The Brown Brick Road

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Friday Favorite

Today’s Friday Favorite are, of course, Maxwell’s shoes.  His awesome Robeez shoes.  They’re easy to get on his feet but hard for him to get off!  After walking all over Crestline Village last week to find and retrieve a missing sock, I’m sure Supernanny Susan’s favorite thing about the shoes is that they keep his socks on!

These shoes are supposedly good for developing little feet.  There are actually some interesting facts about babies’ feet on the Robeez/Stride Rite site.  Did you know that babies’ feet don’t have arches? Arches don’t start to develop until 2 years old.  Fascinating, huh?  And babies’ feet perspire two times more than adults?  I had no idea!  Now you’ve learned something new today.  You’re welcome.

As you’ve already seen, Maxwell owns these super cute firetruck shoes…

And he also has these adorable puppy dog ones (these are a little different with a harder sole)…

And I just bought him these fantastic “running” shoes…

I debated about these sandals for the summer but can’t decide if they’re cute or just nerdy…thoughts?

Maybe he just needs some cool California slip-ons…surfs’s up!

And I think these are a must to go golfing with Dad!

And he definitely should get these in honor of Daddo!

And these?  these just make me laugh…

To be clear, he doesn’t own all these shoes…only the first 3 pairs!  Don’t worry, I’m not going to turn him into a shoe addict like me!  I do love that there are some cute boy footwear options though.

Here’s Maxwell in his puppy dog shoes looking sharp…and very grown up.  Where’s my baby?

And look what he wore for the first time yesterday!  Blue jeans!  Yep, my little boy wore his first pair of jeans…he really is too cool for school!

I think he liked them too!

Stay tuned for some exciting stuff next week – 7 month pictures (7 months?! time flies!), “action” photos of some serious rolling over fun, and whatever else the week brings.  I know you can hardly wait!  🙂

Have a great weekend!!

Look at me!

Look at me!  I’m cool like Dad!

Hey!  who turned out the lights?

That’s better!

Now let me show you some of my many faces…most of these are made while I’m grunting, shrieking, and woo-wooing!

Ok, I’m done being cute now…

Done.

Just done.

Ok, one more just for you Momma!

Guess who ate some peas yesterday?!  They’re still not his favorite but at least he didn’t gag like before!  Progress!

Tastes like chicken!

So, what did Maxwell do next?

Granddad wins this one!  He said “I bet that he took one shoe off and put it in his mouth!”  Well…he didn’t take one off but he definitely put it in his mouth!!

He bit…

and chewed…

and gnawed…

and even licked a little!

I can’t say I blame him.  Leather and new shoes have always been my favorite smells…and sometimes they just smell so good you want to eat them!

Don’t worry, his fire truck shoes survived the gummy attack.  They were just a little slobbery…

He just wants to put everything in his mouth these days…including pears and green beans!  Yep, after a rocky start, pears and green beans are back on the menu.  We’re still working on peas though.

I also have an “Operation Crib Nap” update.  After abandoning the operation for several weeks, we tried again yesterday and Maxwell did GREAT!  He took two fantastic naps in his crib with very little fussing at all.  Hooray!  I don’t know why I was pushing it so hard before – I think this just proves he wasn’t ready.  We have had his swing in his room for the past few weeks so he has gotten used to going into his room for every nap.  Maybe that helped?  I don’t really know but I’m very encouraged by his sleeping today.  Let’s hope he keeps it up!

If the shoe fits….

Wear it for the first time!

Look who’s wearing shoes!!  Awesome, super-cute, fire truck shoes!

These shoes were actually a gift and have been sitting in his closet since he was born.  I’m so happy he can finally fit into them!  The best part about them?  they keep his socks on!  Maxwell REALLY wasn’t sure what to make of these odd things on his feet…

What IS this thing on my foot?

There’s one on this foot too!?

Maybe I can pull it off like I pull off my socks every day…

Hmmm…this thing won’t budge!

I guess these will be on my feet forever?

I then told Maxwell that the shoes would not be on his feet forever and that he actually looked VERY cute in his new footwear.  That made him happy…

and then I’m going to give you all one guess as to what he did next!

Guess away in the comments (GJ and Robert – you can’t guess, you already know!)  Tune in tomorrow to find out…

Visitors!

Earlier this week we had a lunch time visit from Lu Lu and Granddad!  Unfortunately we didn’t get a picture of Lu Lu but we got some good ones of Maxwell and his Granddad…

3 generations of Browns!

Food update – Squash is a hit!  I think he liked them as much as sweet potatoes.  Maybe Maxwell only likes orange foods?  Carrots are this afternoon so we’ll test the theory.  Supernanny Susan also got him to eat bananas.  hooray!  The boy can’t live on sweet potatoes alone!