Maxwell Alexander Lee, III

Strawberry season is here... What could be better than that...

2009-05-31T16:33:00.013-04:00

We made an impromptu decision Saturday morning to go strawberry picking. We went to our favorite farm (Homestead Farm) in Poolesville, MD to hunt down some delicious strawberries. I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post so here's a quick update on Max as well. His eczema got really really bad for a while and we went to see an allergist and found out that Max is allergic to egg whites and nuts. So since then his skin has been getting soooooooo much better. His latest favorite food are cucumbers and tomatoes. He's speaking a few words, but he sure does understand a whole lot. He's really good at pointing to what he wants. He's really into his Little Tike's basketball hoop and he's been practicing how to jump. Other than that, he'll be 18 months on June 13th.

"Come on everybody, let's go pick go pick some strawberries!"

"Moo" Moo" "Hey I'm talking to you..."

Max chewing on a straw and trying to fit in, not quite the real thing but he's a city boy, he doesn't know any better.

A perfect day to be outdoors.

Here we go...!!!

And... let the strawberry buffet begin.

Munch munch munch munch....

Another patch victim to Strawberrizilla

"I will eat YOU ALL!!! Muahhhahahahahah!"

Once in a while he stopped to help mommy

"mmm.... ahhh... the sweet aroma of sun ripe strawberries..."

"You look delicious!"

"Time to go back now, I hope the ride isn't too bumpy, otherwise I'll be serving up a jar of strawberry jam..."

A hard days work pays off.

Boy, how quickly two months go by...

2009-04-19T20:49:00.025-04:00

Well, for those of you who still remember my blog after all this time, you are true fans and I thank you for your patience. Now without further delay here's the latest pics and update of Max.

These pictures were taken this Saturday behind Max's friend Kayla's house. Great weather, a cookout, and great friend... what else could you ask for.

Daniela took these great shots of Max devouring an apple.

"... if I could only get my mouth to open juuuust a little wider..."

These pictures were taken at a playground in South Riding... the first pic is probably one of my all time favs... the rest are pretty darn cute too...

Here's Max guarding his fortress...

Uh-oh... Max spotted an intruder...

Max got stationed to another post... here's Max guarding the south entrance of the play yard.

The following are just some silly pictures that we wanted to share with the whole world.

"Mom! This diaper genie STINKS!!!"

This is the face when bath time carries on a little too long.

"... Ahhhh..."

Max loving his new chair.

This one is just funny to me because Max has his "Yargh, ye maties" face on and there's a bag of Pirates Booty in the background.

Max celebrated St. Patricks day in Old Town to see the parade and had a ball. We forgot to wear green. We're also not Irish... which means we were the only Asians at the parade that day.

Mommy and Max...

2009-02-09T21:33:00.004-05:00

It feels so nice to FINALLY get out!!!

2009-02-09T20:52:00.010-05:00

Max and mommy at Fairfax Corner

"Where's mommy???"

"Peek-a-boo!!!"

Max and mommy at the Botanical Garden in DC

It was so refreshing to see so many plants and flowers for a change.

Max found a quarter on the ground. We spend it right away on a pack of gum to help stimulate the economy.

Max and daddy in front of the Capital.

Max's first visit to the library!!!

2009-02-02T21:16:00.004-05:00

Max got his first taste of a real library today. It was quite a shock from his 20 book collection to seeing thousands on the shelves for him to pull off. Mommy and Auntie Marcela went there today while daddy was home sick. Wish I was there... but aparently Max's non stop book pulling made it a very very short trip. Not much reading was going on, just a big pile of books on the floor. Oh well, he had a great time anyways I'm sure... maybe next time you and I will go Max and we'll have better luck reading some books.

Soon it'll be beer and potato chips

2009-01-24T15:09:00.004-05:00

Misc. fun moments caught on film

2009-01-23T22:12:00.004-05:00

Max goes to work...

2009-01-23T21:56:00.006-05:00

Bye Mommy! I'm going to work now. I'll see you later!

Smooch smooch, I love you mommy.

Sorry mom, no time for pictures right now... I'm already late for work.

... I hope there's no traffic in the living room...

Merry Christmas Max!

2009-01-10T10:28:00.007-05:00

We'll, from being sick and getting through the busy holidays, Max's blog has been neglected. Here's a quick wrap up of his Christmas Day.

Merry Christmas Max...

Yay, paper to rip!!!

Ooohhh

Ahhhh

That'll work

Where's my iPhone dad?

