Max is Ten Months Old!

Well, two days ago Max hit double digits in his months! Only 2 more months until he's a year old. I can't believe it! In the two weeks since my last post, Max has learned how to open cabinet doors and drawers. He's also really into the stairs, and he'll head for them multiple times in one day. We definitely have to keep our eyes on him all the time! He has finally started saying "ma, ma," which he has no idea what it means, but I still LOVE it! Thank goodness some spring weather is here (except you always hold your breath for one more big snowstorm living in the Midwest)! We've enjoyed being outside and going to the park. We're also excited about our trip to Florida with the Bosch's next week and going to California to visit my family the week after!

Here he is showing off his new skill. This is when he first started opening the cabinet doors.

A typical dinner conversation in our house.

And some swinging action.

Max's Latest Videos

Alright, I got the videos up! This first one is of one of Max's new favorite games to play. Sorry - the camera angle is kind of funny because I'm in motion! Hope it doesn't make anyone seasick.

And here's Max with some of his newest fascinations - toilets and garbage cans. There's just so much fun stuff to find inside both of these things!

Max has graduated on to eating a lot of the food that we're eating. He still has NO teeth (I know - I can't believe it either, but I am happy that we don't have any bite marks in furniture yet), but he still manages to do just fine. I thought this was funny because I just gave him a plop of acorn squash, and he managed to get in his mouth just fine.

And here he is showing off his "speaking" skills. Actually I can hear him making the same sounds in his crib right now - he just woke up from a nap and is keeping himself entertained.

Max is 9 1/2 Months Old!

Sorry! I am getting bad at keeping up on this. Life has gotten busier around here with just being more settled and having a child that moves and gets into everything he can. So, Max hit 9 months a couple weeks ago! At his 9 month check-up, he was 28 1/4 in. long (which was the same length at his 6 month check-up, so something was wrong with the measuring - probably at the 6 month one) and weighed 19 lbs. 4 oz.

He's basically doing the same things as the last entry; he's just much more proficient at them. Max has started doing a little bit of cruising on furniture - he likes to try to transfer from one thing to another, but like I said the key word is try. He will walk if you hold his hands, but after a while he is ready to get back to crawling. I don't think he's in a big rush to get to walking. Max can do the stairs, but will only do it if we put him on them. He hasn't gone for them on his own (thank goodness, but I know that day will come). Max has explored our house more and more. He'll go after you if you leave the room, has discovered the toilet and all it's joys, and has figured out how to get behind some of our furniture where there always seems to be lamp cords (one broken floor lamp to date). His favorite thing to say is "da-da" over and over again. I keep pushing for mama, but it's just not clicking with him.

Enjoy the pictures! There's a common theme throughout all of them - Max always has some kind of bruise or scratch on his head. I guess this comes with the stage he's at. Like Matt always says it seems that everything Max does now has some element of danger to it!

I've been having problems getting video up with Blogger tonight. So, I'll put this up for now and try to add the videos tomorrow.