four is(n't) the magic number.

just some random pictures.

the first is of max's foot which his doctor thinks has a second degree burn. we have absolutely no clue what happened to it. i'm a little concerned that he's not even mobile and already getting into weird accidents without me knowing, but i suppose that just comes with being genetically linked to me (aka the most accident-prone person in central iowa).

the second is of brian, max, and melving. max loves all of our pets, but melvin has been his favorite for quite awhile now. (which is pretty hilarious if you know our pets. melvin is probably the most anti-social, although ever since max was born i think he's realized that attention paid to him is directly linked to how friendly he is to anyone around him.) right now if i'm not near max, but i hear him laughing, i usually assume (and am usually correct) that he's either looking at melvin or brutus. it's very, very cute.

the last two pictures are an update on the plastic animals. max's mouth has finally reached them!! he wins!!!! and p.s., apparently elephants taste better than lions.

kansas city trip

not that you can really tell from the pictures (i swear i took the camera to the games....i just didn't think to actually use it), but we just got back from a trip to kansas city for the big 12 basketball tournament. ISU lost (both men and women) the first games that we saw, but thankfully we weren't expecting much, so we weren't overly disappointed. plus we were happy to just sleep in and lounge around the hotel room. and my mom and dad joined us friday and saturday, so it was fun to get to spend time with them.

max's bandaid covered foot. he had an icky, icky (icky) blister.


brian feeding max. between the three of us, i think someone was always eating. :)


it's been ages since i got a picture of max AND me. we're cute, yeah? :)


and of course, one of the boys in the their ISU gear.


max with max.


it just makes you want to squeeze him (a gentle, baby-appropriate amount), doesn't it?


yeah, he's totally smiling at himself.


king max


my mom gave max a bath, and he suddenly became very interested in chewing on this. who needs those fancy, schmancy toys when you've got a hotel coffee cup?