Baby Name Scramble

Alright, since everyone is itching to know whether Max's sibling is a brother or sister and want to know our chosen name for him or her, we have decided to give a clue. Following are the letters of the name in alphabetical order, if you can figure out the correct order we will tell you.

AAEEEGGIILMNNPPRSTUZ

Good Luck.

Boy or Girl?

Last night Matthew and I found out the sex of the baby. It was important to Matthew that he see the baby before he deployed since he'll miss the hospital ultrasound. When we initially saw the baby its spine was towards us so after a minute of trying to jiggle the baby the tech asked if I could use the bathroom that might help flip baby. So I did and low and behold when we checked again baby's front was towards us! Now our next challenge was baby was in a ball. The upside to this was that the tech kept flipping to 3D to get a better look. Eventually with enough jiggling baby opened up. We got two views of the sex a profile and the traditional legs open approach. We are excited about the arrival of our newest addition in July. Sorry this was just a teaser.

9 month well baby

Maxim had his 9 month well baby check up a week early which doesn't matter because there are no shots or anything with a time restraint. Everything checked out and he is healthy. He is now 13lbs 11oz and 25.5" long. So to recap from the last weight check he gained 10oz and grew half an inch in 3 weeks. The doctor was pretty happy with that so we go back in 6 weeks. We even got a book as part of some Hawaii reading program at our visit. It was really nice. Apparently we were supposed to get one at 6months but we all know they were a little too busy threatening to call CPS on us. I really like Dr. Garee and am sad we are moving. In Max's short life she is our 3rd pediatrician. We agreed at Max's 12month check up Matthew and I both need to be there especially if they don't have his file yet. The last thing we need is another freakout.
We go back in 4 weeks for the Nutritionist. She said that he is getting enough calories for a guy his age with the formula so that's the good news and so the fact that he has a good appetite after that is a super plus.
Max's 9 month pictures are next week and I have a really cute valentine's theme planned. Hopefully he is in a good mood since I accidently scheduled it for the beginning of his naptime. Oops!

Family of 3

This is one of my favorites from our family photo shoot. Max looks so grown up in his little outfit. It was important to us to get these photos done. We wanted to get them done before I started showing my pregnancy as a reminder that for 14months we were a family of 3. We are almost 9months into this journey of a family of 3. I cherish every moment I have alone with Max because I know before we know it we'll be a family of 4 and I won't have as much one on one time with him.

8.5month weight check

So Max now weighs a whopping 13lbs 1.8oz and is 25" long. That means in 2 weeks he basically gained a lb which is great. However this shows me a trend. He had a steep gain coming out of the hospital then he slowed, resulting in a 2week weight check, and now a steep gain again. I think he'll slow again this month and they'll get upset and want to see him in 2 weeks. I think my little man is just perfect. He walks along furniture and pulls himself up now on things like walls and glass not just items where he has a handle. The best part is he has a huge smile everytime he does it. It never gets old.

On another note we are now at the 16week point of my pregnancy and the baby has a heartbeat of about 150. The next update we'll know the sex! The last couple weeks I've been getting migraines so thankfully my Dr. gave me something because tylenol just wasn't cutting it when Matthew isn't around. When Matthew is around he just lets me rest and takes care of Max though I feel guilty since it is his time off.

Max's 8month weight check

Max had his weight check yesterday and he now weighs 12lbs 4 oz which is up from the end of November of 11.7lbs. He didn't have the weight increase that they were hoping for. His formula was upped to a 22cal concentration. Also they talked about running more tests for GI problems. We see the nutritionist and developmental therapist next week and he goes back for another weight check in two weeks. Though he may not be gaining as much as they want at least he is gaining. I don't want to see any more dips, because that was too scary.

Maxim's First Christmas

Merry Christmas Max!

Today was Max's first Christmas. He woke up at 7 am and was ready to start the day. I fed him a bottle and then we went straight for some presents! He got 5 new cloth diapers! He was very excited about them. He got a "math geek" diaper, it is covered in math equations. He also got a dinosaur diaper, robot and more! He also got many books, we hope he enjoys reading. He also got a neat Story Buddy from Hallmark. Watson is a stuffed raccoon and responds to certain parts of the stories as you read them.



This was an awesome Christmas. Max was very happy all day long. We played on the floor for a long time. He seemed to enjoy his new rubber ducks the most.



For dinner we had Lamb, carrot souffle and biscuits. And for dessert a chocolate pecan pie.

It was a good Christmas, could only have been better if we lived closer to family. Well and if it was a little colder with snow. Christmas in Hawaii, feels a little funny.