The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

A great Thanksgiving

Maxwell had a very nice first Thanksgiving.  Robert and I packed up the car and the 3 of us headed down to Montgomery for the night.  Maxwell got to meet his Great Aunt Betty and Great Uncle Don for the first time as they drove down from Huntsville.  We had quite a feast and lots of good conversation.

Maxwell looking cute in his courdory Thanksgiving outfit…too bad it was 75 degrees that day!

I think he liked his little frog jumper despite the heat…

Hanging with Granddaddy…

and sitting with Lou Lou checking out his very favorite thing in the world, the ceiling fan!

Getting lots of attention as always…

Kicking it with Aunt Betty….

and Uncle Don.

Looking well fed just like we all were that day!  🙂

We stuck around Montgomery on Friday to watch the Iron Bowl – Alabama v. Auburn.  While the first half of the game was great, the second half was not so great with a disappointing AL loss by one point.  Oh well, there’s always next year!

Game day!

Lou Lou showing Maxwell how to say Roll Tide!

Good friends William and Garman came to watch the game…

and Aunt Mary Beth and Uncle Holland were there too.

I think this is how we all felt during the first half of the game…

and this is how we felt at the end.  blah.

Despite the AL loss, it was a great Thanksgiving.  We have so much to be thankful for, especially our happy, smiley, coo-ing little guy!!

More visitors!

Another successful night of sleep last night.  My new mantra is swaddle, swaddle, swaddle!  Another favorite saying is “sleep begets sleep.”  The better and longer Maxwell sleeps during the day, the better and longer he sleeps at night.  I’ve learned that he can have about one hour of “wakefulness” and then he needs to go back to sleep.  I know these periods of staying awake will get longer and longer the older he gets, but, as of now, an hour is about the max for Max!  🙂  If I can get him to sleep for some good naps during the day, we have much better nights!

On to other topics!  Last week Maxwell got to meet some more of his family on Robert’s side.  Lou Lou’s cousin, Nancy Ellis and her husband Charlie came over from Huntsville for a quick visit along with their daughter Melissa and her two boys, Nate and Yohannes.  We’re so glad they were able to stop by!

Meeting Nancy Ellis…

Hannie just being cute…

and Nate just being cute…with a tight grip on Charlie’s finger!

It was a great day.  Maxwell got lots of attention…

and loved getting to meet his “cousins”!  Nate wasn’t quite so sure about this baby thing…

but Hannie couldn’t get enough of Maxwell!

Robert and Hannie had a good talk about how Santa gets down that chimney…

and cheese balls were enjoyed by (almost) all!

A good day all around!

Friday Favorite

Happy Friday!  Today’s Friday Favorite is the Twilight Turtle.  It’s so cool and I seriously kind of want one for my own bedroom!  The turtle illuminates the ceiling of your room with tons of shining stars and makes it seem like you’re gazing up at the night sky.  It’s the perfect light for late night feedings – just bright enough to see what you’re doing but not so bright that it will wake the baby up.  I think it will make the best nightlight in the future as well.  It’s even on a timer so it goes off automatically after 45 minutes.  It really is SO neat and I can’t say enough good things about it.  We love our Twilight Turtle!

Twilight Turtle

Our Twilight Turtle was a gift from some of Robert’s parent’s friends.  Speaking of Robert’s parents, they got to visit last weekend!

Maxwell being his usual charming self…

Snuggles from Lou Lou!

Have a great weekend!

2 Months Old!!

Maxwell turned 2 months old on Saturday!  Our happy little guy is smiling all the time and has Robert and I wrapped around his little finger.  He’s starting to interact with some of his toys and definitely responds to our voices and silly faces.  He’s coo-ing and “talking” up a storm.  Robert and I find ourselves just staring at him every day in awe of the fact that we made this adorable little boy.  We sure do love him!

I had a really hard time narrowing down his 2 month photos…so I’m just going to include a bunch, some big and some small.

2 months old!

Can you see why I was surprised he’s only up to 11 lbs, 15 oz?  Look at my little chubster!

Just hanging with my friend, Little Al.

Happy…

Happier…

Happiest!

Little baby, big chair…

“Ok, Mom.  I’ll give you a few more smiles and then this has to stop…I’ve got things to do!”

“You’re clearly not listening to me.  Looks like I’ll be here a while…might as well lean back and get comfy!”

“She’s still not stopping with that camera!  Maybe if I hide behind Little Al she’ll think I’ve disappeared…”

“Let’s take a little peak and see if she’s still there…”

“Still there!  I know what will get her to stop…the pouty lip!”

Ok, Maxwell.  I’ll stop.  But you can’t blame me for taking so many pictures when you’re just this cute…

Happy 2 months sweet boy!  We love you!

To compare how much he’s grown in a month…check these out!  1 month photos

It’s black, it’s white

First, happy birthday to my cousin Amy yesterday! Amy is one of my most loyal blog readers and commenters and we are all hoping she had a fabulous birthday!

Second, I was taking some photos of Maxwell last week in his cute whale onesie and captured these two shots that I just love. I can’t decide if I like them better in color or black & white though. What do you think?

Photo 1…

and Photo 2…

So…what’s your opinion? color? or black & white?

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