Molly's 6 month checkup

We still have a very healthy little girl!  She is below the 50th percentile in weight, but above the 50th percentile in height.


Molly
Weight:  15lb 9oz
Height:  25 3/4 in
Head:  16 1/4

Max (6 months)
Weight:  15lb 14oz
Height:  25 1/2
Head:  16 3/4 

The First Tee

We found something that Max absolutely LOVES doing...GOLF.  We signed Max up for a programs called The First Tee.  Did I mention that he LOVES it?!  He goes every Saturday morning from March-November (unless they have a tournament on that day).  He gets to hit as many golf balls on the driving range that he wants, they have a putting green to practice on, and the best part is they have a mini golf course for the little kids to play on as well.  This really is an amazing program!  Charles is having so much fun taking Max to play golf.  Saturday is their father/son time.  The instructors have told Charles that Max probably has the best swing, for a kid his age, in all of central Arkansas.  And after watching Max swing another instructor told Charles that he wouldn't touch his swing.  Max really does have the love for this sport. 

  And look at that form in his daddy's golf shoes.

Soccer

Max loves to play soccer with Charles in the front yard, so I thought hey let's sign him up for soccer this year.  March rolled around and it was time for his first practice.  We packed up his soccer shoes, shins guards and soccer ball and headed to Burns Park.  Max was really excited to see one of his friends from school, Landon.  We got there a little bit before practice started so the boys found a goal and started playing.  Max was having a great time until the coach blew his whistle and asked the kids to join him in a circle.  Max lost it!  His idea of soccer was what he was doing with his friend Landon, playing and kicking the ball into the goal.  What he quickly learned is that was not how this soccer experience was going to go.  After that he pretty much made up his mind that he wasn't going to play soccer.  We thought we would give it one more chance and attended soccer practice the following Saturday.  Well, it was not a fun experience for anyone.  Max stood on the sidelines watching the other kids play while Charles and I tried to talk him into going out there and playing.  We had a talk with the coach and pretty much told him that we wouldn't be coming back.  Maybe next year we said...we'll see.  We think Max is kind of an individual sport kind of guy right now.  Thank goodness he loves golf!

Max and Molly (1 1/2 months)

This is how Max used to hang out with his sister.  He would hang out on the floor with her during her tummy time, all while playing games on my phone.  She has been crazy about this boy since day 1.

January park day

We enjoyed a nice day at the park.  Max even played with sister on the slide.  We LOVE having a park across the street from our neighborhood!

New Years

Sorry for back tracking, but I found a lot of pictures on my camera that I forgot to download to the computer.  So, here are the kids (Molly 1 month) on New Years eve.  We had a quiet evening home with the kids, and I couldn't have asked for a better way to ring in the new year.  Thanks 2011 for our wonderful blessing, looking forward to 2012!

After these picutres were taken we put the kids to bed, and sadly we were both asleep before midnight.  What a wonderful life!

School Box Car

I found these pictures on my camera and wanted to share them.  Back in January Max (and his teachers) made a really cool box car.  He had such a great time driving it around the house.  And he also got new sunglasses around that time which you will see in the pictures as well.  I'm SO happy Max enjoys his school!

Max's school pictures

I just love this little boy to pieces!  He had so many great school pictures to choose from that it was hard to narrow it down.  I picked two sweet pictures and one that is simply him.  The photographer did a great job!

I can't believe how fast my little man is growing up!

First words

Well, Molly is starting to say a few first words.  It is so cute to hear her "talk".  It even gets Max talking like a baby when she says certain words.  Her official first word is Mama (yay me!).  Then, came the word Nana.  As most of you know this is what we lovingly call our pug Roxie.  I don't even think Max knows Nana's real name, ha!  Finally, she is saying Dada.  All these words popped up on Monday when she turned 6 months old.  Now you can hear her playing around the house saying, mama mama mama, dada dada dada, nana nana nana.  Her favorite word to say right now is Nana.  I'm sure it's because it's easier to get that one out than the other two.  Now we (or should I say Max) are waiting for her to say, Bubba.  I know when he hears that for the first time he is going to flip out...can't wait!

Molly
1.  Mama
2.  Nana
3.  Dada

Max
1.  Mama
2.  Bubba
3.  Dada
4.  Nana

They almost said a couple of the same words around the same time.  I think we are all looking forward to hearing her say Bubba.  It will be a day Max will talk about forever.  And hey, maybe he'll want to help even more if she's saying his name :)

Our little Thunder fan

What do you think he's saying in each picture?

Molly 6 months