The Brown Brick Road

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Weekend roundup

What a great weekend! What all went down? Well…

Samantha took her first “real bath”…

bath

and looked really, really cute…

skb

and did a little tummy time for the first time!

tummy time

Also love this pic in black and white that I put on IG…

tummy time

We had a visit from Lulu and Granddaddy to bring Valentine surprises…

lulu

We played tiger…

tiger

We opened more Valentine goodies – Batman and TMNJ books!

valentine

We played in the playroom (well, the boys did while I got to escape the house ALONE and go to to Target! Best Valentine’s gift ever!)…

playroom

We went out to a Valentine lunch where Samantha did her arm exercises in her sleep…

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What up?

skb

We enjoyed the beautiful weather in the backyard…

outside

The boys went to church…

church

and we just had a great weekend all around! Hope you did too! See you tomorrow!

Be Mine!

We’ve been celebrating Valentine’s Day early around here. The boys don’t have school today so they both had their school Valentine party on Wednesday. We made our cards last weekend and what kind did we make?

masks

Big cats of course!  🙂  I was so proud of Maxwell for writing all of the wording on his cards. He then drew some cats on his and Spencer’s and then we just made color copies and tied them to the different masks.

Maxwell’s…

valentines

valentines

and Spencer’s…

valentines

valentines

Cute…and candy free! 🙂  I didn’t know Valentine’s Day was basically Halloween 2.0 until the boys got into school and came home with tons and tons of candy. They obviously love it!

On Wednesday, the boys wore their red and Samantha wore her pink, of course!

samantha

Maxwell had a great time at his school party and even ate some McDonald’s chicken nuggets. shocker! Love this picture of him with Mrs. Kathy…

mbb and mrs. kathy

and here’s my whole crew after school!

valentine

When we got home, we went through all the loot and goodies! They scored big!

valentine

valentines

valentines

While Robert will always “be mine”, we both know Valentine’s Day is all about the kids now and I’m so happy to have these 3 little Valentines!

valentines

My heart could burst! Happy Valentine’s Day!

 

 

Doctor, busted lip, and a Sunday stroll

First, Samantha had her 2 week check-up yesterday and is up to 7lbs, 13oz! She’s obviously a good eater! That puts her in the 75th % for weight. She’s 20.5 inches long now which puts her in the 50th-75th % for height. Head circumference is 14. Growing girl!

dr 2 wk

dr 2 wk

She had to get her heel pricked which she didn’t like at all but, we survived.

Tuesday was kind of a rough day. We had some carpet installers here and their banging and staple guns meant Samantha did more of this…

cry

than this.

sleep

Then Maxwell slipped getting out of the bath and ended up with a very fat lip!

fat lip

Poor guy.

But, we’re still making it fine. Let’s focus on something fun like the Sunday Stroll we took last weekend.  The boys had on their glasses and were ready to go!

glasses

Our walk ended up being way longer than we anticipated but it was gorgeous weather and we were all happy for the fresh air. Spencer insisted on walking – or actually jogging – the entire way only getting in the stroller when we made him. He probably walked 2 miles!

stroll

He also bit it about 6 times but he’d just get up, wipe his hands off and keep going! This kid is tough…and cute!

stroll

Samantha enjoyed it all from the sling – her first ride in it!

stroll

Here’s to better days and many more pretty afternoon strolls!

Sweetheart

Maxwell is SO sweet with Samantha. He just wants to rub his cheek on her cheek and pat her head and give her little hugs and kisses all the time. He’s frankly frustrated that she sleeps so much because he wants to be able to play with her whenever he wants! The way he talks to her is precious too – “Hi sweetheart. Hey sweetie. Hi sweet pea.” Such a good big brother.

These pictures are from when Samantha was just about 5 days old….

mbb skb

mbb skb

He just loves to love on her.

mbb skb

mbb skb

I mean…basically the sweetest thing ever.

mbb skb

Samantha sure got lucky in the big brother department!

samantha

mbb skb

And I sure got lucky in the kid department!  🙂

TMNT

We have a new fascination around the house – TMNT. As in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I’m afraid the days of our firetruck obsession are gone and we’ve moved on to “big boy” things. It’s sad…sniff sniff. Between the big cats obsession of the last 3 months and the newfound interest in the TMNT, Maxwell has moved out of “baby” for sure…and Spencer is just tagging right along!

I’m not even sure how Maxwell learned about the TMNT but he saw an episode on tv and then got a TMNT coloring book and it just grew from there.  Then, on Friday morning of last week, he decided to make his own TMNT costume for himself and Spencey…

tmnt

pretty clever!

tmnt

tmnt

I had to go to Target after I dropped him off at school and I wandered down the toy aisle and, well, I’m a sucker…

tmnt

He’s been SUCH a good brother since Samantha was born and I just thought he deserved a little treat. He was THRILLED when he got home from school…

tmnt

tmnt

tmnt

Honestly, he was so excited and told me thank you about 50 times!  🙂

tmnt

I guess I have to admit that he’s not a baby anymore…even if he does call them “Ninjan Turtles”!  🙂  We’ll see how long this turtle kick lasts! Kowabunga dude! Turtle Power!