing raspberries to Maxwell.  Maxwell would laugh so hard each time Dexter blew his spit bubbles and that just encouraged Dexter to keep it up.  Here is what I caught on camera (how lucky was I that it was right next to us?  This never happens!) 

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