life is {great}

who knew life with a baby could be so absolutely wonderful????

i didn't. but the past month {can you believe he's already been with us for an entire month?} has been incredible.

we've:

• learned so much
• gotten little sleep
• had our testimonies grow immensely
• enjoyed {almost} every minute of it
• grown to love max more and more every day

though the first couple weeks we lived off few hours of sleep, max has been doing SO much better at nights. we put him down around ten...and he sleeps clear until six. it is amazing. i am a firm believer in bedtime routines. {i highly recommend reading "the baby whisperer" by tracy hogg. she seems to know her stuff.} we do the same thing every night: feed, bath, lotion rub-down, jammie time, read goodnight moon {thanks to the magelby's!}, sing a song, and say prayers. by the time we are through, max usually goes down without a peep. we are lucky parents.



.max loves bottle time with dad. he also loves waving to people...even in his sleep.

max is such a joy to have in our lives. he has been more alert lately {though he still sleeps most of the time...} it is pretty much the best thing ever when he looks at you and smiles.

my heart melts every time.

**side note: the slide show has been updated**