The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Road Trip! part 1

On Friday of last week, Robert and I loaded up the (awesome!!) new car and headed to Arkansas.  The reason for the trip was a baby shower, but it also gave us a chance to stop in and see the grandparents.  Maxwell did fantastic during the ride.  He slept a lot and enjoyed his favorite Baby Einstein DVD on the new player we bought.  Technology is great.

On our way into Little Rock, we stopped through Searcy to see Maxwell’s Great Granddaddy, the original Max!

We had lots of fun checking out Uncle John’s new law office/airplane hangar.  Quite a combo!  Congrats to John on his first solo flight as well!

Granddaddy and Maxwell had a big time hanging out…

and doing a little reading.

Cara was there too and gave Maxwell some super nice birthday gifts that we played with the entire trip!

It was a great visit and I am so happy that Max and Maxwell got to see each other!

Tomorrow, on to Small Stone!

iphone dump

What a fun weekend we had! We went to LR to see my besties and had the best time…despite Maxwell deciding not to sleep in the hotel on Saturday night. goodness gracious. We survived…but just barely.  I took tons of pictures and have stories to tell but first I’ve got unpacking, laundry and sleeping to do. Weekend fun to come later this week.

Today, just cleaning off the ole iphone…

Please note that middle picture. Maxwell has learned to get into drawers. Let the fun begin!

School!

Maxwell went to his first day of school yesterday and I think he had a ball! I say school but it’s really Mother’s Day Out from 9 to 1:00 2 days a week. His class is kids 6 months to 18 months so he’s right in the middle.

First day of school pics on the porch…maybe this will be a tradition?!

1st day of school

When we got to his room, Maxwell immediately took off and started playing. I don’t think it bothered him one bit that I left!  After the new parent meeting I snuck one last peek into his classroom and this is what I saw…

See him back there? playing with a little friend. Something about this picture just pulls at my heart…my baby is such a big boy. After seeing that he was more than fine, I walked back to my car, called my mom and might have shed a small tear or two.  🙂

Robert went with me to pick him up and we were so glad to see his smiling face as we walked in.  I think he was glad to see us too! The teacher said that he did great and was such a happy guy.  But we already knew that!

Happy after his first day…

and totally worn out by the time we got home!

It was a great first day of school!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Comparison

3 months old…

6 months old…

9 months old…

12 months old…

I’d like him to stop growing now. thank you very much.

Rain Rain Go Away

Yesterday was supposed to be Maxwell’s first day of “school” but it didn’t happen.  Why?  Rain.  Lots and lots of rain. So much rain that streets are flooded, power is out all over town and school was cancelled. Luckily we never lost power but, man, we got so much rain all day Monday. Our Labor Day vacation was spent inside! It was kind of fun for me though. Robert was out of town for work so it was just me and Maxwell at home all day. I got a little taste of what it would be like to be a stay-at-home mom and it was pretty nice. A girl can dream!

We didn’t do much on Monday except watch it rain…

and rain…

and rain some more.

I think Maxwell got a little exasperated with all the rain.

Tuesday morning we were supposed to go to “school” but, since that was cancelled, what did we do instead?

We watched it rain…

and rain some more.

And then we played with a spatula.  🙂

We’re ready for some sunshine! and school!