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Monday, May 24, 2010

Noah's 4th Birthday Party!

My good friend Erin's son, Noah, turned 4 this past weekend. Noah is the smartest red headed little boy but I think Mack could become a close second! His birthday party was at the Frisco Fire Station which the older kids loved. Mack loved climbing on the trucks and hearing the bells being rung. Unfortunately we never saw the fire station dog :(

Mommy & Mack

Daddy & Mack - I love both of these expressions

Notice a theme of fingers in the mouth? Mack is teething (finally!). He has one coming in on the bottom and I'm sure several more right behind it.

Mack's a climber. Even though he can stand on his own it scared me to death for him to be up on the truck by himself. I'm officially my mom now.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Mack's Hair

Mack's hair is becoming more and more interesting by the day. It's slowly turning a strawberry-ish, blonde-ish, red-ish hue. As it grows in length, a slight curl is coming in.

After a bath, Mack has what we call "Bill Murray" Hair.

Mack is 10 Months Old!

Mack turned 10 months old on April 25th!

He is 23lbs and 30" tall, putting him the 80th percentile for his age.

He is VERY mobile - crawling faster than I can keep up with sometimes, pulling up, standing & "cruising" from one piece of furniture to the next. He says "ma" with a purpose (but he's done that for a while now) and is starting to say "dada" with a purpose.

He has recently learned "no" and when we tell him "no", he looks at us and shakes his head "no". Blerg. I'm sure that is just the tip of the iceberg of what is to come.

He is still a great eater & we recently incorporated some meats into his diet but he doesn't really care too much for them. His favorite food is probably sweet potatoes and hard boiled eggs. He is a very messy eater, too.

He is learning to wave "goodbye" and still loves playing patty-cake & peek-a-boo.

Mack loves his swing, wagon, and playing with all the toys shaped like tools that Crazy Aunt Mare has bought him. Nonny recently got him a work bench which is starting to explore with lots of curiosity.

Unfortunately, since about Feb., he had been suffering from earache after earache. With Jon out of commission, Mack being sick has definitely been trying but luckily both set of our parents have been helping out tons. In addition to the ear pain, I didn't think Mack was as vocal as he should be and sometimes when we called his name it would take several tries before he turned to look at us. Mommy intuition told me to see an ENT where we found out his ears were pretty bad.

Just a few days after turning 10 months, Mack had tubes put in his ears. We are already seeing such a difference! His runny nose has cleared up, he is more vocal and is sleeping so much better.