Since turning 1 our little jet setter has lived in Montreal, Quebec, Toronto and Vancouver with trips to Minnesota in between.
Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City. Such a gorgeous city!
Peaches are much better eaten naked!
Max and some of his Minnesota buddies, Reese & Gus.
View from our top floor apartment in Toronto, the CN Tower in the heart of downtown.
Cutest little bum!
I work oooout! Think you're seeing a naked trend forming. . .
Go Gophers!
Max and his buddy, Raphy.
We rented a cabin an hour North of Toronto on Musselman Lake with some friends. (Scott, Max, me, Lindsey, Mark, Liz & Edwin).
Scott caught some nice pike while at the cabin and managed to out fish everyone despite our best efforts.
Max and I cheering on the Argonauts at Rogers Centre! The Canadian professional football team for Toronto. They won the 2012 100th year Grey Cup (their version of Super Bowl).
Proud parenting moment: lady at daycare informed me that Max spent his entire time sharing toys and consoling upset babies. Love our little sensitive guy!
Mama's sou-chef makes the best cotton ball appetizers!
We had a wonderful trip to Oakley, MI to visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Freeland. Thanks again Jeanne & Jim for having us!
We also had an incredible time in Kalamazoo, MI visiting Great Grandma Brown (Grandma Freeland's family). (Great Grandma Brown, Scott, Max, Uncle Bob and cousin Tom)
Being the mean Mama I am, I had Max travel in this monkey suit on Halloween day. However, after getting LOADS of attention on our flights from Toronto to California he was a-okay with the costume.
We picked up Grandma Eck (a.k.a mama's free au pair or Gege to Max) on our way to California.
I was honored to be apart of Andrea & Chris Haight's wedding in Monterey, CA. It was incredible! (Tiia, me, Andrea (most gorgeous bride ever), Naomi, Elyse, Rebecca)
After the fun wedding festivities, we headed North to Walnut Creek to visit our Gorman family (Grandma Eck's side of the family). (Max, me, Gege, Teri, Jenny, Ryan and Anya (Ryan's beautiful expecting wife)
We, of course, had to visit Napa Valley while in the area. Max and me at Duckhorn winery.
Rosbauer winery. Max was a hit everywhere we went!
The newest member of our family, SpongeBob SquarePants. Max viewing while in Stella's doggie bed became a morning ritual at GeGe's house. What Grandma's let their grandsons get away with!
Max has already taken Dada's wallet so now it's onto Grandpa Eck's!
Mama's "helper" . . . or more like raccoon. Max managed to scatter the trash all around during the 2 seconds my back was turned. This is his "I didn't do it" look.
Here's a little bit of that "independence" I was referring too. Promise the pool went over much better than the swim suit.
Slide fun with Liz
Max loves hanging out with his older buddies at Cirque!
Our little angel's 1 year photo. We love him to the moon and back!
We're off to Minnesota soon for the Holidays and then Seattle in January. We hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday season! Love and miss you all.
