One of my favorite mess makers...

Can I just say that I am loving the stage Max is in?

It has been 6 years since we have had a one year old to tear up our house.  

It is so fun to see what Max will tear apart and to watch his curiosity.  

Since pictures are way more fun than words, I will simply just show you the fun he has been up too!

Here is the first mess I will show you, but first you need to hear about the whole morning leading up to this mess.   

I am usually trying to get everybody ready by myself, because of Kendall's new calling.  So Max was in the bathroom while I showered so I could keep an eye on him.   Usually he does pretty good and will just play with the toys I bring in, but this morning he was not interested in the toys.  No, he wanted to play in the toilet.  So here I am with shampoo in my hair and hands, telling Max "no no" in my most threatening voice.   He just looks at me and grins as he proceeds to put Madeline's shirt in the toilet.  It is like he knows when I am helpless to stop him.  

Then he proceeds to dump the cotton balls all over the floor, turn the tub on full blast, so my shower is losing all of it's water pressure and I am still sudsy.
 We finish the shower and move on to the rest of our day.  I proceed to get dressed and while I am doing that he goes into the other bathroom and plays with the toilet paper.

I followed the toilet paper down the hall and into the living room where he sat wrapped up in it like a mummy.  I couldn't get him to hold still for a picture.  He tore off the paper and ran away. 

Next escapade....

I opened up my whites to find my black leather shoe sitting right there on top.  

Max must have put it in the laundry basket and nobody noticed it.

And yes, you guessed it...

he decorated this room ALL BY HIMSELF!

Also he knows how to put on sunglasses.  

But we love him!  

He loves to throw things in his diaper pail.  

I have found new diapers wadded up, and a few toys, just to name a few.

Don't you just love those lips.

He knows how to talk on the phone.

And did you know he is 13 months old!?!