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Swings!

January 22, 2014

I must have been really good last year because I got a new camera for Christmas! I upgraded to the Canon Rebel T5i and am so excited about the higher ISO, touch screen and more! yay! Two weekends ago the sun was shining, the weather was slightly warm and I knew it was the perfect day to break in my new camera at our favorite place – the swings! I’m still learning my way around the camera but I could not love it more. Just like I could not love these pictures more.

swings

And clearly Spencer could not love the swings more…just like his brother! 🙂

swings

I think it goes without saying that I could not love these boys more! 🙂

Dr Update and More

January 21, 2014

Well, Spencey got two things yesterday – an antibiotic and new shoes! Both are very welcome! We took Spencer for his 15 month checkup yesterday and, aside from the congestion and double (!) ear infection, he looks great. Since Robert and I both had the day off work, we all 4 went together for a little family fun! Trying to entertain your kids while waiting in a doctor’s office is pretty miserable so when I say fun I mean not fun at all. But, we were together!

dr visit

Maxwell also brought his doctor kit and was giving Dad a check-up while waiting for Dr. Walley to come in! 🙂

Spencer is 25 lbs, 11 oz (90th %) and 32 inches tall (95th-98th %)! I knew he was tall! Comparison – Maxwell was 23 lbs, 31 inches tall at 15 months and 25 lbs, 33 inches tall at 18 months. So, at 15 months, Spencer is basically the size Maxwell was at 18 months.

The only thing we need to start working on is Spencer’s vocabulary. He sort of says Dada right now and that’s his only word. He definitely needs to have more words by his 18 month appointment so we need to get that paci out of his mouth and get him talking!

After the doctor visit we grabbed lunch and then thought Spencey needed to go get his first pair of new shoes! He’s been wearing his brother’s hand-me-downs for months (poor second child). We headed over to Sikes and got him outfitted in some grey New Balances!

new shoes

They make his feet look so big. They’re a 5.5 wide so he’s got plenty of growing room which is good.

new shoes

Exciting stuff! Here’s Maxwell’s first trip to Sikes – he ended up with some grey New Balance as well. Can’t go wrong with a classic.

Hope you all had a good day off!

weekend

January 20, 2014

Well, our weekend was half good and half…snotty. Spencer is sick. Poor, poor baby is so sick. I’ve never seen so much snot come out of one baby’s head. His face is raw, his throat has to hurt and he’s even had some fever. Luckily we already had an appointment with the doctor scheduled for today for his 15 month checkup. I won’t be surprised if we don’t walk out with an antibiotic for an ear infection. So, Spencey looked like this the whole weekend…

snot

Oh, wait…you didn’t come here to get grossed out? Sorry, moving on.

In non-sick weekend news, Maxwell continued to do great sleeping in his BIG boy bed and even earned a new fireman ax for doing so!

fireman ax

We officially completed the transition to the BIG boy bed by taking down his crib!

crib

That gave us room to move his train table into his room and he’s loving it…and keeping his door closed at all times to keep baby brother out! 🙂

crib

On Sunday, I stayed home with sick Spencer but Robert and Maxwell drove up to Huntsville to see all the cousins, including Andrew who was in town from VA!

andrew

So fun!

Finally, despite being a sick mess, Spencer really started to WALK this weekend!! He’s been going up and down the hall, across the room, all over the house! yay buddy! He’s gaining more and more confidence very day and I bet he’s going to be running soon!

boys

See you tomorrow!

Catching up

January 17, 2014

I have pictures from the last 2 weeks waiting to be posted so I’m just going to lump them all into one catch-up post…

The day we got back from Florida there was a massive cold front that moved through. They even delayed school which meant Maxwell just got to take the day off! (when they delay opening until 10:30 and you only stay in 1:00 it doesn’t make much sense to go!) But, not to worry, there was plenty of work to be done around the house…

hard at work

and he loved getting all bundled up to venture outside!

cold

When we got back I also learned I had the flu. Lovely. It wasn’t too bad though and I think that was maybe because I had gotten a flu shot and perhaps it lessened the severity? Don’t know but I’m just grateful no one else around me got it!

After a few freezing days, we were back to beautiful weather on Saturday with low 60’s and sunshine! Perfect day for Jack’s birthday party! The boys got to bounce, eat doughnuts, play with buddies and have a great time. Maxwell even got his face painted! I think Spencey had the most fun of all crawling all over the wet asphalt and mud ruining his pants, chowing down on some doughnuts and spilling chocolate milk all over himself!

jack bday

Happy birthday Jack!

jack party

We’ve all had fun these past two weeks playing with new Christmas presents…

trucks

and watching plenty of movies when it was cold outside. and, who am I kidding, also when it wasn’t that cold outside. Really need to cut down that screen time!

Then to top off the week, yesterday was construction day at our house! Susan and the boys had a fun construction filled day that included a trip to Home Depot and building a construction zone at the house!

construction

Love their adventures.

Looking forward to a long weekend ahead. Hope you all have Monday off like we do!

more BIG stuff

January 16, 2014

First the BIG boy bed and now my BIG boy got a BIG boy haircut!

Before…

before hair

and after!

after hair

It was pretty darn shaggy before and, even though it does make him look older, I’m loving his cleaned up do! I’m thinking maybe he can hear better too without all that hair hanging over his ears! 🙂

The blog has been pretty Maxwell focused this week and I don’t want you to think I’m ignoring Spencey. He’s still here and doing awesome things like this…

toes

Yep. Not walking yet but he can suck on his toes! Talent!

See you tomorrow!

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