5 weeks old already... going on 52...

Max is growing faster than I can keep up... at least that's how it feels sometimes!

He's starting to "talk" now... Lots of coos and gaga's! Lots of smiles and he wants to be standing all the time! I know that when he becomes mobile, I'm going to have my hands so incredibly full... I almost don't want to think about it! I am probably going to be spending my days chasing after him. He already pushes himself up to the top of his changing table... I have to really keep my eye on him or he'll bonk his head! Crazy kid...

He's officially out of his newborn clothes and we also had to adjust his carseat to the next level up... he was so squished in there! We figured this out yesterday on our way home from our first roadtrip... he was much easier to get along with after we made that change!

We decided pretty last minute on Friday that we wanted to head over the mountains. We haven't been over there all summer long and we really wanted to see some of our friends and family. That was an experience I will never forget! We have yet to upgrade to an SUV, so we had to smash all three of us, plus the dogs, and all of our bags in the car. It actually wasn't too bad... If you don't count how inconvenient it is to have to deal with the rear facing carseat. Yes, it's safer, and I'm all for that, but it really is a pain to keep an eye on the baby.

Max did great... with the exception of his ears bugging him during the trip up over the pass. Coming back down probably caused a little bit of pain. He screamed and screamed for ten minutes and all of a sudden, he stopped and fell asleep. Poor little guy. He had been changed and fed, so it had to have been the pressure on his little ears. :( I was worried about that.

The dogs did great... with the exception of Buddy puking in the backseat on the way over and then walking and laying in it. Gross. We have no idea how long he had been sitting in his own vomit, because he doesn't make any noise when he throws up. Once we came over the pass, I started smelling dog food... sure enough, he had expelled his dinner. It never fails...

We spent the first night in a hotel in Wenatchee and it was a nice little getaway. We didn't get to do much for our anniversary in July and haven't done anything since Max was born, so a night in a king bed and having someone else clean up after us was a treat! The second night we spent with James' grandparents... this was their first time meeting Max!

I can only imagine what his dreams are like right now. He met so many new people and saw so much more of the world around him! I can't even imagine what it's like for him to process all of this... No wonder he's been sleeping so well! I'm just so proud of him... he was such a trouper during this trip. Happy and content and he handled the heat really well. Something tells me he's going to be a master roadtripper, just like his mommy and daddy!

We had such a nice time away, but we're glad to be home. Now if I could just figure out how to get my baby to stop growing... it just keeps going too fast.