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Max is going to be a big brother. We’re expecting a new baby in September, and we’re telling people now.
And while our raging 15-month-old is blissfully unaware of what’s headed this way, we’re doing our best to prepare — even though we really don’t know what to expect. For example: We don’t know if another baby will make things twice as hard or exponentially harder.
God, another one. What have we done?
Here’s the full Halloween set.
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Our first Halloween. Max was a spider.
We took him door to door until I got tired of carrying him. And he loved it.
He’d take a candy bar from somebody’s house and chew on it, wrapper and all.
When we’d get to the next house and the wrapper was turning into pulp, he’d drop it off in their basket and grab something new.
Good times.
NOTE: It was impossible to keep his little spider hat on. He wouldn’t wear it.
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Today was pumpkin-carving day at our house.
And that’s tough to do while watching a baby.
So here’s Max eating some pumpkin guts.
Here’s another video of Max walking, set to music.
Because, you know, I recently downloaded the iMovie app.
You can’t shoot video, or take a picture, of your child’s first steps. That only happens in commercials.
In the real world, the event is too short and way too fast to record.
Max has been walking on his own for several days now. He’s already a semi-pro.
You can’t get the first steps.
But, you can record incremental moments on the milestone chart.
What you are about to see is footage of the longest walk I’ve ever seen him take.
All the way across the room.
Go, Max, go.
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That baby is 10 or 11 months old today.
We found out at a checkup last week that he’s in the 96th percentile for his height (NBA!) and the 60th percentile for his weight.
And totally healthy.
