Week 8

8 weeks tommorrow.....sigh.

Trip to Port Arthur

Max took his first road trip this past weekend. We went to Port Arthur to visit "Nani" and let all our friends there come meet Max. It went very well, Max was great and didn't seem to mind the swarm of activity surrounding him.

Slide show weeks 5 and 6

Hi Everyone,

I'm sure y'all have noticed a slow down in the posts, sorry. What can I say, we are new parents, and between me going back to work and Jen being exhausted we've slacked off. Here's some pics from the past few weeks, more posting shortly.

Max's horoscope today says:

So what if you're a little fussy? It's to be expected as you cultivate a personal style, a work in progress that's soon to be spectacular.

A little fussy indeed. For the last three days, if he is not asleep, he is fussing, eating or pooping - sometimes all at once. I thought by nearly 2 months, he would be settling into a groove - or at least allowing us to settle into a groove. I suppose technically he is into a groove, it's just turned out to be more of a rut. I think this is just all a product of a 6.5 week growth spurt that will soon leave me wondering who replaced my cuddle bug of an infant with a child well on his way to toddler.

I don't think I'd be cut out to be a stay at home mom. Don't get me wrong, it's really nice to be needed, and to be "The Mom" who will always be the one to "make it all better", but woo, what responsibility. I feel torn between wanting Max to wake up so we can interact (and so he'll hopefully sleep well tonight), and wanting him to fall asleep so I can get a break and take a shower or a nap, or just tick something off of the to-do list I've got working. Unfortunately when I do get that small break, I feel too lazy to do anything worthwhile.

update

Well, looks like we haven't been here in a while. I guess we've just been trying to settle in - amazing how long that takes. Just when you think you have things figured out, Max goes through a growth spurt, or does something new and you have to start all over again. Here's what the little guy has been up to:

• He's becoming quite an early bird. This morning he was WIDE AWAKE and flailing his arms and legs around in his crib (after having managed to kick off his blanket) somewhere in the early 6:00 hour. I, mind you, was not so wide awake, hence my inability to tell you precisely when he awoke. After feeding him and changing him it was evident he was not going to go back to sleep, so here I am. He is now laying on his play mat listening to Mozart and batting at the toys hanging down.
• His eye lashes and eyebrows are starting to get a little darker. His eyelashes are really long!
• He has started to get this little breathy laugh, a really cute smile, and an "ooo" sound. Most often they are the pre-curser to his spitting up, but it's fun while it lasts.
• He and I ventured out on our own yesterday. I had a hair appointment and wanted to show him off to Rick. It actually worked out really well - he slept the whole time Rick was doing my hair & only started to get fussy about 3 miles away from home.
• He has started to interact with the toys on his play mat a bit more. When we turn the music on he really gets active bats things around and "talks" to them. He's only good on there for about 20 minutes though before he's ready for something else.

Happy Birthday Max

Today is Max's one month birthday. Hard to believe a month has already gone by! We had a good day. We packed up the dogs and the stroller and went for a walk in the near-by park. Max also got a bath today (which was recorded using our new video recorder), and he and I took a nap - not a bad way to spend the day!
Other notables:

• Max has slept in his crib in his room for 4 nights in a row and last night, he only woke up twice instead of 3 times.
• We think he has hit a bit of a growth spurt. We noticed today that the Gerber 0-3 month onesies are starting to get a bit short on him. His torso is so long - justs like Daddy.
• He's about 10lbs and 22" long.

28 Days Later

Max past the 28 day mark yesterday. Here he poses to show us that he's already a cool kid.

Milestone

Max slept in his crib last night - in his room all by himself. It was probably harder on me than it was on him, but we both managed to get sleep so i can't complain. Now if he would just take a nap so I can take a shower.......