The View From Here

16 Months!

2007-12-03T02:00:00.001-05:00

Hoorrraaayyyy!!!!

It's me Max with a much overdue newsletter!!! So sorry that I haven't sent a newsletter in some time, Mommy started working again and is getting used to the whole new schedule so we've been pretty busy.

Things with me are going great! I don't go to the same daycare anymore as she had to shut down her daycare, it was sad but we will still go and visit her. Now Mommy and Daddy's friend Ursula looks after me and boy oh boy is it fun! She has a little boy who is 8 months old, he can't run around like me but I am trying to teach him everything I know, good and bad! uh oh! I have so much fun there though so everyone is very very happy!

I am 16 months old and getting so big now, I weigh about 23 pounds and am very very tall. I am still a skinny boy, but Dr Taylor says I am "perfect", gosh I love it when she says that! A few weeks ago I had Roseola, now that's no fun at all, all fevered and rashy, but it's not serious and I got better quickly so that's good.

I am still quite the comedian, I love to do things that make people laugh, I am quite the attention getter. I love to dance and spin and jump and lately I have really gotten a kick out of walking backwards, don't ask why! I love to clap and drum and sing and give high fives and if you ask me I can point to my eyes, my nose, my belly button and my diaper, it is very cute I am so smart! I nod "yes" and shake my head "no" now too.

I am also learning about being gentle, which I am getting better at sometimes I just get so excited! The other day Mommy asked me to give her some love, and to her amazement I knew exactly what she meant and I came over and gave her a hug and a kiss. I give all kinds of kisses now, I am so affectionate. I have totally perfected walking and running a while ago, now I am working on marching, stomping and jumping. I love to march around the house. My biggest thing is climbing. (Mommy sighs) I love to stand on things I am not supposed to all the time so I am keeping everyone busy around me!!!

Now that it is cold outside I have to get all bundled up which to everyone's surprise I am very very good about, I don't mind getting my coat and mittens and boots and stuff on, I even try to help Mommy do it, I am such a big helpful boy! My all time favorite game is "pretend to eat" I know, it sounds funny, but I love to play with spoons and bowls, which I stir up and pretend to eat and make all kinds of "yum yum yum" sounds, maybe I'll grow up and be a chef like my uncle Jay! It doesn't even have to be a bowl, I'll stir in a bucket, a cup, even my boot, yum yum boot soup! I say "hi!" to everyone I see and am such a friendly boy who is not the tiniest bit shy.

Anyway friends and family, I should go and get to bed, hope you are all doing fantastic!!! Enjoy the pics (I have a bit of a rash on my face from slobbering so much, just in case you are wondering) Love you all! Big Boy Max

2007-07-23T10:22:00.001-04:00

2007-07-23T10:15:00.001-04:00

Back by popular demand....it's me, Max here with my Newsletter!!!

Well, it was never gone, just Mommy has been so busy that she hasn't gotten around to sending one in a while.

So I am now 11 and a half months old, can you believe it!?!?! It is my birthday at the end of the month, I can't believe that I am almost one year old! Holy Moley!!! Things with me are going great. The past 2 weeks though, I have been sick with a bad cough and an ear infection in each ear. gross. It's no fun, for me or for mom and dad, who had to get up with me throughout the night. But I got some medicine from the doctor and I am feeling much better and am getting back to my usual happy funny self.

I am not walking yet, unless I am holding onto something, but I can stand on my own pretty well now. I have 6 teeth so I can chew pretty good too, if I can ever get out of the habit of stuffing as much into my mouth as can possibly fit! My eyes are as blue as ever and my hair is such a light brown it is just about blond. People tell me I am very handsome, but I don't know what that means yet.

One thing that is exciting is how many words I can say!!! Lately it seems like I can say all sorts of things all of a sudden, which is making mommy and daddy very excited! I can say mum-mum for mommy, and I now say daddy instead of "dada", I can say "whiskey" for my kitty cat, which sounds like "dissy", but it is very obvious what I mean. I say "uh oh" all the time, sometimes I will drop something just for the opportunity to say uh-oh, it is quite funny. I can say fish (sounds like "tish") for my fish tank I have in my room, and I can say "hi", although normally I just wave. Mommy and Daddy think I can say kitty cat too, which sounds like "ti tat" but they are waiting for it to be more obvious, but I DO say it whenever I see a cat, so they are pretty sure. One thing they are sure about it how smart I am!!!

I went to my first birthday party, for my cousin, Abby, it was lots of fun, I was so pooped by the end of it that I fell fast asleep during dinner in my highchair... It was a lot of fun though, I can't wait for my birthday!!! You get to eat cake!!!
Anyway, this is getting long so I will go for now, I promise the next newsletter will be soon!!!

Love you all,
Baby (I mean, big-boy, toddler) Max!

Max's 1st Birthday

2007-06-12T16:18:00.000-04:00

Info On max's B-day party coming soon!

2007-06-12T14:51:00.001-04:00

Heeelllloooooo Everybodieeeeee!!

It's me, Max. Mom wasn't able to get last week's newsletter out so this one will be a double whammy!

I am growing bigger and bigger everyday, I am such a happy boy who just loves to stay busy all the time. (mommy sighs, she doesn't get much of a break during the day!!! lol) I am very good at walking holding on to furniture and am getting better at climbing stuff too. Like pillows on the floor or all over Mommy, it is so much fun!

I am also getting better at listening when Mommy or Daddy say "no touching please!" Most of the time I listen and leave whatever it was I was touching alone....unless the temptation is just too great!! :) I am eating all sorts of stuff now, I LOVE fruit salads, and when mommy puts a yogurt in the freezer so it tastes like ice cream. I also love to mash my food all over my highchair and myself, making a big big mess, but that's my job, right? Mommy says I am VERY good at making big messes! haha!

I know words for all kinds of things now, even if I can't say them yet, I know "want your bottle?", "Where's _______ ? (mommy/daddy/whiskey the cat)", "Give that to me please" (about 60% of the time I listen to that one), "would you like a cracker?", "wave hi/bye!" and so many more. I am a very smart baby. One of my favorite games is to take my pacifier and stick it in Mommy's mouth, I think it is hilarious, but at least I am sharing! My other favorite game is "chase" with ME being the one who gets chased, when Mommy says "I'm gonna get you!!!" I squeal and scream and crawl as fast as I can laughing until Mommy catches me, which is, of course, the best part of the game.

Anyway, I hope you are all doing really really well! For Mommy's work friends, we promise to come visit soon, as soon as Mommy's foot is feeling better!

Miss you ALL so so much!
Lots of love,
Baby (big boy!) Max

2007-05-22T14:27:00.000-04:00

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are doing really really well!

Not too much new has happened this past week, mostly I have just been perfecting my new skills, crawling and standing mostly.

Today I had a bit of an accident while trying to stand, I didn't quite make it and bit my mouth. My tooth poked into my lip making it bleed and making me cry...a lot. But Mommy and an ice cube wrapped in a washcloth to suck on made me feel better. The first big bump of many I guess!!

Mommy Daddy and me went for a long walk outside today, we visited our friend Laurie and her family and I ate some dirt. I am still undecided if it was yummy or yucky, mommy didn't want to let me try another taste to make sure. too bad. We also went out to eat for brunch, I had toast and fruit salad, yum yum, and to the walmart to buy some stuff. I love going to resturants, I was so excited. I also love going on the subway, especially if mommy or daddy let me stand and look out the window, it is very exciting stuff for a not quite 10 month old baby!

One big peice of news that has happened over the past few days is me saying "mama" and "dada".....for REAL. I have been babbling them for some time now, but it is becoming more and more obvious that just over the past week I have figured out what they mean, usually I only say "mama" when I am upset, reaching for Mommy, On Wednesday night when Daddy left to go see a soccer game I waved and said "dada" clear as can be! I am such a smart little boy!

