family photos

back on oct. 16, we met with L of life in motion photography to get some family photos. i have been admiring L's work for some time now and was so excited to book a session with her. we met her downtown, early morning so we could take advantage of the awesome lighting. it was a pleasure working with her and we hope to do so again in the future:)
here is her blog if you feel like seeing some of her other work...amazing!

http://www.lifeinmotionphotography.com/photoblog/

here is the slide show she did for us

www.lifeinmotionphotography.com/slideshows/max

and here are some of my favs

oh, my!

vintage max

goodness, where to begin?!?! it's been busy couple of weeks since i last blogged. we've had visitors, my parents and papa's papa, we got a professional haircut, we've had a first birthday, we've had thanksgiving, said visitors have left, we've gotten our family photos back (squeal), we had a one-year check-up (shots included), we had a thirty-fifth birthday and i'm sure i'm forgetting something:) i have pictures coming out of my eyeballs...it might take a couple of posts to get them all on here:)

before the haircut

hanging on for dear life!

post-haircut with dad-dad

the party was a huge success, if i do say so myself:) we had a great turn out with 25 adults and 11 children...no meltdowns, kids or adults:) max was a little over-whelmed at times but we just took him outside to cool off:) he did okay with his cupcake (mama made pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting...forgot to take a picture) but seemed to enjoy it more when no one was looking at him:) he got lots of great presents and really doesn't even know what to do with them all!! we really appreciate all our friends and family coming to celebrate with us.

banner for the party made by kim at three monkey designs
http://www.etsy.com/shop/3monkeysdesigns

we made star wars cut-out cookies for a favor

not sure about the frosting hands:)

loving the cupcake!

best one i could get...the kid won't sit still!

with mom-mom and mom-dad

i'll come back tomorrow to post some of the family pics!

dad-mom

grandma smart was here this weekend to visit the birthday boy, in between her jaunts across the country! max really enjoyed having grandma here:) we just hung out around the house...we did make it to the park one day so grandma could see how much he loves to swing. sunday was a pretty dreary day so we just stayed inside most of the day. papa and i did sneak out for brunch while grandma babysat. max cut his 8th tooth over the weekend and is fighting a cold right now. the poor guy has been pretty miserable all week:( here's hoping he's feeling better by the party and we don't have to cancel.
he's been wanting to take his stacker rings to bed with him so we let him:)

my parents and papa's dad fly in thursday to max celebrate his big day! we are all looking forward to that.
he's been loving his wagon!!

wordless wednesday

halloween

laugh it up, furball

max went all out for halloween:) really, he had no idea what was going on and was like, "get me out of these boots" most of the time! we did go to one house (the csquared's) and he got one piece of candy...he got to chew on it while it was still in the wrapper. we didn't go through all of our candy...we seem to get less and less kids every year:( papa took the left overs to work so mama wouldn't stuff her face:)

it's gotten a lot cooler here this week, which i think everyone was ready for:) max went on a bottle/formula strike on his 11 month birthday so we switched to whole milk and straw cups. he drinks out of the straw cups like a champ but most days would prefer water to whole milk...i guess he isn't exactly like his daddy:) he is still pulling up and cruising like crazy and a mad-fast crawler. he does stand on his own, 1-2 times a day, for 10 or so seconds but i don't think he is going to be walking for a little bit...which is just fine with mama! his new think is emptying things...he loves to pull open a drawer and throw everything on the ground...a maxsplosion!
here's what a maxsplosion looks like:)