Generations

We have some really great pictures from the last few weeks of Max with some of his grandparents and great-grandparents. This is not all of his grandparents, as I don't always remember to bring the camera (yet). There is still a lot of family he hasn't met, too!

Max and his Great-Grandma Jeanne (Alex's Grandma).


Max and his Grandpa (Alex's Dad).


Max and his Granddaddy (Clint's Grandpa) and his Pop (Clint's Step-father). I like this one, with three of the four generations...although we couldn't get the Third generation out of bed.

Play Time

We've had a lot of fun playing with some new toys. Grandma (Alex's mom) bought Max a tummy time playmat a few weeks ago and we borrowed a swing and another playmat from our friend, Naomi. Max loves to move, so the swing is great (it gives mom's arms a break and it travels!). Clint decided to join in the fun, too.

Going to the chapel

Max attended his very first wedding Saturday (though, it wasn't really in a chapel). Congrats to MaRee & Adam Clayton, otherwise known as 'Aunt Ree & Uncle Adam.' The wedding was held in Mimsy & Gramps' backyard (Clint's mom & stepdad-Max has a lot of Grandparents, lucky boy!), so we headed down early on Wednesday to see what we could help set up. The wedding was beautiful, and we partied well into Sunday morning (Max slept through most of it!). Here are some pics from the weekend. I have tons more, but blogger is not cooperating with posting them.
Max & Mimsy before the Rehersal Dinner
Max in his wedding suit with his Uncle Kevin
Max with his Aunt Ree & new Uncle Adam

One Month!

Max is one month old! Clint and I have survived our first month of parenthood and, more importantly, Max has survived! During his first month Max has accomplished and experienced the following:

• Holding his head up while on his stomach & raising his chest supported by his arms
• Pushing up on his legs
• Briefly holding his head steady when upright
  
• Making cooing sounds like 'ah ah ah ah,' 'Gah,' and other babelings
• Peeing on: 2 nurses, bed sheets (twice), Mom (three times), in the bath tub, and numerous clean diapers that had not actually been put on him yet
• His first: bath, trip to the doctor, trip to the mall, walk in the park, nail trim
  
• Taking his first road trip to Houston-yay for 4 hours in the car with minimal screaming!
  
• Attending his first wedding (Max has a new Uncle, Adam!)

And after all that...

Max is pooped (and Clint is still a little crazy)!

A Big Day

Yesterday was quite an eventful day for me & Max. We got to test out Mom's new productivity tool-the stroller! Thanks to Trish and a trip to Babies R Us this weekend, Max happily slept through my doctor's appointment and a dress fitting at the tailor. And I felt very accomplished!

In addition to all that action, something really exciting happened-Max's umbilical cord fell off. This means I got to do what I'd been thinking about since we registered for baby stuff; last night Max got his first bath. And since the only thing more embarrassing than your mom showing your date naked baby bathtime pictures is naked baby bathtime pictures of you on the internet, I figured why not start mortifying him now?


Max is not sure what he thinks about bath time.

Not so happy about his head being wet.

Mom made the mistake of not feeding Max before bath time-he's trying to eat the towel.