New Moves!

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Check out the video link above; as you can see, Max (9.5 months old) has some new moves. He is now crawling on all fours, and can transition from laying on his back to being on all fours, to sitting, to kneeling, to standing (while supporting himself with his arms), and back again. And he can also do what we call, "knee walking" with his snazzy toy that we got from some friends at church. He loves to crawl around the floor as fast as he can, just to do it, and also loves to do this "knee walking." And he is so proud of himself when he does it. It is so cute!

Maxon has been eating all sorts of different food, still pureed. The pediatrician told us to start trying some soft finger foods. Well, he is not doing so well with those. He has a fairly strong gag reflex, and so any food that gets to the back of his tongue, causes him to gag. And he doesn't even attempt to chew or "gum" the pieces of food. We have had one major choking incident and so now I've vowed to keep him on a pureed diet until he is 5 years old. :) Just kidding. We will keep trying .... slowly!

Max has been getting his two top teeth in this past week and it has been a little rough! He is chewing like crazy, is pooring out drool, and is VERY irritable! And on top of that, he has been congested with the sniffles. Aww, our poor little guy!

Travelin' Man

You'll have to check out the video on our facebook page. For some reason, we weren't able to upload it onto the blog. Anyway, as you can see in the video, Maxon is now on the move. :) He is now 8 months old and can get anywhere he wants to go by army-crawling. He has been doing very well with everything. Besides moving around more, he is able to sit unsupported, has his two bottom teeth, and is now eating several different fruits and veggies. He loves anything sweet like fruits, sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots, and is not very fond of green beans. :)

We had a wonderful time this summer, just hanging out. We did go to Michigan for almost 2 weeks in August, which was so much fun. Maxon had some good, quality time with his grandma, grandpa, and uncle Ken. He loved being outdoors up there, and loved splashing around in the lake.

Now I am back to work for the school year. :( I am sad to not be home with Max anymore, but am VERY happy with our childcare for him. His Meemee is watching him 3 days per week, with daddy home with him the other 2 days. I am so happy we don't have to put him in daycare yet, and Meemee is right out our back door. So, not only is it very convenient, but he has someone to watch him who loves him! :) Meemee also watches a little girl baby who is Maxon's age and so he has a playmate there also. We couldn't ask for anything better!

Alright, that's all for now. Our computer is fixed now and so maybe I'll be able to update this blog a little more frequently! Thanks for your patience!

Gettin Dunked

The Max man had his second swimming lesson today and his daddy decided to dunk him for the first time.

Here he is swimmin away! He really just wants the toy but we'll pretend he's a natural!!!

Friends!!!

These are some VERY cute pictures of Maxon and his triplet friends! Jack, Owen, and Everett. Aren't they cuties?!

(as you can imagine, it was difficult to get all of them looking at the same time) :)

Not too sure about this!

Hmmm ... not sure he likes this rice cereal stuff! :)

Approximately 5 1/2 months

Well, gosh, I obviously have not been great at this blog thing so far. Once I returned to work, I really didn't have time for much of anything, or energy I guess. Maxon is doing wonderful. After he turned about 4 months to 4 1/2 months old, he has been the happiest, "smiley-est" baby I have ever seen! He only really cries when he is tired. And during other wake times he is busy playing, "talking", and smiling. He has been rolling from tummy to back since he was 4 1/2 to 5 months old. He is being a little slow on rolling back to tummy, but it seems that will happen any day now. Maxon likes to work his abs and pull himself to sitting or standing with help from mom or dad. He loves to play with his toys on the floor. He likes any toys that rattle when he shakes them, and will shake them so hard and fast that I think he will hurt his little hands/arms!

Nick and I have been taking Maxon to the pool lately and he has been enjoying that. I think we may take him to baby swimming lessons this summer; we are very excited about that! Max is getting more affectionate and social lately, and has given mommy hugs and kisses (baby kisses) on a number of occasions. LOVE IT!!! :)

Maxon has been doing well with sleeping and eating: He has been sleeping about 9 hours per night on average and takes 1-2 naps per day. We have just started rice cereal this week. If I can get the picture of his first bite of cereal on the computer, I will post it; it is hilarious! He is doing better now after a few days and seems to enjoy it.

And the best piece of news yet ... Mommy is done working for the summer!!! I have eight weeks home with my little guy - SO HAPPY!!! :)

OOOPS!!

Spoke too soon on this sleeping thing.