Dear Max,

Why are you growing up so fast?

I remember holding you in the hospital minutes after your birth & you were just so tiny.

Now you're well over a year old & too smart for me.

I love the way you just know when something is a button.

I swear I could put you in front of a wall of identical circles & you'd know which one was a button.

I love how you find car keys & go to the front door when you want to leave.

I love how you saw me open the Bocce ball set once 

& you were able to unlock all 4 hinges perfectly every time afterwards.

I love how you reach up to hold my hand when you walk down steps.

I love how much you love my dogs & are constantly pointing & saying "Dah".

Hank seems to be particularly fond of you,

Ollie is mostly just scared of you so she just submits to you the entire time

& Comet just runs away when you get within 10 feet.

I guess I would too if you picked me up by my neck.

Most of all I love how much you seem to love us

& show it by not caring when your parents leave. Haha!

& I definitely hope that never changes

You are going to be such a weird & awesome human being.

I can't wait to see it unfold in front of me.

Love,

Your Aunt Jana