max, version 4.0

max, are you really, seriously a 4 year old?

i can't handle it. FOUR?! i have been lucky enough to be your mother for four whole years, and you know, they have been amazing. you never cease to surprise and delight us. you make us laugh, you drive us CRAZY, you melt my heart a million times over.

here are a few little things about my four year old max.

- YOU. ARE. HILARIOUS. it seriously kills me, the things you come up with!! i am constantly calling nana to tell her the funny things you say, then posting them as my facebook status so i don't forget.

- YOU LOVE, LOVE, LOVE TO PRETEND. you talk to yourself in the back of the car, play pretend with your toys, make things up with your friends, assign lucy and i roles in your games... i love that you're so imaginative!

- YOU LOVE YOUR FRIENDS.  you always want to play with bennett and heather particularly and we are so glad they're our neighbors! bennet is your best pal and you play so well together (and maybe gang up on asher sometimes). you are also totally in love with your cousins, anything cody and tyty do, you have to do too. tonight, aunt les told me cody made you laugh so hard, you almost peed your pants!

- YOU ARE A GREAT BIG BROTHER. you love your baby sister! sometimes you are a little rough with her or act mean to her to get my attention, but most of the time, you're so sweet. when we talked about valentines day, i told you that your valentine was the person you loved the very best. then you told me lucy was your valentine! you also say lucy is your girlfriend. when you leave the house or go to bed at night, you HAVE to give lucy a hug and kiss. and you always say "i wuv you baby thithter." or "i wuv you too woothy."

-YOU ARE MISTER SASSY PANTS. are you EVER sassy! you have quite the little stubborn streak and have no problem letting it show. we are working on remembering to be ahem, respectful, all the time. example, i told you you had to be good, or santa would bring rocks (coal) instead of presents to our house. you told me that you would throw those rocks at santa if he did! you can be so naughty, and we have to try HARD not to think it's funny, even though sometimes it REALLY IS! we like to call you our little dennis the menace.

- YOU ARE ALSO AS SWEET AS CAN BE. you are also such a little love bug, always giving hugs and kisses and snuggling mommy and daddy. you do nice things for your friends and tell us you love us. like i said, you totally melt me.

- YOU'RE OUR WILD THING. you are 100% boy, running, jumping, yelling, dirty, driving cars on walls, riding bikes, snakes, snails, puppy dog tails and all of it. you are always making sound effects or yelling "HI-YAH!" (when you're getting tough) "OHHHHH YEAAA!" (when you think you're too cool for school)  and "DAT'S AWETHOME!" (for pretty much anything).

- YOU'RE SO BIG, AND SO HANDSOME. i guess i'm a little partial, but i really think you're the most beautiful little man i've ever laid eyes on. i just adore those round little cheeks, white blond hair and your big pretty eyes, that have recently become rather GREEN! though you still insist they're blue, because it's your favorite color. really, they're a little in between. ;)

YOU'RE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME.
you made me a mother,
and taught me so many things...
love, patience, forgiveness, laughter.
i just can't squeeze you enough!
please, stay my little boy, even though you're getting so very big?

I LOVE YOU, BUDDY BOY.