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