Max Goes to 11

Max has been testing the high-end of his volume control the last week. Well, maybe 'control' is being generous...He has discovered that he can 'turn it up a notch' (or 10) whenever he wants. Yay. He will do this when he is upset, frustrated, trying to exert his will, bored, or perfectly happy & just feeling like being LOUD.

I can't remember exactly when he started doing this, though it was definitely within the last two weeks. But I do remember with distinct clarity when I realized what he was doing...and that's because it was in church last Sunday. Now, we haven't been to church regularly since Max was born. There are a number of reason I could site for this, but it mainly boils down to laziness. But we decided to go last Sunday. Our church now has a nursery, and I got to sit through most of a service & actually listen to what was being said. At Communion time, I went to go pick Max up from the nursery, so I was holding him as our community Pastor, Sam (who happens to be a Dad himself), got up to make a few announcements and pray to close out the service. It was right about then that Max decided he was bored. So, he yelled. He must have thought it sounded cool, because he decided to do it three more times just during the announcements. We had to retreat back into the nursery during prayer. So, I almost made it through an entire service...

He's also decided that the car is a great place to yell, too. Another unfortunate location, if only for my ears' sake. I guess, since I am the mother of a boy, I am going to have to get used to all this noise. And since Max is Clint 'the Loudest Man on the Planet' Jurek's son, I'm bound to be doomed to two loud males in my house from now on. Sigh.