I am waving hello and goddbye a lot lately, I am finally getting the hang of what that means too. Can't wait to see you and show you all my new skills!!!

Anyway everyone, I hope you are having a nice long weekend and are enjoying this nice weather like me!!

Lots of love,
Baby Max

2007-05-15T14:16:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone!!!

I am now 40 weeks old, 9 and a half months already!!! I can't believe that in less than 3 months I will be 1 YEAR OLD!!!! Yikes says Mom.

Happy Mother's day to all the mom's out there!

This week was very exciting because I figured out how to CRAWL!!! Yes sir! I am a crawling machine going here and there and back again, I certainly keep Mommy and Daddy on their toes! I am also constantly crawling somewhere like the couch or coffee table and pulling myself up to standing. ALL. THE. TIME. (mommy says "sigh"). But all in all it is lots of fun. I am such a happy baby these days now that I can go places, I am all smiles and giggles all the time. We have been going to the park every day, I LOVE the baby swing, love the breeze in my hair. I HATE wearing a hat, mommy finally found one that has a strap so I can't pull it off, but that doesn't mean I don't try. I have already thrown 2 hats overboard off my stroller when out for a walk (without Mommy or Daddy noticing) and Mommy got tired of buying new hats, haha.

I love going places, especially the park. I am just as happy to sit on a blanket on the ground and play with the grass and pick up and throw little leaves and sticks that I come across, so much fun, I am loving this nice weather, which means I get to go outside everyday!

Today we went to the Beaches for Mother's day, we ate dinner in a very busy restaurant, which I loved, I was very excited. I also tried a little bite of Mommy's icecream while on our walk and cried for almost 3 blocks when I couldn't have anymore. Who knew icecream would be so delicious???

Anyway everyone, I hope you are doing really really well, I love you all, can't wait to see you all again soon! Enjoy the pictures!

Lots of Love,
Baby Max

2007-05-07T13:28:00.000-04:00

Hello Everyone!!!

It's Max here and I have SO much to tell you this week! I have been so so busy, going all over the place and having lots of fun along the way!

On Saturday we went to my great-Papa's memorial service in Bobcageon, which was sad and happy at the same time, happy mostly because I got to see lots of friends and family, I was a very good boy, even though by the end of the day I was so so tired!

On Monday, Mommy, Daddy and me drove to Kitchener to see my big sister, Nisha, and her mom Maire, we had a great time and went to this really fun park, which I missed because I fell asleep once we got there, LOL. But I enjoyed getting to see those guys a lot!

We also visited a big pet store on Monday night and I got so so excited over the fishies and especially the cute puppies who were jumping around, but when Daddy started to wheel me away from them I cried and cried, I didn't want to leave. LOL

Today (wednesday) we went to the zoo! I have never been to the zoo before, some of the animals I didn't really "get"...I guess I didn't really know they were animals and if they weren't moving around I wasn't interested, but I did like the giant fish aquariums and the gorillas, hippos and the big polar bear who swam up to the glass to
see me. By the end of the day I was pretty pooped and glad to be home.

I had my doctor's appointment on Tuesday and afterwards we went for lunch with my Uncles Jay and Cory and my friend (Uncle Jay's girlfriend) Ashley. It was fun, I tried some pasta and a mushroom for the first time, yum yum! I now weigh 19.9 pounds and am just over 29 inches long, the doctor says I am the PERFECT size and am growing very very well. I had fun at this appointment, playing with (aka: grabbing from the doctor) all the doctor's neat stuff. I have 4 teeth now and love to chomp on things, I have also learned how to wave "hi" If you wave and say "HI!" I wave back and yell, it's very funny. All in all I am doing GREAT!

Anyway, sorry this letter this week is so long!! LOL, I hope you are all doing really really great, I miss you all!

Lots of love,
Baby Max (not such a baby anymore!! )

2007-04-23T13:03:00.000-04:00

Hello Everyone!

It's Max again....Mommy is finally back on track (I hope) with my newsletters.

This past week has been a busy one for me, the weather has been so good that I have been going outside every day! First thing in the morning me and Mommy and Daddy all go for a walk to "get our blood going". After Daddy goes to work, Mommy usually takes me out again in the afternoon to do shopping or groceries and stuff. I love love love being outside seeing the world!

I am still working on crawling, I am getting closer and closer everyday! Mommy thinks it will be in the next 2 weeks that I will probably get the hang of it. I am really good and rocking back and forth on my hands and knees though, so that's a start!!! I said "mama" for the first time on Friday....I said it a bunch of times, although people aren't sure if I mean "mommy" or not. I am still saying "mum mum mum" when I need Mommy, so she is pretty convinced that I am saying it for real, which is pretty cool!!! I can't wait until I can say all the things I want to say, Mommy and Daddy think I will probably be an early talker.

We had a busy weekend. On Saturday we went to visit Mommy's friend Mel, it was her little boy's 2nd birthday party, I had lots of fun and eventually passed out on Mommy's lap from all the excitement. Then on Sunday we all went to the Beaches and walked around and had lunch. I got a bunch of summer clothes since the weather is getting hotter, I want to be prepared! All in all it was a fun day out in the fresh air.

Anyway everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the Springtime! Can't wait to see you all!

Lots of love,
Baby Max
xo

2007-04-23T12:57:00.000-04:00

Heeeellllooooo Everyone!

So sorry this newsletter is behind, I have been bugging mommy to get it done but her and daddy have been busy getting our new house ready and stuff.

I really like my new place! There are so many more rooms to see and explore and we have much more space. I can't wait until I can crawl for real and I can check it out on my own (not a chance, says mommy, LOL). Speaking of crawling, I am getting closer everyday, I can sometimes get up on my hands and knees, but mostly if I try to crawl I just push myself backwards or around in circles, but a little guy's gotta start somewhere, right!?

Last week, Mommy and I went to meet this nice lady, who mommy says will be babysitting me when she goes back to work. We are both very sad that we can't just keep hanging out all the time forever and ever, but we will manage. The lady is very very nice, I liked her and the 2 other kids who were there, it's a lot like home, so I think it will work out fine.

I am still giving lots of kisses when you ask me, which is very cute (and slobbery!). Mommy made me a "book of babies", which is really just a little photo album with magazine cut outs of babies, but I love it I laugh and point and give the paper babies kisses, it is all too cute.

Yesterday my Uncle Rob, Aunt Kathy and cousins Asher and Abby came for a visit, it was lots of fun, I like it when people come to visit! They lent me a really cool video which I watched today and loved it, lots of music and things.

My newest thing is "dancing". When I hear a beat or some music, I rock back and forth and wiggle to the music, I just love music!! I also love to bite things with my new teeth. I bite down on the spoon when Mommy feeds me, sometimes I won't let go.

Anyway friends and family, I hope you are all doing as well as me! Can't wait to see you again!

Lots of love,
Baby Max

2007-04-06T14:24:00.000-04:00

Hi everybody!!!

Sorry this newsletter took me a while to get out, we have been SO SO busy!!!

We moved into our new house!! I like it a whole lot, there is so much to see, I like my cool new room, and I even have a playroom downstairs, but it is still full of boxes right now. It is a much better house I think, more space, 2 whole floors and it is much safer for me for when I start crawling around, which will be soon I think!
Thanks to everyone who helped us move!!!

