Halloween Fun

We started off by shopping for Halloween costumes a few weeks before. I found Max’s at babies r us for 17$ on sale. Which is not bad considering it was originally 40$. It was easier than I thought. Jordin on the other hand is a lot more difficult. He went straight to the costumes that where 50$ with an “awesome” plastic mask and an even cooler fake set of muscles. I am unfortunately for my children kind of cheap when it comes to this stuff.  I quickly started to steer him in a different direction. After about 30 minutes in the aisle and several calls to daddy we finally decided on a ninja. Which was great for me because it was 9$ WOOT WOOT!! Greg went and bought some swords and daggers so in all between Max’s costume and Jordin’s I spent 32$. Not to bad

We also carved pumpkins a few days before Halloween. I ended up doing all of the work while Greg took pictures. Max helped by trying to eat the pumpkin seed and tearing up paper. Jordin was grossed out by the “guts” of the pumpkin and started to dry heave. I swear I am the only mom to a 6 year old boy who doesn't like to tear apart a pumpkin.

We went out to Allen to Greg’s parents house to trick or treat this year. We have some friends who live in the neighborhood who also met up with us. It was a fun event. It was Max’s first Halloween so we had a good time with him. Jordin got a lot of candy and was excited to show Max how trick or treating is done :) My friends daughter Mia and Jordin sang Trick or Treat smell my feet pretty much the entire time we where out. It would have gotten annoying but they kept getting the words wrong. So instead of saying If you don't I don't care Ill pull down your underwear, they kept saying if you don't I don't care I see you underpants :) It was pretty amusing.

Here are a few pictures.

I am not sure what was so funny.

Max is 9 Months Old!!

October 8th 2010- Max is 9 months old

Milestones achieved this month have been:

He is still army crawling but getting faster and faster everyday. He is still trying to pull up but hasn't mastered that yet. He is waving hi and bye bye. He is also saying mama and dada. He rarely says mama but says dada often. He lights up when Greg walks in the room.

At his 9 month check up he weighed in at 19 pounds and 2 ounces and 28 3/4 inches long. The 30% percentile for weight and the 70%  for height. The only shot we got this time around was the flu shot. He looked at the nurse like she had just broken his heart. He cried for a few seconds and was fine as soon as I picked him up.

He is still eating and nursing like a champ. He eats just about everything that we do. He loves cheese, yogurt and turkey. He has still liked just about everything that we have given him. We have started to give him one bottle a day of breast milk to get ready for the weaning process. I'm not at all looking forward to it.

Akela

We unfortunately had to say goodbye to one of our beloved dogs this summer. She was almost ten years old and she was a big part of our family. Greg had her since she was 6 weeks old. He said that she was a horrible chewing puppy but she turned out to be one of the best dogs.

She was losing all function of her back legs and we thought that it was time to let her go to a better place. It was hard because mentally she was still there, but her body was giving out. It was a very sad day in our house. She is very missed and we think about her often.

Max is 8 Months old!!!

September 8th 2010- Max is 8 months old

Milestones achieved so far this month have been:

CRAWLING!!! Yes he is crawling. It is not hands and knees crawling it is army crawling. He has gotten fast and definitely goes for what he wants. He is trying to pull up on things but he is just not there yet. I think that he is going to walk early. All he wants to do is stand and jump :) It’s amazing to me how fast he grows...

We are up to three meals a day. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. He also has 2 snacks a day. He loves mum mums and puffs. I am still making his food at home fresh and organic. He has not showed dislike to anything and has not had any bad reactions to anything. We are grateful we have a good eater. Breastfeeding is still his main source of nourishment and will be until he is a year old.

We do not have his latest stats because he does not go to the Dr. until his 9 month. I will update everyone then.

Jordin starts 1st Grade!!!

Jordin started first grade today. He was so excited to get to school and see all of his friends. His kindergarten teacher moved to the first grade and is Jordin’s teacher again. We were excited about that because Jordin is comfortable with her. It was a little easier this year letting him go. I didn't cry like a baby like I did last year.  Here are a few pictures of the first day.

    

Max is 7 months old!!!

 

August 8th 2010- Max is 7 months old

Milestones achieved so far this month have been:

Rolling to get from one place to another. He has showed no interest in crawling. He watches all of his other baby friends crawl. He is content with sitting and rolling.  He like to sit and play with his toys. His favorite toy right now is Jordin's woody doll. He laughs every time he sees him. He can pick up small little yogurt bites and puffs and put them in his mouth.

He has started eating turkey, tofu, yogurt and a variety of fruits and vegetables. His main diet is still breast milk but we are now up to two feedings a day. Breakfast and dinner.

We are still going strong on the cloth diapering. I enjoy it more and I am sure Max likes the feel of the super soft cloth over a disposable diaper :)

 

Hanging out with Mommy.

 

Max Loves his blanket.

 

First time in a swing.

Max trying to feed himself.

 

This is the the face that Max made when Daddy walked away. Max sitting up playing with his toys.

                                        Max in his big boy car seat.

Cloth Diapering

We have made the decision in our home to start cloth diapering Max. We are really looking forward to the process and are excited to get started. The reasons we decided to do this is because it is so easy, economical, good for the environment and good for Max. We have done a lot of research on all of the different types and we finally settled on one. It is a one size, pocket diaper. The diaper grows with Max from newborn to potty training years. It is easy to wash and the best thing is we never have to buy disposable diapers again.

If you would like more information on cloth diapering here is a link that has great information and products.

http://www.bumgenius.com/index.php

Here is a picture of Max in his new bumgenius!!