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Happy 7 Month Birthday Today Max!
Can’t Wait to Get Home
Posted by C2 on May 23, 2011 in General
Big hats, tall buildings,
steakhouses and green parks,
the hot sun, whipping wind,
and clouds with no rain.
Spicy food, cold drinks,
and a hotel filled with laughter.
My room is quiet.
I can snack in peace.
I sleep soundly
and uninterrupted.
But nothing about this visit
can make me forget about home,
where my little boy plays
and bangs on the table,
where sleep is often disturbed,
and meals are rarely eaten hot.
Warm with my son on our couch,
at home and completely happy.
That’s where I want to be.
Max Shoes
Max has two pairs of shoes and has worn shoes twice in his life (this is the second time.) He got a pair as a gift out in western Virginia, and Mom picked out this pair over the weekend. He seemed very happy to be ready to go out for the day. (Click on the picture for a larger version. If you look closely you can see his two teeth..)
Maxwell Two Teeth
Max now has a set of lower choppers that are fully functional. He’s still eating Gerber Stage 1 and Gerber Stage 2 foods, so he doesn’t have to do too much chewing.. 
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Max of the Wild
Max has had a lot of fun playing outside in the nice weather with Dad until Mom get’s home. 
So far, hats nor shoes bother him.
Max’s 6 month Check Up Stats
Max had his 6 month Dr appointment on Monday of this week and checked out great. All parts are working correctly and he is right in line for proportion. I believe the official medical opinion for Max is that “he is one big dude..”
His current stats are:
31 Inches Long/Tall (100th Percentile?) Chart
23.1 Lbs (98th Percentile) Chart
Proportion: (48th Percentile) Chart
 
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Teething Chart
I was wondering when and how the baby teeth came in (and when they fall out.. ) Found this nice graphic online:
The Tooth and Nothing But the Tooth
Ok.. Here’s the pic I’ve been promising. It took Max falling asleep and some delicate maneuvering with his lip and the camera, but I was finally able to capture photographic evidence of Max’s first (and nearly second) pearly white… Feel free to click on the pic below for a view of slobber in High Definition…
Max’s Big Mother’s Day Weekend
Max had a HUGE weekend to honor his mother’s first Mother’s Day. He started everything off by popping a second tooth through his tiny little gums (with a little bit of help from his dad) Still no pics yet, but will have one soon. Tooth #1 is front and center now like a drool covered Tic Tac. On Saturday, Max went SWIMMING for the first time. We put on his Swimpers (or Swuggies as I can’t remember the brand) and put his cool board shorts over the top. He looked like he was ready to surf. He spashed in the shallow end and plunged in with Mom and Dad in the 4-5 ft deep section. As soon as he was submerged (not his head) he immediately began a little frog kick pattern that assured us he will grow to be quite the swimmer. He absolutely loved the water. He splashed and played and only dipped his face in the water a few times (by accident) Would have stayed for a long time, but Mom reminded Dad that Max may be getting a bit cold. Can’t wait to take him back!
From the pool, Max and fam went to the Children’s Museum via a Mexican food lunch. No work for mom today, it was all play and observe time for Max. We went straight to Dinosphere and we were eagerly anticipating Max’s reaction to the darkness, the flashing strobe lights, and the loud noises of the simulated thunder and lightning storm: didn’t phase him a bit. He appeared to be just as interested looking around at the other children and families as he was the giant skeleton of a T-Rex. After a closer look at Dale Chihuly’s Fireworks of Glass and a sojourn at Take Me There Egypt , Max was plum tuckered out. Have to ride the Carousel next time!
The weekend ended with a Sunday’s Mother’s Day Brunch of bangers & mash and other Irish fare with the kin at the Claddagh Irish Pub. Max wasn’t too much trouble as the rest of the family ate the buffet, though he threw his toys on the ground at least 157 times. He enjoyed the personal performance of the strolling fiddler and smiled devilishly while being doted on by a familiar waitress. You could tell by the look in little Max’s eyes that he would have preferred the Black and Tan libation of his father to his bottle of baby formula! (ok.. not really mom!)
Sunny weather permitted a long and lazy stroller ride through the neighborhood back at home and finished off the evening as always drifting to sleep in Mom’s arms…
This is a picture of the card and present that Max made for Charity’s first Mother’s Day:
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Here’s an updated pic of Max’s plant as of 5.28.11:
Over the mountains and through the woods, to Granny Counts’ house we go!
This weekend, we took Max to the “Clinch” of Virginia to meet his great Granny Counts and his now-dubbed Papaw Counts. Max did okay on the drive to and from Coeburn, only adding about 2 hours to our trip each way. Spending a couple days in the green, green mountain landscape and enjoying laughs over biscuits and gravy was a great break for all of us. Here are some photos of Max with his mountain kin.
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Max Has a Tooth!
It must have been the western Virginia cornbread he was gnawin’ on, because Max sprouted his first tooth last Friday night! We took a trip out to Coeburn, VA to see Max’s kinfolk for the first time and the little guy took the opportunity to cut his first pearly white. It’s his bottom right front tooth and, as far as getting a picture,  it is about as elusive as the Loch Ness monster. We expect his bottom left to be popping through soon as well. Lot’s of great pics and videos of Max and family in the hills of Possum Holler’ soon…!
Max & Sophia
These two had some quality time together over Easter. (In case you are wondering, Max didn’t  put the scratch on her face.)
Max Food Update
Posted by J Hopkins on Apr 27, 2011 in General
Max has been tearing through the new foods in the last few weeks. Carrots, Peas, Sweet Potatoes, Squash, Green Beans.. and even Pears, Peaches and Prunes mixed into his oatmeal in the mornings! We haven’t found anything he doesn’t like yet.. On deck are apples and bananas!