Our Buddy...the Elf

His favorite foods are candy, candy canes, candy corn...and syrup!

(And yes...Max's Mimi bought this outfit and Daddy hasn't seen it yet...I'm sure he's going to LOVE it...ha!)

Thanksgiving

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving in Texas even though I totally failed at getting good pictures! Ugh...I have to work on that at Christmas! Max had fun at his grandpa's house (Mike's dad), and then again with his Mimi and Grumps (my parents). My father insists that he wants to be Grumps, and since he has cancer we pretty much let him do what he wants...ha! Yes, we handle things with humor in our family.

Here's the only picture we did manage to get of our little turkey in his Thanksgiving gear:


Now on to Christmas...my favorite!

All Things Max

I went to the gift show in Memphis yesterday with my friend Kim, and I came back with some fun stuff! My favorite vendor from Canton First Mondays in Texas was there, so I was super excited. I have always wanted to get one of these:


And I just had to get Max an ornament.


As you can tell, he's pretty excited about it.


And yes, although I am no stranger to committing the cardinal sin of decorating before Thanksgiving, this year I pushed the envelope even more and started decorating last week. But I decided that between having to travel across three states and having a new baby, I had to take drastic measures to make sure it got done!

2 Months!

On November 11, Max turned 2 months old!

Here is what you have going on these days, Max:

-You weigh about 13 pounds!

-You started smiling consistently right before your 2-month birthday. It is too cute! You also like to copy whoever is playing with you. If we stick out our tongues at you, you do it right back and just smile and smile.

-On your 2-month birthday you flew in a plane for the first time! That night you slept through the night until around 5 a.m. We thought you were just exhausted, but it started a trend!

-For the past week, you have gone to bed between 8:30 and 9:30. You wake up between 4:00 and 6:00, eat, play in your crib, and then go back to sleep until about 8 or 8:30 (although yesterday morning you slept until 10!). Let's hope this lasts...although your mommy doesn't expect it to!

-You wear size 1 and 2 diapers depending on what we have.

-You like to make the "circuit" as you play during the day. When you aren't eating or just hanging out with us, you like your play gym, bouncer, and swing. You do really well playing by yourself, and a lot of the time you seem to prefer it.

-You are starting to really like your crib. This means if we are out and about and you get sleepy you are NOT happy about being in your carseat. You want to lay down. Let's hope you grow out of that one!

-You went to the nursery at church for the first time this week. You did really well!

-You are so much more alert every day, and we can't wait to see what this next month brings!

The Day I Fell in the Mud

At the beginning of November, we took Max on his first trip to Texas to see our families. While we were there, we had family pictures made with my side of the family. My mom's friend, Jennifer, took them, and she did an amazing job! She's a fabulous photographer, and I love how she thinks outside the box. You can check out her website, facebook, and blog here. Her blog is really fun... it's a great resource if you are trying to figure out what to wear for pictures!

This is my favorite one of the whole family. Max decided to calm down a bit. Although I don't blame him for crying. It was so cold I felt like throwing a tantrum too!

Just the girls...

Proof that he actually is our child and we held him for a picture...

The men of the family. Max was thrilled.

My brother and dad... My brother doesn't make the blog very often, so I thought I'd share! He does exist!

All of us...

Love this one of my mom and dad...

This seemed like a really good idea at the time. I didn't pay attention to the fact that we were jumping onto a hill. Or the fact that I'm old. My sister landed fine. I stopped, dropped, and rolled.

And that's how I became covered in mud. Lots of it.

I may or may not still hobble a little bit...