The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

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!

His future’s so bright…

He’s gotta wear shades.  really, really cute shades!!

Are you dying yet?  and laughing out loud?  I can barely handle the cuteness and think they are so funny!  GJ visited this weekend and brought Maxwell these awesome sunglasses.  They totally protect his eyes, can be worn with either side up and have a head strap so they won’t get lost.  Genius!  We love them and we love GJ!

We had a FANTASTIC weekend.  GJ, Maxwell and I hit up lots of fun stores and got Maxwell all ready for spring and summer with lots of new clothes.  GJ then very nicely babysat Saturday night while Robert and I went out to dinner (Chez Fon Fon – yum!) and then she babysat again Sunday morning so we could go to church.  But the nicest thing GJ did?  Help me work in the yard!  We got tons and tons of weeds pulled and things are looking good out there!

What else did we do this weekend?  We fed Maxwell fruits and vegetables for the first time!  We now know he LOVES sweet potatoes and HATES pears…I mean HATES pears.  It was honestly funny to watch him try to eat the pears…there was plenty of gagging going on!  I think we’ll move onto other fruits and leave the pears alone!

Here are some more pics of our cool little dude in his glasses…

This picture cracks me up…

Pucker up buttercup…

Checking out Robert’s newly organized and super clean storage shed!

Playing with GJ’s face…

Just being cool and letting his cheeks hang out…

I simply don’t think it gets any cuter than this…

Thanks for all your help this weekend, GJ!  Come back real soon!!

Rice Cereal!

Even though babies were fed rice cereal after only 2 weeks back in the day :), we waited 6 long months to give Maxwell his first taste of “solid” food.  I think he liked it!  I think he also liked the spoon just as much and would have eaten that too if we had let him.  He wasn’t quite so sure what to do with it all at first but he quickly got the hang of it and ate the whole bowl. He is definitely going to be a good eater I think!

Of course I documented the whole thing with my camera…we also recorded it on our Flip.  Yep, first time parents here!

Yum! Yum!

Play Group Fun!

Yesterday afternoon was a gorgeous 65 degrees so we had a few friends over to play in the backyard.

Here’s Maxwell enjoying the sunshine and getting ready for his friends to arrive…

And here’s some of the other cuties that came to play!

And one more of my cutie just because…

Maxwell was the youngest in the group by 2 months but I think he loved watching the “big kids”.  Hopefully we can get together with these friends every week!

One more thing – We had such a nice, clean yard to play in because Supernanny Susan had gone out there and mowed the entire thing to pick up all the leaves and sticks.  She really is the BEST!