Things with me are great! I got two more teeth, so now I have 3 teeth!! They hurt coming in, but I am feeling better now. I now have one bottom tooth and two top teeth, good for chomping on things! Mommy says I eat like a horse now too, I sent a bunch of pictures of me eating, it's funny because I make such a HUGE mess! My favorite things to eat these days are baby cookies, yogurt, any kind of fruit and I love creamed corn baby food, yum yum. I have a high chair at this house which makes my meal times much easier for mommy during the day.
I am a very busy baby these days, I don't like to sit still unless I am doing something very interesting, I just want to go go go. I can sit up perfectly now, and can get from laying down to sitting up in seconds. I can also stand up by myself, if I hold onto something like the back of the couch or my crib bars, but I can't get to standing by myself yet. I love standing on the couch and looking out the window. Mommy and Daddy think I will be crawling very soon, I am practicing getting up on my hands and knees and trying so hard to pull myself up, maybe I'll just skip crawling all together and just start running!!! (mommy winces)
Other than that things are good, I am babbling a lot, I say lots of dada's and I laugh all the time at everything, Mommy and Daddy say I am the sunshine in their day, that must be good, right!? I also have learned about eyes, if you ask me, I can point to my Monkey's or Daddy's eyes when you say "where are so and so's eyes?", I also know how to "give snuggles" and have learned how to "give a kiss" when asked (if I feel like giving out kisses, mostly only to Mommy). Mommy and Daddy are amazed at how smart I am for only 8 months old!!!

Anyway everybody, I hope you have a really great Easter! Can't wait for you to come and visit me at my new house! Enjoy the pictures,

Lots and lots of love,
Baby Max

2007-03-26T10:44:00.000-04:00

Hello Friends and Family!

It's Max here and boy oh boy am I getting more and more grown up every day!!!

The past 2 weeks have been an adventure for me, I am learning all sorts of new things and doing lots of cool stuff too.

This week I learned how to go from lying down to sitting up, all by myself. Mommy discovered that when she had me lying in my crib and next thing she knew I was sitting up playing with toys. I am very good at it. I can't crawl yet, but I can move around in circles when I am on my tummy, but I sometimes get frustrated when I can't "go" anywhere.

I learned how to say lots of DA DA DA too, I babble on and on and on and love to blow lots of bubbles, which is why, in most of my pictures I have a wet or dirty shirt on, sometimes mommy forgets a bib, or I pull mine off and slobber all over everything! That's what babies are good at! I am getting very good at feeding myself, I eat just about every kind of baby food now, and I have also tried, yogurt, bits of bread/bagel, mashed potatoes, little bits of melon, strawberries and bananas, also I have tried rice. Yum Yum, I love trying new things.

My favorite toys these days are probably my Monkey, who I smash into my face every night to fall asleep, my blocks, any toy I can bring in the bath with me and of course, Mommy's potato masher. I have to be really careful with it, but sometimes mommy lets me play with it, it is so cool!

I think I am getting another tooth soon, as I have been a bit cranky on and off, but hopefully soon it will be there and no longer bugging me. I get up earlier in the morning now too, much to mommy and daddy's delight (not!) usually around 7am or so. But I am such a happy baby that they don't mind.

Anyway everyone, enjoy the pictures! Hope you are all doing really well!

Lots of love,
Baby Max xoxo

2007-03-26T10:36:00.000-04:00

Hello Everyone!

Sorry my newsletter is late this week, we were all over the place on the weekend and the past couple of days doing so much fun stuff!!!

This past weekend Mommy, Daddy and I went to Nana and Papa Knights house to visit, and for my cousin Abby's dedication. Abby is not too much older than me so it was nice to have someone my own size to hang out with! I also got to hang out with her Mommy and daddy, Aunt Kathy and Uncle Rob, my cousin Asher and my big sister, Nisha....did I say it was SO much fun!?!

Then on Monday, mommy and I took the train to go visit my Nana and Grampa McColl, Uncle Cory and Uncle Jay and their girlfriend's Ashley and Amber....that was also so much fun. They have a big puppy dog and lots of pet birdies, but my most favorite thing of all was the little fish tank they had with the little fishies swimming in it. I would get so excited and put my nose right up to the glass to see the fish, it was so funny. I loved it so much that Mommy promised me that when we move into our new house she would get me a little fish tank with some fishies just for me!

As for me, I have been a busy little bee, learning all sorts of new things lately. I am "talking" a lot more over the past couple of days, lots of ra-ra-ra, ba-ba-ba and every once in a while, a da-da, very exciting stuff. My favorite thing to do when I am happy or excited is wiggle. I wiggle back and forth all the time, it makes everyone laugh. I am also learning to lean forward and give kisses too, so cute.

All in all I am such a good baby, I am eating lots too...I had chicken for the first time, it's weird, and I make faces, but I eat it all up. I also had a strawberry yesterday...yum yum.

Anyway everyone, sorry my letter was late, enjoy the pictures, there are so many of them this time!!

Love you all, can't wait to see you all again!
Love and kisses, baby Max

2007-03-06T13:29:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone!

It's Max here, telling you all about what's been happening with me over the past week!

I am getting better and better at sitting up all by myself, I just about have it, I can sit up when I am on the couch (under a watchful eye of course) but sometimes I still fall backwards or to either side, so I am still practicing, but I love it. I am quite happy to just sit there and play with some toys, I much prefer it to lying down, I guess because I can see what's going on around me better that way!

This weekend Mommy, Daddy and I got to go to the hospital to see my new little buddy, Leo, who was born on Thursday, he is very tiny and very cute, and to be quite honest, I wasn't all that interested, haha, maybe when he starts to actually do stuff! But he is a super cute little guy, it was nice to see his Mommy and Daddy, Joey and Ursula too.

I am finding a lot of things quite hilarious these days, sometimes I will roll onto my tummy and laugh and laugh and squeal and neither Mommy or Daddy can figure out what's so funny, but obviously something is to me! On Saturday we were at a resturant and there was a mirror behind Mommy and I was laughing so hard the whole resturant could hear me, very hilarious.

No more teeth so far, but I know I will get more soon. I am getting better at eating little finger foods, Mommy will put some in the tray of my exersaucer and I gobble them up, the ones that don't end up on the floor, that is. They make a huge sticky mess, but I think it is great fun. Lately at nap and bedtime I have decided I HATE having the covers on, sometimes I scream and scream and kick them off, so I have started to have to wear warmer jammies so I can sleep with no covers. I have been sleeping in my own bed all by myself lately too, and have been doing really good, sleeping the whole night through still. I know that Mommy and Daddy are close by, so I do just fine. Mommy is getting better at sleeping without me too! hahaha

Anyway friends and family, that's about it for me, wish Mommy and Daddy lots of luck with their packing up for the new house, we move in less than a month now, and they are very stressed about all the things that need to get done! I am looking forward to seeing my new house and new room!

Ok, lots of love and kisses, hope you're all doing great!

Luv,
Baby Max

2007-02-27T18:04:00.000-05:00

Hi Friends and Family!

It's Max here, can you believe that I am now 30 weeks old????!!!! 7 whole months on Tuesday!

As usual, I am ever the happy cheerful little guy, even though this has been a bit of a long week for me (and for Mommy and Daddy!) I came down with my first ever case of croup, which, let me tell you, is no fun at all! I had a barking cough, a really really stuffed nose, and I wasn't sleeping really well because my coughing would wake me up. But through it all I tried my very best to be cheery, Mommy and Daddy are so proud of me. The croup is almost all the way gone now, just a little bit congested, so hopefully in the next few days I will be feeling one hundred percent again!
One more big thing that happened to me this past week is...I got my first tooth!!! Mommy was right in thinking it was coming last week, but boy oh boy is it here now!!! It's teeny and white and sharp! I am also practising my sitting up all by myself, I can only sit up for a few seconds, but I am getting the hang of it, it won't be long now!

