This is the first of our “What Max Said” posts. Over the years he has come up with very quick witted, zingers that leave us laughing and wondering where he comes up with this stuff!
Let me set the stage for you, it was the first night of my visit home last summer. Max is always very sweet and clingy to whoever is the most recent sibling to return to the nest. He loves to hand out privileges (well what he thinks are great privileges) to his adoring fans. “Mary you can sit by me at dinner”, “Ben you can walk me to the bus” That night I recieved the greatest of all the privileges that Max bestows…..”Leigh you can cuddle me tonight.”
I helped him get ready for bed, we read one of his favorite books, My Mother The Cat, and said our bedtime prayers. I had just finished tucking him in bed and was headed down the hall when I heard him calling my name….
“Leigh….Leigh!”
“What Max?”
“Are you pregnant?”
“WHAT?! No! I’m not married Max, I can’t have a baby!”
Now I have to admit that I may have eaten one too many cupcakes since my move to New York, but can you really blame me when there is a cute bakery on every corner? “Do you think I look fat Max, is that why you think I’m pregnant?”
He giggled and exclaimed “No!”
“Then why would you ask me that?”
“Cause I want a baby!” He crooned in his sleepy little voice.
I explained that in order for me to have a baby I would first need a husband. Then Max in his wisdom said “ok, I’ll pray for one for you!”
When I repeated out conversation to my Mom she couldn’t stop laughing! She explained that one of our neighbors had recently had a baby and they had been at the bus stop when Max came home from school a few days earlier. Max was ooing and ahhing over the brand new baby and couldn’t believe how tiny his toes were! This just added fuel to his baby fever! He has always been a huge fan of babies, if he sees one on T.V. he always exclaims “Oh baby is so cute! I want one!” and when we are out and public he rushes up to every stroller we see and proclaims his love to the occupant.
Much to Max’s dismay it doesn’t look like he will ever have a baby brother named Michael Westen (yes, he is a fan of Burn Notice) Mom told him that his best bet for a baby at this point is his sisters…which resulted in our hilarious bedtime conversation!
Loving Max 