Hope you all had a great weekend!  Ours was good and Robert and I even had a little date night at Hot and Hot…yum! Maxwell had fun (as always) and I documented it on my iphone (as always).

First up – my little stinker.  I usually keep this plant turned where he can’t get to the moss but I had pulled it out and it didn’t take him long to get his hands all in it! I knew things were a little too quiet and turned the corner to find this…

Stinker!

Second – Maxwell stood all on his own.  Several times over the weekend he went from a seated position to fully standing for several seconds all by himself!  so exciting!!

He was so proud of himself!

Third – Maxwell discovered that our side table makes a great walker…and he was on the move!  I really think he might be walking on his own by his birthday.

If you want to see some live action of this, check it out here.

Fourth – Maxwell mastered a new sound this weekend and it sounds very much like ma ma ma ma!  Music to my ears.

Fifth – It always cracks me up to see him with his hair all brushed and straight after the bath.  Thought you might like to see it too…

That’s all folks…for today at least.

Yesterday was a big day around here.  Susan took Maxwell on his very first trip to the zoo!!  It was also a chance to experiment how Maxwell would do without a morning nap…and he did just fine.  I’m sure all the excitement of seeing elephants, giraffes and polar bears helped him stay awake.

Our zoo is great and has a train you can ride (Maxwell’s favorite part of the day), a little splash park, a petting zoo (the goat licked his fingers) and a carousel.  fun fun fun!  Susan took some pics of their big adventure…

Of course I dressed him in his lion tshirt to visit the zoo!  🙂

By the time they got home around 1:00, Maxwell was a hot, happy and VERY tired little boy…

Such a big adventure!  And now for some animal adventures at home…Ok, not really.  But it IS animal print fabric on the bench…that counts a little bit, right?  🙂

Oh hello…

It’s just me, Maxwell…

Being cute…

That’s all.

Can’t wait to see what adventures today brings!

You didn’t think I’d let those iphone pics be it for the new shoes, did you?  Of course not.  We had to have a little “new shoe photoshoot”!

Enjoy the pics of the new kicks…

Best picture of the day coming up…

Are you ready?…

Here it comes…

Wait for it…

Boom!

Goodness gracious he’s cute…in my totally unbiased opinion!  🙂

While he may not be walking in his new kicks yet, they sure haven’t slowed down his crawling!

Happy Monday!  Our weekend was very un-exciting and productive….love that.  We did take advantage of the Tax Free Weekend and got Maxwell his first pair of real shoes!  I’ve already shown you my love of footwear and so it wasn’t hard to convince me that Maxwell needed some real shoes for “school” in the fall.  (school = mother’s day out 1 day a week).  We got to the shoe store and, after measuring his foot, learned that our little buddy has quite a fat little foot!  His foot measured a 3.5 wide!

First we tried the cute Keds in both navy and white…

Even though they were a size 4 wide, they just wouldn’t go across the top of his foot.  So, we moved onto the New Balance…

Success!  See that little orange tag on the shoe?  Yea, it says WIDE in all caps!  I love my baby – chubby cheeks and chubby feet!

After going for a little practice walk…

we all decided they were keepers!

I’m sure this first pair of real shoes will get Maxwell walking on his own in no time!  In the meantime, he can just stand around and look cute…

Hope you all had a great weekend too!