My Child can stay up with the best of them...

Tonight we had Max out with us and some friends. A lady came up to me while we were leaving and here was the conversation:
Lady: "Can I give you my card? I am a sleep trainer. Does your child have a hard time sleeping?"
Me: "No, he actually sleeps fine..."
Lady: "Well every-time I see a baby up past 6 I have to give the parents my card." (She pulls her post card out of a ziploc bag)
Me: "No I am just a bad parent."

 This lady was for real.  She was so serious it hurt.  

I don't think I am a bad parent for taking Max out with us.  

I do think that if she has kids and they go to bed at six, they might be up at 4am.

Maybe I do let Max stay up late, but have you seen my child...he is the happiest chub.

The week of CRAZY

This week has been crazy and I am so glad it is over.
Max has been sick for a month - he has had the worst head cold and cough.  It wasn't getting ANY better!!  We took him to our doctor and they were not very helpful/supportive/nice/smiley/etc...So we ended up switching doctors...and that was a blessing in disguise. 
Max went for his 9 month check up at the new doctors office...Doctor Adams was our doctor.  Such a sweetheart.  Even let Max play with all the "tools" he was poking him with. 
Max was diagnosed with RSV, a cold, teething, and all around miserable.
Then Tuesday night (The night before Canyon Crest Parent Teacher Conferences) Max woke up screaming bloody murder at 12:30.  Will woke me up and from 12:30-4 we tried everything to get him to stop screaming.  It was awful and so scary.  This was not a normal scream, it was a high pitched cry for help.  He was moving his arms and rubbing his eyes.
At 4am Will and I decided to call the doctors 24 hour hotline.  The doctor told us to take him to the ER.  The ER doctor was a sweetheart.  He must have seen my eyes and seen the worry all over my face, we were seen right away and Max was diagnosed with a double ear infection, given drops, and an antibiotic and within 5 minutes was sound asleep.
Needless to say I did SEP conferences with 45 minutes of sleep. 

Through all of this we had the BESTEST friends.  We had meals brought, and prayers said.  We couldn't have made it through the week without all their love...and thank you for all of the DIET COKE that was brought to Parent Teacher Conferences.  

Max today (Saturday March 31st) is doing tons better.  He still is draining a lot, his ears still hurt, but we have medicine and a plan.  I am much better when there is a plan.
Max and I fly to New Jersey this Thursday and we are hoping that his ears don't hurt and that he doesn't cry the whole flight.  Pray for us - and for a speedy recovery.

Here are some pictures from the week.

 The morning after the ER trip - Max slept pretty much the whole day.  Will had to watch him all day because I worked for 14 hours.  This was Day #1 of SEP conferences.

 

Max's first Wendy's Frosty and feeling better in his turtle.

We are glad that he is getting better - we really missed our smiley man.

9 month check up

24.4 pounds, 30 inches, 50cm head circumference

Loving the Weather

Max and I have been taking advantage of the great weather we have been having in Utah.  It has been in the 60's and low 70's for two weeks now.  Max loves watching the cars go by and if I would let him he would camp out there all day long.

 Look at that BUDDHA belly!

 He is loving standing.  He is so strong!  He practiced a lot today.

Guess what???

Max is moving and crawling!
We baited him with Pizza.
It was awesome to watch, and yes I cried.  It was so cool to see!

 My Baby is growing up!

9 months

Nine months ago I gave birth to the most perfect little baby.  I couldn't picture my life without him.
Just some things about Maxwell:
*He still LOVES his bath.
*He LOVES pancakes! 
*He is very independent.
*He LOVES being outside - even in the cold.  (He doesn't get that from him Mom, I hate the cold)
*He is getting really strong - and can move everywhere.  He still isn't crawling forward but he is the fastest backward crawler you have ever seen!
*He laughs a ton.
*He loves when we play music and he claps along.
*Elmo is his #1 favorite TV show and TV character.
*Gerald is still his BFF, night time squeeze, and official calming buddy.

 He is getting SO BIG!  We have his 9 month check up soon and I am excited to see his stats.  Last time we measured him he was 26 pounds and 31 inches.  (But that wasn't official...)

He is growing up!  Today I looked at him in his "Big Boy Outfit" and said to Will, "He isn't my little baby anymore!"

The Wind

I feel like I should write a poem with a title like "The Wind" but that wouldn't be as cute as watching Max's reaction to the wind storm we had in Provo today.