Happy Birthday to Max!

2008-12-15T20:56:00.007-05:00

Max had a very fun and exciting birthday weekend. First he got to spend his birthday with his favorite twins Colton and Sulley. Then it was time to get dressed up for a big family dinner. We rounded up the weekend with a surprise birthday party with his oldest and favorite friends, Robert and CeCe.

Max started his birthday with a BIG happy birthday hug from Sulley.

Then it was time to line up for the party train... tta tta tta tta TTA ta!

At dinner Max was sporting a traditional Korean outfit to celebrate his 1st birthday.

What's all this fruit doing here? Where's the cake with TONS of frosting??!!??!!

Here's the cake... well, no frosting and it's made of rice...

Oh well... it's still CAKE!!!! Yeah!!!

Mommy wore a pretty Korean dress too... Daddy wasn't cool enough to get one though.

On Sunday at CeCe's house, she sang a special Happy Birthday song just for Max.

Make a wish Max!!! I wonder what he wished for? He probably wished he could blow out his own birtday cake. Maybe next year Max.

Yumm... look at this wonderful cake that Auntie Sara, Robert, and CeCe made. That's the cake that Max was waiting for... mmmm... frosting...!!

Max at Clemyjontri Park... takes a while to get used to that name.

2008-12-05T21:58:00.011-05:00

Clemyjontri Park in McLean is pretty darn awesome. It was a little cold but it was great because we almost had the whole park to ourselves. This place was HUGE. Here are some of my favorite pics.

"... mommy, tell me a story..."

Once upon a time there was a cute little baby riding a blue dinosaur with yellow fins...

That had legs twice as long as his body...

Who loved to ride big waves...

and swim for miles and miles...

He could walk around the world in 12 seconds...

He could bend steel with his bare hands...

And walked amongst giants...

He could stop tanks in its track and giggle during the entire time.

But his best ability was to laugh and giggle all the time and just have lots of fun...

Where is Max going? ...Bye Max...

Oh... Max just went to get the car to take mommy and daddy home. He knows how to drive too.

The End.

Thanksgiving break pics... Brazil style

2008-12-05T21:25:00.010-05:00

Nothing better than a Brazilian barbeque during Thanksgiving break. Over the break we visited Daniela's cousins who cooked up one fantastic meal. You just can't get this type of food anywhere. It was amazing.

This is Daniela cousin Jae with the before...

... and after. Yum!

Max also had some of that delicious picanha and got to spend a lot of quality time with Daniela's cousins kids too

Here's a nice picture of Daniela with her cousin and Amy.

Here's Amy after a big meal about to go into a food coma trying to play with Max.

Here's a nice picture of all the kids. From left to right Daniel, Amy, Max and Matthew. Amy is Matthew and Daniel's cousin.

Happy Black Friday Everyone

2008-11-28T15:51:00.008-05:00

I told myself that I wouldn't but sure enough at 6:30am I was amongst hundred of other courageous parents at Toys R Us. It wasn't that bad, lines were long but very fast. Plenty of people to help me find things. Here are some of Max's cool new toys that daddy picked up at bargain prices.

Max kick'n it on the new picnic table just chilling and check up on his friends blogs on his new laptop.

Max was too busy updating his profile on Facebook to look at the camera.

"Finally! All done. Now I just have to wait for all the hot chicks to accept my friend requests."

Max also got a hot new ride to take his dates on. This is an actual 6v Kawasaki Power Wheel ATV. You push a little red button and off you go. This toy is one bad mamma jamma.

Coming soon... Max's ATV Adventures videos.

Winterized and Ready to Go

2008-11-23T20:31:00.004-05:00

Max now has his full fledged winter gear in order and is ready to brave whatever comes his way.

Mr. Telephone Man

2008-11-17T23:43:00.003-05:00

It seems like Daniela teaches Max a cool new trick every day. This is my favorite so far. One day he started to pick up the telephone whenever you said "hello?" to him. It's the cutest thing. He's got a ton of other cute things that he's done but as you know, as soon as you finally find the camera, the moment is over. Anyways, as you can see he's doing great... laughing, giggling, screaming, drooling and walking all day long. As usual, please turn up the volume on your computer to fully enjoy the video.

Max on the move!!

2008-11-17T22:33:00.002-05:00

Max has recently started to walk, which makes it VERY difficult to take good pics and it's exahusting chasing him around. So I've resorted to video for the time being. This video shows his progressions from 4 steps to many many wobbly steps. As always, please turn up your volume to enjoy this video to it fullest.

