Middle of April

I couldn't believe it - Max fell asleep in the car!  This never happens!!!

Video - Max is getting really good at his army crawl.  Here's him crawling at Brittany's (thus the cousins that want to get involved).

 Playing with dad on the couch

Oops - Now he's coming to get me!

Max thinks he's a pretty cute kid.  He has always loved looking at the frame photos we have of him as a newborn.  He also likes watching videos we have taken of him.  I have learned that a good way to get a smile out of him is to take a picture with him on my phone but to "switch" to the camera on the front of the phone so he can see himself (think of a mirror).

 He has spotted himself on my phone.

 Coming in for a closer look.

 "Man, that's a cute kid," he's thinking.

 Trying to grab the phone.

If you remember from a long time ago, Max didn't like seeing himself in the mirror on his play mat.  He would get upset at the baby in the mirror and I had to move the mirror to get him to stop crying.  Those days are definitely over.  Brittany sent me these pictures of him playing one day and really liking checking himself out in the mirror.

Here are some things about Max:

• He has started saying the "N" sound all the time
• When a stranger says hello to him or gives him some attention, he will give them a big smile and then turn to cuddle his face into my shoulder because he's shy
• We gave him water out of a cup for the first time on the airplane
• He's still having problems with constipation.  His little system just can't get used to the solid foods, I guess?  We tried a bottle of prune juice mixed with water in Vegas and it's been our go-to since getting home.  This is the first time he's had fruit juice.  Of course, he downed it (ew).I don't plan on giving him juice.  Our pediatrician doesn't see any real value in giving them juice and suggests water instead and I completely agree with her.
• He HATES getting boogers picked out of his nose or getting his face washed (I was disappointed with this because I tried from the time he was born to make wiping his face a fun thing/not a big deal.  That worked until he started eating solids.)
• He is a fantastic eater and opens his mouth nice a big for incoming bites.  There is no need to play "airplane" with the spoon for this boy.  After he swallows, he immediately opens his mouth big and wide for the next bite.  You know when he's done because he stops doing that.
• On the 11th of April his 6th tooth popped through
• When we got back from Vegas for about 5 days in a row he slept through the night.  It was awesome (and sad at the same time).  But, it didn't last and he was back to getting up 3 times a night.