November...Come and Gone!

Yes, we know its been far too long since we have last posted! The title of this blog says it all...November was a "whirl-wind" of a month for us. Max got his first cold, which he was such a trooper. He had his 4-month check up, the pediatrician was thrilled with his progress(height, weight, blood work and motor skills). So happy with his progress that he gave us the go on trying solid foods with Max. We were so excited with the news! Much to our surprise Max did great with his first course of solids. He are a couple of images of Max trying cereal...

We have been just having so much fun with Max now that he loves to play and interact. He has found his toes and loves chewing on them along with anything else he can get into his mouth! He is definitely a mover and loves to bounce around.

We did unfortunately had a rough couple of weeks as well. Not only did Max get his first cold he also came down with a bacterial infection during the month of November. When we really think about it, Max was healthy for only one week in November, poor little guy! We were told that the bacterial infection is something we may have to deal with due to his kidney condition. So we will continue to keep Max on a preventative antibiotics to help. We are so thankful that he is so good at taking his medicine.

We headed down to Milwaukee at the end of November and met with Max's renal doctors. They updated us with Max' kidney progress, the news was bittersweet as they have not gotten worse but that they are still dilated and are only functioning at 50%. We may never see a 100% functionality but we are praying for a higher % than 50. Time will only tell. Overall though the Doctors are happy with Max's progress and just tell us to keep up with what we are doing. We will go back at the end of January to see them again, which will be a nice little break from doctor offices!

Despite not feeling the greatest Max did seem to enjoy his first Thanksgiving. He had sweet potatoes for the first time and loved them. Here he is modeling his Thanksgiving bib, thanks to the Bankes Family.

Travis kept himself quite busy with kicking off Winter Sports fundraising with his schools. Thanks to him we have been enjoying many samples of cookies, pastries, pies and popcorn. These are just a few of the products that is working with. He is looking forward to Christmas break so that he can enjoy some time off as well. Kelly has been keeping herself busy with her photography business as well. Just check out her photo blog (http://www.photographybykellyjean.blogspot.com/) that says it all!

Well, after a very long blog we just wanted to end with a few more shots of the little guy. We hope you enjoy...

Daddy and Max sporting the 80's flipped collar polo shirts, too funny

Playing and eating solids can be quite tiring,LOL!