Goodbye Baby....Hello Little Boy!

It's true....our little man is growing up fast! It seems like just yesterday that he was a little baby and now he's turning into a little boy! In the last month, Maksim has begun giggling, rolled over to his tummy, enjoyed hours and hours of bouncing fun, and even went underwater!

THE GIGGLE
Maks is officially a giggler! Although often he combines giggling with a fake cough, and has actually patented the giggle-cough.

He's occassionally performed a true giggle without the cough addition, but the giggle cough technique is actually his favorite. This makes Mommy and Daddy laugh every time we hear it, to Maksim's delight of course.

THE ROLL
It all started at 1 week old.... when he first rolled over from his stomach to his back and shocked Mom and Dad with his skills! After that he continued to show us this skill for awhile until about 2 months when he decided that wasn't fun anymore and he didn't want to perform it any longer. He did make a rare rolling appearance a few weeks ago, but that was it. However, he has now conquered the back to front roll, and it is one of his new favorite things to do...all...the...time! (even while we sleep!)

The only downfall to this new rolling over fascination is the fact that Maks has apparently forgotten that he knows how to roll back over onto his back... which means, he hangs out on his tummy for a bit and then gets upset and needs Mom and Dad to come help him out. This is all fine, except for when it occurs....at night time...2, 3 and 4 times a night! We are working very diligently to remind him of his front to back rolling ability so we can get some sleep again!

THE BOUNCE

Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy...words heard often in our house. Maksim has had very strong legs for awhile now and is always kicking! So, we decided to get him a activity bouncer (after we tested our friend Sawyer's old one)... and he LOVES it! he is still about an inch from touching the ground when he's in it, but that's no problem for Maks... he just kicks and kicks until he gets the whole thing to bounce. He really really enjoys it and spends a lot of time bouncing...

We can't wait to see what he does with this once he can actually touch the ground! At this point, I'm pretty sure Maksim is planning to become a professional bouncer...not the bar kind, the acrobatic kind... ok maybe not.

THE DUNK

We started Maks off swimming in the kiddy pool at home with Mom and Dad (no, thankfully there are no pictures of this!). He hesitated at first and then began to enjoy it. When we were in Utica a few weeks ago for a wedding we had some time to relax at our friends Meghan and Joe's house in their pool. Maksim borrowed some of Sawyer's old clothes and hats and in the big pool we went! he LOVED it! Mommy held him, while he kicked his legs and enjoyed the pool for about 45 mins (and then again later for another 20!) With some encouragement from Meghan, Mommy and Daddy decided Maks was old enough to go under water for the first time!! we were slightly nervous but knew our little man could do it....

He did so great!! So instead of being a professional bouncer... he is now planning on being the next Micheal Phelps!! We're headed for gold, baby!!

So as you can see, the last month has been eventful. We can't wait to see what is still to come! Here are a few pics of Maks, from the last month as he grew to be 4 months old!

We added Maksim into the Gerber Generation contest!! Voting starts early September!! VOTE FOR MAKSIM!!

He's a happy smiley boy!

He's discovered his toes and loves to play with them! he also is wondering why there is always a camera in his face

Tummy Time is fun!