January 6th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
by george (Hong Kong, Max)
And with a new year, comes a new tooth! Max’s top front right tooth has pushed through. I don’t have a photo of it, but I here is a photo of Brad and Max at the Happy Valley race track in Hong Kong from Christmas break.
Just after thanksgiving, Max was kinda moving around a little on his own and before we left for Hong Kong, he started crawling. While in Hong Kong, he got really fast at it and he’s now pulling himself up and standing. It’s amazing how quickly he’s learning to do stuff. His most favorite thing to do is crawl into the kitchen and play with the water in the bowl we leave out for the cats. He’s not afraid of water – he gets excited for bath time and when we’re washing hands, he thinks it’s time to play. I wonder if he’ll like to swim?
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December 24th, 2009 at 4:30 am
by george (Baby)
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December 14th, 2009 at 10:15 am
by george (LA Life)
It’s amazing how life takes care of you.
On my way to work to work this morning, I was driving behind a pick-up truck on the freeway. I was keeping my usual distance – a good 2 or 3 cars length between us. And then what happened next felt like a scene from a movie. The metal ladder that was hanging out the back of his truck flew up and out into the air in front of me. It felt like everything was in slow motion. I quickly checked all around me and noticed a car behind me – also keeping a good distance and a car in the number 1 lane (I was in the number 2 lane) just a bit further back than the car behind me. I saw the ladder coming towards my windshield. I knew I wasn’t going to get into an accident. I wasn’t going to let it happen. I pushed on the brakes to slow a little and then swerved a bit to the left when the ladder hit the freeway and bounced into the air. The car to the left and behind me was getting a bit closer so I had to swerve back into my lane and slow a little more still. The car behind me moved over to the number 3 lane. And then I got closer to the ladder and it spun around and I swerved around it.The pick-up truck pulled over, but I don’t know for what. There was no way he was going to be able to go out and retrieve his ladder. I slowly moved over and headed to my exit.
Although I burst into tears immediately, I knew I was going to be able to go home tonight and see my baby – to hold him in my arms and tell him Mummy had a good day, even though it started off a bit scary.
I hope the ladder didn’t get anyone into an accident. I just checked the traffic on Google maps and it’s still green, so that’s a good sign.
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November 22nd, 2009 at 10:04 pm
by george (Family)
Hi Dad! It’s me. Daughter number 2. Your Georgie Porgie. As today approached, I thought about so many things I wanted to share with you. The biggest, most important thing that I wanted to share with you is your grandson. My baby. My Max. Dad, I know you’d think he was just perfect. And he is. And it makes me so sad to think that he’ll never get to meet you. He was born back in April and when he was first born you could tell he was my son. He looked just like me, but as he’s gotten older he looks more and more like Brad. His eyes are the bluest blue. It still feels unreal that you’re not here and it’s been 4 years. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of you. Most of the time I smile when I think of you, but there are days that I still cry. I miss you and I don’t think I’ll ever stop missing you.
All day I shared stories of you with Max. I told him about the time I first went away to boarding school – the first time I saw you cry as we said goodbye at the airport. I told him about the many road trips we took and we used to call ourselves the Griswolds because there was always a funny incident or person we encountered. I told him how we used to look over those drawing books over and over together and how I practiced drawing all the pictures in those books and showed you my progress. I told him about how you used to read Mr. Men books to me when I was a little girl. I told him about the time we were sitting at the Clayton house having lunch and we were laughing at Mum’s hair and you decided to mess your hair up – I snapped that picture and I still laugh when I look at it. I told him about when we danced at my wedding. I told him about the “little bridge” in London. I told him about how excited I was when you gave me my first camera. I told him many things and although he didn’t know what I was saying, I promised him that I would keep telling him stories about his grandfather.
Dad, you’ll be a part of his life as you still are every day of mine. I love you. Always.
Dad, Elizabeth and Me
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November 15th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
by george (Max)
There is so much to blog about but right now I need to post this photo!
Max’s front left tooth started pushing through 2 weeks ago. And by the end of that same week his front right tooth had also pushed through. He’s been drooling non-stop since he was 3 months and now he has something to show! I’ve been trying to photograph his pearly whites but everytime I tried, he would put his tongue in the way.
