Go Away Germs!

I have strep throat.  That means I can't kiss and hug on the baby for 24 hours.  

That stinks.  

Max doesn't think much of Mama being sick either.

Max is "talking"

We like to pretend that Max can talk.  Here is Max saying what we think is baby.

Winter Wonderland...sort of

Winter has come to Kansas City. Max experienced his first snow on Thursday. It was beautiful and only about 2 - 3 inches so there were no travel problems. He wasn't very interested and I didn't take him out in it because I was being an overprotective mommy who doesn't want her baby's cold and cough to get even worse. Now we are getting ice (yuck) and hoping that it doesn't rain/ice as much as they are predicting. Ice can very easily = no power, which isn't much fun for anyone. So for now, lets enjoy some video of Max (I've been told by numerous people that I haven't been updating enough) and hope that our winter wonderland stays wonderful.

Family Pictures

We got some photos taken last weekend....

Follow the link to see!

9 Months and a Few Days



(okay, I fixed the link. It should work now!)

Someday Max...

You will rake the leaves for us... your dad and I look forward to that day.


But for now I guess we will settle for you looking cute in the leaves we raked.

3 New Things for Max

Max met a friend in the mirror. He thinks he is quite handsome and I think he is right!

We got a tree in our front yard to celebrate the year of the little man's life.

We had a WONDERFUL visit with my cousin Sara. He was quite taken with her, he loves all beautiful women! Max can't wait till he gets to see his Sara again!

Almost 9 Months!

Happy Halloween...

From the cutest pumpkin there is!

Pumpkin Time

It is a beautiful day here in Kansas and we made use of the gorgeous weather. We attended a pumpkin patch festival to benefit an urban school here in the city, DeLaSalle. Max got to pick a pumpkin, see our friend Eric Carver do some awesome face painting, look at baby cows, and listen to some awesome music by Mr. Stinky Feet himself, Jim Cosgrove. All and all, it was a pretty fun afternoon!

On the Move

Maddox has decided to start exploring his world a little more fully. He is officially crawling all over the place and is pulling himself up to stand too! Lane and I are running around like mad trying to really baby proof the house. I haven't really gotten any good crawling pictures but here are some cute pictures of Max standing at our window after school today.

Max is great!

Here are some photos to remind us that Max is a happy child loved by many! We're blessed to get to see the many moods of Max:


Contemplative Max





Confused Max





Monkey Max (trying to climb the ottoman)





Mischievous Max (Untying Dad's Shoes)

I'm a bad blogger...

But here are some pictures to make up for my laziness the last few weeks! To update: Maddox is trying to crawl, but hasn't been too successful. He is very good at sitting himself up though. He has gotten two teeth on the bottom. That was a fun experience for everybody:) He is growing like a weed and loving life with Mom and Dad!

Bathtime

Now that Max is able to sit up on his own he has graduated to bathing in our kitchen sink. Bathtime has become a very fun time in our house and something I think we all look forward to every night!

What a day...

School was hard today. Not because the kiddos aren't fabulous, they are really cute and fun... but because allergy season has hit full blast here in the Nelson household. I could whine about the general ickiness that I am feeling, but I would rather get to the good stuff.

So, I get off and go to pick up Maddox. I am thinking to myself it is going to be a long evening because Lane won't be home anytime soon and I am tired and gross feeling. I get my little man and head home, then back to Lyza's because I'm an airhead and forgot the blanket... We finally get home and what follows is this:

~cute, bubbly giggles from Max while I make fart noises (he is truly a member of my family)
~a smile filled dinner, complete with a shriek of joy when I dance and sing to the radio
~a kitchen covered with water as Max lives bathtime to the fullest.
~cuddles and open-mouth baby kisses, complete with him holding my head as he tries to kiss me.

All in all, Maddox made my life a joyful experience today, even if I did have a case of the icks.

Max in Numbers

2 naps
5 bottles
8 diapers
1 walk
2 errands with the Parents
25 squeals of joy
5 squeals of irritation
3 jars of baby food
1 ball thrown with daddy
100 kisses
25 giggles
and 1 pair of new pajamas

Goodnight Max!

Schools, Pools, Naked Babies, OH MY!

I started teaching my first graders again this week. It was a good week and Max has been a total champ in the mornings. He wakes up pretty early (sometimes as early as 5:30) but he is usually happy to lay in his crib watching his Fisher Price Rainforest or his Winnie the Pooh Mobile for a long time while I get ready. Then he loves to play with my wet hair while he takes his bottle! Then we end our morning time together by dancing and being silly. He is a pretty happy little guy.
This weekend we bought a baby pool for him. We really wanted one of the hard, plastic ones but we could never find one. So, while at Target I found a fun baby pool on sale. While it wasn't what we had in mind, I think Max was pretty okay with it!

Max and Mom on the first day of school~


Pool time fun!

Max's Life

Max's 5 Month Pictures

We went to the mall yesterday and had an unplanned photo shoot at the Picture People... bad idea for mom's wallet, good idea b/c the pictures are adorable. Click on the link to check them out Maddox the Great

5 Months + 1 week

Maddox with Dad 5 months,1 week ago (give or take a day).


Maddox with Dad 1 week ago.

He is getting so big, which is great. It is so neat to see all of his growth but it also makes me a little sad. I will go back to work in 2 weeks and I know that with life getting hectic, time is going to FLY by even faster than now. Before I know it he will be 18 and leaving home (I know, I know, a little melodramtic but SO true)!

Okay, I can take a hint...

Here are pictures of Mr. Max swimming, please ignore the chubby white girl that is with him!

Granny Bop, Daisy, and Swimming, OH MY!

Max and I are in OK and he is having a ball hanging out with all his grandparents. He has decided he LOVES puppies, especially my parent's dog Daisy. He has also become quite the little swimmer. We have been taking photos and I promise to post some as soon as I can, which will be when Lane arrives on Wednesday and shows me how to do it on this computer!

Maddox at 4 months (more in post below)

Max's at 4 months (SO CUTE!)