Happy Birthday Baby Max!

Today is Baby Max's One Week Birthday! We can't believe he is already that old! And he has definitely gotten bigger! You can just look at him and see the difference a week has made! He also has already gone from drinking 1-2 ounces of formula at a time to 4 ounces! If he keeps this up, he will definitely be a big boy! He is a very good baby and generally sleeps or just sits awake and only cries when he gets hungry, about every three hours. We have lucked out this time! Makenna loves her little brother and pretty much constantly tries to kiss him or stuff a pacifier or bottle in his face. It is a little challenge to try to keep her off of him, but I guess that is better than her hating him! So we are definitely happy with our little family of four (although DEFINITELY exhausted!)

It has been a very busy week and we actually haven't taken too many pictures. But I thought we would just share what we have taken:


When Max was first born, he cried unless you swaddled him. Now he has decided he hates to be swaddled! In fact, usually during the night Max sleeps for three hours, gets up to be fed and changed, then goes back to sleep. Last night, Max woke up screaming and crying after only an hour. We tried everything- feeding, changing, burping, rocking, etc. Nothing would stop his crazy screaming! Finally Austin unwrapped him. He instantly stopped crying and went to sleep! Apparently he doesn't want his arms wrapped up anymore-- he is obviously too grown up for that! We checked on him during his nap and we found him sound asleep, but totally uncovered. Also notice his crossed legs! So funny!



Yesterday we received a package in the mail from Austin's mom. It had some clothes for Max in it, some Father's Day things for Austin, and some clothes for Makenna. Makenna decided her bloomers would make a great hat! (Excuse her little runny nose-- we wanted to hurry and snap the picture before she took off her hat and so in return we have a runny nose picture!)

Makenna putting on her "hat"-- so funny! We have tried to make sure we spend lots of time with Makenna now that Max is born. We sing songs while we feed Max, we let her help with handing things when he is being changed, and we play a lot while he is sleeping. Her face is so red in this picture because she had just returned from being outside with her dad.

We are just putting this picture in for fun. Makenna's latest favorite thing-- flashing people! She is obsessed with tummies!

My family arrived from Alabama on Saturday and stayed with us until Thursday morning. It was a very full house and a crazy time. But it was a lot of fun and Makenna thoroughly enjoyed having her Aunt Hollee and Uncles Gordon and Logan, plus Grandmom and Grandad, to play with. One of the perks of them coming was that I was able to attend Austin's Citizen's Police Academy Graduation on Wednesday night and the grandparents babysat!

For those of you who don't know, Austin has been attending an 11-week course at the Citizen's Police Academy. He has done things such as drive the police cars, shoot guns at the shooting range, gone on a ride-along with a couple of policemen (police people I guess cause one was a girl!), and much more. Well the course has finally ended and they had a nice graduation. This is Austin's certificate:

Austin received his certificate from the Chief of Police (I think that's what he was).

This is just a random, cute picture of sleeping baby Max. So far, Max has really loved a pacifier. Let's see if he stays that way, or if he turns into a thumb sucker like big sister (I would actually prefer thumb sucking-- it's a bit of hassle to have to constantly poke a pacifier back in his mouth!)!

Max's first ride on his swing. He loves this thing! It was a surprise for us because Makenna HATED the swing and would scream and cry if we put her in it! Max would stay there all day I think!

Unfortunately we didn't take too many pictures while my family was up. But they were pretty helpful. Like I said before, Makenna had a ball (actually maybe too much fun-- she is still crazy hyper!) playing with everyone. It was really helpful for her to have friends keep her occupied! She was able to go to the park and the library with my dad and siblings and she played outside quite a bit. My mom was also really good about doing some sewing projects and keeping a general eye on things while I took a couple of naps everyday! This is Makenna with her Uncle Gordon. She loves that guy!

Happy Birthday Max! Obviously things have been pretty crazy since you have been born, but you have just slept through it all! Good job Buddy! : )