I have been eating lots more solid foods lately too, I LOVE fruits, and mommy has been letting my have some finger foods, mostly these little sweet potato puffs for babies that I can easily gum up and swallow, I like them a lot. Next month I get to try meats and yogurt for the first time, I am sure I will like those things too! Although I discovered that I HATE green beans, I spit them out each time, no matter how mommy tries to disguise them or sneak them in my mouth, out they come right away, gross. (Just like Dad - Tim)

Mommy and Daddy found a new house, so we will be moving March 31st, I am very excited, it is a safer place for me to crawl around in once I learn to crawl and I will even have my own playroom! Wow! Please wish Mommy and Daddy lots of luck, because they are not looking forward to all the packing and moving, apparantly it's a lot of work. Not for me though, I am going to hang out with Auntie Sarah for the moving day!

So anyway everyone, I hope you are all doing great, can't wait to see you again!

Lots of love,
Baby Max

2007-02-20T10:29:00.000-05:00

Hello Everybody!

It's Max here, with your latest dose of super cuteness!

Mommy and Daddy just can't believe how big I am getting, Mommy thinks a teeny tiny tooth is starting to emerge (I won't let her get a good look, but she thinks she can feel it) and I know that's a sign that I am growing up!!!

I am rolling over all over the place, I am SO good at it by now, I just roll and roll and roll, you have to keep a really good eye on me if I am on the bed or couch to make sure I don't roll off! So far so good though! My hair is starting to get thicker too, although I still have my awesome bald spot in the back from rubbing my head back and forth at night, hahaha. I am getting very interested in Mommy and Daddy's faces too, I love to grab them and look in their mouth or try to put my fingers up their noses (which they don't like, I don't know why) but I am just trying to figure things out!

Mommy lets me have these big baby teething biscuits sometimes too, I love them, they make a HUGE mess and stick like glue all over my face but boy are they tasty!

This weekend Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Rob, Auntie Kathy and my cousin Abby all went to Ikea, where Mommy and Daddy bought a brand new bed, it was fun, although I fell asleep halfway through the trip! There are lots of interesting people to watch at Ikea, I love to people watch! It was lots of fun, and good to spend sometime with my Aunt and Uncle, they are lots of fun to hang out with!

I am starting to get a bit of separation anxiety lately, I don't like it if Mommy leaves the room, I start to fuss and sometimes even cry....Mommy says it's a sign of things to come! Uh Oh!

Mommy got me some cool new sunglasses, she didn't think I would like them, but I really do! I get very excited to have them on, maybe things look funny when I wear them, but I sent a few pictures of me wearing them so you can see how cool I look!

Anyway Friends and Family, I love you all very much! I hope you are doing really well!

Love and snuggles,
Baby Max (and Kristie and Tim)

2007-02-12T17:47:00.000-05:00

Hi Guys!

It's Max, I am now 28 weeks old!!! (or technically almost 6 and a half months old!)

In my last newsletter, I told you how I had my doctor's appointment and got those yucky needles that gave me a fever. Well the fever lasted for 3 days (at 103 degrees) so Mommy and Daddy took me back to see the doctor who determined that I had a stuffy nose and a throat infection, all of which was making me a very unhappy baby indeed. But thanks to some tlc and baby tylenol from Mommy and Daddy, by Wednesday I was starting to feel lots better. Now I am totally back to my old self.

Not too much else is new with me so far, I am still rolling over like crazy, and Mommy and Daddy are helping me to learn how to sit up all by myself. Sometimes I can sit up for about 15 seconds before I fall over, so slowly I am getting the hang of it! Slowly but surely!

Mommy and Daddy got me this giant stuffed Hippo, which I love (I picked it out out of a line up of 3 different big stuffed toys) I sent a picture of me with him. He is literally as big as I am!!! I like grabbing him and stuffing him in my face, don't ask me why! hahaha I am doing lots and lots of babbling these days...Mommy is trying to get me to say mama and dada (I have said both before but only a fluke), so far with no luck, but I always think it is funny and just laugh at her instead. I am also eating much more solid food so I can gain some more weight, which I love, yum yum, I especially love this apple/blueberry sauce mommy got for me, it is so so tasty!

Well, everyone, I hope you are all doing great! Enjoy the pictures,

Love and slobbery kisses,
Baby Max

2007-02-12T17:40:00.000-05:00

Hello Friends and Family!

It's Max here with my newsletter to tell you the news all about me!

I am now 27 weeks old and having so much fun! I have pretty much perfected the art of rolling over in all directions so now I am working on sitting up all by myself. I haven't quite got it yet, but Mommy and Daddy help me practice all the time. Sometimes they think I am just trying to skip that step all together as it often looks like I am trying to crawl! When I have tummy time i gather my knees up under my belly and push forward kind of like a snake or little snail, lol. I don't go very far, but I can move forward a bit by doing that! And then other times Mommy and Daddy think I may just skip crawling and go right to walking as I LOVE to be standing all the time, I am very good at it.

I also LOVE to type! I sent some pictures of me "typing" I love to bang on the computer keyboard and press all the buttons. Sometimes though it can cause problems, like the other day I did something that made all the words on the computer disappear, even the words on the internet! haha, but Daddy figured out how to fix it. I sent some pictures of me playing with my cat, whiskey too. I just LOVE him and he is very patient with me, even when I like to snuggle or pull his fur.
I had my 6 month doctor's appointment yesterday, not too much fun, since I had to get my needles. One in each leg, not fun at all. I weigh 17.2 pounds now, which is less than everyone thought I weighed, Mommy was guessing around 19 pounds. My doctor says I should have gained a bit more weight than that (only 1 pound in 2 months) but says not to worry, just that I am probably ready for a lot more "real" foods, and that I have to start having a breakfast, lunch and dinner of solids in addition to my bottles, so yum yum for me! Mommy totally forgot to ask how long I am now, so she is going to measure me once she finds her measuring tape!

Unfortunately I did not react well to my needles this time, my legs were very very sore and I had a high fever of 103 degrees, which was making me pretty miserable, I was up most of that night so we had to cancel our weekend plans and just hang out at home. I am starting to feel a little bit better now though, after a bath and some tylenol. It's no fun having a fever!

Other than that though I am a super happy little guy! I said "dada" for the first time too....I don't really associate it with Daddy yet, but all in good time! I tend to do most of my talking at bedtime (go figure) as soon as I lie down for sleep I babble on and on for about a half an hour until a wear myself out and fall asleep. At least I am not crying though!

Anyway everyone, I hope you are all doing great, I can't wait to see you all again!

Lots of love,
Baby Max

2007-01-29T18:15:00.000-05:00

Hello Everybody!

It's Max, writing about being 26 weeks old! I am such a big boy now!

Not too much is new this past week, still practicing my rolling over skills, which are getting pretty good. I am also "standing" a lot. I just love love love to stand. Of course, I need a bit of help from Mommy or Daddy, but I am pretty good at it!

I have also started to really love my exersaucer, Mommy puts me in it when she is doing the dishes each afternoon, and I just love to stand and bounce and play with all the cool stuff on it. Now that I know how to work all the toys on it I like it a whole lot more.

One exciting thing, on Thursday my big sister Nisha and her mommy, Maire came to visit me, it was lots of fun. I really like Nisha a lot, I give her huge smiles and giggles, she is a very cool kid, like me! Next weekend is her 3rd birthday party, Mommy and Daddy are bringing me, I can't wait!

This weekend was just me and Mommy and Daddy. We went to the mall on Saturday and I got to people watch, which is one of my favorite things. I like to smile at all the people I see. Daddy bought me this cool kitty cat stacker toy that meows and I really like it, I sent some pictures of me with it. I don't know how to "stack" things yet but give me a few more months and I know I will be stacking with the pros!

