Fun household activity # 374: Build a baby gym out of skewers, duct tape, and cannibalized parts from a Chinese hanging wall calendar thingy:

Add a fleece blanket and some Baby Einstein blocks and Max is in baby paradise:

Block party, anyone?

On an unrelated note, a bird built a nest outside our living room window. Max and I watched as she flew back and forth, fetching sticks and putting them in place. (Well, to be perfectly honest, I watched while Max alternated between eating, sleeping, and staring resolutely in the opposite direction).

Sleepy Max at the end of a long day:

Max on his monthday:

(Yeah, I know it's "just a gas pain" at this point, but it's oh so cute...)

With Stephen and Kathleen on Memorial Day:

Chilling out in the baby papasan:

Cuddling with Aunt Nellie:

Doing the pirate thing in Annapolis, where we forgot to bring a sun hat:

Sleeping with Mom:

Relaxing with Dad in the adult papasan:

Max uses expansive hand gestures to illustrate his point: