Our 1st Christmas with Max

We had LOTS of fun in Ohio for Christmas. The first few days were a rough adjustment for Max, since there were lots of people excited to see him and he's used to being around mom, dad, his pups, and his nanny. By the end, he loved all the attention and love. Here is one of my favorite pictures for years to come, I am sure....Max leaving cookies for Santa.

Getting ready for our first Christmas

I was so excited to order stockings for our family! We didn't really have or use stockings growing up, so this is a new tradition for me. Scott's family got gifts in their stockings on St. Nick's Day, so we did that this year. Max got 2 pairs of Christmas socks in his stocking. He was so excited.


We had a full house on the glider the other day. The pups really like to nap with me...and I spend a lot of time with Max, so in turn they like to nap with their baby brother. I couldn't believe they didn't wake him up. Guess it really was cold enough to be a "two dog night".

car seat

So, the other day Scott's mom (Grammy) said she couldn't believe how big Max looked in his car seat. I decided to go back and look myself. Check it out..

This is the week we brought Max home from the hospital (8/8/08). He weighed about 5 lbs.

This was last Wednesday (11/26/08). Max weighs in now about 14 lbs!

Amazing what a difference a few months can make!

our 1st holiday season....

We just celebrated our first Thanksgiving as a family. We have so much to be thankful for this year. Our gift of blessings was and continues to be abundant. Here are some photos from our lives over the past few weeks.

Grammy comes to visit!

Last weekend, Scott's mom (Grammy) came to visit. We had so much fun together. Here are some pictures from her visit

update on Mighty Max

update on Mr. Mighty Max:


Max is weighing in at 13 lbs, 8 oz these days. He started getting his Synagis treatments this week (to protect him for getting RSV, which can be very dangerous to preemies). Not fun, but we know it's worth it.

So, somehow we used to be able to make it on 2 or 3 hours of sleep at a time, but now Mr. Max is sleeping through the night. How come I want more if I get 6 hours now?

We made the switch to cloth diapers- thanks Aunt Susie! LOVE them.

We'll be having our own Thanksgiving dinner this year as a family of three in St. Louis. I'm kind of excited to start our "family traditions".

One "new" picture....it's from our little sister's wedding in September. I can't believe how much Max has grown since then! Scott and I have a very similiar photo from our wedding day in the exact same spot. Thanks Lisa and Drew for letting us update one of our favorite shots from our day on your day!

hilarious video.

I took this video of Max the day before Halloween. I just crack up when I see it. There is a camio of Jack involved. Enjoy!