Next Friday is my 6-month check up (more needles! YUCK) So in the next newsletter I will have the down low on how big I am for real! Mommy is guessing around 19 pounds.

Ok Friends and Family! I hope you are all doing great! Hope you have a great week, enjoy the pictures!

Love and Slobbery kisses,
Baby Max
xo

2007-01-24T10:20:00.000-05:00

This is me and my cousin Abby-Jo, she is about 3 weeks older than me, it was fun to hang out with someone my own age! In these pictures we are hanging out on the couch together, and in one she was trying to pull my head to her mouth, i think she wanted to bite on my ears! Very funny.

2007-01-22T15:55:00.000-05:00

Hi Everybody!

It's Max again, I am now 25 weeks old!

I have been a busy little bee as usual this past week, doing lots of rolling over and practicing my new sounds, mainly squeals, happy screams and lots of zerbert sounds, it is so much fun.

This past weekend I got to see a lot of Mommy and Daddy's friends at a poker game on Friday. Two of their friends are having a new baby boy in about a month so I will have a little buddy to play with soon! I can't wait to meet him. I like other babies.

Then I got to see Gramma and Papa Knight and Uncle Rob, Auntie Kathy and my cousins Asher and Abby-Jo. We had lots of fun, I was kept very entertained. I was a good baby as always when Gramma and Papa K babysat me so that Mommy and Daddy could go see a movie and go out for dinner for their anniversary, I went to bed without a hitch! It was lots of fun!

My "real" food repetoire is pretty big now and other than cereal it includes: applesauce, bananas, prunes, squash, sweet potatoes and carrots. Yum Yum, I like it when mommy makes me "real food". She also bought me this cool thing that has a handle on one end and a little mesh bag on the other end, she will put a peice of apple or banana in the mesh bag so I can chew and eat it without getting any big choky bits, it just gets mushed through the mesh. It's very very cool, and I love it!

I am getting better at balancing to sit up, although I still fall over, so I have a ways to go, but I bet you in another month I will be sitting up like a pro!

Ok everyone, I hope you are all doing as well as I am! Can't wait to see you all again!
Love always,
Baby Max

2007-01-17T12:38:00.000-05:00

Hello Everybody!

It's Max again to tell you about being 24 weeks old. I am "just a pleasure to be around" so says Mommy and Daddy. I really am a happy baby. I hardly ever cry and I am always laughing and smiling at everyone.

My newest thing is I am learning to make new noises. I think in the last newsletter it was the zerbert noise...I tend to find a new sound and then do it over and over and over again for days and days on end until I perfect it. Lately it has been this high pitched screaming squealing noise. It is when I am having so much fun doing whatever and it is very cute. I pretty much make this sound all day long, it makes Mommy and Daddy laugh a lot.

I also like grabbing mommy's face and pulling it up to mine and rubbing noses, am I getting much more into snuggles and kisses.

This past week I got to try out my jolly jumper from great-auntie Annette, it is so cool, I sent some pictures of me in it. I don't really "jump" in it yet, but I do turn all around. I really like it a lot.

I am getting so big now, mommy had to go out and get me some new jammies, because I am growing like a weed she says, they can hardly keep up! Mommy and Daddy are going to start looking for a new apartment so that I will have more room for me and all of my stuff (I have a LOT of stuff!), and so that when I start crawling and running around I will have lots more space. She talked to the landlord about maybe leaving before their lease was up (whatever a lease is...) and he said no problem at all. So I am looking forward to seeing what our new house looks like! Please wish us luck that we find a good one with a backyard for me to play in!!!

Anyway friends and family, I miss you all VERY VERY much, I hope you are all doing very well.

Love you all!
Slobbery kisses,
Baby Max

2007-01-09T18:31:00.000-05:00

Hello again friends and family!

I am now 23 weeks old and I am loving it! I am getting so so great at rolling over, I can now go back to front and then back again no problem! I love being allowed to just hang out on the floor on my blanket with a bunch of my favorite toys.

I don't have a doctor's appointment at 5 months, so I don't have the low down on exactly how big I am, but Mommy thinks I will be probably about 19 pounds by the time I am 6 months. I am not too chubby, just big and tall, like my daddy! (editors note: daddy is chubby)

Mommy and Daddy finally got me the batteries for the ocean wonders aquarium that Nana and Grampa McColl got me for my very first Christmas. I sent along some pictures of me with it. I can turn it on and off with my feet when I kick it. I really like it a lot. I always get so excited when it comes on again after I kick it, lol. One of the other things I have been working on, when Mommy lets me, is taking teeny tiny sips from a real grownup cup. I just love to do it, but only if there is only a tiny dribble in the cup, or I might choke. It makes me feel grown up. Mommy is thinking of trying out one of those baby cups with a straw instead of the sippy cups. I have a sippy cup, and while I love to chew on it, I am not too interested in drinking out of it. I am also learning how to hold onto my own bottle, as long as it is not a heavy full one, I do pretty good. I must say I am doing all sorts of fun big boy things!
I also LOVE to stand. Of course not all by myself, but if Mommy or Daddy hold me around the middle, I stand up straight as a board, I am very strong. I get so proud of myself I just laugh and smile and smile. "Standing" is one of my favorite things to do these days!

Anyway everyone, I hope you are all doing well, enjoy the pictures, I will hopefully see you all soon!

Lots of love,
Baby Max

2007-01-02T10:49:00.000-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR Friends and Family!

Can you believe it is 2007 already!?!?!?! My very first New Years!

I have been doing a lot in the past week or so...I am mastering the art of rolling over, now perfecting the from back to belly variation. There is a picture of me right after I finally got the hang of it, I was so happy and proud of myself! I am still always smiling and laughing, and I am very very ticklish, just about anywhere. I love just lying on a blanket on the floor where I can practice all of my moving and rolling tecniques.
Mommy gave me a new Monkey stuffed animal, he has really long legs and arms and I like him a lot, here's a picture of me playing with him.
I like to "talk" a lot and am learning lots of new sounds. Latest include "ba-ba-ba" and blowing bubbles and making zerbert sounds, so much fun! Still no signs of teething (other than the chewing and drooling that has already been going on for months now!)

I still love to have bare feet all the time, it gives me a lot of opportunity to chomp on my toes, which I love to do. I am always pulling my socks off as soon as Mommy or Daddy put them on so I can get at my toes! I sent a picture of that too. I am almost over my cold now, I have been such a trooper, no fussing or crankiness, just thirstier and sleepier than usual, but I am almost all better and am practically back to my old self!

Anyway loved ones! I hope you are all doing as well as I am! I miss you all lots and lots, I hope you have a super fantastic 2007!

Lots of Love
Baby Max

2006-12-26T10:30:00.000-05:00

Hello Friends and Family! This is a bit of a long one!

It's Max here to tell you about my first Christmas and being 21 weeks old! I am officially 5 months old tomorrow (the 27th) and I am learning so many new things!

This past week I learned how to roll from my tummy to my back, the first time, I did it 5 times in a row, but now I only like to do it once in a while. I am still practicing rolling from my back to my tummy, which is much much harder, but I am getting the hang of it. I am still a very smiley and happy guy, and much to Mommy and Daddy's delight I am still sleeping for 10 hours a stretch at night before I wake up! Boy am I a good sleeper.

