so sorry, my favorite meatballs!

talk about some serious maternal guilt. it's been ages since I've posted anything here, and I'm not feeling good about it.

max sucking on seiji at hans and naoko's baby shower (SEP 2011)

look max! here you are, seven months (suddenly), and sucking on seiji's fingers. you have a round head, just like your big brother did. however, where he was dry, you are a drooling, wet mess. where henry carefully explored the world with his eyes and hands, you attack everything with your mouth. otherwise, just like henry before you, you are a happy baby, you love to be held and cuddled, and you are quick and attentive to the world around.

max at home with steel (SEP 2011)

max is only slightly alarmed by steel love! 

steel at home with henry, in norris square (OCT 2008)

Henry wasn't as accepting of steel's love when he was eight months old.

just about 3 months

Henry:
you love your daddy
you can string multiple sounds together, and have a lot to say in baby talk
a-goo
urp
ya!
ulk-ah
eep
ooo
you dance on your back
you are getting good at tummy time and sometimes you push your chest up
you laugh a lot more now
you still love your hands
you love to stare at the ceiling fan
you are beginning to suck on your hand (in a fist)
you met your cousins (Scotts) and you love to stare at them
Lauren and Katie both held you
you sat in the grass for the first time (at Skip's house)
you can hold your head up (kinda)
you noticed gummi
you're beginning to grow out of 0-3 month clothes! the green onesie is too small
you need to be swaddled for sleep
you smile in your sleep
you watch me from across the room
1st memorial day party, in Ft. Washington (Skip's house)
1st babysitter on my birthday (Alissa) - also the last bottle you drank for a while
you ride facing forward in the baby bjorn carrier
you love your hanging toys and your mobile
you giggle when you're zurberted
you can do raspberry noises!

Max:
you reach out to grab fingers and bring them to your mouth (you miss a lot)
you take turns talking
you make lovely cooing noises
you open your mouth whenever someone gets their face close to yours (for kisses!)
you're ticklish
you love to laugh
you give BIG smiles
you are a happy baby
you chew on your fist, just like your brother did
you still love the moby wrap
you're a good sleeper
you're big!
you love staring at lights
you love the fishes on your swing
you can hold your head up and turn to look around the room
you're working on your core muscles

april 2011

max: yesterday, your eyes began to turn brown (just a teeny bit). today, you laughed for the first time! you laughed heartily three times as I tickled your belly. henry's first laugh was reported by daddy, on may 5, 2008.

henry: you are more verbal every day - your progress is incredible to witness. you are peeing in the potty every once in a while, and love to talk about how you'll get underwear with darth vader if you can put all of your pee and poop into the potty. after this thursday, you won't be going to daycare, which is terrifying for me. you'll be staying at home with a nanny beginning next monday.