oh so funtimes baby boy

Monday, March 20, 2006

please enjoy the highly esteemed and diverse talents of...

my good friend the jellybean...

she is a mighty fine photographer

someone oughta pay her

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

milestones

as implied by the last picture, max has been spending a lot of time studying his crib and how to use the bars to achieve his nefarious ends. the day we have long anticipated and somewhat dreaded has arrived.

Tonite he was carrying on quite dramatically after I laid him in his crib to go to sleep. Generally I top off the tank (max's lil pre-sleep nightcap) then lay him in the crib where he kind of curls on his side, finds the thumb and heads to dreamland. Occasionally there is a mild protest which ceases within a few seconds -rarely more than 3 minutes. Tonite, however he went on and on with the screaming kind of cries that sound like some little tiny part of his vocal cord is busting out OR his heart and spirit have irrevocably broken due to our uncaring neglect. Needless to say we didn't last that long, not being a full on sleep trained CIO (cry it out,baby) family. I went in after the first 12 minutes and started the whole bedtime ritual over, topped the tank and laid him down to sleep. After about 3 minutes of silence the whole she-bang started up again , growing worse and worse. We waited and waited and tried to eat our tacos and waited and after 16 whole minutes (it honestly feels like an eternity - especially since it is so rare) the hubby broke down and went to check on him and BANG! MILESTONE!!!!!!!

Max was standing up in his crib at the part closest to the door to his room and seemed unsure how to get down. He can now pull him self up to standing. In his crib. Now we have to lower the sleeping platform AGAIN so he doesn't somehow figure out how to nosedive over the top of the rails. But it was pretty exciting to see him standing there blinking and screaming at us now that the translation had dawned on us.
I'M STANDING UP! I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF! CHECK ME OUT SUCKAS! GIT YOUR BUTTS IN HERE NOW!!! CRAP I CAN'T GET BACK DOWN! I'M FREAKING OUT!!! ITS MAKING ME TIRED, GEEZ! I'M SO TIRED! SOMEBODY HELP ME! and so on

how did it all end,you ask? Did max ever find the secret to knee bending and safely lowering himself to a seated position then rolling gently onto his side and snuggle up for sleep. Heck no. His pops laid him down and calmed him then left him to fall asleep. There were a few mild peeps then radio silence. Back to normal except for he major milestone my genius baby hurdled today.

Friday, February 17, 2006

so many firsts

Over the holiday break we had so many firsts, First mushy food in December - which caused an allover bodily quake as if the kid was shaking off a stiff drink. We tried again in early January and it took. Success came as Max had his first high chair sit and was pulled up to the dinner table with the rest of us. He took a bite of mushy carrots and then opened his little mouth for more.

He swam in the ocean and played with sand. He wore sunscreen and got a swimsuit. He napped under a palapa, swam on his own and did not float out to sea (pictures are so misleading)

Now a days he's standing by holding on to stuff and springing up and down, pretending to walk a little. He's scooching and spinning on the slick wood floors, using his hands like little suction cups and dragging himself forward or inchworming backwards in a contract and expand type motion. He is trying desperately to pull up in his crib - yes we lowered the bed down to avoid a spill. For fun we sometimes stand him up in the crib and let him try to work his way around. Yesterday he atually clapped, twice. Then it was back to random arm flailing. He has also taken to blowing raspberries on my face and arms and chewing on daddy's nose and my chin or cheeks (lots to work with there.) He still smells amazing. As my friend says "he hasn't started rotting from the inside out yet." Beautiful image.

Thats the news, now the weather ....
Sunny!