more crawling

If you haven't voted already...

Here's one last bit of persuasion. http://www.30reasons.org/index.php

Halloween

Max Facts

Here are a few fun Max facts for our friends and family who don't get to see him as often as we would like:

• Turned 8 months old last Sunday, October 26
  
• Is a crawling MACHINE - so fast.
  
• Pulls himself up to a standing position on anything he can (new trick as of this weekend)
  
• Can say: mama, dada, baba, hi
  
• Waves Buh-Bye
  
• Just starting to clap
  
• LOVES Daycare. He learns SO much.
  
• Still enamored with his foster Grandma Pam at St. Joseph's
  
• Has the best belly laugh (it is addicting)
  
• LOVES his Daddy. Max lunges for him as soon as we walk in the door.
  
• A new found interest in Denali (Denali doesn't really return the feeling)
  
• Loves all the new flavors in his jarred baby food.
  
• Doesn't really like any food I make for him from scratch
  
• Definitely has a few bruises from his new found crawling freedom (new hardwood isn't very forgiving)
  
• Is very long and lean
  
• Teeth Count: still 0
  
• Moving from his infant to a toddler car seat this weekend
  
• Misses all of his wonderful family spread across the country
  

Pumpkin Carving

While I made a cheery Japanese mask/Bridgestone Kabuki pumpkin, Terri made a scary MAX pumpkin.

V O T E !

HE'S MOBILE

Mom, Dad, we need to talk...

I don't know how my parents feel about the current election, but just in case...
http://www.mccainfreewhitehouse.org/index.html

changing leaves

Max having a grand ol time in the bouncer, while the leaves change behind him.

Max lovin' his great Grandpa

Baby Mozart

First Snow

First time it snowed at the new house. It was quite beautiful sitting there looking at the snow on all the trees. It was pretty strange, when I got upstairs this morning and looked out at the view I felt like I was seeing things in black and white. When I looked at the pictures I took and saw it in color it looked add. At any rate, makes me super excited for the winter. Our neighbors tell us that when it snows a ton and before the snow plows make it to our street, you can sled down the hill we live on for almost a block.

Little Farmer

Max and Auntie Tori at the pumpkin patch at the Little Farmer in WI last week.

First day of swimming lessons!

What Tristan didn't know, was that he had to sing, aloud, for forty-five minutes, with all women. This weekend I will be in the pool.

Maxwell Shepherd, welcome to the dark side

We're calling this crawling

Rockin the Halloween Pj's

Fall in the Heber Valley

Fall time

Went bouldering and took a hike today.