Happy Valentine's Day

Fun Times with the Douglas Family

Max and Mommy hanging out at Munchkin Playland. Please ignore my crazy hair, but notice my bulging biceps :-)

Alia posing for a picture at MP.

Daddy and Max at MP

Alia playing with a pretend cupcake and waffle while climbing on a fish!

Awesome family photo!

This is what play time looks like around here ... pretty entertaining!

Never a dull moment :-)

Uncle Monkey

Jason's brother Mark (aka Uncle Monkey) came to visit for the weekend. We had a great time but the visit was much too short. On Saturday, we talked him into going to the gym with us and then we did our usual trip to Panera. Alia is a HUGE fan of bagels! Later that day there was a brief stretch of sunshine and Uncle Monkey and Alia headed to the park behind our house to play on the slides. Saturday evening, we got a babysitter for the kids and took Mark to Toro Bravo for dinner. We had a great time and ate way too much yummy food. Sunday morning we went to Munchkin Playland for some breakfast and play time.

MRI Update

Just wanted to update everyone. Max has an MRI scheduled for Monday, February 14th to take a closer look at the little bump on his head. We will be going to OHSU Hospital to have it done because they have a pediatric sedation unit there and Max will have to be sedated for the procedure. His sedation is scheduled for 1:30 and his MRI is at 2:00. One of the hardest parts is going to be that he can't eat for 4 hours before the sedation and for those of you that have met Max, you can appreciate what a struggle that is going to be. The MRI results will determine who we get referred to next. Our doctor feels pretty certain that it's just a dermoid cyst and nothing serious, but because it is on his head, he wants us to get it checked to be sure. Please keep little Max in your thoughts and prayers on Valentine's Day :-)

Alia's Art Class

Yesterday, Alia took a little art class through our Parks and Rec. department. They basically just get out all kinds of art supplies and let the kids have at it ... and they clean up the mess. Alia really enjoyed using the sparkly paints, heart stickers and playing with play dough. We had a great time until Alia melted down when it was time to go home. You can see the stroller in the background of some of the pictures where Max SLEPT happily the entire time :-)

Max's First Food

Last night we decided to give Max his first solid food experience. We had been wanting to wait until he was closer to 6 months old, but he seemed ready and excited about food so we thought we would give it a try. We think he is picking up on the whole spoon concept pretty quickly. I'm pretty excited that he'll be able to test out some of my home made baby food pretty soon!

Talking Max

Max has a lot on his mind these days ....