More Pics from the end of January Part II

New thing - gripping onto the car seat as if for dear life

Movie - watch Max sit all by himself!!!  What a big boy!  This was less than a week after he turned 5 months old.  He probably could have done it earlier but I didn't try it with him, I always had the Boppy pillow around him to support him.

My shopping helper - he held on to my purse

He loves playing with his daddy.

Movie - A little clip of Peter and Max playing.  Max has always been very good at being stiff. 

Max is finally big enough to play in his activity jumper.  His toes barely touch but he's starting to play with some of the toys.

This is a picture of Max's belly button.  It doesn't poke out anymore but hasn't completely gone back in yet - I wanted a picture so I'd remember it.

Movie - Max using his binkie not to suck on but as a chew toy.

Movie - This boy is so good at sitting up!  I'm shocked by how once we realized he could do it, he quickly became a pro.  Watch how good he is at keeping his balance. 

Movie - He sure likes playing with his toys.  He can get so focused.

A couple things about Max lately:

• He has noticed he has ears and has started to hold his ear when nursing.
• He has also noticed he has hands and will look at them with fascination
• He has learned that if he arches his back enough, it helps him roll to his side
• He likes time in his activity jumper and will play by himself for awhile (probably only 10-15 minutes but in his world, that's a long time!)
• He no longer likes to sit still on your lap
• For some reason he has stopped waking up happy in the morning and instead wakes up grumpy

My doctor has let me stop using crutches and walk around in the aircast (boot).  So this week was the first time since I broke my leg that I put Max to sleep by standing up and holding him.  It was so nice to be able to hold him like that again.  It was a very sweet moment for me.