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Max: 10 months old

Seriously, I'm pretty sure I JUST posted his 9 month photos yesterday. Where is the time going, people?!?! I'm in total denial about my dude's current age. I cannot even fathom the fact that he's almost 1. This month he cut one more tooth on bottom and is about to get another on top. After that one we'll be up to 4 on top and 3 on bottom. He is full-on crawling now, but still no interest in pulling up or walking. We really think he's just so big that he gets tired! His little feet look like fat potatoes and he isn't a fan of taking steps, even with lots of help. Carson was walking behind his lion walker at 8 months old and Max barely wants to touch the back of the thing. He is still finding ways to get into everything though so he can take his time. 

We've had some trouble with solid foods because, unless they are completely smooth without any chunks, they all seem to make him gag. Then barf. This week he's been rocking cheerios and yogurt melts without a problem, but chunky fruits and veggies send him to the barf zone. Even a mashed up banana is a no-go. He did do okay with a mango yesterday, but I had to hand feed him tiiiiiiny pieces. Carson has always had a super strong gag reflex too. I feel like he should be eating so much more solids, but I can't push it. I think we're okay for now with lots of mama's milk. I mean, take a good look at those rolls!!! We call his wrists "wrist sleeves" because it looks like he is wearing a sleeve made of chubby skin.

And he's still rocking the baby comb over. It's all about confidence. :)

More Max with the iPhone

Here are ones that didn't go on instagram from the last few weeks.

Preschool

Carson class, 2012, celebrating his birthday.

One week: iPhone pics

I have been horrrrrrible about not posting over here! Now with Facebook, instagram, my other blog, etc. I forget to post here too. Here are most of my instagram pics for just the last week....

Max: 9 months old

Oh my. I look at this first photo and instantly smile. Max is such a little cheese ball. All he wants to do is roll and CRAWL! around to see what his brother is doing. He is touching and grabbing and headbanging. Yeah, like he always purposefully bangs his head on the walls. My mom says Carson did it too, but I don't remember that. He does the funniest little sideways half-army crawl, but definitely gets where he needs to go without a problem. He sits up if you put him up, but doesn't show any signs of wanting to pull himself up yet. At this point with Carson he was full on walking and into EVERYthing. I'm seriously not complaining though!

We switched him into a big car seat last month because he exceeded the 22 pound limit on the infant carrier. I'm sure he's up another pound or two by now. :)  Don't you love his little comb over too? If I put it straight down it comes to a point between his eyes and it doesn't stay standing up. Carl says he's a dork like that, but we had the exact same conversations when Carson was a baby.

All the faces and sideways stares kill me. The bottom right one is his blowing bubbles face. And his feet seem so big to me!

After lunch, before clean-up and pics.

 He has both of his bottom front teeth and two of his top ones broke through a couple days ago. The second one in the front is about to come through too. I don't know how I got this, but you can see the flailing feet going in front as I dodged them for the shot.

We call this the "George Castanza". He half-poses and half-break dances all over the house. You set him down and he can't sit up by himself so instead he pulls some variation of this pose.

 

 I dare you to resist those thigh rolls......