My first Christmas was a lot of fun, Mommy didn't have too many pictures right now to send, most of them are on other people's cameras so as soon as she gets them she will send them out too. On Saturday we picked up my great-grandma (gi gi) and drove a very long way to Kingston to visit my Grandma Shaw and my uncles Dylan and Rylande. My Uncle Dylan is still scared of me (I don't know why!) but Mommy managed to get him to get one picture of us together anyway! I also got to see my great uncle Steve and my 2nd cousins Darcie and Mackenzie, they liked me a lot too. That night we made the long drive all the way back home and I was not at all happy about being stuck in my carseat for that long, but I did ok.

Christmas morning was just me and Mommy and Daddy, I got to help open my stocking and open my present, I didn't really understand what was going on, but I really liked my cool toy that Santa brought me! Then we were off to my great-auntie Annette's in Ajax where I hung out with my great-papa, my Grampa McColl, Nana McColl, uncles Jay and Cory and cousin's Jenna and Caitlin, it was SO much fun! I got lots of cool stuff there too, boy my family must love me a LOT! I even met Mommy's (and mine too!) cousin who was visiting from Scotland. It was so awesome to see all my family, I miss them lots.

From there we drove to Newmarket to my Gramma and Papa Knight's, boy what a lot of driving! The next day we got to have fun with my uncle Rob and Auntie Kathy, cousin's Asher and Abby and my big sister, Nisha and her mommy and daddy, Maire and Peter. I just loved seeing everyone and I was a VERY VERY good boy. (it's true, ask anyone!) And I got more presents! I don't know what this Christmas is all about, but Mommy and Daddy are having a hard time finding places for all of my stuff, they say that I have more stuff than they do and I am only 5 months old! I know it is just cause I have a great family who loves me so much. And I love them too!

Then we went home, and I was happy to see my room and crib and all my "guys" (aka: toys and stuffed animals), I was so tired from all my visiting that I went to bed without a hitch and I am sure will dream about all the great people I got to spend time with!

Anyway everyone, I hope you all had as great of a holiday as I did! I can't wait to see you again soon!
Lots of love,
Baby Max
(and Tim and Kristie!)

2006-12-19T18:13:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone!

I am 20 weeks old this week! Boy do I love being 20 weeks old! I am so much bigger than I used to be, I weigh about 17 pounds now, and am getting bigger everyday!
I still love to chew on anything I can get my hands on, on my toys and on my bib, I love to chew! Mom thought I might be teething, but she can't see or feel any teeth yet, so we'll see!

I have discovered that I LOVE to listen to mommy or daddy play the guitar and sing to me. I laugh and squeal and kick, I get so excited! I have always loved music, sometimes the only thing that will stop me from crying is if Daddy sings me some Radiohead.

I am learning to use a sippy cup this week too! So far all I do most of the time is chew on it, but every once and a while I managed to get some water out, and boy do I love that!

Mommy and Daddy have also (finally!) figured out that I much much prefer to have bare feet. All the time, if possible, I love to grab them and even stick them in my mouth sometimes, toes are so much fun! Lately I have NOT enjoyed getting dressed. If I had my way I would just hang out naked all the time. But mom tells me I can't be naked all the time, so sometimes I just have to let her get me dressed, but I give her a good struggle!

Anyway everyone, I hope you are all doing well! Have a very Merry Christmas, I will send you my next newsletter afer then!

Love and kisses
Baby Max
(and Tim and Kristie)

2006-12-11T18:05:00.000-05:00

Hi again everybody!

It's Max writing to tell you all about being 19 weeks old!

This past week, lots of fun new things happened. First and the most fun, I got my Christmas present early....and Exersaucer! There is a picture of me in it. It has so many fun things on it, it is so so much fun!!!

I also got to visit with Gramma and Papa Knight and my Uncle Rob, Auntie Kathy and my cousin's Asher and Abby. Abby liked to pull my socks off for me. I don't blame her, I love pulling my socks off too, it's one of my new favorite games!

I am laughing a lot now, sometimes I think something is funny and I will just burst out laughing and Mommy and Daddy can't figure out why, but it's pretty cute! I also sent a picture of one of those times.

I still love eating "real foods", I eat rice cereal, barley cereal, prunes and I just had squash for the first time the other day. I loved it and ate it all up.

I am still growing bigger and bigger and happier and happier everyday! I can't wait to see you all again!

I really hope things are as happy in your home as they are in mine!

Lots of love and slobber,
Baby Max

2006-12-06T18:15:00.000-05:00

Hello again friends and family!

It's Max, and can you believe it, I am now 18 whole weeks old! I am growing so quickly!

As I mentioned in my last newsletter, I got the go ahead from my doctor to start eating real foods, so over the past 2 weeks I have started eating rice cereal and then prunes. Boy oh boy do I LOVE it. It took me a while to get the hang of swallowing it as opposed to spitting it out, but once I got the hang of that, mom can't shovel it in my mouth fast enough. As soon as I swallow one bite I open my mouth for the next one. I also copy mommy and daddy and make lots of "mmmm, mmmmm" sounds while I am eating, it's very funny.

I still chew on anything I can get my hands on, and am a very slobbery baby sometimes. Maybe I am starting to teethe? Not sure yet. I love to be held up in the air "flying" and I love to drop big "slobber bombs" on mom or dad, I laugh and squeal, it's the best thing ever!

Mom still has to get a picture of me with our Christmas tree. At first it scared me and made me cry, but now when I see it in the morning after I get up I give it big smiles! I don't know much about Christmas, but I know there is a present under that tree for me so I think I am going to like it a lot!

This weekend My Auntie Donna and Uncle Gavin came over for a visit, it was lots of fun, I haven't seen them in a while so I was happy to get to hang out with them! Then Mommy and Daddy and I went Christmas shopping at the Mall. I like going to the mall a lot, I love to people watch, sometimes I stare, but I am only 4 months old!

Anyway friends and Family, hope you are all doing really well! I love you all!
Big slobbery kisses,
Baby Max (and Tim & Kristie, well not the slobbery kisses part...)

2006-11-30T14:28:00.000-05:00

Hello Friends and Family!!

It's Max, I am now 17 weeks old and as of today, officially 4 months old, can you believe it??? I am getting so big and grown up now.

I had my 4 month check up today and I did not like it one bit. I had to get my needles. Yuck. I screamed and screamed, but after a few minutes I calmed down and even gave mom a smile to let her know I still loved her. I know weigh 16 pounds and am 26.5 inches long. I am very tall for my age, in the top 90th percentile!! Must get those genes from Daddy.

One new thing I have started in the past week is eating cereal!! Dr.Taylor gave mom the go ahead to start me on some big boy foods, but she had already tried it out with me. I love it, I get really excited, and although I spit out just as much as I eat I am learning how to eat from a spoon, very tasty stuff!

I am still getting the hang of sleeping through the night...this past week I haven't been so good at it but last night I slept for almost 11 hours straight! Mom and Dad were so happy! Maybe I will try to do that again tonight!

I still love grabbing things and putting them in my mouth. I am getting very good at grabbing mommy's hair when she isn't looking, ha ha ha! I laugh a lot and am very ticklish, just like Mom!

Anyway everyone, I hope I can see you all soon!

Lots of Love,
Baby (big boy) Max!

2006-11-20T12:35:00.000-05:00

Hi Friends and Family!

I keep waiting for Mom to get bored of sending a newsletter about me every single week, but so far she never tires of sharing with the people I love just how cute and amazing I am! I can't say that I blame her!

I am now 16 weeks old, although I am technically not 4 months old for real until the end of this month. In one more week I will be going back to the doctor to have my check up and uh oh...my next round of needles! Obviously I have no idea they are coming, but mom is really dreading it because she knows how upset I got last time, but I am sure I will be fine!

