my first mother's day!

what a wonderful thing, to be a celebrated for being a mama!!
max woke up and ate and then we fell back asleep together... heavenly. while we were asleep, ry made me biscuits and gravy. my ry guy can whip up biscuits from scratch in record time. just one of the things he's very amazing at. so i woke up to breakfast and coffee in bed. not really a better way to be woken up, i say.

our little family of three had an amazing day together. gifts, cards, a long walk, and a homemade pizza. oh, and of course a mini photo shoot. one of the best days ever.

this face breaks and melts my heart at the same time.

thank you to ry for always making me feel so loved and important, and thanks most of all for making me a mama. so blessed to call these two mine.

greystone.

last saturday we ran around all day with a veteran beverly hills-ian, johnese's cousin, jeff. we had so much fun hanging out with family, and are sad it took us this long to start getting together! we went to brunch and had some of the MOST delicious food, if you're ever in LA, you must visit bld! after brunch, jeff took us to greystone- a mansion on 365 acres in beverly hills. no one has lived there since the 20's and the grounds are now owned by the state and open to the public.

the property was completely amazing, it was hard to fathom that people actually lived there once upon a time. the pictures definitely do not do justice to its grandeur :o).

thanks to jeff we got so many great pics of our happy family of three (even if our third is hidden away in his stroller) ;o).

gelato was the perfect way to end our fun filled saturday! max was so excited about all the fun that he pooped all over himself and his carseat. thank god we had a backup onesie in the diaper bag ;o). and thank god for the best dad who completely cleaned the carseat after a tiring day- he is truly the GREATEST!

all poop aside... max was perfect all day! he didn't make a peep having to hang in the stroller all day. he seems to do great when we're out and about- he's a man who likes to be out on the town ;o).

so thankful for all of these things we get to experience before we leave the place that has been our home for the past two and a half years :o).

two months with max!

time is flying by at a rapid rate, our baby maximilian is two months old!

we had his two month doctor appointment, and he is already 24 inches (that's two feet-aahhh) and weighs 11 pounds and 14 ounces. he's in the 90th percentile for height (WOW) and the 50th for weight. what a perfect little baby!!

his two month appointment also meant shots... the most heartbreaking thing for ry and i. max cried for a minute and then was fine, it took us a bit longer to recover :o(.

we decided monthly pics would be easier with max's bunny. it's a lot more kid friendly, and it'll be fun to watch him grow with it :o). and really... is he not the cutest two month old you've ever seen??

over the last month max has been smiling even more than ever! we're convinced he's been able to social smile since he was teeny, but now we know for sure ;o). as you can imagine, we take just a few pics with our phones, so here's just a taste of some of his smiles over the last month.

max has learned so many new things over the last month! here are some two month max facts-

-he can now successfully get his hand into his mouth without punching himself in the face :o).

-he gets ahold of things and doesn't want to let go. he likes to grab the side of the tub when he's in the bath. he also enjoyed giving ry a scare as he was trying to get him out of the swing and max clamped on to it. another one of his favorites to get a hold of- my hair!

-he has sooo many more sounds now- LOTS of cooing! he also has a high pitched squeal that we love, a pterodactyl sound, and his fair share of grunts. he also does one that sounds like the beginnings of a giggle ;o).

-he can 'talk' to us. when we talk to him he responds with little coos :o).

-he really responds to us and our facial expressions. when we smile, he smiles back!!

-when we're holding him on our lap, he can hold onto our hands and pull himself up!

-he now has a love-love relationship with the binky. it's a great self soother for him.

-he really loves to cycle through all of his clothes... he still spits up a LOT.

-now that i'm back at work, ry gives him a bottle in the afternoon. i was shocked when i started pumping and was getting between 4 and 6 ounces at a time! max will usually eat that whole bottle in one feeding! i guess all that milk is helping him get really tall ;o).

-he's officially out of all of his newborn clothes, he's now in 0-3 months. now that we know how tall he is, it kind of explains why a few of his 0-3 onesies look like jazzercise outfits ;o).

-he very rarely cries- only when he's really hungry or overtired. even then, it never takes long to calm him down. we are so blessed with our sugar baby!!

it seems like there were a lot of big changes from month one to two, so we can't wait to see what month three brings!!

every day we think we can't love him any more- and then we do :o).

grandpa & grandmom come visit!

i think grandpa & grandmom are pretty crazy about their baby-est grandson. i don't think all the time in the world would've been enough for these two to be with mr. max.

i think he was pretty crazy about them too ;o).

he felt right at home in grandpa's arms. it's funny how babies just know when they're with people that love them.

i think they had fun getting to feed the babe while i was at work. there's something really special about feeding a baby, ya know?

how precious is max's little face?? he really pondered some things while hanging with grandpa.

don't be fooled, he has an inner tough guy that comes out from time to time. only when things get real serious.

we did lots of fun stuff while they were here, but going to the beach is always a favorite. it was a funny kind of day. driving to the beach we all thought we'd die from heat stroke, then we get there and we're freezing. that's california weather for ya.

baby toes in the sand. perfect.

oh the many faces of max. this baby has so much personality- we are so blessed!

but the best face of all- the smiling one! lucky for us we get to see this face more than any other :o). max has the sweetest temperament!

two peas in a pod. LOVE the look on max's face.

our happy family of three. so in love.

and this right here is picture magic.
we all can't wait for their next visit!

max thinks he's big!

this is max's new favorite way to hang out. he thinks he's big. but we have to give him credit, he is pretty dang good at holding himself up :o).

ok seriously- it must be a crime to be this cute.

and then he rests.

llloooovvvveee him.

my best gal visits.

my sentiments exactly max. from the second she first arrived, i think max could tell how loved he was.

it's so amazing the things that dani and i have shared being friends for almost 15 years. being able to share max with her was definitely among my favorites. she was my saving grace during my pregnancy (can you say texting questions nightly?), and continues to be our sounding board for all things newborn.

this is just funny.

ry says this should be dani and i's christmas card. merry christmas from roche, dani, and max. haha ;o).

all three of us are so thankful for you d! can't wait to live in the same place and share our littles all the time!

easter!

we love holidays. they're the perfect time to give a little extra thought about how blessed we truly are. this easter was the perfect day to do just that!

really... what more could we ask for?? max really is the most perfect baby!

and in this house, holidays are a great excuse to take hundreds of pictures of our little bundle of joy.

love his smirk. and love the spit up- a little window into our everyday life ;o).

i loved getting back into crocheting just a bit, and we love any excuse to spoil our little one just a bit ;o).

another special easter treat. having tia liz here to love on our babe. i think they had a mutual love for each other ;o).

another very important thing about holidays... food!! we love the chance to find some new yummies to make!

these bunny rolls were fun and delish! we'll just have to remember next year to make them super skinny, we ended up with some very chubby bunnies!!

these baked egg boats were right up my alley! eggs, bacon, cream, and cheese... and it looks way fancier than the work you put in! another bonus- they were so tasty left over!

so thankful for so many things this easter! we are so blessed with an amazing family, friends, and most of all our new little family of three!!