specialist and picture fail

22 days old

so max saw the specialist (dr j) today...hernias confirmed...surgery scheduled for feb 4. it is an outpatient surgery and should be pretty simple. max also had his newborn pics today. M (she did our wedding) came over and of course, baby was pretty fussy=photo FAIL! we got some photos but not all we wanted so she is going to come back at a later date (hopefully early this coming week) and try again...we'll shoot for earlier in the day when he sleeps more soundly! the birth announcements might be a little delayed.
my parents left this week so max and i have been hanging out on our own...its been going pretty well but we haven't ventured too far from home.
papa_mona and i left max for a couple of hours last night so we could attend his company christmas party...thanks S for coming over to sit with him...he loved making a new friend:) we had a fabulous time and mama_mona got to have a grown up drink for the first time in almost a year!
papa_mona's parents come on sunday (dad_dad and dad_mom) so we are really looking forward to that and we know they are super excited to meet max!
oh, and he's gaining weight like a champ...weighs about 81/2 lbs!!! he has officially grown out of his newborn diapers...we discovered this after he peed through about 5 outfits and pooped out of his jammies:) he is now in size 1 which should be good up to 14 lbs-ish.

showing his christmas spirit!