A Crawling Christmas

Here comes the baby!

Max Visits Santa Claus

One Last Monthly Post

Today Max is 11 months old. That means in one more month, he'll be a year! (my math skills are pretty good, right?) Everyone says time goes so fast with babies, but I really can't believe I'm going to have a one year old in a month! Max happened to be at the doctor today - he has his first ear infection and RSV to go with it - so we know that he weighs 21.5 pounds. He is scooting around pretty well now, but mostly backwards, and he's starting to get pretty frustrated when he can't get where he wants. When he does go forward, his crawl consists of about three steps - he gets up on his knees, then pushes in with his toes and gets his knees off the ground, then kind of moves his feet forward and then goes back to his knees or stomach (wait I think that's 4 steps!). It's a bit of a process so I can understand his frustration! Much of the time, he would rather be standing. He likes to stand up by his crib or the coffee table and walk around them. Max has also discovered doors. He scoots over to his closet doors and swings them back and forth if they're open a little. When he was on the floor in the kitchen the other day, he figured out that he could open the cabinets. He waves at everyone now and starts doing it as soon as he hears "bye". Oh yeah, and still no teeth! At the doctor's office today, they said they could see them right at the surface, but I'm pretty sure that's what they said at his 9 month appointment.

Can't wait to celebrate one year!

Snow!

It snowed yesterday - Houston's earliest snow ever! I think we got at least a couple of inches, and it was beautiful coming down. It fell almost all day, and this morning there was even still a little left on the ground. I wish it would snow like that (or maybe a little more) every weekend from December to maybe February. Not enough to cause any problems, just enough to play in! Of course, I know it wouldn't be as exciting as it is now if it happened all the time.

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!