Sweet peapod!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Grabby

Max's new favorite thing to do, now that grabbing his feet and shoving them in his mouth is getting a little passe, is to grab onto the sides of your face and mush his face into yours when he's being held upright. Its pretty hilarious, but also kind of gross (as are probably most baby-related things), as he prefers to shove his open, drooling mouth on your face. It also hurts a little, as he's gotten really good at grabbing the little hairs on the back of my neck while doing this!

Not sure if the pictures really do it justice, but heres an attempt. He was surprised by the camera!

Zoo Boo

Since Halloween is my favorite holiday, I've been searching for events that I can take Max to to have some holiday fun (and possibly to score some trick or treat candy for Mama!). We took him to Zoo Boo this past weekend, a fun event at the Seneca Park Zoo where basically the kids dress up in costumes and get to trick or treat among the animals. Max was not enthused by this adventure, as he slept most of the time, but we had fun looking at the animals and planning Max's costume for next year! Yes, I know that Elmo is pretty commercial, but its also super cute to dress kids up as!

Here are some shots:

The animal Max was most interested in- the Geiko gecko!

Lion enjoying his Halloween treat!

Max drives a car

...or a bouncy swing shaped like a car, that is! We've hung Max's borrowed bouncy car seat from the doorway of the kitchen, so I can (in theory) make dinner and such while he occupies himself by jumping wildly all over the place. However, like the Exersaucer, he currently needs non-stop attention while in the bouncer in order for it to stay interesting. I thought these various baby entertainment devices were supposed to make things easier around here! However, he's so cute in the bouncer that I don't mind that dinner isn't getting made and laundry isn't getting done.

Fall baby!

4 month appointment

There's been so much sickness around here lately, that we actually have not taken any new/exciting pics of Max since apple picking! He's being as cute as usual, but Tony and I have not been in a documenting mood. Sorry! Anyways, we had our 4 month pediatrician check up on Thursday, and I wanted to share Max's stats with everyone:

Weight- 14 lb 9 oz (41%)
Length- 26 1/2 inches (93%)
Head circumference- 44 1/2 cent  (95%!!)

I have no idea where he is getting his long length from, as Anthony and I are both on the short/average side of things. And head size...?!? My sweet big headed baby!

A pic from the day the plague descended on our household!

House of sickness

We've been battling illnesses for the past two weeks and counting here at the Petruso homestead, so not much interesting Max news has been made lately. He had his first pinkeye and ear ache last week, which came with a lovely virus which Anthony and I are both currently fighting off. We did have one day of both beautiful weather and relatively low sickness last week, during which we took the chance to visit an apple orchard for a little fall hike.