pics with captions

i used the wrong focus on this picture, but if you look carefully you can see a smile on max's face. he LOVES the animals. melvin is his favorite, but brutus is a close second.


picture #1 of me attempting to get max to practice crawling. at the start he was decently content. (note the ever present drool dripping off his chin.)


picture #2. blowing raspberries and beginning to get bored with the activity.


picture #3. a good, solid minute into the tummy time, he's done.


i rediscovered a toy that one of the grandmas got max for Christmas. he was totally in awe of the flashing nose on the bear.


seriously. he hasn't seen anything this cool since the jumbotran at the iowa state game.


brian and i are calling max "the hillbilly baby" right now. in this picture you can sort of see his one upper tooth poking through.






going along with the whole teething thing, max slobbers a lot right now. see it dripping off of his chin?




just a cute one.




and more of the same.

yay for spring!

i've been itching for spring weather for many, many reasons, but one of them is just simply so that i can get max outside. he and i went for walks last fall, but the little guy was only weeks old and slept through pretty much everything. now that he's older, he can enjoy his surroundings a lot more. i've only taken him for a few walks since the weather got warm(er), but he seems to really like them. (and kathy and brian, who have also taken him on a few walks, confirm this.) he swings his legs, babbles and blows raspberries, and bangs his pacifer (or anything else handy) on his stroller. it's all, as usual, very adorable.