I Think He Likes Her

Pretty content in Grammy's arms

Lovin' the attention and cuddles

Yep he LOVES grandma!!

Hanging out with Grammy has been pretty fun for Maximillian. We went on a walk to the beach and made a quick stop at Starbucks. Grandma was FORCED to cuddle Max :)

FIRSTS

First time in Uncle James' Super Man shirt he gave him while he was still in my tummy

First time at the grocery store with Grammy

First time in the pool at Nana and Papa's house...well a modified baby pool out of James new boat for the pool

He clearly had TONS of fun with Uncle James

First time in a cabbage hat! Cabbage is a natural remedy for an infection that I am getting so we have plenty in our house. Sam decided Max needed to try the cabbage on his head!

FUN at the Mount

Last night we packed a picnic and headed to Pilot Bay down the block.

You can tell how excited Sam is to be on our little picnic :)

Today we went on a walk with Sam's parents down to the beach. The bubby got held the whole time I am pretty sure.

Little sleeper

My grandma sent Max this cute little bib for Christmas

Grandpa time

Christmas Fun

We had a great Christmas! It was great having all the grandparents in one place....not so great for the little boy who has figured out that if he cries he WILL be picked up. Actually great for him not so great for the momma. Heaven help me when they leave :)

Maximillian got his first pair of Christmas Jammies (we all did :) but I only made Max get his picture taken...he can't complain yet)

Max can totally tell what's happening as he opens up his first Christmas present ever from Momma and Daddy

Christmas Day

We spent Christmas Eve at our house with our American friend Jen and had a fish and steak fry. We opened presents and made lots of yummy food for the next day.

Christmas day we went over to Sam's family's and had a FUN day. Everyone was there except Sam's Aunt (who we DEARLY missed) who stayed up in Auckland for the day. I did end up feeding Max through dinner once again and then dessert. I even had such a good feeding plan/schedule but somehow I still ended up eating 30 minutes after everyone else :)

The mothers hit it off at the wedding and picked right back up where they left off. Debbie made a traditional Kiwi dessert, Pavlova, and my dad made his famous rum cake!

I wanted to bring a gingerbread kit for James and Jade and Jasmine (Sam's cousins) to make. My dad knew last year we didn't have a kit and made it from scratch so he brought me one in his suitcase!! I had happen to find one at Kmart here so there was two now--PERFECT!

Funnily enough the one from NZ didn't really work. James and Jasmine (The oldest cousin) did that one and Jade and Rosie made the other one. James and Jasmine's house collapsed from too much frosting. Rosie and Jade's made it just fine and they were quite proud!

Max smiling at Papa while Nana holds him

Papa holding Max

Sam's Nana and Mom with Jasmine and Jade and Max

Sam and his brothers and dad with Max

Sam and his brothers with Max

We got to skype with my family back in America which was SO fun to see (especially see my Aunt Denise! LOVER HER!) Then we got to skype our life long friends the Stevensons! It was so great to be in NZ and still spend part of our Christmas' together. It was great to have them meet Max (and Sam) and just catch up for a bit. WHAT A TREAT!

Then to give all of you who know me really well a good Christmas laugh here are some pictures you might not believe.

Tom got a boxer puppy from his sweet girlfriend for Christmas. And Sam and I BOTH loved her. She is super cute and the exact dog that Sam had when he was growing up. I actually not only liked this dog but loved her sitting on my lap. She is a week older than Max and will become his good buddy we think. I might even agree to go with Tom to get the puppy's shots to repay the favor :)

The puppy was quite sweet with Max. He had just woke up and was ready to eat but was screaming while I got some water. She was very concerned about him and was sweet with him as he cried.

Now all of you that know me can actually say that I liked an animal! It's not ours though so we can send her home and just take care of our little Maximillian!

Merry Christmas to you all from our families to yours!!!

Grandparents are here!

First Walk

Grandpa is lovin' life...Max is pretty happy too! I am not sure he has been put down yet. So much for all my hard work the last 6 weeks getting him to lay down by himself :)

I had my mom go to my WONDERFUL hair place to not only get the royal treatment (head massage, massage chair, coffee, chocolate...)

Look at her CUTE new MODERN doo!!!! WOO HOO!!!

It's Christmas Eve here today and we are enjoying the nice weather and just relaxing. Tomorrow we head to Sam's parents for a day by the pool and I am sure MUCH MORE TIME OF MAXIMILLIAN GETTING HELD :)