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.