49 Weeks

It's hard to believe our baby is going to be a year old in a few weeks. Where has time gone?

One of Maximus' favorite places in the house is the kitchen. We have a nice open space where he likes to play. When we're in there, he likes to come up to us and grabs hold of our legs, typically bringing himself to a standing position. He kind of tugs and pulls and hangs out there for a while. Of course it makes it a little difficult to get things done when he's doing this, but it's the sweetest thing, feeling that little guy beneath us.

The appliances are a major attraction to him. His favorite, is the dishwasher. As soon as he hears us putting dishes in there or sees us opening the door to it, he comes crawling or scooting across the floor with GREAT enthusiasm. Recently he has been grabbing the knob and actually turning it on. Now, if we could only get him to load the dishes and add the soap, we'd be in business. haha...

Rob has been showing Maximus how to climb the stairs and he's really got the hang of it now. It's fun to watch, because his short little legs have to do quite a bit of stretching to pull himself up each step; however, he has a good deal of strength & determination.

Another milestone was seeing him stand for about 10 seconds on his own today, without hanging onto something for support. Yay!

Such fun times. He definitely keeps us on our toes...

I hope you have a lovely week.

Happy day!

hi-d