Max is 1 year old already!

Hi everyone! We've been having lots of fun in May with Max's birthday and our trip to Ohio to visit the Gampp and Maxwell extended families. Max also went to his first Rockies baseball game, and it didn't go too well - every time we made a good play or hit a home run and the crowd cheered, he started crying hard! Too spooky. Plus, no room to explore, even though we brought toys to play with. So we'll probably wait until another couple years before we try that again....

Max's birthday party was a huge success, so much fun. It was perfect weather outside, and he loved the ice cream more than the cake! Didn't get messy though, boo. He got a whistle from Gma and Gpa Andrews that he loves to blow on, and all kinds of noisy toys that Mommy and Daddy just love!!! He also likes to play in the pool, as long as the water is warm enough. We're having all kinds of fun. No walking yet, but he's pulling to standing so it will come soon enough.

Out trip to Ohio was also lots of fun. Max got to ride the tractor at Baba's house with Uncle Russell, and had his first taste of Hickie's burger, which is Daddy's favorite place to eat. The only bad part of the whole trip was flying home - this child is a champion fighter at not going to sleep, so he screamed and fought three different times until we just got the toys back out and he finally gave in about 30 minutes before landing - of course. So next time you're on a plane with a screaming baby who won't fall asleep, have sympathy, they may also be champion fighters. :)

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An Update on Maxwell.....

So here we go again - more pictures of Max. Yes, we do other things, but they seem to be quickly forgotten when trying to keep up with this little guy! He loves going to the park and swinging in the swing, and the day after my previous post, started crawling to beat all other crawlers before him. He's super fast, and sometimes it's a race to get the doors shut (office, bathroom, other off-limits areas). He also started making the silliest face like a big Cheerio when we were taking his picture - of course doesn't do that anymore, but it was fun while it lasted! He also likes watching daddy play soccer (okay really, playing with his pals Brett and Lillian are higher priority), and had a great time on his first Easter Sunday at church with us. It's nice to look at these pictures of him totally happy today, because right now he is cutting his first top tooth and not happy at all. Hopefully he will be back to normal in time for his big birthday party coming up on Saturday!

Hope you enjoy these pictures, just don't drool on your keyboard.... click here.http://www.flickr.com/photos/9755477@N05/sets/72157605059409291/

Trip to Georgia, more fun at home

Hi everyone! Max and I recently took a long weekend trip to Georgia to visit great grandparents and aunts. Max's great-aunt Sue turned 60, and we had a great time celebrating. Our little guy is getting bigger every day. He's just started crawling a couple knees, not cruising all over the place but we're sure that will happen soon. We put up the gates so we're somewhat ready. He's also learning what "no" means, and not liking it one bit! He still melts our hearts every day.

To see pictures from that trip and more, click here.

smart mama

Woo hoo, I am now doing a blog post for the first time on my very own. I've decided part of my mom duties include updating this with pictures of Max, instead of constantly bothering Josh to do it. hee hee. So here are the ones we took in January - not too exciting, just playing and eating. He started clapping a week ago, which is lots of fun. He also loves smacking the table, so we're trying to learn "high fives" by sneaking my hand there on the table when he's smacking it. Seems he just decides he wants to do something though, and doesn't need training. Still no teeth yet, and no crawling yet - we're getting tired of saying "He's so close!" - it's been that way for over a month now. But we are having lots of fun every day and trying to remember these moments since they go by so fast. He also loves the fireplace - so much that when Josh blew out the candles for his birthday, Max got really upset and started crying.

Some other things he's doing are playing with the carpet in the kitchen (pulls it back and scratches underneath) while I'm fixing his food. I put on a Baby Einstien video (I know, I'm poisoning my child, whatever) and surround him with toys so he's entertained while I get some stuff done around the house, and he doesn't even touch the toys, he's just mesmerized by this video! It's pretty funny. He loves looking at the camera, so if I want to take a picture of him without him looking, I have to be really sneaky. Otherwise he just stops what he's doing and just stares.

Click here for Max's pictures from January.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Well we had lots of fun this year with our adorable bundle of joy here to join in the fun. Max was a perfect little boy on Christmas Eve with Grammy and Papa Gampp, and then again on Christmas Day with Grandma and Grandpa Shook. He loved all the attention from everyone and playing with the paper and bows! We just watched him all day and couldn't get enough. Seems like all of his relatives are crazy about him too.

We also had fun in November with Max turning 6 months old (now he's 7 months old, we just can't keep up), so here's an album with all the pictures up until now. Enjoy!

Pictures of Max

Pictures

We never seem to have time to update the pictures, so you're getting a bunch at once. Click the link below for pictures of the little man.

Max Pictures

We're lame

I'm not even going to try to make excuses for not posting, we're just lame. Below are two picture galleries of Max. One is just some various pictures while the other is pictures of his first trip to Georgia to visit great-grandpa and great-grandma Andrews. He did great on the plane and behaved himself at grandma's house.

Max Pictures

Max's trip to Georgia