Gramma Merry and Maxime

Maxime and Grampa Merry

More on Maxime...Live from Alfred Street

I am temporarily taking charge of the Blog postings (Michelle's suggestion:)because Eric is running from job to job this fall, working at St. Lawrence and RMC, he's a trooper and he is working very hard, we love and appreciate all your efforts! So....Maxime had his 2 month needles yesterday. He was great after, no fussy mussy or fevers. It was probably worse for me to see him get the needles than for him to get them. He had 2; one for the regular vaccinations such as Diphtheria and Mumps... the other one was for ear infections, blood infections, meningitis and the flu. Also he weighed in at a very respectable 12lbs and 1 oz, (it sounds like he's a bass at a Wolfe Island fishing derby, he'd definately be a first prize winner!) He also grew 3 inches since birth, now 24 inches and his head circumference is 5 cm (now 58cm) bigger, so in other words he's growing:)He is 92 percentile for length, 72 for weight and 50 for head size. So he is doing wonderfully and continues to laugh, smile and is now starting to notice dangling toys and likes to occupy himself with this fun new discovery. The dogs and cat are also doing well. Winston looks for Maxime when we come home and let him out and Jack likes to be near him, keeping a close tab on him, it is very cute to see! The cat can't be bothered, she just wants her food and an open door to the wilderness in the back yard. The whole family is just about adjusted to the little prince Maxime:)

After a Bath

Maxime in Jeans, how grown up! He is with Mrs. Walton:)

Maxime is 8 weeks!

HI All
Maxime is growing fast, he has a Dr. apt. tomorrow (Thursday Sept 27/07) for his first set of needles (done at the 2 month mark). I will update the blog with a weight, but I am guessing he is close to 12lbs because 3 weeks ago he weighed 10lbs and 8 oz. He is very alert now, focusing on everything with great intent! We have stared to look at simple books with large patterns, colors and shapes, and he will look at them for about 10 minutes. He is also starting to read "les livres Francaise", (French books for those non-French):) He is enjoying his wakeful times, now starting to giggle frequently, of course his parents are quite funny, or funny looking !??
My Mom thinks he is playing strange already, normally this occurs at 6 and 9 months, as he generally seems to want "Mommy" to hold him and cries when anyone else does. Some say I am spoiling him but research states you can't spoil a baby under 6 months and you have to attend to their crying.... so for all you skeptics out there, look it up:)
In summary: he is a great baby, not much crying and very content, we are super lucky!! Oh yes and he is also very handsome!

First week of classes is DUN! D-U-N!

So, Erin and I took that CBC Test the Nation test last night that focussed on the English language. It's not surprising to me that I did not receive a stellar score. I score 48/70. 69%. Yucko. I guess I have read more and play more words games to improve myself in this area. Luckily I have MS-Word spell check to save my bacon regularly hee hee. What did you get on the test? If you want to take it you can find it here: http://www.cbc.ca/testthenation/


So I had to put a spelling mistake in the title of this posting to remind myself to read the dictionary more HAHA! Firsst week of class at SLC is under the belt. YEAH! Second week starts today.

NEWS: Maxime now weighs 10lbs 6oz as of last Thursday! YEAH!