We recently attended the family reunion of Jen's mother's family in North Carolina. As part of the trip we visited Biltmore, apparently the largest house in America, on which one of the Vanderbilt grandchildren squandered his entire fortune. The place is insanely immense and involved a lot of stairs, so to get Max around we needed a non-stroller primary mechanism. The cool thing about our Beco baby carrier is that it's not just a front-loader but can be swung around to go on the back. Hence these various shots of Max doing the Yoda thing on Jen's back. (We tried it on me first but apparently I'm too big so Max had trouble seeing around me at the crazy giant house and got cranky.)


Oh, wait, that's not Max. let's try that again...

Biltmore is really big:


With lots of stairs...


Max did good though.


Surveying the scene with a dispassionate eye:


...and deciding he is pleased. I swear, at this point he can whip out this insanely cute expression out any time he wants it.


Reaching out for Daddy:


And generally just happy to be part of the team. (This is after we put up the head covering part of the carrier to A) not burn his bald little scalp in the bright sun, and B) help him doze off as he was getting pretty tired by this point):