Funny Pictures of Max in the bath

Max loves to take baths and I have been wanting to get some good pictures of his teeth so what better place than the bath were he is all smiles.

We have a walker!!

Max started walking on a snow day February 9th 2011. He is 13 months old. We could not be more excited or proud. He just woke up and decided he was going to start walking. Greg happened to be working from home that day so he got to see everything. It was so awesome. He has taken off and has not looked back.

 

Max is 1 year old!!!

January 8th 2010- Max is 1

I cant believe our baby is 1. We have been anticipating this day but at the same time it doesn't feel real. I feel like I just brought this little person home from the hospital. The time and flown by and we are truly blessed with an intelligent, funny, strong willed, amazing little guy.

Milestones achieved this month have been:

He is a cruising man. He loves to walk holding on to things. He is trying to feed himself with spoons and forks. We are no longer using bottles just sippy cups and he is now drinking whole milk. He loves to climb on anything and everything that he can.

At his 1 year well baby appointment he weighed 22 pounds and is 30 3/4 inches long. That is the 30% for weight and the 80% for height. He also received a few more vaccinations, which means we are done until he is two. We also did his vision test which was perfectly fine. They also did a blood draw which was a easier than we thought.

Max’s First Birthday Pictures

All though he is not quite one yet we wanted to get some pictures done to celebrate this huge milestone. We had so much fun at this shoot and the photographer at the Picture people where awesome. Here are some of my favorite ones.

    

Max is 11 months old

December 8th 2010-Max is 10 Months old

Milestones achieved this month have been:

He is crawling on his hands and knees. He looks so cute doing it. Army crawling is a thing of the past. He is also starting to cruise. He loves to play with his brother. They have a lot of fun together. Max has recently gotten some teeth. His top and bottom two pretty much at the same time. He has figured out how to use them too. He has tested them out a few times on Jordin. He is picking people out of pictures when we ask him to. Its pretty fun to watch. He is also up to about 7 different signs in sign language now. He can tell us what he wants most of the time. He has recently started pointing at things and signing more. It makes it a lot easier on us.

We didn't have a Dr. appointment this month so we will not have stats until his 12 month appointment.

He has officially given up nursing. I am totally bummed but after three days of offering him the breast and him rejecting it every time we decided that maybe it was time to stop. He hasn't looked back to say the least. I made it almost the full year which was my goal. He is still a really good eater and we have not found one thing that he doesn't like. I hope it stays that way.

Max is 10 Months old

November 8th 2010-Max is 10 Months old

Milestones achieved this month have been:

He is still army crawling but has finally began to pull up on things. He also is crawling up the stairs, supervised of course. He loves to be on the move. We are involved in a gymboree play and learn class he really enjoys. He can crawl up thing and through things and he interacts well with other kids.

We didn't have a Dr. appointment this month so we will not have stats until his 12 month appointment.

He is still nursing and we have introduced another bottle a day so we are up to two. He is still eating well and loves to eat what we do. He is a good eater.

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.

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.

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!!