Six

Here is our little Max at six months old

Always eating his feet

Love his big smiles

Starting to crawl!

New Years

So I've never really been one to make New Years resolutions. I'm not sure why but I just never have. This year though, I have made a goal that I hope I will work on throughout the whole year (and not just through the month of January). I thought it would be a good idea to write about it on my blog so that hopefully I would continue to have motivation with it.

This year, my goal is to make dinner every night. This may not seem like that big of a goal but for me it will be. We normally eat some sort of "dinner" each night after Cameron and I both get home from work but it usually isn't very healthy, filling or yummy.

I created a Google Calendar where I will plan meals for a month at a time. This way, we already have the meals planned for each night and there won't be any "What are we having for dinner" questions. Plus, Cameron and I can both look at it and make changes to it if we need to. I actually started this last week and I am loving it! I just hope I feel as excited about it in August as I do today!

So if any of you have any yummy, easy meal ideas shoot them my way (aswenson5@gmail.com)! I would love to try new recipes.

5 months old!

 I can't believe that it has already been 5 months since our little guy has come into our lives. We are so grateful for him!

Sitting up all by himself!

Some things I want to remember about Max at 5 months old:
-He is wearing size 0-3 month and 3-6 month clothes. The 0-3 month clothes are getting a little small (lengthwise) so we usually put him in 3-6 month clothes even though they are a little big.
-He wears size 2 diapers
-He is either really happy or really grumpy. He is never just content to sit on his own. He always has to have something to do, play with, or someone to entertain him.
-He still throws up a lot, all day long (especially when we put him in his car seat). We just started him on soy formula this week to see if he might possibly have a milk allergy. So far he has been doing great on it. I hope this pattern continues! It is nice not to have vomit everywhere!
-He still takes Zantac every morning and evening and he now takes Carafate along with the Zantac 4 times a day to help with his reflux and colic problems. He loves the taste of his cherry Carafate but he doesn't like the peppermint Zantac.
-He loves to talk (yell) all the time. He always has to be heard!
-Church is very hard for Max. He doesn't sleep well unless he is in his crib so he always gets really grumpy because he is so tired and then he starts screaming so much that we can't even calm him down (and I get so embarrassed) so we end up leaving. I hope he grows out of this soon because it would be nice to take the Sacrament soon (we have Sacrament meeting last).
-He is very busy for a little boy who can't really go anywhere. He gets bored of playing with the same toy after about 10 minutes and he wants something else.
-He started sitting up by himself a couple weeks ago! He is getting better at it each day and is able to sit up for longer periods of time. It is so cute!
-He still sleeps really well at night. He normally goes to sleep between 7:00 and 8:00 and sleeps until about 5:00 or 5:30. He still falls asleep in his crib by himself. Well, as long as Cameron and I put him on his tummy and pat his bum. We turn on the music from his baby monitor and he normally fall asleep within a couple of minutes.
-He loves to be thrown and rough housed. Cameron loves that he is tough. We can get him laughing really hard when we toss him up in the air.
-He still doesn't like binkies. The only time he will take one is when he goes to sleep and he doesn't always want one then.
-He doesn't really have a set nap time/length of nap but he normally take 2-3 naps a day that last between 1 and 3 hours.
-He loves to get his diaper changed and his clothes taken off. Right when I start talking his clothes or diaper off, he just start laughing and smiling like crazy.
-He still always have to be standing up or sitting down. He hates to lay down and be cuddled like a little baby. He thinks that he is such a big boy. I wish that he liked to cuddle but he is too busy to just relax and lay down.
-He likes to feel the hair on his head when he is eating a bottle. It cracks me up.

We love our little Max so much and love to see him change and grow each day!

Thanksgiving

I'm a horrible blogger, I know. Obviously a lot has changed since my last update. Max was born this summer and is already almost 5 months old! It is so fun to see him learn new things every day but so sad that he is growing up so fast.

Love this face

Before we ate Thanksgiving dinner, we did a little "photo shoot" outside. Max was super grumpy (and wouldn't cooperate) so we didn't get any good pictures of all three of us but this was the best one. Maybe we'll get a good one of all three of us soon!

Well, there's a quick update of what we have been up to. Hopefully I will be back to update again soon! :)

Big News!

Due July 15, 2011!

It's been a long time

I have totally fallen off the "I want to blog" train. I love looking at other people's blogs, I just hate to update my own. Maybe sometime I will actually update this thing with stuff that is going on in our lives....Maybe.

The Drive-In!

Cameron and I had such a fun time at the Drive-In last Saturday! Here are some cute pictures from our night!

The pretty sunset on the way there!

Our setup!

Getting ready for the movie to start!