Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Glacier National Park, Montana

Too much stuff!
Logan's Pass (Going-to-the-Sun-Road)


Avalanche Creek


Avalanche Lake


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Max's First Year


He's 23lbs and 31"long


What Max can do now
- walk
- first words are "dada" and "hot"
- take a couple (messy) bites with a spoon
- throw a ball
- can give nice kisses on demand - less biting
- put things 'in' - ball in cup, laundry in a basket
- pull out and put in the bathtub stopper
- likes to get other people's attention - smiles at people
- open doors from the floor
- loves music and dancing with mama
- interactive clapping
- 10 teeth - 8 front and 2 bottom molars
- hugging
- nurses once a day
- goes to sleep well at 8pm after bottle/bath/book
- needs a car ride or stroller to take 2 naps a day - starting to transition to one nap
- stair climbing 
- loves fruits - melon, blackberries - but only for a few days at a time
- says"da da" - but indescriminantly
- loves older kids - follows them around the playground
- loves to swing and eat sand
- goes down the slide alone on his belly
- loves to swim and be in the water
- loves books
- learning is accelerating

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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Max's 1st Birthday Party

Video chat with Gramma Letty and Grampa Dick
Thanks for the gifts!
Thanks for the quilt Gramma D and the Old McDonald card Pa ;)
Most of us had fun
Thanks Bo!