Max is 6 1/2 months old... how did that happen already? He's been getting up on his hands and knees and threatening to crawl for awhile but then settles back onto the ground to successfully scoot wherever he needs to go. Today he took a few crawling steps like there was nothing to it.. uh oh he may have figured it out! He also loves to pull himself up to the standing position whenever he can get his hands around something heavy enough to give him enough leverage. He is such a little man. I hope that we remember all of these little things! Sometimes I like to use the weekly pics as reminders about what was going on in Max's development or in our life at the time. Enjoy.... : )

During the 27th week of Max's life we got rid of our disgusting carpet on the first floor of our house

 and got all brand new floors! Max will never even remember that it ever looked any different. He loves

 to slide across the hard floor looking for his toys. 

Week 28 was obviously the start of Football Season!!

 Thanks to Grammy for the awesome football hat. It will get a lot of use this fall and winter. 

"Look Daddy! I'm only 6 months old and I can kick better than Cundiff!"

This 29 Week picture was actually an accident but it so perfectly portrays our life right now. Max cannot stay still. There is always something "over there" that is far more exciting and needs discovering. Before I could even get the camera up to my face, he was rolled over and halfway off the fabric. I decided to stick with this one so we that can remember what a curious explorer he was at this age!

Uncle Matt is back!

So many great things happened this summer so I obviously had to document them all with an excessive amount of picture taking. The first event was Max's Uncle Matt coming home!! Max met him when he was a newborn and hadn't seen him since except for the pictures on our fridge. Now Max sees him all the time and has added him to his list of people he likes to smile at. We got together with the family to celebrate Matt's Homecoming and several birthdays.

I had to start with these pictures! Matt says Max cried when he first picked

 him up but from the look of these pics I think they were best buds by the end of the day. 

In other news, Max got introduced to kittens. Most people know that I'm not a 

huge cat lover so I appreciated Max's wariness. But maybe it was cute. Probably. 

 Does Daddy holding it make it okay??

Ok I'm touching it.. maybe I can also put it in my mouth.. 

 Grammy LOVE and Max faces!

Aunt Meaghan is always doing something funny for me : )

In conclusion, Max liked the kitties but we are still not getting one. 

Here we go again- More Weekly pics!

Our little family of 3 has been so busy this summer! We survived our first Beach Vacation with a baby (and it was awesome!), Uncle Matt came home, Max was baptized, summer vacation ended, Justin went back to work full time and Max reached his 1/2 Birthday. In all the craziness, we still remembered to take Max's weekly pics. Enjoy : )

Future Olympic Swimmer? Probably..

Max had his swimming debut yesterday (not counting the bathtub!)... I kept telling him all day that he would get to swim in a pool later so I think he was ready : )

Is it time yet, Daddy?

Checking out the pool in the new swim gear

First dip in the pool. Max doesn't quite know what to think.. 

Okay Mommy.. I'm trusting you..

This doesn't seem like the bathtub! Someone lied to me..

Well Mommy and Daddy seem to like it.. hmm..

 Okay..maybe this is slightly fun..

Swimming with Daddy!

Oh good Nanas here too.. this must be okay!

 Stylish!

Why do they keep holding me?  I just want to swim...                                 oh thats better!

Of course Uncle Garon was there to share his love for the pool! Max loved it when Garon would swim towards him.. got lot of smiles and laughs from Max : )

Playtime!

So exciting!

Phew.. time for a rest with Daddy

Love : )

I think the pool was a success... next stop: The Beach!!

5 Months Old

The title of our last post ("4 Months") was very misleading. Max is already 5 months old as of a few days ago.. how did that happen?! Justin and I love to reminisce about Max's first 6 weeks when we were both home with him. Every evening he would snuggle on one of us and sleep while we watched Friday Night Lights. We watched so many episodes and would point out to each other over and over again how cute Max looked all curled up on us asleep. The Friday Night Lights theme song still tugs at my heart cause it makes me think of those wonderful nights! 

And now he is 5 months old and acting like such a big boy : ) Thank goodness we can still catch a snuggle once in awhile, but at this point Max is more interested in figuring out life around him. 

Eating is an all time favorite activity. Oatmeal, avocado, zucchini, squash, carrots, sweet potatoes... he loves everything that we put in his mouth. When he sees his baby spoon coming his mouth is wide open and closes just enough to swallow the food before opening it wide again for the next bite. At dinner time, max's mealtime usually ends in tears because the food is all gone! 

Here is Max "helping" Justin feed him avocado

He has also graduated out of his baby tub.. he is just too big! When his feet started 

to stick out the end, we put him in the big tub and he thought it was all very exciting.

Max's other big news is that he loves to sit up (not to be confused with "spit up" which he also loves to do)! There is a lot of tipping over involved  but he never takes his eye off the toy that he is going for and despite a few bonks on the head by his big plastic Bee, he constantly wants to be sitting up. 

Max also loves to read/chew/spit up on books

But I'm sure that deep down in his heart, this is his 

absolute favorite activity- snuggling with Mommy or Daddy ; )

 

4 Months Old

Max had his 4 month appt a couple of weeks ago and he is as healthy as can be! He is still in the 99th percentile for height but has dropped to the 75th percentile for weight. He must be burning lots of calories rolling around on the ground and trying to get to his toys! He is so fun to watch play on the floor- he is so determined to move around but is trying to figure out how to do it. Lots of times this means pushing with his legs and scooting on his face across the blanket or rolling onto his stomach over and over again. He has mastered grabbing toys (or anything else in his reach) and getting it to his mouth. Max also loves his jumparoo seat that our friend Julie is letting him borrow and is so mesmerized by all the toys and colors on it. He swings his head back and forth for awhile- not being able to decide what to look at first. : ) And while he is doing all of this he is anything but quiet! He loves to make noises, whether its yelling to get our attention, squealing, blowing raspberries (18 & 20 week pics) or "singing" (16 week pic). 

Here are his recent weekly pics.. enjoy!