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December 2, 2013

Oh boy!  What a fun holiday weekend we had.  So much to report on so let’s get started!  First up, Thanksgiving!  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with the Brown side of the family.  We headed down to Montgomery on Thursday morning and had fun getting to see everyone.

The cousins had fun playing together…

tgiving

and watching Dumbo.

dumbo

Maxwell was dealing with a bit of static electricity in his hair all day.  It didn’t bother him…

static

but it sure made us laugh!

Ronnie was all decked out to cut the turkey…

ronnie

and then we all enjoyed a delicious meal!

tgiving

After lunch everyone hung out and watched a little football.  Spencer didn’t care much for the game but he did like the cheerleaders!  🙂

dallas cowboys cheerleaders

ha!  We spent the night in Montgomery.  Spencer napped and slept like a champ.  Maxwell did not sleep like a champ.  Not surprising.  On Friday morning, Robert had to go into work for a bit so I took the boys up to the Montgomery Zoo which was fantastic!

zoo

We got to see the elephants, ride the train

train

and Maxwell even fed a giraffe!

zoo

so fun!  After lunch we got to see Mary Beth and Holland – as well as River and Zelda – before heading back to Birmingham.  Spencer loved seeing the dogs with Robert…

dogs

Maxwell and I happily waved at them from inside!  🙂

We drove back and Maxwell thankfully did this the whole trip…

sleeping

He woke up right as we pulled into town and excitedly asked if it was Christmas yet?!  🙂  Not quite…but we did make it look like Christmas at home that night!  See you all tomorrow with more weekend scoop!

happy thanksgiving

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Too quick

November 21, 2013

We had a special visitor!

gj

gj

But, like always, her visits are too quick.  Come back soon, GJ!  These two boys miss you!

gj

Have a great day!

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More Party!

October 25, 2013

After plenty of visiting, it was time for lunch and cake.  Lunch was some pork and turkey from the newly opened Urban Cookhouse in Crestline as well as some rice and green beans made by me and deviled eggs made by GJ.  The cake?  The cake was by Olexa’s and it was just as good as it always is!

cake

See that one cupcake with orange icing?  A special request from my orange loving 3 year old!

party

Thanks for getting that awesome picture GJ!

Spencey didn’t know what was coming but he was excited anyway!

cake

Luckily he had big brother to help him blow out that candle!

cake

We put the cake in front of him and he took a few little bites at first…

cake

but it didn’t take him long to really dig in…

cake

and then start double fisting!

cake

Yep, I’d say he was a big fan of the cake!  yay!

cake

Meanwhile, everyone else was enjoying the cupcakes…

cupcakes

and Maxwell gave his orange one a big thumbs up!

cake

After cake came presents!  Well, actually after cake came a bath for Spencer but then presents!  Not surprisingly, Spencer had a lot of help from Maxwell when opening his gifts…

presents

Poor baby hardly got to touch anything at first!  But, he got himself up in there and got his hands on those toys!

gifts

Thank you everyone for all the sweet gifts!  Toys, books, bath toys…it’s good to be Spencer (and Spencer’s big brother!) these days!  After presents, the big kids headed outside to play.  I peeked out there and saw these three stooges up to all kinds of adventures…

three stooges

and even though Spencey had new fun toys inside, all he wanted to do was get outside with the big kids!

birthday boy

The birthday boy gets what he wants so outside he went! And he even got pushed around by all the big kids!

car

car

I’d say it was a pretty good day for Mr. Spencer!  Thanks again to all the family that made the trip!  We loved having you here to help us celebrate!

birthday boy

Happy Birthday Spencer!

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a Party!

October 24, 2013

For Spencer’s first birthday we had a little family birthday party, just like we did for Maxwell – here and here.

invite

Decorations were easy with wrapping baby and balloons…

decorations party 1st

and a display of all of his monthly photos!  I loved looking at them all together to see how he’s changed…

12 month photos

We tried to get Spencer to wear the 1 crown…

1 crown

but that lasted about 2 seconds before big brother snatched it off his head!

crown

Crown or not, the birthday boy loved having everyone over to celebrate his big day!

family photo

Not so sure how he felt about that choke hold!  🙂  Still, he got plenty of loving from everyone…

birthday boy

1st party

1st party

high five

boys

spb 1st party

Maxwell loved getting to play with Katie and Anna…especially when Katie nicely agreed to play fire trucks!

katie and anna

and Maxwell also loved getting to do his favorite activity – jumping on GJ!

jump on GJ

While I think everyone enjoyed getting to visit for a while…

visit

visit

I know they were all ready for cake!  Especially Spencey!  Come back tomorrow for some major baby cake face!  🙂

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Prelude to a party

October 23, 2013

On Sunday of last weekend we had a little family party for this birthday boy…

hat

Things got a little crazy!  ha!  Not really, but we did have fun! Lots of party pictures to come but, before the party, we had a fun weekend.  Spencer got a present from Mrs. Susan…

present

Jack in the Box!

present

Robert got his belated birthday present when we got to go to to the AL/AR game while GJ and Daddo kept the boys!

bama

We had a great time and even got to sit in the President’s Box thanks to Ronnie.

bama

VIP ya’ll!  It was really cool and we didn’t even care that the game wasn’t a game at all.  Alabama 54, Arkansas 0!  Roll Tide!

We finished the weekend with a present for Maxwell – GJ brought him a kit to make a Woody Pumpkin!

woody pumpkin

(please look at Spencey on his tip toes trying so hard to get up there and help!)

woody pumpkin

Howdy!  See you tomorrow with party pics!

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