Happy Birthday Nana

Max got to help his Nana celebrate her birthday earlier this month. He joined the family for dinner making his high chair debut.

He can't figure out why the chocolate cake came out AFTER he went to bed though.

First Day of School

Max started daycare on February 1. He seems to be adjusting well and really liking his teachers and friends. Here's his first, "first day of school" picture. Jeremy and I are adjusting about half as quickly as Max...

Let the Good Times Roll

It has been quite the month in the life of the mad man. Take a look at the photo link below to see all of his milestones. His biggest came just in time for his four month birthday on 1/30: the big Roll Over from back to stomach. Here's a pic of him just after his proud accomplishment. Since last Thursday morning, he as been rolling over any chance he gets when placed on his back.

Other his other highlights include: exesaucer, johnny jump up, bumbo chair, rice cereal and finally holding a sippy cup.

He starts daycare tomorrow morning. No doubt it will be much harder on me than him. But we're all looking forward to getting into a new rhythm as a family.

Copy and paste the link below for photo highlights:
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Maxamania

Is anyone else as amazed by this photo as I am? Max is growing up more each day....smiling, giggling, laughing, sitting in his exesaucer, and starting to eat rice cereal. Rice cereal you ask? Yes, well normally that comes at 5 or 6 months, but Max has forgotten that he learned to eat out of a bottle at 3 weeks. And he seems to have the iron will of one (or both) of his parents. So this week we decided there must be more than one way to skin this cat.

After his RSV episode, we decided it would be best to give him plenty of time to heal his lungs before starting daycare. He'll begin 2/1. In the mean time, he's getting to spend lots of extra time with his Nana and Papa (thank you!) while I am back at work. I'm so grateful to have a flexible schedule and the ability to work remotely.

Here are some highlights of Max's 3rd month. I can't believe he we'll be celebrating his four month birthday before long.

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Max's First Christmas and the last two weeks...

We spent the Christmas holiday at the coast with the Prose gang. It was a fun trip and Christmas day was 55 and sunny! We got an amazing walk on the beach in and otherwise relaxed with the fam. Below are a couple of family shots. One from Christmas morning, one later in the beautiful afternoon and one of Max opening his first official Christmas gift before we left home on the 24th (thanks Donna and Dunkin).

After a foiled attempt on New Year's day, we finally celebrated Christmas with the Carsons last Friday. Max got his first cold, which actually turned out to be RSV (a respiratory virus in infants). After spending New Year's day night in the ER at Doernbecher and week of healing, he is finally back to himself.

As I write this tonight, my thoughts are with Max's Great Grandma Marie in Iowa. She loves reading his blog and looking at pictures of Max; her visit in November was a real treat. She's had some complications with heart surgery and needs all of our strength right now.


Check out more pics of our Christmas at the coast here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=LeeACarson&target=ALBUM&id=5419765937563033201&authkey=Gv1sRgCOvkrZv01OmxLA&feat=email

Winter seems to be here to stay...

...but we try not to let that slow us down too much. Max loves his jogging stroller and going for walks in his Moby wrap. Honestly, we're just happy to have 'normal' Portland winter weather back this week after highs in the teens last week. Some fresh air in the afternoon is just what the doctor ordered.

Before and after photos from our outing yesterday. Max turns 11 weeks tomorrow and loves to look at anything new and different.

Two Months

Max turned 2 months old on Monday! He's smiling and giggling and a total blast to be around. He was a whopping 15 lbs at his two month doctor visit and is out growing clothes at an alarming rate.

We're settling in to all the big changes of the last two months and Max is starting to find his own rhythm. I go back to work in January, and in the mean time am savoring every second of being home with Max. Jeremy started his new job at AllStar Fitness on Monday and has had a great first week in his roll as Director of Athlete Development.

Here's a link to some highlight photos from the last month:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=LeeACarson&target=ALBUM&id=5411444808072535409&authkey=Gv1sRgCPjApuDbqtyj-QE&feat=email