Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas Everybody! It has been a great week so far. Started out with Oma and Jiggs coming in for a (brief) visit last weekend, then Zack, Misty, and the girls coming in from Dallas, and then a whole week spending time with the Greer & Colbert clan. We now have a couple of days to rest, then head to Mississippi for our Vardaman Christmas. Can't wait to see everybody and have the whole Hamilton and Ward families together on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here are a few pictures from the past week. There are A LOT more on the shutterfly site. Have fun!

Merry Christmas Nicola and Thomas! Thanks so much for the toy and chocolate! Max loved opening his first present from Germany! It got here first thing Christmas Eve. We love you!!

First Christmas Present from Oma & Jiggs. He looooooooved the paper!

Playing with Cousin Caitlin. Thanks Aunt Bri & Caitlin for babysitting on Sunday! Max had a great time. Caitlin is a fantastic little babysitter!

Christmas Eve '09 - Merry Christmas from the Greers!

Max and all the girls - Isabella, Caitlin, Reagan, and Delaney. Max loves his cousins!!

8 Months!

Today Max is 8 months old. This tells me two things...first, he's growing up waaaaaaayyyy too fast. Second, it's been way too long since I posted anything (considering my last post was titled 7 months!).

We've hit a few milestones in the last month. Max has learned to sit up by himself. It's amazing to watch him, because you can tell that he thinks "ok, I'll sit up now" and then he does it. :) So much fun. Here's a video:

Max also has 2 teeth now! The first one popped through a couple of weeks ago, and the second just this weekend. He has also discovered his tongue, which is making it quite a challenge to feed him. After every bite, he sticks his tongue all the way out and licks his chin. It's pretty funny, unless you're the one trying to feed him!

Matt and I have been busy Christmas shopping. We can't wait to spend time with family this Christmas. Zack and Misty and the girls are coming in next weekend for a week. It's been since June since we've seen them, so we're so excited for Max to get to spend time with Belle, Reagan, Delaney, and Caitlin. He looooooves girls, so we think he'll have a good time.

We'll be going to Vardaman the week after Christmas and will be there through New Years. Max will be happy to be at Oma and Jigg's house so he can have some freedom in his walker. Their housefull of hardwood floors makes it easy for him to move around. Here's a video of that:

We've been bad about keeping up with the pictures lately, but here are a few of the past month. Enjoy!! In case I don't get to post again before Christmas, Merry Christmas to everybody from Matt, Jen, and Max!!

My Little Redneck :)

This is his model pose - if he's crawling and you call his name he'll turn around a pose like this.

Merry Christmas!!

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Up close!

Trying to see what's under the tree....not much at this point!

7 Months Old!!

Can you believe it? Yesterday Max was 7 months old! I can't believe how fast time is flying - and everyone assures me it will just go faster and faster the bigger he gets. He is so much fun now! He still isn't crawling in the traditional sense, but can army crawl fast enough that we have to be on our toes to make sure he doesn't get away from us. He's just starting to try to pull up - we don't think he has the arm strength yet to do it, but you can definitely tell he wants to.

Last weekend we went to Vardaman for the Sweet Potato Festival. We were a little worried about how Max would do, because he really hasn't spent a lot of time around that many people. He was wonderful though! He loved seeing all the people and fun stuff everywhere. The festival this year was absolutely packed! Here is a picture that I took around 11 that morning.

We had a great time hanging out with all the family last weekend - it was great to be home and see everybody. It had been 3 months since everyone saw Max, and I think everyone was shocked by how big he is! Aunt Emmy & Oma are here this weekend and we'll be heading back to Vardaman next weekend to spend Thanksgiving week. Max is getting to spend a lot of time with family, and we can tell he loves all the attention.

Here are a few more pictures from the last week or so. Have a great rest of the weekend!

Couple of Videos

Happy Saturday all! Here are a couple of videos. The first one is Max's version of crawling - more like Army crawling. He will get up on his hands and knees every once in a while, but then he can't figure out what to do next! :)

This one is Oma making him laugh this morning. Turn up your speakers! :)

We'll be in Vardaman next weekend for the Sweet Potato Festival! Can't wait to see everybody!!