Spike

Time for a Spikey update.  I find it almost unbelievable how he can look so much like Max but be a completely different person.  This kid is not going to settle for being a Max clone.  He has much stronger opinions about what he wants and doesn't want then Max ever showed.  Yet like all my kids he is slow to speech and expresses his feelings with annoying squawks and grunts.  I feel I deserve an early speaker with the next kid.  He likes popcorn and cereal.  This kid cannot get enough popcorn.  They have installed a popcorn machine at the entrance to the associate store and I feel like it is now a 50 cent tax on my visits there.  Spike likes to take baths and loves playing outside.  He likes to dance and is adorable when he bounces his head to the music in the car.  We "pop some tags," in this house.  He has started giving hugs and it is the most enjoyable experience.  He hugs me, Jeff, Max but not Mae.  He doesn't like Mae and the feeling is mutual.  They avoid each other for the most part, but on occasion butt heads.  They remind me of co-workers; they do their own thing while realizing that they are stuck in the same office with the same boss.  So I guess it is good practice for their futures.  I adore putting Spike in old Max outfits.  It will just kill me if the next kid is not a girl cause there are just too many Mae outfits I need to see again.  (Disclaimer I am not currently pregnant, and no intention on being so this year.)  Spikey had a blast at Silver Dollar City this weekend.  He liked the carousel and the jumping water fountain.  He hated waiting in line and he hated it when his sibling could go on rides without him. We rode the frogs and butterflies together.  I love watching this guy barrel tummy first with all his speed toward his various destinations.  He loves attacking Jeff when he arrives home from work.  Spike says Mama, Dada and Yeah.  Love this little guy.

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