11 months... November

we had a wonderful thanksgiving. the weekend before we went to callaway gardens with o-ma to see the christmas light exhibit. we also squeezed in the butterfly house, flowers, and walks on the bike trails. it was a wonderful trip. we headed to hartselle to spend thanksgiving with ryan's family. max got to see his cousins lina and rebecca, and his grandparents and aunt meg & uncle clay spoiled him beyond belief. before thanksgiving max got 2 top teeth. they have broken the surface, but have not come all the way in. another big change is no bottle. he refuses to take a bottle or drink milk of any kind, formula or cows milk. we are sneaking formula into his baby food.

i remember sitting in hartselle last thanksgiving big and pregnant. it is hard to believe a year has passed. we are especially thankful this thanksgiving for a healthy, happy baby boy. happy thanksgiving!!!

10/11 months.... better late than never

max is getting very used to communal living. since we have been living with o-pa there are extra arms to hold and spoil. it has been great having the extra help, but i am afraid max will be in shock when we move. o-pa wraps him in a blanket every morning and they get the paper.

10/11 months.... better late than never

max's 10th and 11th month have been very eventful. we have been living with o-pa and trying to remodel the bathrooms in our new home. everything is painted and we hope to be moved in by Christmas.

9 month pictures... old town helena

it was 5:30pm... max was tired, hungry, and not wanting to have his picture taken but our friend amanda was able to capture the sweet smiles we see everyday in-between bites of banana.

9 months

growing, growing, moving...

our 9th month was busy busy. we sold our first home. it was bitter sweet for me because this was the house where Ryan proposed, and max's first home. it holds special memories for us... but a 3 story townhouse is not ideal for a crawling baby. it will be missed.

8 months

we have had a very busy 8th month. max is now crawling, pulling up, and standing. he is also pushing a toy and walking a few steps behind it. still only the 2 teeth... i keep thinking we are going to wake up one morning and max will have a top tooth. busy times at the mccorkle house! we also had "baby bedlham" which is a family reunion we have to get all of the kids together. max was the youngest this year and he LOVED his cousins. all of the older girls passed him from one set of arms to another. it was lots of fun. we also took another trip to the beach in august with ryan's company. it was oma's first trip to baytowne in sandestin and we had a great time. max also had his first push-up/ice cream. needless to say he loved it!

7 months

it has been almost a month since my last post and our little guy has grown so much. at 6 1/2 months max got his first tooth. two days later the 2nd tooth appeared. two bottom teeth... perfect. i realized when we saw the first tooth that we would never see that precious toothless baby smile again. a reminder of how fast he is growing. i must admit (even though the teeth are precious) i cried a little.

max is also sitting up all by himself, eating "food" 3 times a day, and sleeping very soundly for 11-12 hours every night. these are very happy days...

we went to the beach again over the 4th of july with some friends. we shared a condo with our friends chaney and patrick. they do not have children but insisted that we stay with them. max was an angel but i think we have set them back at least 3 more years from having children. :-) one day chaney said to me "i feel like you have fed max 20 times today". i told her he only ate 5 times which is great compared to the every 2 hours they eat as infants. it was funny. max ended up having an allergy to either the sun or the sunscreen... still not exactly sure. we were prescribed steroid cream which cleared up the rash quickly but we will have to be careful with the sun/sunscreen until we pinpoint what the exact problem is. max loves the water so we knew something was wrong when he cried in the pool. the chlorine was irritating his rash... poor baby. all is well now and he is still loving the baby pool ryan bought for our back porch.