Giggly Pete

This video makes me laugh every time I see it. He is just like his daddy... loves to laugh!

5 Months

Max is now 5 months. I can't get over how fast he is growing and time is flying. I was thinking 6 months isn't that long of a time period, I mean you go to the dentist every 6 months and it feels like not that much time in between (at least for me). But a baby goes through so much in a 6 month time period. It is crazy.

He is becoming more and more aware of the world around him. He coo's to himself all the time. He giggles and laughs lots. He also loves to blow "raspberries" with his mouth. He sounds like a little motor boat all the time.

He still doesn't like rice cereal all that much. So maybe I'll try some other foods to see if he is ready for them. He is plowing through formula these days, so as soon as he eats more than just formula all day, maybe he won't go through it so fast.

He can roll over from his tummy to his back, but I have yet to witness it. He usually just rolls from his back to his tummy and then rotates his body around while on his belly full 360 degree rotations. He just scoots his body around. And then when he is done he cries for mommy to roll him back over. Stinker.

Max has also found his feet!

Hmmm, what's this?

Looks tasty. Maybe I'll try it.

Oh ya! That is good stuff.

Yum Yum!

He is such a sweet boy! I can't believe how fast he is growing and developing. Each new baby stage is exciting, but you almost want time to stand still at he same time. Life really is SO short!

Rice Cereal

New Look, Same Name!

Thank you to everyone who voted! I think I'll keep "Lisa's Life Lessons". I realized that having Max has taught me so much and so it makes sense.

Conveniently "The Cutest Blog on the Block" deleted my blog background and so it was time for a change anyway. So we have a new background and updated Family picture and slide show. It was time for a little change. It is still under construction, since I get interrupted a lot. But it will be up and running in a few days.

Blog Name Change?

Hi Peeps!

I don't really know who reads this blog, but I have been thinking about changing it's name.

It used to be "The Cannon's".

Then I wanted a little more cleaver of a name, and since Chris doesn't contribute to our blog (he doesn't even really read it, unless I tell him too) so then I change it to "Lisa's Life Lessons" Since I would include posts about what I had learned.

But know I feel that that name no longer applies. Most people have themed blogs, like my sisters which is mainly about cycling along with her adventures in life. Mine is mostly miscellaneous stuff. I use my blog mainly now to update my family (my 2 sisters live out of state) and my friends about what is going on in my life. Mainly that is Max oriented right now.

So I think it is time for a name change.

Do I go back to "The Cannons"

Stay with "Lisa's Life Lessons"

or change it to

"Cannon's Corner"

or

Just Plain "Lisa's Life"

or

ANY SUGGESTIONS (Please leave comment) as I am not being very creative right now.

Let me know by voting on the side bar of what I should do.

Thanks for your help!

Lisa

Rice Cereal

I bought Max his high chair last night, because I wanted to try Rice Cereal with him soon. So today I decided to try some with him to see if he was ready.

Here he is right before

I showed him the bowl as he looked at it curiously

And then...

So, he didn't really like it. I love the squirting noise he makes as he spits it out. He didn't know what to do with the spoon in his mouth. He was like what is this? When I tried to give him another bite, he just tried to take the spoon right out of my hand.

Then he just got mad at me because he didn't know what to do with the spoon, his face was all messy, and he was still hungry.

So I gave him the spoon to just play with:

Then we were both done with the rice cereal trial. So he decided to eat his bib instead.

Maybe he isn't quite ready for solid foods. I might try again next week!

Max's Stats (a little late)

So, Working full time, taking care of a baby, a husband, and a house hold is very time consuming. So I apologize for the lack of posts.

We took Max for his 4 month appointment 1 week late, because I was a procrastinator in making it. He never ceases to amaze me how big he actually is. He was:

19 lb's 12 oz
28 inches long

He is in the 99%ile for Height and Weight and his head circumference is in the 96%ile.

He is a big kid.

He has now grown out of his infant car seat. FOUR freaking months is all I got. Some people use theirs until their child is a year or more. So we had to purchase a new one to accommodate his size. And don't worry. This next on he can't grow out of until he is 100 lb's. Hopefully he doesn't reach that by the time he is 8. But it still has to be rear facing until he is 1. And it is HUGE! I don't even know if I am going to be able to see over it to my back window.

He wears size 6-12 month clothes. Mostly 12 month stuff, but the onesies can stretch a little. This is very perplexing because I LOVE feety PJ's, but they rarely make any after size "9 months". So I can't find any that will fit him and still give him a little room to grow. Every night after his bath I have a ritual of stretching out his feety pajama's so he can wear them still. We let him wear just a onsie one night because it is so hot, but he kicks off all his blankets, and when Chris got him the next morning he said his legs were like icicles. :( So he needs the feetsie pajama's!!

He has grown out of his bouncer, but he LOVES it and I have no other place for him to really sit. So he sits in it every day and watches Baby Einstein and coos and laughs at it. He kicks his left leg repeatedly to bounce it. Once it stops bouncing, his leg is going again.

Almost as soon as I lay him on his back, he rolls over to his tummy. But he still hasn't learned to roll back onto his back. So he sits on his tummy for awhile, and when he is done he screams and cries. I have tried practicing with him so he can learn the motion of rolling from tummy to back, but he still hasn't caught on.

He still has the "flux" (Reflux) and spits multiple times a day. If we don't have a bib on him then wet clothes result. I get puked on at least once a day. And we are just about to start solids, so it is going to be even more fun when it is strained peas and summer squash.

Max is a WATER BABY! He loves the water. He loves baths and he loves swimming. And I can't resist buying cute swim suits. I think he has 4 now. So we need to get good use out of them.

We went swimming to day at Chris's Mom's house.


Max had lots of fun playing with us. He giggles so much more know and it is so fun! I love spending my time with him!

We just bought him a high chair because it is time for him to start solid foods. So here he is trying it out. And pardon the puke, the bib came off because it was shortly before bath time, and then of course he puked everywhere while I was putting the high chair together. But once I look at that face, I don't mind in the least!