Back in action

So Max is definitely over the stomach bug and Wei Yan & I seem to be OK so far. Yesterday we went to dim sum for lunch. Max started out eating some chicken bits from the green bean dish - which amazed me since he usually shuns anything resembling meat. Then he went to town on the fish - and even gobbled up a black bean that got mixed in. Between the fish & the stir fried ho fun, Wei Yan & I were having a hard time putting food on his plate fast enough. After a few tries, he tried the rice congee/jook too and seemed to really like that. So usually I'm opposed to dim sum - at least here in NC, but looks like I've been officially out voted now by the boys.

In other news, work got hit by this worm:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/60minutes/main4897053.shtml
And I just that 60 min segment last night after the Carolina game (go Heels!) so I'm booting my PC at work. It was acting strange & I'm super paranoid...seems like I should know more, but I'm just a programmer, not an IT specialist.

stomach flu

So we got the call from day care to come pick up Max at lunchtime today. We took him to the pediatricians office and looks like he has some sort of stomach flu - a few other kids have something at day care too. So we've seen some things today we could have very well lived without. The dr. said that the vomiting should subside in ~48 hrs, so I guess that's something to hope for. Luckily Max likes pedialyte and he still has a little bit of an appetite so we he ate a few puffs at least. We'll be home with him tomorrow (dad in the morning and me in the afternoon) - so we're hoping neither of us gets this thing too!

Mmmwwwaaa!

New heights

He's been trying to climb for a few days, but tonight he finally got it. We'll work on "not climbing" tomorrow. For now we just had to celebrate what he's been trying to do for a few days now.

New words and tricks

So this last month or two max has really learned so much! He loves to sit on my lap, blow kisses, give hugs, and give slobbery "kisses". He says bubble & up (at least so we can understand him). He makes this questioning sound and babbles up a storm. He's also thrown a few fits, can shake his head no and angrily shove or throw away our wrong offerings to his demands. He says "uh oh" whenever he tips something over or we drop something and when he purposely tips over his cup at meal times. He does a lot of copying things that we do and yesterday he even started bouncing up and down (without leaving the ground when I said "jump! jump!") which I totally did not expect.

He is not a fan or oatmeal, french toast sticks or any kind of meats. At school we can pretty much count on them telling us later that he wanted nothing to do with any of the meat. He's also started smushing up green beans before eating them, where as a few weeks ago, he would not touch anything that had been squished. So things these days seem to be going at the speed of light. Oh, and he has 7 teeth now. His 4 front teeth, 2 bottom front teeth and 1 on the bottom has just come int.

Round the neighborhood

It's been nice out so we have been taking the car out for a spin.
Tried take a picture of max eating his zipper with his forehead in the
steering wheel, but typical - I whip out the camera & he quits doing
whatever he was doing!

Thanks uncle Ryan

Here's max playing with the toy that uncle Ryan bought him.

Percentiles

So I just found Max's 1 year appointment paperwork and plugged his numbers in a growth chart website:

your child is 19.1875 pounds, and that is
at the 4th percentile for weight.

your child is 28.5 inches, and that is
at the 9th percentile for height.

your child has a head circumference of 18.125 inches, and that is
at the 35th percentile for head circumference.

Course he has no trouble eating, 1/2 grilled cheese sandwiches, mandarin oranges, cheese and yogurt are his favorites these days. We just started him on the citrus fruits and he was screaming "moa!" with the most pathetic, panicky, insistent voice yet. We ended up having to show him the empty wendy's container before he quit asking for more.

Season Moore Photography Gallery

So here is the full gallery.

http://www.seasonmoorephotography.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?Slideshow=chan

It's only available until this Thursday - when Max officially turns 13 months old, so get a peek at those 1 year old portraits while you can!