Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
It’s Friday! Hooray! Robert had to travel this week for work so Maxwell and I got to spend some quality time alone. Even though Dad was only gone for 2 days, we were really ready for him to get home! It’s exhausting taking care of this little guy all by myself…but we made it! Here are some cute pics from the other day…
Big yawn…
Big stretch…
Sweet baby boy…
One thing that surprised me when Maxwell was born was how long his fingernails were. Luckily my sister-in-law had given me some baby emery boards before he was born and told me to take them to the hospital with me (thanks Jen!). I was so glad I did. The first night in the hospital, his sharp little fingernails managed to completely scratch up his face. We filed them down the second day and it made a huge difference.
We’ve even had to file them a couple more times since he’s been home. Guess my boy likes a good manicure! Now he’s got nicely filed fingernails…
and toenails too!
Just to be sure he doesn’t scratch his face again, we’ve kept him in the onesies that have the finger covers. Genius idea! The ends of the sleeves fold over so his little fingers can’t get out and do damage to his sweet face.
I’m not quite sure what Maxwell was thinking in his sleep but these pictures from last week crack me up.
Light as a feather, stiff as a board…
Love how my mom is cracking up in the picture too! 🙂
and then this…
Maybe he’s practicing some of his mom’s old cheerleading moves? Or doing a little disco dancing? Wait a sec, looks like he has a question…
Yes, I am being silly Maxwell. From this laugh it looks like you agree…
What’s that? You want to know if I’m laughing at you?
We’re not laughing AT you Maxwell, we’re laughing WITH you.
Yes, Maxwell… “Oh Geez” is right. I probably do need more sleep but I can’t resist posting all these cute expressions!
Also, a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my brother Keath today!
Maxwell had his 2 week appointment with the pediatrician yesterday and he got an A+! His weight is up to 7 lbs 15 ounces. He was only 7 lbs at his appointment last Friday so that’s almost a whole pound in one week! Growing boy! He’s in the 50th percentile for weight and the 75th percentile for height. The doctor says if he stays on that height track he’ll be around 6 ft. tall! We’ll see! He behaved so well for the doctor and only wailed for a few minutes when he had to get his heel pricked.
So pitiful with the giant band-aid on his heel…
He was happy and content again in no time though…
Hope you all had a great weekend. We did. We took a long stroll, watched some football and cooked some ribs. Yum! I also took a very exciting trip to Wal-Mart by myself…never thought I’d be so excited to go to Wal-Mart!! If only it had been Target…
So, last week I had a photographer come to the house to take some newborn shots of Maxwell. Let’s just say the day did not exactly go as planned. Our little model wasn’t wanting to cooperate. But more on that in a later post. What the day did do was inspire me to set up my own little photo shoot and get in some good practice taking shots of my sweet baby boy. He’s 11 days old in these. Here are my favorites of the ones I took…
I was pretty proud of myself! 🙂