Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving with Matt's family. Max enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner - he ate turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green beans, broccoli cheese and rice casserole, and maybe a little taste of pie.

Max was having a bottle, and Caitlyn decided she should join him.

We also had fun the day after Thanksgiving spending time with Matt's grandma and aunt and uncle and their 4 year old twin girls. Max is going to have a lot of fun with all of the kids when he gets a little older. Malley is very into babies right now, so she wanted to help feed Max.

Catching Up

Way back in October, we were away for a couple weekends and I never did post about our trips. First we went to Waco for Baylor Homecoming. We had fun seeing some old college friends and enjoying the homecoming traditions. We did not have fun watching the football game, but then, we're used to that. We went to the bonfire Friday night and to the parade and game on Saturday.

On Halloween weekend, we went camping with friends at Inks Lake near Austin. It was a little chilly Friday night.



But we snuggled up and kept warm



We hung out around the campfire, hiked around the campground, and found a fun little winery down the road with free wine tastings.

Since it was Halloween, Max wore his costume.


We had fun and can't wait for another camping weekend!

10 months

Max is now 10 months old and celebrated that milestone by falling off the couch and getting his first bruise. Considering that he hit his head on the coffee table and then fell to the ground, it doesn't look bad at all - actually I tried to take a picture and it didn't even show up!

I just looked back at the 9 month post and not too much has changed. (looking back at my posts also made me realize that I haven't done as many "monthly" posts as I thought!) Still no teeth, still not crawling. He is getting more mobile, wiggling when he's on his stomach, going backwards, and scooting when he's sitting up.

Max just started to wave this week. But when Matt or I wave at him, he won't wave back - he shakes his head at us instead. It's pretty funny!

He's really starting to understand his toys. This morning he was playing with a dinosaur that has holes to put balls in. Then they roll down the dinosaurs neck or tail or come out the middle. He would put the ball in and then look for it where it was supposed to come out. The balls also got stuck a few times, and he figured out that he could reach in the hole and push them. At the bottom of one of the chutes is a door, and the balls don't always come out, so he also figured out how to lift up the door to get the balls out.

Happy 10 months Max! I can't believe you're almost 1!