I Have Not Left You

Many of you know of one of my best friends Christie. She keeps up with her adorable little guy Nicholas and has officially put me to shame. I have obviously been a little behind on keeping everyone up to date on the comings and goings of the Brown family recently. What can I say... I have no excuse other than that life gets in the way. So to start off Max had his 1 year appointment and everything went pretty good. He didn't even cry when they took his blood. Getting shots was another story, but overall it wasn't a bad visit. He weighs 18 pounds and 13 ounces and is 29.75 inches tall. He is on the big boy chart again this time so I think that the preemie chart is officially a thing of the past. I do feel a little silly and had a first time mommy moment. I forgot until after I freaked out that Max got his MMR shot and the doctor told me that he might break out in a rash and be fussy for a few days. But the good news is Max is immune to the measles! Everything has been going the same for Jeff and I we are both working and spending as much time as we can with Maxwell. Jeff has been experiencing some with drawls since he went to the last Redhawks game of the season on Thursday. No worries he will bounce back like always. Plus there is a silver lining since the MLB season isn't over until OCTOBER!!! Why does he have to love a sport that plays over 150 games! We are getting family pictures taken this week so hopefully we will have some new awesome pictures to post. One of the pictures is of Max with one of this new birthday presents from Uncle Jake and Aunt Brittany. He loves to sit on it but hasn't figured out that he can make himself move, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The other two are just cute pictures that I've taken between now and my last post. Again sorry about the wait. I promise to be better!!!

Look who's a big boy now!

We had Max's birthday party, and he had his one year pictures taken yesterday. He is officially a one year old toddler. This time last year he was still in the hospital and we didn't even know when he was going to get to come home. I have been really sentimental lately, but Jeff and I really need to count ourselves lucky. Yes, Max did come as a surprise 6 weeks early. And yes, he did have to spend 10 days in the NICU. But he didn't get worse while in the hospital and even though it was slow he showed improvement every day. Some families pray for what we have. And while I'm feeling so sentimental I feel truly blessed that my family has come this far...Enough of this gooey stuff now. Max did have his picture taken yesterday and of course I'm biased, but they are so cute!

Happy Birthday!

I have been excited and dreading this day for some time now. Max turned 1 yesterday and it was wonderful! I would like to say that I could have lived without the dead animal smell and the balloons flying away, but all in all it was pretty good. Max devoured his cake and I think I officially have an addict on my hands. Only 364 days until the next birthday and we enter the terrible two's.

Strike a Pose...Vogue

Brian & Jennifer came to pick up Emma from her little vacation to Oklahoma. Much to my surprise Aunt Jenny got a very nice new camera. Of course Max was the perfect test subject!!! The pictures she took came out really great. The only bad part is he looks so grown up. Some of you may also notice that we are FINALLY catching on to sitting up!

Yummy, yummy I've got love in my tummy!

Max has started eating more grown up food. I don't know if some people consider what is on his tray grown up food but I do. It's a mess, but he is sooo cute doing it!

Birthday shopping for Max.

I think I have officially decided what I'm getting Max for his big birthday coming up! Max is getting bigger and so I was thinking about getting him a new bath seat he could sit in. But I found something better on EBay! Look at this… Since the tub is always filled neck deep with water he can wear this flotation device around his neck. No worrying about the risk of strangulation, that's for pussy's! We are making real men in the Brown house! They say it is good for children between the age 1 to 18 months. So those of you thinking about getting one do it early, apparently it will keep any infant afloat in the shallow or deepest of water. And this is the awesome picture they used to show how great the product is. You know the model in this picture is loving whoever put him in that thing.

Father Son Moment

I must share a story with you all. Today Jeff was getting Max ready to go to dinner. He was in the middle of changing his diaper and I walk in with Jeff saying to Max " your wiener is your friend and you don't hit your friends." Of course Max has come to learn that when his diaper comes off there are extra parts he wasn't aware of before. Needless to say he likes to pull and hit his schmeckle. I just thought it was hilarious that Jeff's first piece of fatherly advice had to do with not hitting your wiener. Also for your viewing pleasure.. another adorable picture of Max!

Sorry about the wait!

I have been told I have left many of you waiting for a new post. Things have been a little busy and I have failed in my duties as an obsessed mommy. Max has cut another tooth, so for those who have not gotten to see his new smile I post one now. Plus I cant resist putting a picture that I took the other day before his bath. Max absolutely LOVES bath time! I cant wait till he has a girlfriend to show some of these pictures to. Maybe it can grace the pages of his senior yearbook.

Mommy, wow... I'm a big kid now!

After dinner tonight Jeff and I had to run to Staples. I attempted to put Max in the cart before without his seat and it was HORRIBLE! Since Jeff was with me we decided to try it again. He looked so cute and grown up. I know I keep saying it but I really think that sitting up is on the horizon. There is no other way to put it Max is lazy. What other baby do you know that doesn't sit up by almost 11 months? Max just has a little to much of his daddy in him.

The Dog Days of Summer

We finally had our trip to the pool! The water was warm and Max loved it. He was really sleepy when we went so we were only in the water for about 30 minutes but he probably could have lasted longer. Jeff and I started to wimp out though. We had a great time and thanks to Yaya and Nanny we get to swim all by ourselves whenever we want... Now not related to swimming some of you may already know, but Max is getting his first tooth. Of course, in true Max fashion it's opposite from a lot of babies because it is his top front tooth. It is so cute though. He is getting so big. As soon as he lets me I'll get a new picture posted of the tooth.