Max is Six Months Old!

Wow! We can't believe that he is half a year old already! Like everyone told us, time really does fly. Unfortunately Max's 6 month doctor appointment got pushed off into December, so we don't have his official weight and height. According to our own measuring, Max weighs around 18 pounds and is 26-27 inches long.

He is much more alert and starting to be more interested in other babies. Max also loves his baths, and really enjoys sticking bath toys in his mouth and wiggling them around (must feel good on those gums - yup, that means no teeth yet). If he's going to his bath, sees the dogs in the morning, or when Matt comes home from work Max will make this excited squeal which we think is pretty darn cute! He's getting the rolling thing down and will roll around on the floor to all sorts of things. Also, he has figured out to how to get his toes in his mouth. It is quite interesting slurping noise when he sucks on a toe!

We got to go back to Grand Rapids for a weekend this month, and my sister and her friend came out to visit us too. We are looking forward to having my parents here in a few days and visiting all our relatives in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for Thanksgiving. Max will get to meet 2 of his great grandmas then. Happy Thanksgiving everyone and enjoy the pictures and video clips!

Here he is having fun with Matt. Max definitely knows that's what his daddy is for!

Here is basically what Max is like on a normal day. Notice the missing sock. He's so into his feet that I can barely keep socks on him. So, a lot of the time I'll find him with only one sock on.

And here's what it looked like at our house Tuesday morning. We got a lot more snow during the day and are supposed to be getting more all week long!

Happy Halloween!

Well, I know this is a little later than I originally planned, but here are some pictures from Halloween. We got Max a chicken costume and his Auntie Maria got him a monkey one. Max did not go trick-or-treating (I think that would be a little too self-serving being that Max can't eat the candy). Instead he helped us greet trick-or-treaters at our house. He stayed in his costume for about 45 minutes, but then was totally fed up as it was near bedtime. We also got to visit Matt at his office for lunch since they had a Halloween party and trick-or-treating for all the Pfizer kids. I should be getting more pictures up soon since Max will hit the 6 month mark this weekend!

Someone at Matt's work was saying that you dress up as your alter-ego. What does that mean for our poor son?

Checking himself out with Dad.

At Matt's work. One of Matt's co-workers has a 7 month old baby, CJ. They were pretty focused on the toys as you can tell.

Here's his monkey costume from Auntie Maria.

I loved the tail on it! Too cute!