Thanksgiving #3

Saturday we cooked Thanksgiving at our home. Aunt Patty & Uncle Dick drove all the way from VA to be with us and meet Max. I cooked one of those little turkey brests and all the usual stuff. It also gave Ben and I good excuse to use our wedding china. I really love having people over. I don't think I've had a real party since before I was pregnant. It was neat to think about all the special meals that have happened around our table before we got it. We inherited it from my grandparents. It was great to be able to serv Thanksgiving lunch to my Mom, Aunt and Uncle around my Grandparnets table. They reminisced about all the times they sat around that same table in VA yeas ago for Thanksgivings and Christmas's past.

Thanksgiving #2

Friday we spent the day out at my Dad's farm, F&J Ranch, with lot's of family. My Aunt Diane and Uncle Joe came all the way from CA with my cousin Keith. My cousin Greg couldn't make it but his wife Sharla and their beautiful & talented childred Kyle and Kayla were there craking us all up. It's amazing how fast the kid grow up! I got a little heat from the family because last year I brought 2 dogs for the kids to play with, bocce ball and the Kariokee mechien - this year all we brought was a baby! I totally for got all the fun stuff. I was so proud to be dresses and out the door on time. My Dad has plenty of fun stuff to play with anyway. We had a wonderful spread and great conversation. After lunch a bunch of people went out and shot skeet. A few people drove around in 4-wheelers or the golf card while the rest of us played with Max. I love these family times!

Thanksgiving #1
Ben and I have so much to be Thankful for!!!

We spent the day with Ben's Family in Duluth. Wahn and Goria and their son Adrian also joined us. It was fun to have 3 little boys in the house and they all got together great! We had a great spread as usual. Everyone brought someting special.

Mike and Ron have a little play room where we all could hang out together with the kids. I don't think they knew what to do with themselvels with all the cute little ones all around! It was great! It kinda reminded them of when they had a 2 year old and the twin babies. None of us can imagine taking care of that many kids at one time! We have our hands full with one sometimes!

Finnley, Max's cousin was so cute! He was a little shy when we first got there then he brought Ben and I our photo from a table of photographs and Max too! He told us how Santa Clause go's HO HO HO!

It was great to see Adrian again. The last time I saw him he was just one day old. He is so beautiful and such a good baby. Wahn and Gloria are such great parents and very proud of their little man!

Max turned 3 months a week ago and I still havn't done a 3 month photo shoot. Here are a few I was messing with on the computer. They look so different in blk and white - edgy!

Who's sitting up like a Big Boy!?!



Max is 3 months now so we pulled out his Bumbo (don't worry we didn't leave him alone in it on a table top or anywhere for that matter). This photo may be a little deceving, he sat up for about 3 seconds then slumped forward but it's a start! What a cutie! He is talking baby talk so much now. It really sounds like he is trying to communicate something in full baby talk sentences like... "you may not know this but I can understand everything you are saying" or "Can you not smell that? a little help here!" What a fun stage this is.

Max's Christening Hat



Grama Maggie Came to visit!



Back to work for Me!

My blogging might slow down a bit now that I'm back to work full time. I was struggeling to get all my work done in 4 hours now that I have 8 hrs. it's amazing how much I got done! (If my boss is reading this that doesn't mean I need more projects!) Getting home at 6PM now I'm strugeling to get home stuff done in a few hours. I still get to have 3-4 feedings with Max and hold him and love him all weekend! We had one tuff morning where Max wanted Mommy vs. the bottle be we all got over it.

Ben is a great stay at hom Dad they eat sleep play have tummy time and even go outside for a walk. Ben says he is still getting work done so all seems to be going really well. Ben set up a twitter account so I can check in and see what they are doing. It's really nice to know that Max is sleeping peacefully in his swing or whatever.

Max will be 3 months old tomorrow! time for more photos!

Tummy Time!




Max is growing up so fast. It's amazing how much babies change and grow in the first few months. We haven't been very good about tummy time because he seemed to hate it so much but that is changing too. Thanks to Aunt Diane's mini boppy and our persistance Max has gotten better and better at holding up the cute little head of his. This mini boppy helps him work his neck without having his face burried into the floor like flat tummy matts. Max has started working his tummy as well. He will try and sit up when he is in the seated position in his swing or car seat. It's really cute like he is doing crunches or something. All of these things are great but the best by far is the laughing. He has been siletly laughing for a while now but this new laugh has sound and is so wonderful! I've only heard two little one's. Once while he was sleeping and once in the car it was like "hu ha"! It's so amazing to here him laugh, I see why Mommies and Daddies do some crazy & silly things just to hear that sound!!!!