Next!

Grandpa helping with presents.



Grandma giving a bath.


Those are Buckeye basketball tix in his hand. Go Bucks!

Christmas is here!

Maxwell does OK.


Family Christmas!


The Aftermath.

The Holiday Rundown...

Begins with Grandma Debbie, who came out just before Christmas:






Christmas Eve Eve Dinner

Merry Christmas!

-From Maxwell and Pieda

Peek-a-boo around the corner.

Holiday brunch...

with the neighbor kids, Milind and Sophia.



Maxwell eats brunch too.

Holidays on the Green.

Maxwell met Santa on the Mo-town green last weekend, here he is waiting in the short line with Mommy.

Christmas time is here!

Maxwell also decorated his first Christmas tree last weekend with Mom and Dad.





The finished product:

Milind's first birthday.

Our neighbor Milind had his first b-day at a local Italian joint. Maxwell's already putting the pressure on Mommy and Daddy to throw as kickin' a party for his own birthday.




Milind thinks Max is a showoff. Rightfully so.

Uncle E in DC.

Maxwell and Daddy went to DC last week to hang out with E and Suzette for a couple days. Here's the proof:


Playing on The Mall (note the Washington Monument in the sun back there).


Playing with Suzette.


Dinner with Uncle E.


Taking in a sculpture garden.

First word!

Maxwell said his first "real" word this weekend as well and naturally, he said "dog." We were sitting around after T-day, just before Maxwell goes to bed, and he said a distinct dog. We were shocked, and skeptical, but Mindi repeated it to him, and he said it again. "Dog!" He ended up saying it seven times, it was really funny, cute, amazing and cool.

He said it two more times the following morning, so we don't think it was a fluke, but he seems to have clammed up the past couple days. Still, a very exciting moment. Here's to many more "dogs" and, um, "dad" has to be right around the corner, no?

Turkey Day (weekend).

Max's first Thanksgiving, as per his shirt:



Grandma Terri:


Snuggling with Aunty [redacted] Katy:


The Family:

Mom and Dad and Turkey Day.

Let it snow!

Winter is here in north Jersey, and Maxwell got out to witness his first big snowfall (an inch or so, melted already). And in a completely unrelated note, his first two teeth came in this week!

Play time.

Maxwell hung out with Wolfgang last week, the babies are really starting to interact, so fun!

It's Mi#(g@^ Week!

After a disappointing loss last weekend (fortunately, Maxwell didn't witness it first hand), he's getting geared up for The Game on Saturday.

Great Grandma and the Tressel-vest:




With Aunt Jill, an adopted Buckeye fan:

Family time.

Back to Ohio...

Maxwell headed to Ohio with Mom and Dad for some football and family.

Grandma feeding time:



Grandma laundry time:


Great Aunt Nancy and second cousin (or third, or second once removed, whatever) Katarina:

Snuggles...

with Dad.

More Taft Halloween.

Charlotte, another Taft Lane baby (there are a lot of the crawling around), got cuted up with Maxwell after Mo-town's annual trick-or-treat.

Haunted Taft Halloween!

We got together with some friends for a Halloween party last night. Arjun, Monika and Milind hosted and were joined by a dozen or so others. The kids were, naturally, adorable.

The Lion and the Witch:


Dora the Explorer:


M&M&Pumpkin M:


More cute:



"An Appletini please. Easy on the 'tini.":