random pics: mobile, costco, and more!

just within the last week max has starting becoming very aware (and seemingly interested) in his surroundings. he's actually focusing on our faces, looking at book pages while being read to, and he's taken a new and definite liking to his mobile in the pack n' play. in fact, i think the closest he's come to a full-blown smile was while staring intently at the animal mobile. very, very cute!!

brian and i stopped at costco after the i-cubs game on sunday. i just *had* to take a picture of max in the backseat with the coffee shop groceries. he seemed completely oblivous to the fact that he was surrounded by baked goods and whipped cream!

and now, nothing more than some more evidence that sometimes i just sit around and take pictures of my son!

p.s. the spacing on this post is driving me NUTS, but i can't figure out how to fix it. sorry!!

you're never too young to go to a sporting event!

in max's seven short weeks of life he's already been to three i-cubs baseball games and one iowa state football game. he's been awake for about 12 minutes total of these four games. :) the kid really can sleep through anything. but i suppose we should enjoy that while it lasts (i've watched some parents with toddlers at games, and it seems a little draining!).

brian and i quickly realized that it takes about three times longer to get ready to go anywhere, and the amount of stuff a baby needs just for an afternoon outing is amazing. i didn't think we were EVER going to get out of the door last thursday for the ISU game, and then after triple checking to make sure we had everything, we somehow managed to forget the pacifier once we did get to the game. thankfully, as above mentioned, max slept through 99% of the game and didn't require the use of the blessed quieting device!

also, i have to mention that i nursed max in public for the first time ever at the ISU game. that was quite the experience that involved the sympathetic mother of twins next to us (we were in the unofficial baby row, i think, which isn't suprising given the fact that we were in the last row in the stadium!) letting me borrow her big blanket. the other fun first was me changing max's diaper in the backseat of the car (we were parked...don't worry!) on the way home. this task was complicated by the fact that it was the poopiest, most disgusting diaper max has yet to create. (the picture below of him crying and looking *extremely* pissed off is moments before i discovered the said diaper of poopic proportions.)

the sleeping/dino onesie picture is max at his third i-cubs game. he didn't open his eyes once!

because they're still age appropriate naked pictures.

i don't believe that i've posted any bath time pictures yet. i don't actually have very many pictures of max's baths, but i think that's mostly because he screams through 90% of the activity, and i feel bad pausing long enough to take pictures. (i know, i spoil him in so many ways that it's ridiculous!) anyway, here are some naked baby pictures...

mostly pictures because i'm too tired for words.

i just thought that since my last post actually worked, i should probably post some more pictures before i go back to work on tuesday and spend all my free time thereafter taking naps. (max is teasing me yet again with two nights in a row of sleeping five hours straight. my fingers are crossed for tonight!)

so, without further ado, here are some more pictures. (actually lengthy paragraphed blogs will have to come later.)

first blog, take II.

i tried to post a small journal and some pictures about a month ago, but something happened when i pressed the "publish now" button, and i lost it all to the depths of the internet. i don't feel like putting a lot of time and energy into this again if it isn't going to work (i have several people who can actually attest to the fact that when it comes to the internet and computers in general, i might be cursed), so i'll just quickly say this...


max was born over 5 weeks ago. the phrase "time flies" doesn't even begin to describe how i feel about the past month. max has already grown so much, and everyday i learn something new about his personality. and everyday i love him just a little bit more.

max 5 weeks ago:















max now: