There's no stopping him.

It's amazing how things happen so quickly. Max just started crawling on Monday and he's not even crawling a lot yet. But today he learned how to pull himself up. He started by pulling himself up while he was holding on to my leg but I was bracing him so I really had no idea that he could actually do it himself. Then we put him in for a nap and Roger and Shirin we're watching him in the monitor and saw him pull himself up in the crib. Then he did it a few more times. Amazing!!

Here's a great video of Max and Roger playing. Max was having a lot of fun.

Max's 1st art work. Aunty Rose, Arianna and Laila taught Max to color.

10 Months

Look at how grown up our little boy is. Can't believe he's 10 months old. Today he started to crawl. I mean really crawl, not just scooting or going around in circles to get where he wants to go. There's no stopping him now. He started full time daycare today. It's hard to think that he won't be with Aunty Rose 3 days a week but daycare isn't all bad. We taught him some moves so he can protect himself against the next biter.

For this months picture, he decided he wanted to play with the bear. The bear looks huge in these pictures.


We're having a heat wave in Albany and yesterday was a beautiful day for a walk to the park. Max and Daddy are enjoying the sunshine and view.


You can never have too many pacifiers (or Maxifiers as we like to call them)

Happy Halloween!

Max had a great time watching us rake all the leaves. And then he didn't mind sitting in them for a perfect fall picture. He kept inspecting each leaf and wondering what they were.

Max only wore his costume for about 20 minutes. We went to Aunt Tammy's to Trick or Treat but Max fell asleep on the way and then just as we started out to meet up with them it started to pour. Then we went to Tammy's neighbors for a party. It was a lot of fun.



Although I would love to let Max eat pureed food until he was in high school, we've been trying to get him used to eating more textured food and to feed himself. He doesn't seem to notice the varying textures but wants no part of feeding himself. With a little pleading and plodding he picked up and had a bite of the banana before he learned how squishy it was and how much fun that was. He's still a great eater. There isn't anything that he doesn't like. He had a reaction to yogurt and cottage cheese but soy yogurt seems to be fine.

Other news: He gets himself into a sitting position now and even crawled for a few seconds today. He's growing up so fast. Here are some other great pics....

Michael wanted to see if he could fit in the crib too. I love this picture.


Max is all dressed up for Adam and Christina's baby shower. Isn't he so cute?

Max loves Daddy and gives big kisses to prove it.


I love watching him sleep with his butt up in the air.

Max is obsessed with stings. See how happy he is when he's untying Roger's shoes?

Another great picture of Michael and Max. He looks like he's actually listening or reading along.

Some pictures of Max with family and friends: Uncle Henry (top left), Aunt Tammy, Uncle Henry, Aunt Shirin, Adam, Meme and Papa, and Steve. He's so loved.

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Max T. submitted by mjjunco13 for the Gap Casting Call

And since there are a boy and girl category you can also vote for our cousin Lillie. Let's help the cousins sweep the contest.

Lillie J. submitted by rebjunco for the Gap Casting Call

Nine Months

Max is nine months old already. Wow! Where does the time go. He went to the doctor yesterday and had a great check up. He's 16 lbs and 26.75 inches tall and the doc is happy with his growth. He's not on the chart for his weight and he just made it on for his height but he's doing great.

Developmentally he's doing everything he should be doing. He's sitting up really well and even stands pretty good too (with support). He's starting to get on his hands and knees and rock and will even take a couple of steps when you hold his hands. I think he's going to walk before he crawls. My prediction is that he'll be walking by 10 1/2 months. I'm not looking forward to him getting into everything but I don't think we have a choice. He's a man on a mission.

He's eating like a he'll never get another meal. Eats anything we give him so far. We have discovered that he has a reaction to yogurt and maybe cottage cheese...still testing that one. Hopefully that will go away eventually. We haven't tried many finger foods yet, just a few puffs (baby snacks that melt in their mouth) and a piece of banana which he had no idea what to do with. I'd just assume puree all his foods until he's in college but eventually we'll give him food he can pick up and bite. It just scares me.

Today was trick or treating at my parents camp, they close next week so they do it before they close. Max was dressed up as Tigger. He looked so cute. He got lots of candy for mommy and daddy. See what I mean about standing.

Yesterday, our friends Scott, Karen, Annabel and Caroline stopped in to visit on their way to Vermont. They live in NJ and Karen and Scott work at KPMG too. I met Karen when I was working in NYC and we were both single... look at us now. Boy have we come a long way.

It was the first time that we got to meet Caroline and that they met Max. Annabel is 19 1/2 months old and Caroline is 7 1/2 months old. Max and Caroline seemed to hit it off....I don't think Annabel knew quite what to think. She was probably saying "oh no, now there are two of those little creatures to watch out for."

Well, they got along until Max wanted the toy and then decided to pull Caroline's hair. Fortunately, Caroline wasn't too phased by it since she's used to her older sister crowding her space. Actually, there were no tears and Caroline was all smiles no matter what. All three kids seemed very content.

Hanging out with family. Max bonded with his cousin Vincent today, playing on the floor. And he got hugs and kisses from MeMe and mommy.

Last weekend we went to a birthday party for Uncle Henry and met lots of cousins. Unfortunately, my camera is horrible and all the pictures were blurry. We figured out that max has 113 cousins on my fathers side. Crazy, but true. First my father is the youngest of 12. So I have 33 first cousins (Max's first cousins once removed), 53 first cousins once removed (Max's second cousins) and 22 first cousins twice removed (Max's second cousins once removed) (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin for a description of how the cousin chart works) and then Max has 5 first cousins. Huh?? Yep it's that simple. Here is the only picture that came out halfway decent from that day....it's of my dad and his 3 remaining siblings - Dad top left, Uncle Paul standing, Uncle Henry and Aunt Melia.

Max talking and other things

This is the funniest thing. Max has been chomping like he's chewing something without very good manners. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to record it because I was laughing so hard I thought the camera would shake too much. Of course the 1st time I tried to record it he just started talking to me so I had to post that too. I was laughing so hard that I couldn't even talk back to him.

Weekend Fun

It was a beautiful fall weekend. We did a lot of visiting friends and family. See all the fun we had.

Max and Jecen have fun on the swing set. This was Max's first time in a swing. It was fun.

Max had a bath in a Styrofoam cooler so now he sits in a laundry basket at Aunt Susanns.

Max hanging out with his cousin Lillie. The picture was taken with my phone so pardon the quality.

It won't be long now...