Max's Stats: 3 Months Late

Here (for my benefit) are the stats from Max's 12 months appt:

Weight: 21.5 lbs 28%
Height: 30 inches 57%
Head Circumference: 19 inches 92%

In other news, my older sister had her baby yesterday. This means that after waiting for 3 sisters-in-law and one sister to all have their babies this year, I'm finally next in line. Between the two families, there are 6 of us having babies in 2009! It's still 3 months away for me but it's getting just a little closer.
Also, my sister had a girl. Everyone has had or is having the gender opposite their last child. It was also a little girl yesterday which makes 4 girl and 5 boy cousins on my side. So, I have to be having a girl, don't I? I have to even up the numbers, especially with another boy being born 3 weeks later. And I don't want to think about what trouble two boys that close in age will be. Max NEEDS a sister.
I almost broke down a few weeks ago and asked Chris to have his nurse practitioner do an ultrasound for us. He said he knew I couldn't make it which made me call him back and tell him to forget it 5 minutes later. I don't know if we would be able to tell the gender on their machine but it certainly does not help my temptation to have the option of trying.

Max took his first steps on July 23!! He's pretty wobbling if he gets excited, which is often, but he's getting it.

Max Max and More Max

We took these on July 5 outside my in-laws' house. I changed the color of the chair on some of them and may do the rest. I think blue goes better with a boy - right?

This is my favorite! (below)

Chris came out and made Max smile and laugh for me.

Max was done smiling by the end though. I think this is his "I'm tired of taking pictures Mom" look.

4th of July

We went to Chris's cabin for the 4th of July weekend and then down to his brother's house for fireworks. It was beautiful and so nice to actually be able to go outside without feeling like you would die from the heat in the next 5 minutes.

I couldn't decide if I like color, b&w, or sepia the best with this picture.

We took some pictures with Max and our family. Just impromtu but they are cute.

Max reaching for Thatch....see prior posts.

More Max

Max has a bear that is very soft and snuggly. He doesn't need it to sleep but he loves it. He smushes it to his face and snuggles it if he's tired. You can see him holding it in the pictures above and below.

The below picture used to be a frequent occurence. He used to get stuck and scream in the middle of the night. He has since figured out how to get himself untangled so now it's just a cute picture. (I had taken the bumper off since you aren't supposed to have it when they can pull themselves up.)

I get him naked to eat sometimes. Much easier to change one diaper than wash more clothes (and pre-treat them). Here he is eating a favorite - spaghetti. Unfortunately, a very messy favorite.

Maxisms

This is Max's pile of toys one day at our old place. Tons of great stuff to play with and enjoy for hours on end.

Below is where Max always ended up - playing with the dog toys.

On a different day a few weeks ago: Max was eating Kix on his highchair. He decided he was done so about 20 Kix ended up on the floor before I put him down. I'm pretty lazy so they stayed there while I did something at the table.

I then watched Max get a Kix, take it over to Thatch, throw it at him, and go back for another one. You see, Thatch isn't allowed under the highchair or really anywhere near it while Max is eating. So Max decided to help the poor puppy out and proceeded to feed him every single Kix on the floor. Thatch was in love. Above is Max getting the last two Kix and below is Thatch patiently waiting (he had crept into the room a bit) and then getting fed by Max.

I have a feeling I'm going to really have to watch them when Max gets fed something he doesn't like. Murphy is picky but Thatch will eat anything. And Max tries to share everything and give everything to Thatch - his pacifier, his sippy cup, and toys - both dog and kid. I hope they still play together so nicely when the baby comes.

Great-Grandma Loves Max

Great-Grandma Healy has always been able to get a smile out of Max. I love that he warms up to people fairly quickly. It seems to make people love him that much more. Grandma also gave Max a cookie which didn't hurt.

A Post for Chris

This is for anyone who likes fly-fishing. Chris made this contraption and used it last weekend fishing (which if he had a blog he would write about for hours - it was apparently GREAT fishing). Anyway, he doesn't like lanyards and is tired of his fanny pack so he came up with using his binocular harness and some picture hanging wire to make this. Way to go honey. If only it could make us some money.