This weekend was a very busy weekend for me! On Saturday Mom's friend, my Auntie Melanie came over early in the morning to hang out and then spend the day out on the town with mom while I had some quality time with dad, we had fun. That night Mommy and Daddy had an event to go to so I got to hang out with Auntie Sarah, she babysits me and I like her a lot, she magically always gets me to fall asleep! The next day my Uncle Rob, Auntie Kathy and cousin's Asher and Abby came over for a visit. Asher chased the cats around and Abby and I hung out for a bit on the couch looking at each other. She is only a few weeks older than me, I think we will grow up to be good friends! They brought me some neat stuff including a Christmas sweater with a snowman on it that was really cool, I sent some pictures of me wearing it, don't I look oh so handsome? It certainly was a busy weekend for me!

I am still sleeping through the night, which makes mommy and daddy so so happy, but I don't like falling asleep sometimes at night so it can still be tiresome! But all in all I am a very happy baby! I smile and laugh all the time and am ever mastering my skill of grabbing things and sticking them in my mouth, things like my bib, my jammies, mommy's hair if I catch her off guard or her shirt or basically anything I can get my hands on. Luckily for Mommy and Daddy I don't crawl so I am not too much work yet!! But when I learn to crawl, watch out!

Anyway everyone, I love you lots and hope you are doing as well as me!
Lots of love,
Baby Max (and Tim and Kristie)

2006-11-15T10:35:00.000-05:00

Hello Friends and Family!

It is baby Max writing you again and sending along pictures to show you how cute I am getting!

Not too much has happened in Max land this past week, Mom and Dad have been sick with a cold so they have been "laying low" which means a lot of hanging out at home, which is fine by me!

I am still loving my new bathtub, thank goodness, so I get to have a bath every day or every other day and I am learning how to splash. I kick water at Mommy and when she says "hey!" I laugh. I also splash water at the cats who are always nearby when it is bathtime. (of course my splashing is mostly accidental, but I still think it is funny when I do it!)

I also love being held up in the air to "fly" I smile HUGE smiles, I'll make sure to send a picture of that in my next newsletter!

On a health note, I have been having some ah-hem, digestive issues this past week, so my doctor told mommy and daddy to give me a really small bottle with a mixture of apple/prune juice and water once a day to help out. All I can say is: mmmmmm yummy! I drink it all up, and hopefully this will help things out for me!

I also started sleeping THROUGH THE NIGHT over this past week! I know this makes mommy so so happy. Basically I go to bed around 10pm get up around 6am to eat and then back to bed until around 8:30 or 9. A few nights I got up at 4 to eat instead of 6, but most if the time I have learned how to sleep all night long so my parents can finally get a rest!

Anyway loved ones, I hope you are all doing well and I hope I get to see you all sometime soon!

Lots of slobbery kisses,
Baby Max
(and Kristie and Tim, of course)

2006-11-06T13:52:00.000-05:00

Hi Everybody!

I hope you are all doing well and having lots of fun like I am!

I am 14 weeks old now and learned so many new things this week! I now know how to grab things really well, I like to grab my bib or blanket or a little toy and stick it in my mouth. I can now grab my toes most of the times I try too.

Mom tried out a new kind of bathtub to see if that would help me like my baths better and boy did it ever! I posted a picture of me in my new tub, now I like my bath very much!

I also rolled over for the first time this week! Boy is that tough! I posted some pictures of me doing that too, sometimes I need a little help to get started and it takes a lot of grunting and groaning but I can usually get myself all the way over now, even if I don't know what to do once I get rolled over! lol

This weekend Gramma Shaw came to get me and mom and we went for a visit in Kingston. Here's a picture of me with my Uncle Rylande, my Uncle Dylan was too scared to hold me, but I liked him too. Gramma's cat, Callie really like me, she kept coming over and licking me. I gave her big smiles.

Anyway, I can't wait to see all of you, miss you lots!

Love Baby Max

2006-10-30T16:21:00.000-05:00

I am now 13 weeks and growing bigger and bigger every day. At My doctor's appointment this past Monday I weighed 14.6 pounds and was almost 25 inches long! I am such a big handsome boy!

We had a very busy weekend this weekend, on Saturday Me and Mommy and Daddy went to Hamilton to my friend's Aria's 2nd Birthday. It was a HUGE party and Dora the Explorer and Blue from Blues Clues were there. (or course it was really just people dressed in costumes, but I didn't know that!) I love Mom and Dad's friend Steve who was dressed up like a skeleton with a scary skeleton face, I smiled and giggled at him, I wasn't scared at all! Then we went to Grandma and Grampa Knight's house where I finally got to meet Uncle Rob, Auntie Kathy and my cousin's Asher and Abby. I liked them a lot, and I think they liked me too! I have been waiting and waiting to meet them!

I have a halloween costume too, but I don't have any good pictures of me wearing yet, so stay tuned for that in next weeks newsletter.

Today we went to Kitchener to visit my half-sister, Nisha. There is a picture of her feeding me my bottle, I liked her a lot and smiled at her lots. Last time I met her I slept pretty much the whole time. We were going to go to a pumpkin farm with her too, but it was way too windy and cold out, so we just braved the traffic and went home.

I am still chewing on my hands like no tomorrow and am learning how to grab on to things like my clothes, or blankets and sometimes, if Mommy helps me, one of my toys. I have also just discovered that I have feet, so I like to lift them up in the air and stare at them a lot, it's pretty cool, being a baby!

Anyway everyone, hope you all had a good weekend too!

Until Next time,

Luv Baby Max

2006-10-21T20:28:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone!

Can you believe that I am now 12 weeks old!?!?! Holy cow! I am getting so big now, my mom and dad can hardly believe it.

Mom thought I had a doctor's appointment last Monday but it is actually on the 23rd, so in my next newsletter I will have info on how much I weigh and stuff. I know I weigh at least 14 pounds now! I am such a happy little guy, I smile all the time and I just love hanging out with Mom during the daytime and I am so happy when Daddy comes home and we hang out and he feeds me a bottle, it's our special me and Daddy time.

I think I am going through a growth spurt this week because I am eating so much and have been a little bit fussy and not sleeping as well as I normally do. Hopefully I will be over that soon and get back to my regular schedule. I have also learned how to chew on my hands and I love it. I do it so much it was hard for Mommy to get very many pictures of me without my hands in my mouth! I also learned how to blow bubbles and I slobber a lot now, especially all over Mommy's shoulder and shirts, she loves me though, so it's ok!

Mommy met a new friend this week, and so did I! Mommy's new friend has a baby too, her name is Noemi and she is almost 6 months old. We stared at each other a lot and every time she started to "talk" so did I, Mommy thought it was pretty hilarious. I like other babies, I have decided.

Today we spent the day outside downtown, it was cold out so I had to get all bundled up. I am not too crazy about hoods and hats, but today I was ok.

Anyway friends and family, I hope you have a good this week!

Lots of Love and slobbery kisses,

Max

2006-10-16T16:05:00.001-04:00

Hi Friends and Family!

It's Max, sending you the weekly newsletter to keep you all updated on just how adorable I keep getting!

This past weekend we went to Mommy's parents house, Grampa and Nana McColl. Boy did I ever have fun. I also got to see my Uncle's Jay and Cory and My Great-Aunt-Gramma Juanita (it's complicated, lol) They all loved me lots.

I fell in love with a few of the light fixtures at their house and smiled and talked quite a bit to the fridge (or the magnets on the fridge?) I haven't figured out yet what things talk back and which things don't, lol.

I had lots of fun, but was very happy to come home again where my mobile was and to see Daddy, who I gave a huge smile when he came to pick me and mommy up at the train station. I have almost learned to laugh now, Mommy is pretty sure I will have my first real laugh any day now, I am so close. You should see the silly things mom and dad do to try and get me to laugh!

