Five Fabulous Months

So, Max turned five months old yesterday. It's really hard to believe it has already been five months. He's probably about 20 lbs. and 28 inches. He wears mostly 12 month clothes but can still fit into some 6-9 and 9 months clothes. We started eating cereal twice a day now and next month we will start our vegetables. He's more interested in eating his foot than eating his cereal these days. (Pictures to come.) Max's favorite past time, next to sucking his thumb, might be eating his toes. He "talks" ALL the time. I LOVE it. He gets stronger every day. It won't be long until he can sit without any assistance. Bath time is LOTS of fun. He splashes and kicks while smiling his big gummy smile. He LOVES being tickled and just screams in delight. It's really cute when his dad lets Max know the tickles are coming. Max just gets SO excited in anticipation. Max REALLY likes getting kisses, especially on his neck (well the part you can get to due to his "layers") and has a great time grabbing Mommy's hair and glasses. He is still a GREAT sleeper. He usually goes to bed about 9:00 and sleeps till about 5 or 6. He eats and immediately goes back to sleep until about 8 or 9. He usually takes a really good morning and afternoon nap (some days he takes 30-45 min cat naps throughout the day). We are VERY blessed. He spent his birthday in the car driving home from OKC and was just a perfect little boy - well, except for a few minutes until we got him a bottle about Conway. I was nervous for no reason. He did really good in the car and great in the hotel. I think having Evelyn and Luke in the backseat really helped. We had a wonderful time and really enjoyed seeing our family in OKC. The McLemores (well, McLemores, Ashers, and Burresses) are great parents and have some beautiful babies! Eliza, Myranda and Lana are just full of personality and so sweet. Our trip was ENTIRELY too short. Carolyn, Evelyn, and Luke were great travel companions - I had a GREAT time being with them. I wish Uncle David lived closer - it is just a real treat visiting with him and his family. Jessica is super lucky. Besides having wonderful children, Dan is an EXCELLENT cook. He made us Bananas Foster for breakfast on Sunday. It was GREAT (I ate entirely TOO much)!! Raistlin and Kady are PERFECT little babies. They are both so good. I'm a TERRIBLE camera person because I forget to take pictures. I didn't take any pictures until Sunday, so I don't have any of the Burress family or of precious Eliza. (Dan and Kourtney didn't make it into my pics either but Carolyn has everyone on her camera.) I'm trying to upload pictures but can't for some reason. I'll try again later. Hope you all have MAXnificent week (MAXnificent is my new word - I can almost promise you will get tired of it)! Hugs!