Happy Birthday Jessica!

Some of you may know that yesterday was my birthday. I'm officially another year older, but I'm not sure about being any wiser. It was a fun day overall. First I went to work and a coworker bought me lunch, mmm Mcalisters. Then after I got off work Max and I had a play date with Kacee and Nicholas. The kids had so much fun. There were bubbles, books, snacks and more! It was really fun to see the kids together. They ran circles around Max!!! Some of you who follow my friend Christie's blog can see some extra pictures too. Warning some are not intended for young audiences however. At Max's birthday party Nicholas and Kacee were sweet on each other. Yesterday however Max was almost a third wheel at one point!!! Max was content eating some animal cookies while Nicholas and Kacee shared some books and kissing on the couch. Lock up your daughters people! After all the kids were completely tuckered out we headed to go eat at Ted's. Those of you who don't know I personally think this is the BEST Mexican food. On the way to go eat and after dinner you could tell it as my birthday because Jeff let me play the soundtrack to Rent in the car. And I got to sing at the top of my lungs the entire time. It's the little things that remind me how sweet Jeff can be. For those who don't know Jeff despises musicals. What a man I have!!!

Family Pictures

We have now gotten our first official family pictures. They didn't turn out to bad and as usual Max was the star!

Dinner Dance

Max has started doing what Jeff and I have been calling the "dinner dance." Every time he takes a bite he throws his hands in the air and starts waving. He then proceeds to rub whatever food is left on his hands all over his face. Maybe it's because I'm his mommy but it is so adorable!

Surf'n the Net

Max is so high tech now! He loves the computer and is always wanting to push the buttons. Maybe we will have the next Bill Gates on our hands.

Thnaks for the pj's Nicholas!

Max Got some new pj's from his friend Nicolas. Nicolas didn't like them so we have inherited them. I think Max was confused by the feet in them. He hasn't had on long pajamas in a long time. He did get used to them pretty fast though. Thanks Nicholas for the new pajamas! Also after breakfast today I decided that I am starting something new. I figure it is never to early to start good habits so we attempted hand washing after he ate. It was a good attempt. He couldn't figure out how to catch the water coming out of the faucet though.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Jeff's birthday was on Tuesday and he is now in his late twenty's. The big 2-6! We spent a quite evening. We went to dinner and came home so Jeff could watch uninterrupted baseball. Overall it was a nice relaxing day at home. Max got is daddy a present too!

Photo Books

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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.