Sept 28, 2002

Today is our 6 year anniversary =) Weeee!!!! I can not think of a better way to spend it than as a family together. I was asked by a friend what "special thing" I had gotten my wife. "A nap" I responded.

Max had a rough night last night. Not exactly sure what was up with him - but he was certainly up. This has happened twice before but we thought it was s/t Margaret ate. Turns out, it may just be a normal growing process for our little prince.
Max has kinda gotten into this routine of "tanking up" for a few hours between 6 and 10pm. He will nurse for 20 minutes, rest or fall asleep, then nurse for another 20 minutes. he will repeat this for between 1 and 3 hours. Then he conks out for a good 3-4 hours. He wakes up every night @ midnight or 1 then sleeps till 5 or 6. WOW! What more could we ask for?

We are getting spoiled to the point where last night was a"hard" night cuz he woke up @ 1 and stayed up till after 2 then woke again @ 5. From what we are hearing, this is normal! Sheesh! How to folks do it? We in the McKnight household enjoy our beauty rest =) Fortunately, so does Maximilian.

The daylight hours started with a tired mommy. Fortunately, Max was rather beat himself and allowed me to chill with him from 8 till noon. Mom woke up complaining that the "tanks" were full, but Max, true to his "taking after mom" nature was not ready to eat yet. He finally nursed just before 1 and finished and laid down for a nap @ 2.

And that was when the fun began!

We put him in our wonderful sling, unfolded our Evenflo FeatherLight™ Plus Travel System and took off for our first "outing" as a happy new fam! We strolled up the street to the house I grew up in that my bro and his fam now live in. We hung out with them for a few minutes before they had to leave and then crossed the street to chill with the Arents. We had a very nice and relaxed visit and the strolled by home.
Seeing as how Max-baby was still sacked out, we decided to push our luck and head down to Grace's Bakery for their second to last day of retail operation. (We are sad to see them go!) Just to show you what a great child we have found... he slept the whole way till we were 50 feet from our door, then opened his eyes and simply coo'ed at us till we got home, put our loot away, and allowed mom to get all set up. he "bellied up to the bar" with not so much as a whimper or a squeak.

Did I mention that I love my child? He is fantabulous! he is everything and more than we could have ever hoped for. What a wonderful, wonderful time to be a live. Max is 3 weeks old today. What a perfect anniversary present for his mommy and dah =)

Ulan McKnight
09/28/02