Shenandoah National Park

2008-11-02T09:39:00.005-05:00

We couldn't think of a better way to spend a gorgeous Saturday like yesterday anywhere else except at Shenandoah National Park.

Max's First Piggy Back Ride.

2008-11-02T09:32:00.004-05:00

Peek-a-boo

Good habits start early.

2008-11-02T09:15:00.003-05:00

I hope it's true cause Max loves to brush his teeth. We even got him an adult brush for him to play with and he loves it.

Max's cousins come to visit us in DC

2008-11-02T08:46:00.003-05:00

Shortly after we got back from Canada, Max's cousins Cadee and Charis came to visit us in DC. So we went to the Natural History Museum and hung out at home and Max got to see his cousins for a full week.

Max modeling his new present from auntie Angela

2008-10-11T22:07:00.006-04:00

Max is modeling his new jacket from Roots 73 (a popular Canadian store). Thanks Angela. By the way the "R" stands for rice not Roots.

International Max

2008-10-11T09:46:00.009-04:00

Max has just completed a trip to his second international country. So far at the ripe age of 10 months, he has been to the Dominican Republic and now Canada (America's hat). We drove 11 hours to get up there for him to see his only cousins, Charis (3 yrs old) and Cadee (4 months old). We had a great time in Toronto.

The drive up was fun and beautiful with the leaves changing and Toronto is one of the best cities to visit. However our ride back wasn't as fun (Driving at night with a cranky baby through crappy Pennsylvania roads is not recommended. In fact avoid all of PA if you can). Anyways here are some pics of Max and his cousins.

Playtime with the Allen's

2008-09-27T21:12:00.005-04:00

Open Receiver

2008-09-27T21:06:00.003-04:00

Lucy - "Hey uncle Greg... I'm open, pass it to me!!!! I'm open!!!"

Lucy - "... thanks for nothing uncle Greg."

The Battle... for the Backyardigans ball!

2008-09-27T20:21:00.011-04:00

Ding! Ding!... Fight!

Lucy's there first but Max is coming in for the grab...

Uh oh... Lucy takes notice of Max's move and quickly get in position for her next move.

Lucy throws in her signature "Forearm Leg Sweep" without any hesitation.

Max tries to dodge the deadly strike, but Lucy is too fast...

Max is a tough competitor but he had no chance against the older and walking Lucy...

Down he goes!

And, your winner... Lucy Katherine!

A Day In the Park...

2008-09-27T19:47:00.002-04:00

XOXOXO

2008-09-26T10:55:00.000-04:00

Smooch... smooch.

I heart u...

"Hello handsome..."

The Champ!

2008-09-25T17:25:00.003-04:00

Here's a picture of me and Max getting ready for our morning jog. I found a fun 2 mile stretch around our new home and "The Champ" was ready for a real workout... sitting on his butt in his stroller.

This is from another picture that I found after I zoomed into it but here you can see all of his pearly white.

Fun Filled Weekend at the Zoo and Cox Farms

2008-09-22T10:45:00.021-04:00

Over the gorgeous weekend, we maximized every last bit of the final days of Summer. On Saturday we went to the Zoo and Max got to see elephants, gorillas, lions, tigers, turtles, and alligators, etc. He didn't care too much for anything except for the animals behind glass enclosures that he would bang on.

These pics are from Cox Farms in Chantilly. It was a lot better than I would have thought a farm could be but basically Max had a killer time on the slides, seeing the animals up close and personal, and posing in some fun pics.

Max meets his first goat.

Cow #1

Cow #2

Pigs #1-6

Max goes to Oz with mommy... and meets...

Some familiar characters and ...

Maxwell Alexandorothy Lee, III

With gas prices on the rise, public transportation not only saves money but it's good for the environment. Thank you for helping save the world Max.

This is our new family van... as you know the economy sucks right now and we've had to downsize.

Whee!

Yahoo!

This thing was a little scary but it was pretty fun for a slide at a farm.

Here's Max with the Tarry's who showed us a great time on the farm.

A fun filled day in DC!

2008-09-14T21:52:00.014-04:00

Saturday morning we went to the Eastern Market to have breakfast. We had Blue Buck pancakes, bacon, a Mexicano omelet with potatoes and toast. And it was fantastic... especially the bacon.

Then we went cruising around in Max's new stroller...

Then it was mommy's turn to push Max around.

