Max continues to grow and change every day!  He is so big and currently wears 18 month clothes quite comfortably.  I am really excited about the cold weather because all of Max’s summer clothes are getting to small and I don’t want to buy any more knowing that I have fall clothes in his drawers that fit him!  It is crazy the amount of clothes this boy has gone through.  We now have 4 large plastic totes full of clothes that are too small.

Max is now crawling everywhere.  He started his crawling by getting up on all fours, flattening out on his tummy, and army crawling.  Just this past week, Max has been crawling on all fours as his preferred method.

This kid eats everything!  He loves trying new foods and experimenting with his two teeth that have come in over the past month!

Jason and I are hoping that Max gets back in the habit of sleeping through the night.  Teething and a little cold have meant that Max wants to join us in bed at 4am.

Here are some photos from the past month!

This day, I forgot to put diapers in the diaper bag when I left Max with my grandma!  Poor Grandma Kay had to put him in a towel and then as a last resort, but him in the tub (aka kitchen sink.)  Max loved it and thought it was quite the deal!

Max having his first Panda Express.

Loving every bite!

First time with Spaghetti!

In the big boy cart at the grocery store!

Max turned 8 months this week! I know I say this all the time, but he is such a great kid! Jason and I love him so much!

Likes:
Food- really! Any food! He hasn’t turned down anything regardless of the fact that he has no teeth!

Bouncing on his bottom when music comes on! He has some rhythm! We went to lapsit time at the West Des Moines Library, and Max LOVED it! He was totally in his element with all the other babies there to look at and all the singing and bouncing!

Social gatherings! He really likes to watch people and doesn’t mind being passed around.

The pool! I am so glad that he likes the water. He will just sit and splash and watch the other kids play or float in his floatie and relax! What a funny kid!

His cousins! He likes all 15 of them (and even the 16th on the way)!!! We have had the pleasure of seeing Max’s cousins quite frequently over the past few months and Max is entertained by them and loves laughing with them!

Remote controls! If one is in his sight, he will dive for it! It has caught Jason and I off guard many times!!!

Dislikes:
Vacuums. Especially when Daddy isn’t there to rescue him and save him!

Clipping his nails. Okay, maybe it is just me that dislikes clipping his nails! I am always scared I am going to cut his little fingers by mistake.

When things go out of his reach. He doesn’t crawl yet, so when things are too far for him to reach, he gets very sad.

Milestones:
He says both dada and mama, but I don’t think he associates the words with Jason or I.

He sits so well on his own! He will occasionally go from sitting to laying on his tummy and then rolling over, no signs of crawling yet though!

Thankfully, he has started sleeping really well. He will sleep through the night and take naps in his crib!

Jason often says that Max has the sweetest faces. He really looks like he is empathizing with you some times and his smiles light up the room (and my heart!)

Max is a little over 5 months and he has been busy!

He has started eating food (don’t mind the bib that says he loves his sister. What he does love are hand me downs!)

He also enjoys hanging out playing on his jumparoo he got from his Aunt Heather. And… He has made a new friend in Peanut!

We went to Max’s 6 month check up yesterday and he is a happy, healthy guy!  The doctor told us that he could tell Max was healthy just by looking at him!  We are so blessed and so thankful that Max is healthy, continuing to grow, and right on track for milestones at this age.

His stats are:
Head Circumference: 45 cm – 81%
Weight: 20lb 6oz – 90%
Length: 28.3in – 95%

We look forward to seeing Max continue to try new foods and become mobile!  🙂