Back to Work/Day Care

It's been a month since our last post. Since then, Kelsey has gone back to work and Max has started day care. 

Max is going to a day care in McFarland, which is a nice rural community just outside of Madison. Most days Gus drops him off and Kelsey picks him up. It has been tough for us, but Max has been a champ with it all. He hasn't fussed once on a drop off, and he's usually asleep or all smiles on pickup. It's hard when we think about how many hours a week he spends away from home and family, but we feel very comfortable with the ladies at the day care. They text pictures to us throughout the day, and always have sweet comments about Max. They say that he loves watching the older kids play. Since Max started going, we've noticed he's been a lot more vocal at home. 

With both of us back to work now, it makes us look so forward to the weekend when we can relax and enjoy our sweet boy. Last Saturday we had a nice break in the heat and headed downtown to the Edgewater Hotel for drinks and live music at sunset. It was a beautiful night, and it was fun to watch Max take in the lively atmosphere. 

Max, we can almost see you growing by the second. You develop more personality everyday. You are the happiest baby. It's never hard to coax a smile on your face, which is great because it's the sweetest sight to see.  You've branched out from mainly staring at the ceiling fan and have found some other interest. You love being read to and your Mom loves to read you books. Your starting to grab and use your hands more. You're starting to notice and smile at your furry brother Oscar, and he seems to be warming up to you as well. You guys are going to have a blast as you grow up together.

And now pictures, pictures, and more pictures. 

Max loves his Max chair

Heaven on Earth.

Gus's cousin, Austin (holding Max), is in a great rock band out of Nashville called the Future Theives. They recently had a tour stop where they played in Madison. The guys crashed at our house and Julianne babysat Max so we could go to the concert and watch the guys rock out. When they hit it big, it'll be cool for Max to show his buddies this picture of him partying with a world famous rock band. 

First picture sent to us from the day care ladies. We breathed a sigh of relief when we got this. Seeing that smile was a very comforting sight on a difficult day.

Max yucking it up with his classmate.

Max was awestruck in the fan section of Menards. He's a fan fan.