Luckily today he was smiling and cracking up while eating his pears (Yes! He’s eating fruit and vegetables now! But that’s another post). Anyway, I captured this photo and though still super short, you can see his two front nubs! Too cute!
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November 2nd, 2009 at 8:33 pm
by george (LA Life, Max)
A few weeks ago, Kendra, Andy, Bryce and Eridani visited from Milwaukee. It was a perfect opportunity to get all the babies together at Sage and Elise’s. Kendra, Elise and I were pregnant at the same time and had babies within months of each other. Max was born in April, Eridani in May and Damon in June.
Damon, Eridani, Max (L-R).
Elise made the Vintage 2009 onesie at my baby shower and Kendra had the idea to get all the babies outfitted in the same onesies for a photo op. It was a super fun afternoon hanging out with all the kids. Unfortunately I didn’t take any photos with the babies, Riley and Bryce.
The rest of the photos from the Vintage 2009 day are here.
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October 19th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
by brad (Baby, Food, Max, Pictures)
I’ve been anxious to give Max something other than milk or formula for a while now, but George and our doctor wanted to wait until he was 6 months old. I did sneak a grain of rice and later a tiny piece of bread into his mouth, but for the most part they got their way. Lately Max has been very curious about our food and drink, so last night George finally relented – time for rice cereal!
George made the cereal very runny, the idea being that his little stomach couldn’t handle too much at first. I tried a bit on my finger and thought it tasted awfully sweet. “That’s made with breast milk you know,” George informed me. Ah.
Anyway, what did Max think? At first he wasn’t quite sure how to deal with food entering his mouth via something other than a nipple. Mostly it dribbled out while he tried his usual sucking motion. Still, some made its way to the back of his mouth and he got a little taste.
He loved it! It was like a light went on in his head and he suddenly realized what this strange substance in the bowl was for. He was very excited and immediately wanted more.
Unsatisfied with the speed of our spooning, he took matters into his own hands. He grabbed the bowl, gnawing at the edge.
It took a bit of convincing, but he stopped sucking on the bowl long enough to try the spoon again. Of course, he maintained a firm grip on the bowl just in case.
This kid clearly likes rice cereal.
I’d say he got about 20% into his mouth, and the rest was on his clothes, hands, high chair, and on the floor. Still, a promising start!
The full gallery is here.
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October 16th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
by george (LA Life)
Last Saturday we went to the Pierce College Pumpkin Patch in the valley. It was a really fun afternoon and Max had a fun time looking at the massive orange pumpkins. We walked through a corn maze, something we’ve never done before, but finally found our way out (thank you Los Angeles sun!) I took him on his first merry-go-round ride and we also went on a “hay” ride. There was no hay though! The pictures from the day are here and here.
Here is one of my favorites that I’d added some PhotoShop effects to, for the fun colors of the merry-go-round.
Max will be 6 months in 10 days. It’s amazing how quickly the time has flown by. He’s curious about everything and his hand dexterity is improving. He picks up toys and moves them from hand to hand. If one of his toys is out of reach, he’ll really try and move towards it. He’s also got an opinion – especially when it comes to sleeping. Every night we put him on his back in his crib, but within a few minutes he’ll let out a cry as he moves over onto his tummy. He really does not like sleeping on his back. Before we go to bed, we check on him and flip him over. But by morning, he’s on his tummy again!
Being back at work is hard and fun. Hard because I miss Max terribly, but fun, because I enjoy my work. But it means that when the weekend rolls around, we devote our time to Max, each other and fun things like the Pumpkin Patch.
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September 15th, 2009 at 11:13 am
by george (Random)
So I stumbled across this little contest while surfing one of my favorite blogs. I really enjoy fashion and I love to draw so I decided, why not? I’ve never designed clothing, but the rules say anyone can enter. The contest opened on the 10th and I have until November 3rd to submit a design. Hopefully I’ll find some time to come up with a few options and post them here so I can get feedback prior to submitting my entry. Stay tuned!
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September 14th, 2009 at 9:54 am
by george (Max)
I always forget that I have the Wordpress app on my phone. I also have tons of pictures of Max on my phone. Here are some recent favorites.
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