KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES: January 2012

What has Maverik been up to?

My sister-in-law mentioned how their blog should have a name change to "The Sofi Blog" after Mav's little cousin. I'm seriously considering changing this blog to "He's being a Maverik." This kid is constantly on the go! He is always amazing us! Josh and I look at each other at least once a day and say something about how smart, fast, cute or awesome Maverik is! So please excuse us as we gush!

WE LOVE THIS BOY!

This little man of ours has learned to sit up and boy oh boy does he think it's neat!

Maverik discovered the Christmas tree just about the time it was coming down. His favorite thing to do for the first few days in January was rolling over to and then under the tree.

It was either that I didn't put the lid on tightly... or Mav has super baby strength but we defiantly cry over spilled milk around here!

I have re- committed (sorta) to feeding Mav his fruits and veggi's with a spoon instead of in his bottle... He likes it as long as he can be in charge of the spoon! And of course the messier the better!

One Saturday completely by accident my boys dressed as twins! How cute are they!?

Seven Months

Another month come and gone! I never realized how quickly the months fly by! But seriously we only have a baby for 12 months and he is zipping right through them! Can you believe Maver will be 1 whole year old in 5 months!?!?! Or that he will have been out longer than he was in just 2 more months!?!?!
Nuts! It is nuts!

Stats:

Length- 27.5 Inches
Weight- 16 pounds 15 ounces
3-6 and 6-9 month size clothes
Size 1 diapers
Size 1 shoes
Nicknames- Maver, Maves Man, Mav, Mr. Magoo, Llama llama, Little turkey, Munchkin, Monkey

Loves:

Daddy
Mama
Bath time
Reading books
His swing/buzzer chair
Rolling over and over and over
Musical toys
Car rides
Going on "strolls"
Dancing with mama
Standing
Watching "Shaun the Sheep" and "Timmy Time"
Watching Mavs games with Daddy
Putting EVERYTHING in his mouth
Eating fruits and veggie's- but only in his rice cereal bottles

Firsts:

CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!
NEW YEARS!!!! We are officially not in the same year Mav was born!!!
Eating food with a spoon and actually liking it!
Time sitting up with out any support what so ever!

Visiting Elder and Sister Jones

We finally made it to the BIG APPLE to visit Josh's parents aka Elder and Sister Jones. They are serving a mission in the CONCRETE JUNGLE as CES instructors. It was my first time to visit THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS. It was also Maverik's first time to meet his Grammy and Poppy. We had a blast!

Maverik had to wake up a little before his internal alarm clock went off, so he caught the plane in his jams! (Don't you just love his bed head?) He was thinking he was pretty hot stuff sitting in the seat all by himself.

The first pic of Grammy, Poppy and Mavy in THE CITY SO NICE, THEY HAD TO NAME IT TWICE. (I accidentally left Mav's hat and mitten's at home... so we bought this red heart covered one from a street vendor! Only real men can wear girls hats and still look this handsome! )

With my stud in front of THE EMPIRE CITY.

It was SOOOO COLD AND WINDY, but we still tried to experience and enjoy all the activities of THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. We took a ferry to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island but only got out and walked/ ran as fast as we could despite the strong wind around the statue. (sorry... no good pictures)

I love these two!!!

One night Maverik let us know he had had enough of all our adventures. We decided we would do something he was a little more accustomed to- which as a Dallas baby was a long drive on the freeway.
We went to Hoboken, New Jersey to visit Carlos Bakery!!! No... sadly I didn't get to meet The Cake Boss, but it was still a dream come true!