The Furless Lorenz: 30 weeks (6 months, 4 weeks)

I lied. I said I would update last week's post with photos, but life's been busy! I've now added photos to that post, so feel free to check them out here.

Tomorrow, Babyman turns 7 months! On Friday, we have to take him in to get the second dose of his flu shot, so I'm guessing that they'll at least weigh him before poking him, so hopefully I'll have an update on how big he's getting!

Something that I have found myself thinking about is how much more independent Maxwell has become. Sure, he'd still wind up killing himself if I keep my eyes off of him for too long, but I can leave him to his own devices for quite awhile now! We got this great LeapFrog play table secondhand from a coworker, and he freaking LOVES that thing! He'll crawl over to it, pull up, and play at it for 10 minutes at a time. Then, if he's feeling brave enough, he'll walk himself around the edge of the play table, and then use the dogs' toy bin to continue to move around.

Stranger Danger is a real thing now. Max understands when the person he sees isn't familiar (so, pretty much anyone but Luke, my mom, and me), and will be okay for a fraction of a second, and then he'll panic and cry. It's heartbreaking to see him throw his head around looking for me! Once he gets his snuggles in, and can look at the person from the safety of my arms, he'll be fine with them the next time they try to hold him. We saw this happen on three separate occasions this weekend, so we're learning to adapt so that he feels secure before we hand him over to friends and family.

This weekend was a very social weekend for Max. On Saturday, I met up with my Mom's group at the MN Zoo to walk around a bit, despite the frigid weather. Max's buddies, Cooper and Mila, were born within a week on either side of him, and even though he cried immediately upon seeing the moms, he had a lot of fun looking at all the animals!

That night, we celebrated Luke's uncle's birthday (where again, Max cried when Luke attempted to pass him off to Uncle John pretty early into our visit), and were reminded about what it is like to have a newborn, while seeing Ade. While there are sometimes I really miss the snuggly, sleepy, mushy newborn phase, I must say that this 6-7 month phase has been my absolute favorite. I don't really remember the first 6 weeks anymore, but watching Ade get gassy and upset brought back the memories pretty quickly!

On Sunday, there was Zibby's birthday lunch, and after the initial freak out after waking up in a strange place and being placed in a strange lap, he was fine being passed around my large family. It makes me happy to see how much my family wants to see him, interact with him, and spend time with him. Max has a lot of great aunties, and I am glad that he has all of them in his life!