5 month update

Hello All,

I am going to do my best updating you on the things that have been going on in the Ditta household the last few weeks. Both my boys are taking a rainy day nap, and I thought this was an opportune time to catch everyone up. I will do my best not to leave anything out.

For starters, I do need to say how proud I am of both Maxton and Michael. I had to go out of town for 2 days and 1 night. I thought this wouldn't be so bad...and it wasn't for my boys, but it was for me. I prayed that everything go well, smooth and easy. That's just what happened. Mike had to do everything from getting Maxton out of bed, feeding, changing and dropping off at school to picking up from school, feeding, changing and putting to bed. Everything went very well...except I forgot to pray for me...that I would be able to handle being away from my boys, and realizing they can do everything. I missed them so much. What am I going to do when I need to be gone for 4 days in October?

Just this week I have noticed Maxton is able to sit up on his own. Not for long periods of time, but for a minute or so. However, I do believe he is lazy. If he knows you are there to catch him if he falls back, he will forcefully push himself back to lay down. I will sit him back up and again he will push himself back down. If there is something interesting to reach for he will keep sitting until he tilts forward or to the side. This is a fun little game we play.

He is also reaching for things more often now. He knows that if he is holding something in one hand his other hand can reach for and hold it also. He loves to hold his feet. He now tries to chew on them. He laughs when you smell his feet and say they are stinky though. And while I am on the subject of feet, the poor boy has sweaty hands and feet just like me. I feel so sorry for him.

Laughing...I love it when he gets laughing. We will all be lying on the bed with Michael or myself doing something funny and we all start laughing. The more Maxton laughs the more we laugh which makes him laugh more.

I have been worried that with Maxton in daycare I would miss some of his first. This week made me feel better though. Maxton has been "talking" and laughing for a few weeks at home, but he just started doing it at school. His teachers were so excited to get him laughing because they say he is always so serious. He is just taking everything in all the time. He intently watches everyone and everything. We figure someone in our family needs to be serious:).

Well, I can't think of anything else I haven't already updated everyone on. I hope you are all doing well. We miss and love you all.

Mike, Erin and Maxton