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Somebody has a birthday today!

October 4, 2010

It’s Robert’s birthday!!

Happy Birthday Dad! Maxwell simply could not have asked for a better father. Even in the first month, you’ve already proved that you’re going to be the BEST dad in the world. I think you’re going to be just as good a dad as you are a husband! 🙂 I know I make a lot of jokes about how Maxwell looks exactly like you…but there is really nothing that makes me happier. I hope he grows up to be your spitting image, inside and out! We both love you very much and hope you have a fantastic birthday!

Maxwell has something he’d like to say…on his shirt…

He can’t wait for you to get home from work so we can celebrate your birthday and party all the time…

party all the time…

party all the time!

So hurry home Dad. We’ve got some fun surprises waiting for you!

We love you!

One month old!

October 1, 2010

Maxwell turned one month old yesterday! I can’t believe it’s already been 4 whole weeks. What a ride! He’s a great eater and is like a little alarm clock going off every three hours ready for a feeding. We have had a few stretches at night where he will go 4 hours…let’s hope those stretches get even longer this month because mom and dad are tired! We often refer to him as our little piglet because he makes these adorable grunting and snorting noises when he’s waking up and when he eats. He’s starting to be very wide-eyed and take in the world around him…including making eye contact with us! He likes both his swing and his vibrating seat but really prefers to be held…all the time. 🙂 I don’t mind. There’s nothing better than my snuggly little baby curling up in my arms. Warning – lots of pictures today. There were just too many cute ones to choose from!

Let me also just apologize now to my baby BOY for the fact that your 1 month sticker is pink. The ones I ordered were supposed to be orange, not pink, but that’s not what I got in the mail and I didn’t realize it until today. I promise to never dress you in pink again!

Look how good he can hold his head up!

I told Maxwell that today was his 1 month birthday and he was so excited he cheered!

He then gasped with horror when I told him he had to wear a pink sticker…

He then said “shame on you, Mom!” for making him wear pink when he’s a BOY!

I then brought in his friend Little Al and he was happy again…

We’re going to take his picture with Little Al every month to see how much he grows over the course of the year.

Even though Maxwell looked this unbelievably cute during the photo shoot…

his patience with me quickly grew thin. Here he’s thinking, “Alright, that’s enough. I gotta get outta here.”

He then thought he could distract me from my camera and get me to stop taking pictures. “Look Mom, over there! It’s a real live elephant!”

I couldn’t be fooled easily though and just kept snapping away. Maxwell persisted, “But Mom, behind you! He’s got a giant trunk and everything!”

I just kept going in for the close up though. Maxwell was beside himself, “Mom, why are you still taking my picture?! the elephant! over there!”

He finally realized I wasn’t giving up and gave in himself. Good thing there wasn’t a real elephant behind me, it was just Little Al’s reflection in the mirror. phew!

By the end of the photoshoot he was totally worn out. It’s hard work being this cute!

Happy one month birthday Maxwell, my sweet baby boy! Dad and I love you more than we ever thought possible.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Long and lush lashes

September 30, 2010

First, happy one month to my sweet baby boy!! I’ll have more on this big milestone tomorrow.

Second, I think it’s pretty obvious that Maxwell looks a lot like Robert. One thing I’m very glad he inherited is his dad’s eyelashes. Robert has the prettiest, thickest, darkest eyelashes. They’re so pretty it’s almost a shame they’re wasted on a boy! 🙂 Maxwell’s were pretty long when he was born but they’ve started to thicken up over the past few weeks. I’m hoping they continue to get darker and more and more like his dad’s. Between those lashes and the dimples…heartbreaker!

It’s really hard to capture eyelashes in a picture but you can kind of see them here…

Pretty cute, huh?

Rockin’ Robin

September 29, 2010

As any mom can attest, when your baby is crying, you’ll do just about anything to make him stop…regardless of how silly you look. For me, that definitely includes singing and dancing around the house while bouncing Maxwell on my shoulder. His favorite song? Rockin’ Robin. I have no idea why I started singing it but one day I was desperate to quiet him down and it just popped in my head. Now, whenever he starts to get fussy, I can start singing Rockin’ Robin and bouncing him around to the beat and he’ll stop crying. It’s actually pretty funny how it works almost every time. I guess you could say it’s “our song.” Maybe Maxwell finds my lovely singing voice soothing…or maybe he just likes the way I say “Tweet Tweet!”. 🙂

Rockin’ Robin

He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet

Rockin’ robin, tweet tweet tweet
Rockin’ robin’ tweet tweetly-tweet
Blow rockin’ robin
‘Cause we’re really gonna rock tonight

Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee
Every little bird in the tall oak tree
The wise old owl, the big black crow
Flappin’ their wings singing go bird go

Rockin’ robin, tweet tweet tweet
Rockin’ robin’ tweet tweetly-tweet
Blow rockin’ robin
‘Cause we’re really gonna rock tonight
Yeah yeah

Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
Told them how to do the bob and it was grand
They started going steady and bless my soul
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriol

He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet

In other news, look who Maxwell got to meet yesterday! His Aunt Jenny! He loved getting to snuggle with her.