Anyway, Hope everyone is doing ok!
Enjoy the pictures,
Max

2006-10-10T12:05:00.000-04:00

Hello there Everyone!

This past weekend was very busy for me, on Friday I got to go downtown to see my Grandma Shaw who was visiting Toronto for a little bit, we had lots of fun and stayed out all day and then picked Daddy up from work. Then on Saturday we went to Grandma and Grampa Knight's for Thanksgiving, I didn't get to eat any Turkey, but it sure smelled good! I started to get really cranky and missing home though so we came back on Sunday night and I was happy to see my room again with all my stuffed animal friends who I missed a lot.

This weekend I get to go with Mommy to My Grampa and Nana McColl's to visit and have another thanksgiving! Holy Cow! Daddy can't come with us cause he has band stuff so I will miss him lots, but I'm sure I will have lots of fun with Grampa and Nana and my uncle's Jay and Cory, hopefully I won't get too homesick.

Looking forward to Uncle Rob and Auntie Kathy and Asher and Abigail to come back to Ontario and meet me!

2006-09-25T10:33:00.000-04:00

Hello again Friends and Family!!!

It is Max sending you the weekly newsletter all about me!!! I am now 8 weeks old....I can't believe how fast I am growing, it seems like just yesterday I got here!!! I have my 2-month doctor's appointment tomorrow where I will get my first immunizations. I am NOT looking forward to that. But Mommy is a nervous wreck, she is not good with me getting needles. Keep your fingers crossed for me that it goes well and I don't cry too much.

So I have recently decided that I HATE my bath. I scream and scream and scream. This is a new thing, last newsletter I was fine in the bath. Who knows. I am also eating a lot more....it seems like I am always hungry, mom can hardly keep up!! It must be because of all the growing I am doing. Besides, it takes a lot of energy to be this cute.

We found out that my cousins Asher and Abby are moving much closer to me! I am so excited to meet my cousins and Abby, Uncle Rob & Auntie Kathy, especially since Abby is only a few weeks older than me so we can grow up and play together I hope!

PS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHER!!! (I can't wait till I get to have one of those!!!) & HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTIE MEL!!!

Anyway, I love you all, can't wait to see you again (or for the first time!) Enjoy the pictures,

Love Max
(and Tim & Kristie)

2006-09-20T16:13:00.000-04:00

So, mommy sends out a weekly newsletter, now, and I will reprint them here. I'm just too busy getting HUGE!

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Hello Family and Friends!

So this week I have perfected my cuteness and all the new skills I have been learning. Skills include smiling, sticking out my tongue really far and being just generally adorable.
Mommy and Daddy took me to a place called Kensington Market today, where I got to see all kinds of people and new things, it was lots of fun, even if I did sleep through most of it. I also met my uncle Baron for the first time today (or so I am told, I also slept through that). And tonight, mommy left me for the first time with a babysitter. OK, OK, so it wasn't really a babysitter it was just Auntie Sarah, but it was good for Mommy to go out and have some fun. She went to see one of Daddy's shows and luckily it was just down the street so she was nearby in case I needed her. But I was fine, and a good baby (of course!).

Here are some new pictures of me...aren't I just getting cuter and cuter? Mommy thinks I look a lot like my cousin Asher in some of these pics. I haven't met him yet but he must be real handsome!!!

I hope you are all well, hope to see you soon!

2006-08-23T14:25:00.000-04:00

Hi Family and friends, it's me, Max

Things here with me have been going pretty well. Mommy and daddy and starting to get the hang of things and boy am I glad...most of the time now they can change my diaper before I manage to pee on myself, so that's a bonus!

On the weekend we went to see some friends of mommy's, Steve, Sofia, Matt and Rose. Boy did they think I was cute! Matt and Rose have a 2 year old daughter named Aria, she wouldn't stop kissing me! I sent along a great picture of me and daddy that Rose took, see how cute I am?

I am getting a bit better at sleeping at night, I still don't cry too much, but sometimes I just want to hang out. I don't know about mommy, but I know I just LOVE hanging out with her in the middle of the night, but sometimes we snuggle up together in bed and have a daytime nap too, so that's good for mommy.

I miss Daddy lots now that he has gone back to work, but yesterday mommy and me went (me in the snugli for the first time) to pick him up at work so that was lots of fun!

Anyway all, it's time for one of those naps I was talking about so I will talk to you later!

Love you all,
Max

I'm heeeeeere!

2006-07-28T01:22:00.000-04:00

Wait 'til you see me! And I even dig my name: Maxwell Alexander Knight! Cool!

Dad will get pictures up soon. He promises.

Ba-Doom-Ching!

2006-05-02T12:26:00.000-04:00

Sorry I haven't updated in so long, but I've been really busy. Exercising, y'know? I'm really into rock climbing. Except, substitute "Mom's Insides" for "Rock" and "Kicking and Punching" for "Climbing". And you'd think with all the exercise I get I would've lost weight, but I keep packing it on. Must be muscle. Heh.

I better slow down though, because it's getting cramped in here. I mean, seriously, I just expanded this place, and already I've run out of room to put my stuff. I'm seriously thinking about moving in the next couple of months...someplace more spacious...

PS: I don't like Cole, so just get over it, it's not happening. And what moron suggested Ossington?! Honestly. Why not just make up some stupid purple symbol and name me that?

Name The Kid

2006-03-24T12:44:00.000-05:00

So, Mom and Dad are trying to come up with a name for me. They're pretty sure they want to middle name to be Alexander. The ideas for my first name have been coming fast and furious, but no decision yet. What do you think? Want to have bragging rights? Place your votes now, and be adored and lauded for the rest of your life for your baby naming prowess!!!

restless

2006-03-21T10:48:00.000-05:00

I just can't seem to get comfortable. I'm all "antsy in the pantsy" as mom & dad put it. I keep overhearing them incredulous about how much I move around. I say "You try it!!".

We went to the doctor's yesterday. Apparently I'm "absolutely normal", with the lowest possible risk of Down Syndrome and Spina Bifida, etc (whatever those are). Mom & Dad seem pleased by the news, so I guess that's good. I don't know though; "absolutely normal" seems so lackluster. I want the doctor to sashay in and yell "HE'S FABULOUS!", and then throw some confetti in the air.

But I suppose as long as Mom & Dad are happy, I'll trust that everything is good. Now, if I could just scratch this itch, and get comfortable...

postcards from the edge(sort of)

2006-03-14T16:57:00.000-05:00

Hey, how's it going?

My name is...well, I'm not sure what my name is yet. Mom & Dad had this picture taken yesterday, but they weren't told whether I'm a boy or a girl (I can't really tell either, to tell you the truth; it's a bit cramped in here). It's hard to make out, but from what I hear, they were supposed to find out today, but the Doctor doesn't appear to be answering his phone. So, they might find out tomorrow. And then, perhaps, I will have a name. Or maybe they'll wait until later. From what I understand, Mom & Dad are sort of procrastinators. I'll be sure to remedy that, and quickly.

Again, I'm going on eavesdropping here, but it sounds like, if I'm a boy, I will be Hunter, or maybe Alexander. But if I'm a girl, it's sort of up in the air. I could be Kendall, or Claire, or Maxine, or... well, the list goes on. It's enough to give a kid an identity crisis. Good thing I'm likely to forget most of this as soon as I'm born. Of course, there IS this blog, but I won't be able to read it until much later. Ironic, no?

Anyway, whether girl/boy, or whatever my name is, I'm here, and will try to update you on a regular basis with whats going on with me, and what I overhear from Mom & Dad. I say I'll try, because, if you think it's tough to find a Wi-Fi connection where YOU are, you should try it from here.

**UPDATE** I'm a boy. Draught beer and puck bunnies it is.