Friday, February 13, 2015

Max is ONE!

Holy cow am I late with this post!  Eek!!!  His pictures were taken on time at least?

Anyway...


This big guy was happy to turn 1 and officially join the world of toddler-hood.  He continues to be very busy and loves to be on the go.  About 2 days before his first birthday he took his first steps - he practically ran 5 or 6 steps to Grandpa Boehm :)  Since then his walking has steadily improved, he has several times where he walks independently now, but his main way of getting around is still crawling, but not for long!!


At his one year well check Max weighed 26 lbs, 2 oz (96th percentile) - he has officially overtaken Ella who on the same day, fully clothed, weighed in at 26.0lbs.  He is 30" tall (63rd percentile) - so he's got short little legs still, poor guy.  But he is healthy and his ears have stayed clear for awhile now, so we are thankful for that!


He has finally decided to start eating table food (yay!) and is a pretty good eater now that he has figured it out.  He still takes his 4 bottles (milk now!), but we are working on sippy cups, but still struggling to find one that he likes/knows how to work.  He still sleeps great at night, he goes to bed about 7:30 and sleeps until about 7:30 or 8 the next morning.  His afternoon nap is now pretty consistent unless he gets some sleep in the car in the morning, then his schedule gets thrown off a bit.


He loves his big sister, even when she is not always nice to him.  Typically they get along very well and she loves to give him hugs and kisses and bring him things, but now that he can get to more and more of "her" things she has been know to push him down.  But... considering he is going to be bigger than her soon, I think that will balance out ;)



We had my parents and sister's family out for a little birthday party for Max and had a nice weekend together.  Max would not even try his first cupcake!!!  We tried to give it back to him multiple times and he was not having it.  So no real messy face pictures to share...





Ella on the other hand was more than happy to have a cupcake :)
Two kiddos this young has been an adventure, but we sure are grateful for our Max!

 
 
 
 

Ella's one year post is found here.  And side by side:


And just because for the first time she wanted in on the photo shoot...

2 and a half years