The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

A trip down south

Last weekend, Robert, Maxwell and I loaded up the car and headed an hour south to see the fam in Montgomery.  Maxwell was itching to visit LuLu and Granddaddy and Robert had a date with a 3 year old little girl.  Very important reasons to head down!

Luckily Maxwell slept the whole ride down…

got lots of good squeezes from LuLu when we arrived in Montgomery…

and had all sorts of fun new toys to play with!

It was a GORGEOUS day…

Yep, that says 75 degrees in January! Robert and I took the baby over to the nearby park where we thoroughly enjoyed the sunshine…

After all the fun strolling, Maxwell and Robert had to take a little time-out to rest and chew on their hand…

Did you know Robert’s a funny guy?  He is.  Makes me laugh every day.  Love him.

That night, Robert had a big date with his niece, Anna.  Anna and her sister Katie had plans to go to the Daddy Daughter dance at the country club.  However, there’s 2 of them and only 1 Daddy.  So, Robert gladly stepped in to play substitute Daddy.  Here’s everyone all dolled up and ready to go….

The back row looks a little more excited about the dance than the front row.  Perhaps Ronnie didn’t yet know that Miley Cyrus would be played by the DJ?  or that there would be as many heart shaped sugar cookies as he could eat?  Had he known that, I’m sure he would have had a smile as big as his brother’s!!  🙂

The girls boogied, twirled and shook their way all around the dance floor with Uncle Robert.  Meanwhile, I hung out with Jenny, Mary Beth, LuLu and my long lost friend, Pinot Grigio.  Definitely a good time for all involved!

We had a great trip and can’t wait to see everyone again soon!

GJ!

We were lucky enough to have a quick visit from GJ this week!

Maxwell loved the extra snuggles…

and I loved having someone to watch Maxwell while I hosted my Bunco group!

It was a great night with some fun girls!  Plus, GJ had Maxwell snoozing away while we partied!  the best!

Couch Potato

This is how Maxwell likes to spend his Sundays…lounging on the couch in his sweats.  Good thing he got this cute sweat suit for Christmas!

Mr. Monkey provided some entertainment…

And a good time was had by all!

Thanks for the outfit Dodo!

I have to include this next photo because it’s such a good shot of his yummy chubby cheeks!

Hope we have lots of lazy Sundays together Maxwell!

A new cousin!

Maxwell has a new cousin!  Yesterday my brother, Keath, and his wife, Jen, had a baby boy!  Delaney is a big sister!!

Nathaniel Parker Patterson
Born at 1:00pm on 1.4.11
8 lbs, 20 inches long

They’re going to call him Nate.  He had a little trouble breathing on his own when he was first born so he had to be hooked up to lots of tubes…but he’s going to be just fine.  Here he is just a few hours old…

Such a sweet face!  I’ll post more pics without the oxygen tubes when my brother sends them.

Needless to say, cousin Maxwell is thrilled….

We can’t wait to meet him!

Christmas recap, part 3

Ok, this is the last Christmas post, I promise…but it’s a doozy.  Lots of pictures to round out the week so let’s get to it.

On Thursday night my brother, Keath, arrived along with his wife, Jen (who’s pregnant with number 2!) and their super cute 19 month old, Delaney.  I don’t think Delaney stood still for more than 2 seconds all weekend long…and she didn’t stop chattering for more than 2 seconds either!  This little tornado of fun was just too cute chatting everyone up.  You can only understand about every 10th word but whatever she’s saying is VERY important…and she talks with her hands for lots of emphasis!  I’m not sure how my baby niece became such a big girl overnight but she’s just too much!!

Delaney in a rare moment of stillness…

This was Keath, Jen and Delaney’s first time to meet Maxwell in person.  Delaney wasn’t so sure about this little person stealing some of her attention…

But Maxwell sure liked Delaney!

My brother decided to get a little practice holding two babies.  Delaney still wasn’t convinced about this whole baby thing however.  Look at her giving him the eye!  🙂

Keath sure liked holding two at once though!  Good thing because he’s going to have two as of January 4!

Delaney taking a little more time to check out Maxwell…

Maxwell didn’t have a problem with anyone though!  He was a happy camper as long as someone was giving him attention, especially Uncle Keath!

Delaney finally decided she’d be better off in her mom’s lap far away from the baby!  🙂

We tried to get everyone to play together, but it usually just ended up like this…

Luckily there were plenty of people around to entertain the little ones.  Robert and Delaney had some fun with the train…

and I had fun with my little guy.

After a Feliz Navidad taco feast on Christmas Eve, we all tucked away snug in our beds ready for Christmas Day!  Not surprisingly, our little guy couldn’t stand the excitement and had us up bright and early Christmas morning!

Posing in front of the tree at the crack of dawn in his pj’s…

(by the way, we’ve totally mastered the bumbo!)

Delaney was up bright and early as well looking cute in her Christmas dress…

both coming and going!  🙂

We then had a nutritious breakfast of sugar…what else do you eat on Christmas morning? and, yes, we found a Starbucks that was open!

After that, we got ready for the Christmas day fun to begin!

Attempting to get a photo of Delaney and Maxwell together proved difficult.  It started with a Mexican standoff…

We finally convinced Delaney to sit next to Maxwell and she was being so sweet…

But I still didn’t get a great picture of them together.  This will have to do!

We did capture this though and I’m so happy!  One of my favorite pics from the week!

I think seeing Maxwell in his Bumbo made Delaney nostalgic for her baby days so she decided to kick it in the bumbo too…

It was all fun and games until she got stuck and couldn’t get out.

She then thought she’d see if she can still fit in the play seat…

She can’t!  🙂

Just as we were getting ready to open presents, we had a little visit from Santa!!!  (aka Keath!)

Delaney was SO excited!!

Maxwell wasn’t so sure about Santa at first…

But then decided he was alright!

After a few more hugs for Delaney…

Santa blew a kiss and headed off on his way!

We then got down to the fun of opening presents!  This pile was mine and Robert’s stash alone!  woohoo!

Everyone must have been very good this year!  Amongst the gifts, Delaney got a stroller…

and some awesome pink converse from her Aunt Stephie!

Susu got new earrings…

Daddo got some Ugg slippers…

and Robert got a new sweater.

Jen just relaxed and took it all in…

While Maxwell enjoyed the excitement from Dad’s lap…

and had a little snack!

Maxwell also got lots of fun toys and some big boy clothes too!

The most fun present of all?  The one that told us that Delaney’s new sibling will be a boy!!  Oh Boy!!

I got an awesome new 85mm camera lens and had fun snapping pics of everyone with it, including Daddo…

After a delicious Christmas dinner we finally got to the best part of the meal…

That’s pecan, apple and chocolate (my personal fave) homemade by GJ.  YUM!

After pie we sat around and admired Susu’s new glasses!

Robert got in on the action too…

Maxwell passed on the 3D glasses in exchange for some laughs with GJ…

Overall it was a FANTASTIC Christmas!  Sadly, we had to say goodbye on Sunday, but not before one last good GJ hug!!

And that’s all folks!  If you’re still reading, thanks for sticking with me!  I know it’s a lot of pictures but I just wanted to document Maxwell’s first ho ho holiday!

We hope you had a great Christmas sweet boy!