Mother's Day/Max One Month

So, Max is offically one month today, and it happens to be mother's day as well. I've been lucky enough to have the best mom in the world - she somehow raised four children and remained (relatively) sane, and now I have the best mother in law too (as well as two unbelivable Grandmas). I only hope I can be half as good to Max as they've been to us!

Secretly, I've been excited to be part of this holiday for years. I don't just mean being a mother, I mean actually being a mother on mother's day and having lots of people call to congratulate you, tell you they love you, wish you happy mom's day, etc. and then one day having the kids make macaroni mother's day cards for you (or when Max is a movie star, he'll buy me a car/house/Chanel bag...I'm not picky, it's the thought that counts) and they'll be forced to be nice to me even in their sulky teenage years. After all, birthdays are only once a year! On that note, check out the breakfast Charlie made for me...I mean, come on - how can you start a day any better than this? Though I may have given Max diabetes thanks to that Challah French Toast..."HOLLA' for the Friiinch Toooast"! (I used that joke ten times, Charlie says I'm not allowed to say it any more).

Below are some official Max one month photos - I got him to smile! (no, Dr. Sears, it's not gas, its pure joy thank you very much). We think his shirt is so cute, although it's totally inaccurate - his carbon footprint is huge - between the numerous diapers we change (especially when he employs his favorite trick of "round two poop" immediately after we changed "round one poop"), wipes, daily laundry, etc. he is hitting the resources hard. So, to off-set his environmental waste I've decided to make the large sacrifice of taking shorter showers (what does he care if I shave my legs?) and not taking them very often. I'm not comfortable with the word "hero", per say, but we all do what we have to. (I'm ignoring those of you thinking, "so what's the difference?"). Unfortunately, this strategy may result in no further children for us, we shall see...