Update

Look how sweet he is.

Little man is sleeping an extraordinary amount right now and I'm trying to use every second to my advantage. I've picked up the house (even wiped down the counters) and put everything away before my Darby lunch date shows up.

We just got home from the doctor's and Max weighs 8lbs 9oz. He was down to 8lbs 1oz last week so he's gaining weight just like he should be- that still leaves him down from his birth weight but the doctor said with larger babies that it is harder for them to gain back the proportionate amount of weight. He's also now 22inches long - All of this puts him at 95% for his height and 50% for his weight.... And here we thought we would have a short pudgy baby. Boy were we wrong. Maybe he'll be tall and lanky.

Here are some pictures....


Here's where I said out loud to myself, "I bet he would fit in my Kitchenaid Mixer bowl". And then we tried it and he did.


Grandpa Kipp came down to visit his grandson for the weekend. They had a great time together.


Max had his first bath since all of his extra parts had fallen off (the ring from his circ and his umbilical cord) and grandpa got to be here to see it.

Super Busy

How can I be this busy and not even be working, cleaning my own house, or even cooking my own meals. So funny how much time one little person can take up.
We are going to the doctor today for our checkup. I'll hopefully have time for a longer update this afternoon.
Hopefully.

Another Video

I shamelessly took this video of my son instead of helping him with his hiccups. But we think it's so cute he sounds like a squeaky toy.

He used to have the hiccups 3-5 times a day while in the womb so we aren't surprised he gets them all the time now.

Just in case you were missing him, here's some more pictures of Max.
Here's what we've been up to for the past few days.



He went on his first outings (we had a busy day). The doctor, Target, and Applebee's all in the same day.


We said "goodbye" to Nana.


We pretended we were pirates. Arrrrrrrgh! (We wouldn't allow Max to have an eye patch so he improvised by closing one eye.)


Adam discovered part of his Halloween costume. (We aren't sure yet what he'll be.)


I got lots of cuddles.

Just showing our little Texan has some Ohio pride.

We went to visit our pediactrician yesterday and he said Max was perfect! We thought so all along but it's great to hear someone else say it!

We had a busy day yesterday- we went to the doctor, out to Target with Nana and then out to dinner at Applebee's to wish Nana farewell. She left last night to head home.

Our first night alone was pretty uneventful (luckily!). Max even slept 5 hours straight! We do not take this for granted at all. Today I'm laying low as yesterday's activity did me in- I'm really sore today.

We're going to take Daddy lunch at work and my Darby friend is coming over to have lunch with us and a nice hangout.

We did not get the house we were hoping to. The sellers were not flexible at all and with today's housing market we could not figure it out. But we are sound and secure in our decision to not continue negotiations with them. But that also means we are back to square one. We're ok with that though.

Just going ons

We've been laying low around here mostly (what else are we supposed to do?) Adam's mom left yesterday and mine will probably leave tomorrow. They've been invaluable in us getting enough sleep to be able to semi function through the past few days.

Max is a pretty easy going baby. He jus likes to eat and sleep and doesn't mind anything else. We've been taking walks everyday for a little amount of time and he doesn't mind the sunshine at all. Today we have to take our walk early because it's supposed to be over 90 degrees.

It's hard to believe that just a week ago Adam graduated and we were hanging out with all of our friends celebrating. We are amazed with how different our lives are now.... It seems like all we talk about is poop. :)

We are negotiating an offer for a house in Washintgon. Pray for us. The sellers are not being the most cooperative, and we really love the house.

Max

Here's a video of our little one while we were still at the hospital....

PS- That's Adam snoring in the background.