month 8...just a day late!

Here we go again...another month down - holy. We were much too busy for blogging yesterday - here is a little glimpse of what Max was up to on his 8 month Birthday.

A car ride...

hide...

and seek!

Home again, practicing crawling techniques.

Reading.

Playing. Wait a second, that camera looks much more interesting...

just about got it...

On to a new game! I can see that this bin is going to be very handy...not too much mischief in here!

This little man is getting busy - let me tell you! We are looking forward to seeing him crawling for the first time...but really, not in a huge hurry for this folks! We will have to make a mad dash to Toys R' Us for baby gates when the time comes...oy. Teeth have yet to surface, maybe we will see little fangs on Halloween! Speaking of Halloween, we are looking forward to celebrating this holiday with a little one and maybe, just maybe, Carmon and I will have costumes this year so stay tuned!

Enjoy this beautiful, colorful autumn everyone!

happy thanksgiving!

it's frustrating figuring out this crawling thing

Every time we put Max down for a nap he tends not to fall asleep right away but rather practices his crawling. We love to peek in and watch him usually without him knowing we are there, but when he does see that we are watching, he loves the audience and starts laughing and putting on a show.

Bad camera angle...head tilting is required to view this one!

Daddy's Home!

Am I ever glad to have my hubby home again! Carmon was in Alberta for 2 weeks helping his family with Harvest. Max and I certainly missed him!

Max and I had a few days on our own and then my mom came for 10 days - it was just great to have her here again. As always my mom was totally on board with projects and boy, do we always seem to have projects! um, like the roman blind for the bathroom that she made last time, that still was not hung up...oops! Mom whipped up some very cute floor pillows for Max's play area and completed 5 more roman blinds - amazing!

We also went and cheered on my friend Jackie, at the Toronto Lakefront Marathon last weekend - it was such fun to see all of the athletes accomplish such an amazing feat - 42 km people! It really inspired me and maybe next year I will be running instead of spectating...we'll see.

Carmon and Max hung out for most of the day today as I had to sneak away for a few hours and boy did they make a mess!

We have a busy weekend ahead with swim lessons, brunch and a walk in Trinity Park with my friend Kathleen and her new puppy Moo. Have a great blustery, fall weekend everyone!

Birthday Celebrations

Two of Max's buddies turn 1 this week, so we were invited to a joint birthday party today for Kylee and William. These two look so grown up, it is amazing to see how different they are from Max, standing on their own, crawling everywhere, pulling themselves up, eating grown up food...oh my, we have lots to look forward to!

We had such a fun afternoon! Max enjoyed playing with William's toys...

...but was even more interested in the cupcake that was made just for him - except I ate it!

Little Reid managed to get his paws on his cupcake, just look at it oozing through his fingers!

Magic Tricks

There are mornings that Carmon and I are convinced that Max has changed overnight. Some days he feels a little bigger, his hair is thicker, or his eyes a different color than the day before. Month 7 is now upon us and never mind the subtle changes while we were sleeping - take a look at the amazing transformation!

Life is magic, let me tell you - it is difficult to imagine Max as such a tiny little creature so new to the world. Today he is 20 lbs of babbling joy, what fun it has been to watch his magic tricks right before our very eyes.

Back 'To Do'

Ah September, how I love the feeling of getting back at it, after a blissful summer of doing as we pleased. For us, yesterday was not the start of school, but we are certainly going back to our 'To Do' list, yessiree we have one too many projects that have been pushed off for long enough. Our list seems endless, but boy did it feel great to cross off a few things this past weekend.