I'll Have What You're Having

Lately Max has been big into any kind of beverage that we have. He reaches and his eyes get big and he drools with anticipation of that taste...

He doesn't always get to have what we're drinking though...

Only 20 1/2 more years kiddo.

Stealing from McCaulie... let's just see what I've yet to do

The things I've done are in bold:

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

41...but where did this list come from? There's only a few things on here that I actually aspire to do that I haven't already. And I certainly would never have wanted to be stung by a bee?? It's like the person who created this ran out of ideas at the end... owned a cell phone? Stung by a bee? Really?

Sweet Potato

Max IS our little sweet potato... but that's not what this post is about :)

He's been eating sweet potatoes! Well, truth be told, he's eaten them once so far, but loved every bite!

Not so sure about this new food...

I'd rather just play with my toy...

Okay, I'll try some more...

Delicious!!

Thanks guys! I LOVE sweet potatoes!

What a little sweet potato!

5 months

Maxton is officially 5 months old! He's just such a joy to watch as he makes huge changes! His growing has finally slowed to a somewhat normal pace and as he reached 5 months he weighed in at 18 pounds and 13 ounces. He's still being breastfed, but we have introduced Rice Cereal throughout this past month. He enjoys it, but likes playing with the toy on the highchair more than eating right now!

Some of his favorite new things are:

• Sitting up - he began this month with this new trick and it's only improved since then! Before long he'll just be sitting there, unassisted, playing away.
• Eating EVERYTHING - if he could put US in his mouth, he would. He tries very hard actually, and it's really charming and cute!
• Putting his bink in himself - this trick we LOVE! He likes to take his bink out, put it down, and then try his darndest to put it back in correctly. He can even tell if he has picked it up incorrectly and will put it back down and try again. He's getting really good at it! Now if only he had that same ambition in the middle of the night :)
• Gracie - He just LOVES his puppy! All of our talk of getting rid of her is just out the door now because he would never forgive us. Seeing them together has renewed my love for her and made my love for Max grow as he becomes a lover of animals.

Here is a picture of our sitting little man at 5 months old:

My daily conversations...

Maxton: Ahhh.... gheeeeeeeee

Mommy: Ahhhhhh......gheeeeeee

Maxton: Gheeeeee!!

Mommy: Ghhee!

Maxton: Gheeeeeeee.... gheee?

Mommy: Gheeee!! Ghhee gheee gheeee!

Maxton: Gheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Best dialogue ever.

Almost there!

In the past week we noticed that Max was wanting to sit up more and more. We started giving him more freedom to see what would happen. We, of course, think he is VERY advanced and have notified Stanford to prep him dorm room.

Friday January 29th

Monday February 8

So in a little over a week you can see the major improvement! We can't wait for more fun milestones!!

Fun in Washington

Since we've decided to forgive our dear friends Kim and Pat for taking their adorable son, Quinn and moving to WA on us, we were able to go and visit them!! It was so fun to see our favorite family in one of our favorite cities!

We had a great time seeing Lake Washington and visiting Kirkland, a city we really love! When Ritchie and I visited WA three years ago we found this town and fell in love with it, so it was really fun to know that Kim and Pat were so close and now we have an even better reason to frequent it!

Another city in Washington I just adore is Seattle. I love Pike's Place Market and can't wait to go back to do some of the other really great areas that Kim showed us while there. The Ballard Locks and Greenlake especially!! We'll hope for better weather the next time we're there to be able to do those things. In the meantime, we enjoyed Pike's Place as always!

When we weren't exploring we were hanging out at Casa de Gillette! Max loved Quinn's toys and Quinn himself! He had a great week with his good friend and I'm so looking forward to the day when their measly three month age difference doesn't feel so HUGE in terms of development and they can actually play together. I have a feeling those boys will have a ton of fun getting into trouble together!

It's so hard to get pics of the boys together... we do have a video though!