11 Months Old

Max is 11 months old! I took a picture of him eating in his high chair, because right now that is his favorite thing to do...eat! He shovels food in by the handful. His favorites are Italian foods, Mexican foods, and vegetables. And blueberries. He's drinking 4 8 ounce bottles a day, but they are half formula and half milk. He's becoming a pro at the sippy cup, and I think he will be done with bottles soon. He crawls everywhere, and will walk everywhere as long as he has something to hold on to. He has taken a few steps by himself, but that's as much as he wants to do right now. He repeats tons of sounds, including spitting sounds. He will make an elephant sound, growl, and loves to mimic the noises that the kids in his class make. He can clap and shake his head no and pout when he's told no. He sleeps all night, and when he does wake up at night, he waits for me to come into his room then throws himself down in his crib and goes right back to sleep. I think he just wants to make sure we are still there. He is taking one nap a day, usually about 2 hours. I'm hoping this gets a little longer. He loves to play with Ava, he especially likes to pull her hair and steal her blanket. He's a funny kid and loves to laugh!

More Snow

Just a few pics from the snow. Ava loved it, Max did not.









Click here to see Ava playing in the snow!

Sickness and Snow

It all started January 2. We went to Arby's to eat with some friends, and Ava wouldn't eat. Not even french fries. That should've told me something was wrong, but I just thought she wasn't hungry. Then she kept saying she needed to spit. After several trips to the bathroom, she finally "spit". All over Arby's, the trash can, the floor, the bathroom...everywhere. The people at Arby's were really nice about it, and I was grateful. The rest of the night was spent in my bedroom and bathroom, with Ava "spitting" quite frequently. She began to recover the next morning and regally ate her breakfast in bed.


After her tummy troubles, Ava decided to run fever and develop pharyngitis (or a really bad sore throat). She was better by that Friday, which was good because Micah and I were going to the Cotton Bowl. On the way down, I didn't feel so great. We ate some food and I was better, but by half time we all were feeling a little down. It was pretty cool to get to go to the game, though, and we were on the world's largest HD screen twice. That was awesome.

We made it home just fine, but the next day, the stomach bug hit me. And Max. It was rough. Especially on Micah, who had to take care of everyon. Luckily it snowed that Sunday and Monday, and Micah got to stay home from school one more day to take care of us. We felt good enough to get out in the snow and play some.




Tuesday morning, getting ready for us all to go to school, Ava starts telling me she needs to spit. And she did. All morning long. Another day at home with another stomach bug. Sitting on the well covered couch with her "spit bucket" beside her, we managed to keep the house fairly clean.

That night, the stomach bug hit Micah, too. None of us were spared this go round. By Friday, I thought we were all recovered. We went to the library and HEB. We got home and Max took a really long nap. When he woke up, his fever was 103. We went to the doctor and Max was promptly diagnosed with the flu. He tested positive for type A flu.

Max ran fever and felt bad all weekend, but was better on Monday and Tuesday, then got worse. We went back to the doctor and he was diagnosed with a secondary infection from the flu of bronchitis. More medicine. I had the doc check Ava out, too. She had been coughing some and had a low grade fever. He decided she just had a cold, but the next day she had a 102 fever and did not feel good at all. Luckily, she was better the next day.


Max, on the other hand, still felt bad. I made him some pancakes, though, and that seemed to help.


Ava was very restless and tired of being "stuck in the house" as she would say. We played alot, painted some, and watched more tv than is good for any 2 year old.



It is now January 24 and Max had his first fever free/medicine free day in 10 days. Hopefully we are all recovering and done with sickness for the time being!

Christmas 2010

Christmas this year was awesome, but I must say that I did a horrible job taking pictures. We had Christmas at home Christmas Eve, then went to Paris to have Christmas with the Frys and Zants. After that, we went to Lone Oak for Christmas with my family, then back home to Corsicana, where the McDonalds met us to visit for a few days. It was a great Christmas and we enjoyed seeing everyone!


Ava and Max are ready for Santa


Getting cookies for Santa and his reindeer


Santa came and brought at tricycle for Ava and a tractor flashlight for Max


Maybe the trike was for Max, too!


Santa brought me some running gear


Ava got a Cat In The Hat shirt


Max was an expert unwrapper


Ava loved her tricycle, too.


At Grandma and Grandad's, Max loved the purple ball


More presents!


Playing with Jeff


Ava's new house



Auntie Am and Max



More toys and fun!!

10 Months Old

Max is 10 months old! He's getting to be a big boy. He wears 12-18 month old clothes and size 5 diapers. He takes five 7 ounce bottles a day, eats three meals (sometimes...he's not big on eating food still), and takes one to two naps a day. He can wave and say "bye-bye", "Da-da" and "Ma-ma". He will give you a high five and can shake his head no when he's done eating food or when he doesn't want to do something. And he understands the word "no". If you tell him no, he stops what he's doing and puts on the biggest pouty face. On the other hand, if you point a camera in his direction, he instantly smiles. He's a very happy and laid back little boy. He loves to play and plays very well by himself. He goes into Ava's room and pulls all the drawers out of her toy shelves and plays with all her stuff. He loves the bathroom, especially the toilet. He loves to play the little piano and open and close all the doors on the play kitchen. Max loves to be held and cuddled and likes to sleep in bed with his Mama when she lets him. Max is pulling up on everything and walking around while holding onto stuff. He's not quite found his balance yet so I don't think walking will be happening any time soon. He's very clumsy and falls down and bumps his head all the time. He'll either wind up being tough, or not very intelligent. Max LOVES to be outside. Ava has learned to open the back door and any chance she gets she will open and and the two of them will escape to the back porch. Max loves to bug Ava, pull her hair, and jump on her. He's a sweet little boy and we're glad he's here!

Christmas Eve

It's Christmas Eve at our house today. We woke up this morning and ate breakfast at Denny's, hung around the house and played all day, and got some Christmas cookies for Santa. We told Ava that Santa is coming in the house through the fireplace. She keeps saying, "Santa, fire?" I'm afraid she may think that Santa's going to blow up. We've been watching Indiana Jones movies and the original Superman, and there's lots of things that blow up. She's always concerned when something blows up and wants to know about the fire. Maybe when she sees the toys he left, she'll know he wasn't blown up! And Max, he has no clue what's going on. He's just glad to be feeling better!

Christmas Time

It's Christmas time and we've been super busy, just like everyone else! We've had parties, shopping, baking, and sickness to deal with. Max is getting over his first ear infection, he was a very sick little boy! The ear infection rearranged some of our shopping plans, but luckily we got it all done. Here are a few pics from our past few weeks.


All smiles


Ava wanted her picture taken with Max in front of the tree.


Max was done


So tired she needed to take a nap on the kitchen floor. Isn't our floor lovely?


PJ Day at school. I think Max was starting to get sick here, you can see his eyes just don't look good.