We eventually made it out to the Natural History Museum... it was PACKED!!!! Good thing the new stroller was so nimble. We got the B.O.B Revolution with the 12" wheels in the back not the 16" and it's fantastic for anyone that cares.

We found a little alcove to hide and had a chance to take a picture with mommy.... Enough rest... on to the exhibits!

"Hey daddy, did you see THAT! The cat and the bird and the brown unicorn with the double horns... WoW!!!"

Here we are with America's dirt... Yawn...

That sword fish eye is about as big as Max's head.

Here's Max petting his pet primate... how cute... and a little disturbing.

"... uh... mom... there's a big scary fish behind you... let's get out of here..."

Just around the corner... Max find's himself locked eye to eye with a Great White Shark... The only words Max could think of as he soiled his diaper was, "Oh, snap..."

He wastes no time and makes a mad dash to his escape. That was close.

Max's Bootie Dance... Turn Up Your Volume For This One!

2008-09-13T21:09:00.004-04:00

Hanging out with auntie Marcela at the pool

2008-09-07T10:43:00.003-04:00

Labor Day family fun

2008-09-07T10:05:00.005-04:00

Here's Andrew, Daniela's cousin, holding Max. I think it was his first time holding a baby. As you can imagine judging by his technique, it was certainly his last time holding Max.

Chill'n with his feet up pool side.

Here's mommy and aunt Marcela doing a Wrigley Doublemint gum commercial.

Mommy and aunt Marcela... ooh la la.

Starting clockwise from Daniela, Max, Uncle Pastor Chang, David, Andrew, Great Grandma, Great Grandpa enjoying a nice poolside barbeque.

Maxwell and Friends in B & W

2008-09-01T22:53:00.004-04:00

Summer Jobs

2008-09-01T21:40:00.005-04:00

During Max's time off from the blog, he didn't have much to do so he tried out out a few odd jobs to fill his time.

Here's Max working hard as a parking attendant at a local concert venue.

Parking cars got boring so Max became a groupie at the concerts... but quit when he found out it paid nothing. He also didn't like what he heard happens to groupies backstage.

So he went back to parking cars at night.

I think he was trying to be a crossing guard here... I hope that rattle on the floor wasn't the reason why he quit...

Then he dabbled into religion. Arch Bishop Maxwell is conductiong the opening prayer here.

Eventually he said "A B C D E... F-it!" He realized that there's nothing better than talking about himself and showing off on his very own blog..!

Fun at our new home in Fairfax

2008-09-01T09:08:00.005-04:00

We recently moved to the Reserve at Fairfax Corner and it's been fun. We are directly attached to Fairfax Corner where Max enjoys his stroller rides and where daddy love to drink coffee and walk around REI. Max is absolutely entralled by the fountain there and loves to people watch while eating his Cheerios. Here are some pics from the past couple of weeks here.

Max loves this fountain. We stood there for 5 minutes trying to get Max to look at the camera but to no avail... so this was the best shot that we could get.

We're here with Alivia and Caitlin and their parents along with Jinny and Jake enjoying a nice evening out.

There's a Rio Grande here which is one of our favorite spots to hang out and Max got thirsty and decided that he wanted a cool sip of some of mommy's Pacifico beer.

After a minute or two, Max started to feel it and eventually got hammered. This picture also reminds me of Jud from our office who make the exact same face when he's hammered.

As always, the good times came to an abrupt halt when Max saw the patio circling and felt like blowing chunks.

I'm BACK!!! Nice try Google, but I'm too darn cute to keep off the Internet.

2008-08-30T22:00:00.002-04:00

After over a month of non (blog) existence, I am back everyone. I've missed you all. Some know the story but others may not know why I've falled of the face of the internet. My daddy erased what he thought was a fresh gmail account and deleted my blog and a bunch of other accounts along with it.

Oh well, no hard feelings Google or daddy I'm sure it was an honest mistake. But when I grow up and engage a hostile takeover of Google, don't be surprise to hear me say "Remember when you erased maxlee3.blogspot.com!" to Larry and Sergey.

So it's nice to finally be back and now, as usual, here are some pics while I was gone...

Hello everybody... remember me?

During my time off, I thought I'd get out and live a little...

Daddy sold his condo in Lorton and we moved to a new home in Fairfax. Here's me helping daddy with the packing for the move.

Well now that we're all settled in, my daddy's obsessive photography hobby will be back in full force. I missed you all and I'm so happy to be back. Bye for now.