The Strong Clan: 7 months

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

7 months

I can't believe Maxwell is 7 months already.

Time sure has flow by.

Top Twelve Max Moments in the Last Month:

1. Sitting up in the Bath - loves bubbles and getting Dad REALLY wet with splashing.

2. Wrestling with Daddy. They both laugh and laugh.

3. Sleeping in his CRIB through the night! This was a HUGE deal for us. To be honest we hated the sleep training. We tried letting him cry, and then after two nights of crying for 7-8 hours straight, I couldn't do it anymore. (Call me weak) So we did our own form of sleep training. We got Max a really comfy mattress, that was the first step. Then instead of trying for the whole night in his bed, we started with an hour. He would sleep for an hour in his crib, then we would move him to his "Rock and Play." We increased the time each night, and eventually he slept 6 hours straight in his crib one night, and TA-DA, he has been in his crib ever since.

4. Finding his very own stuffed animal to love. He sleeps with and has to hold onto GERALD the GIRAFFE while he eats. (Gerald is in the background of the above picture)
5. Saying "Mom"
6. Talking to Uncle B and Grandpa Rust over FaceTime on our i-pad.
7. Max and Will played the whole Zelda game together on the Wii, and beat the game. (Will has lost about ten pounds playing with Max.) He puts Max, who is 23 pounds, in the baby bjorn and bounces around with him playing the Wii.

8. Max has hair - and it is curly.
9. Max is very social - he loves to be the center of attention, especially at the Canyon Crest faculty meetings. (Although he did sleep through bowling at Will's 29th birthday)
10. He loves to sing and dance. And he is going to have better moves than his parents. Thank Heavens!
11. He LOVES solid foods - anything we give him he has loved. But his favorites are apples, squash, sweet potato, peas, and "puffs."
12. His favorite color is RED - he will pick red over any other color. He will reach very far for any red toy.