six months and sittin' up

i can't believe max is 6 months old....the past few months have flown by and i am amazed at how big he is!

he now weighs 17 pounds 13 ounces (50%)

is 27 1/2 inches long (76%)

and his head is 45cm around (85%-taking after daddy :)

his infant carrier only goes to 28 inches so it is time for us to shop for a new car seat....all i can say is good thing he is almost sitting up!

we try and practice sitting up everyday and today he sat close to a whole minute without falling over...i was able to grab the camera and get a quick pic. if he looks a little unexcited about the whole thing thats bc he is a little under the weather right now....i think the shots did a number on him this time, or could it be the beginnings of teething?

"the light..it's just so beautiful...."

if your wondering why max's eyes are always so big in the pictures we take it's because of this orange light that flashes on our camera when it is focusing...and i can't turn the flash off bc then anytime he moves, it's blurry....at least he has beautiful eyes to open wide!

new do!

max's hair was in need of little styling so i made him look like daddy! i love his expression and those adorable little cheeks!

happy mothers day to me!

family

so i'm driving home today and i'm listening to a cd that i borrowed from joey. this song comes on that i like alot, "not gonna think about you" and as i'm listening to the words, tears start to form in my eyes. it hit me....she's leaving, they are leaving, he's already gone. who? you ask. my family. see my little sis leaves for college in the fall, my other sis and her husband leave for honduras in the fall, my brother has been gone for a long time and the truth is, i haven't been thinking about it. and if i want to be honest with myself, its because i'm scared. i've never been a part from them for very long...i've never had dinner at my moms without at least one of them being there....i've never realized how much i've taken for granted that we all live in the same place. man, i'm really gonna miss them. i just can't think about it. i can't think about a birthday dinner, a holiday, a sunday afternoon arguing over what to watch on tv....without them. so until the reality of it happens, i think i'll choose to "not think about you"...leaving that is.