What a difference a year makes!!!

Max this morning.....
Vintage Max- 10/31/07

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Yoda Bubby.....here is one of the few smiles of the evening....

Luke and Yoda

I'm pretty sure daddy was more excited than Max.

Daddy was so hopeful to get a good Luke & Yoda shot...

I guess there is a scene in Star Wars (I'll confess I've never seen it) where Yoda is on Luke's back as he's training him.....Jason wanted to re-enact it using the Ergo...

Max didn't.

You can tell he's starting to get tired....

and annoyed....

that's not a happy smile...



he was done!!!




Thanks Aunt Leslie and Uncle Steve for having us over!!!

He did look pretty darn cute in the costume. We may have to try again friday night before mommy heads to work!!!

Lots of steps!!!

Max is taking lots of steps!!! He cruises between toys and the couch or the tv and even between us!!! It's just a matter of time before he takes off!!! It's exciting and crazy scary all at thae same time

We're hoping to take some Halloween costume pics tonight to post tomorrow!!! Any guesses as to what my little man will be for Halloween? (here's a hint-it's a character from daddy's all time favorite movie!!!).

First Haircut!!!

Some before pictures....he got really shaggy really fast!!!


People kept thinking he was a girl!!!

Bye bye my precious baby boy curls!!!

And here's how he did......

Dum dums were the secret weapon!!!

We went through about 4 of them!! Root beer was his favorite!!
(he didn't actually eat all four- when the stick would start to get soft we'd have to switch it out!!)

He sat like such a big boy!!!

He did such a good job!!

And he even went to the big boy barber with Daddy!!!

Same place daddy gets his hair cut!!!!

and the after pictures:



Sorry we look so disheveled. It was hot in there and daddy hadn't gotten his hair cut yet!! Max had to strip down out of his clothes to get all the hair off!!!

All in all he did great!! He didn't like the clippers but other than that...he was fine. He didn't have a video to watch or anything...just kept eating the suckers!!! He looks like such a big boy now!!!

He's ONE!!!!

Yes-I've been neglectful still. I'll try to catch up next week, I promise I will. But first things first- MY BABY BOY IS ONE!!!

We made the mistake of trying to do pictures before his bottle this morning since daddy has to go to work and mommy has to go to bed because she works tonight!!

And this is what he thinks of these chair pictures..."I've had enough!!"

"gimme my bottle and let me play!!"

Mr. Max- Mommy and Daddy love you so much and you've been a delight this year. Thanks for being so patient with us as we learn how to be parents!!!


Max is doing great with everything. He's standing all the time and getting very close to taking steps. He crawls everywhere and gets into everything!!! He's tired of letting us feed him but only will feed himself cheerios!! We're working through food now!! He's also ready for whole milk-we'll probably start that transition next week. His one year appointment is Tuesday so I'll be sure to post his stats!!!

He's his daddy's boy-definitely favoring him when we're both in the room. It's ok though-Daddy loves it. He'll cuddle fine with mommy though too. He really is a delight-such a good kid!! It's only rough when he's teething or bathtime!!! (bathtime is a crap shoot!!!-sometimes he loves it, other times he hates it!!!).

Happy Birthday Bubby Max!!! Mommy and Daddy love you!!!