Yummy yummy in my tummy...

Happy January everyone!
In Max's fourth month, it's been a little up and down for us, but mostly good. We had a bad week with breastfeeding but now it seems to be all back to normal & everyone is happy once again. He has been very talkative this month, "goo"-ing and "gaaa"-ing & experimenting with his voice's capabilities. He is also just starting to learn to sit up, something he's really enjoying. He's also loving the jump up chair, bouncing & giggling & squealing & jumping.

Max had his 4 month doctor appointment on tuesday. He is 13 lb & 6 oz, and is 25.8 inches long! He's getting so tall! The doc said he's doing great and looks very healthy. His hernia is getting smaller & smaller too - almost to the point where he almost has a normal looking belly button. Turns out we should be reading to him every day at this point-something he certainly enjoys, just like mommy! The doc also cleared Max to start on solid foods! YAY! 

She said one food item at a time for a few days at a time to start. So we started with rice cereal, 1 part cereal & 3 parts breast milk which made it really really soupy, so maybe tomorrow we'll add less milk. But Max enjoyed sitting up with us big people & seemed to be enjoying the spoon! He probably didn't get much food in his tummy but practicing with the spoon was good for him and fun for us. What a blast & how cute! 

Enjoy these 4 month pictures  & the first solids picture & video!

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays everyone! 

We had such a beautiful happy holiday this year, Max's first! I have lots of pictures of his first december celebrations and a cute video of Max flying. 

Sadly I don't have any pictures of our Hanukkah celebrations, but we enjoyed our Hanukkah stockings at Max's Maternal grandmother's house! We got some cute soft frog flipper slippers & a soft clingy bunny in mom & dad's stocking. Their poor puppy, Lastik still isn't used to the baby and doesn't like the sounds he makes, but hopefully we'll figure out how to get him used to Max. 

Our Christmas eve was spent with Max's paternal grandparents up in the mountains. We had quite the adventure getting to their house through the snow, but once we made it (with Jim's help picking us up at Food-lion), we had a great time with dinner and gifts, then still made it home safely!

On Christmas day, we opened stocking at home, just the three of us in the morning before going over to Max's maternal grandparents. Grandpa & Gram gave Max some cute french clothes, a stuffed animal from Uncle Nick, a Wedgwood Peter Rabbit gift set from his great-grandparents & a handmade blanket from mommy. He really had a great time at both christmases and thanks everyone for their gifts. 

New Years Eve we spent hanging out at the house and watching the ball drop in Times Square. Max totally slept through the whole thing, but that meant Cameron and I were able to enjoy a glass of champagne together and a little snuggling. A sober, quiet and sleepy new years - very different for some of us, but equally as enjoyable!

Max was mostly well behaved throughout the festivities (including my two birthday dinners & birthday rollerskating party) with minor fussiness most likely due to over-excitement and being away from home for too long. But he is loving all of his grandparents & great-grandparents' attention and is loving spending time with everyone!

Here are the pictures of our holidays (sorry some of them are really terrible, they were taken on my phone):

Max's first christmas

Wiggins Family 

Mullineaux family

Sunglasses from Max's first christmas stocking

Max's first snow!!

Homemade christmas stocking

Max's first Christmas Tree 

Grandpa & Gram's christmas tree

Gram & Max & his new puppy

Max helping Daddy open a gift

Drama's christmas/birthday gift

Max loving flying baby

Three Months!

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah & Happy Birthday! We've skipped a lot in the last few weeks! Max had a great thanksgiving, getting to visit his grandfathers. We stopped by Burt's on the way to my dad's for the evening. 

Cameron's Dad, Burt with Max

Thanksgiving at my dad's house with my grandparents, brother & Dad & Colleen! Max was incredibly well behaved, quiet and super cute, as usual.

This last weekend we picked out the widest christmas tree that we could find...Here are some pictures of Max helping pick it out! :)

Then in the middle of the week, Max hit 3 months old! What everyone says is true, it totally goes by super fast. We switched over to feeding him on demand, and as difficult as it is to predict, he seems happier and is smiling more and more.

And lastly in non-baby-related news, Linnie and I are starting an event planning company! So weddings, holiday parties, corporate events, birthday parties, etc...we're your girls! We are in the early stages of getting started, but if you have any parties to plan, give us a call!

If I don't get back on the blog, we (Cameron Max & I) Hope you enjoy the rest of your Hanukkah & have a Merry Christmas!

2 Months 2 Weeks!

I realize I am getting a little lazy in updating the blog so I apologize to everyone for not having this post out sooner! Max is now 2 months & 2 weeks old and still growing. He had his two month check up the day before his two month birthday and he was weighing in at 10lbs 4oz and 23in long! How fast they grow...He's officially out of newborn clothing and into 3 month sizes, out of newborn diapers and into the size 1's. He has been smiling like a maniac and is juuust starting to figure out how to laugh - it's the cutest thing I think I've ever experienced.

Thanksgiving was pretty easy, we were at my dad's for dinner that night, enjoying my brother, my parents and my grandparent's company. Friday we went to my mom's and had a joint thanksgiving with the Puzans which was very special since it has been a while since we've done that. Cameron's birthday this past weekend was also pretty mellow since he doesn't like to go out. We stayed home and I cooked and pet him and changed the baby all day. Happy Birthday Bunny! :)

Billy and Linnie came over the weekend before and took some really great pictures of Max - Thank you guys, you are AMAZING!

FINALLY FIGURED OUT THE PICTURE SITUATION:

The Littlest Big Baby

Its been a little bit of time since the last blog update, so we have some catching up to do here! What we missed was Halloween, Sandy and another doctors appointment.

So we will start with Halloween! He missed it completely. I carved pumpkins for him & passed out candy. He slept. Oh well, hopefully he will be a little more interested next year. But here are a few pictures of his first halloween:

Of course he slept through the whole thing! 

Halloween!

Baby Pumpkin & 3 Little Birds Pumpkin

Here is also the Mommy & me yoga picture I promised from the last post...Max is really enjoying that time together, as I am. Lunch with some of the  other moms afterwards is great too; I love having the company of women who are going through similar challenges & delights as myself.

Flying Baby at Mommy & me!

And finally, Hurricane Sandy. We did lose power, but only for about 16 hours, most of which was overnight. We slept with Max in bed with us to make sure he stayed warm, then picnicked in the basement in front of the fireplace. Max of course, slept through the whole thing.

Picnic in front of the fire!

Sleeping through Sandy

Our flooded backyard - from stream to river in 24 hours!

Lastly, we had to take Max to the doctors this week because we were concerned about his umbilical hernia and his vomiting. The doctor said he was fine and everything looked pretty normal. He's certainly growing; he weighed in at 9lbs 9oz and is 22inches!! We're so glad to hear how big he's getting, but the best news is that we can try to get him to sleep through the night! YAY! So far no luck with that but its good to know it will happen soon!

On an adult side note, Cam & I will be celebrating our one year wedding anniversary Sunday! Thank you to everyone who helped make this past year awesome! We love you all!

Happy Anniversary!