Thanksgiving with the family

My mom and brother came to visit from California, so they both got to spend time with Max over the long weekend.

 

 

Max's Christmas gift from grandma, complete with the license plate that she gave him on her first visit!

 

And with Uncle Ryan who is passing along his love of superman!

 

Visiting with friends

Holidays this year was a time to catch up with some old friends who were home for the holidays. We got to see a lot of old friends this Thanksgiving weekend.

Wei Yan's high school and college roomate & his family:

 

Max got to visit with one of Wei Yan's high school friend's daughter Sarah:

 

A shot of Max showing off his new habit of laying down when he gets tired but still wants to play:

 

And finally getting a taste of what it will be like growing up with lots of little boys to play with.

 

Silly grin...

 

Our friends gave us this little push toy for Max. He practically picks it up & puts it down in a new direction when he hits a corner & needs to turn, but he enjoys running around with it.

Pic taken: Nov 19th

Baby steps

So yesterday, Max's day care teacher said that Max was standing & picking up his left foot. She said that he's going to start walking really soon. Last night, Max took 2 tiny steps toward Wei Yan. They looked like a little stutter step, but guess it counts. There was forward motion & picking up & putting down of both feet, so we were excited. Then today, another teacher was filling in for his regular teacher and she said he took a step toward the exersaucer! :-) Go little Max!

Stand up

A week and a half ago, Max decided to stand up by himself. Oh my, we are behind on our postings...

9 Months Old

Max turned 9 months old this past week. I thought I'd share some of what he is up to these days:
* His hair pretty much only sticks up only when we give him a bath & got the suds going. Otherwise, it's been months since it's stuck up or even done anything other than lay flat. We miss his "crazy hair"
* Stranger Anxiety - seems to be worse with men than women (all the day care folks are ladies so this makes sense) that he does know. When he's tired it's worse and he gets very clingy with mom & dad when he's cranky. And he's also often scared by loud or sudden noises. He usually warms up to folks after a while, especially if they make silly faces & noises with him.
* No longer likes to shake his head no, instead he seems to be trying to nod "yes" but it looks more like a whole upper body dance move. All just for fun, no connection to the meaning just yet. He will go through a few days at a time where he's practice a new move like touchdown or the sign for more - but again, no connection to the meaning and then they are gone after a few days.
* Scoots around the coffee table and along the couches a little. We noticed he will occasionally crawl on his knees or 1 knee on carpet, but uses the spiderman for speed or on hardwoods/linoleum. Can stand for a good while by himself and even does some squats to everyone's amusement.
* At his 9 month appointment: 18 lbs 14 oz and 28 1/4 inches tall! Time for the new car seat soon! (Ours goes up to 29 inches)

Early voting

So Saturday we tried to go vote. Yes, I said tried. Max fell asleep in the car on the way over to the polling place and when we got in line we were informed that the line was about 1 hr & 45 minutes. After a few hemming & hawing, I decided that 1 hr & 45 min with the baby was not going to happen - and that although I would rather go ahead & vote, missing work on Tuesday & waiting in line without the baby would be a much better wait. All in all, I guess it worked out since I did end up doing research last night & deciding on who to vote for. All but 2 of the candidates I decided to vote for were endorsed by the Indy Weekly, so probably didn't matter all that much, but at least I feel like I did a bit of due diligence.