of Maxwell Banks Brown.
Sweet…
Innocent…
Silly…
Sour…
Huh?…
Bright eyed…
I obviously love all of his faces but the “huh?” and “sour” ones sure do make me laugh. Which one do you like best?
3 Months!
Guess who turned 3 months 0ld yesterday?! Maxwell is getting to be such a big boy. He’s gaining more and more head control every day and will be sitting up on his own before we know it. He gurgles and coos and talks to us all the time. He’s pretty good at blowing some spit bubbles too! He’s sleeping through the night so much better and usually only getting up once to eat. We’re still swaddling him tight and rocking him to sleep each evening. He loves to bat at his toys and anything that rattles fascinates him. He’s a very happy guy and we feel so lucky to have him.
Happy to be 3 months old…
Sweet baby boy…
Hanging with Little Al…
Sweet chubby cheeks…
Our chubbo is a good eater for sure!
Life is good!
We love you Maxwell!! Happy 3 months!
2 month photos here: 2 months
1 month photos here: 1 month
Weekend festivities
After our great Thanksgiving in Montgomery, we had a fun-filled weekend in Birmingham! Saturday morning we had a visit from my college roommate Kristin and her little boy Lucas. Kristin and I lived together at Vandy freshman, sophomore and senior years. All those years ago I never thought that we would end up having baby boys within days of each other! Lucas was born 9/9/10, just 10 days after Maxwell! I’m so glad our little guys got to meet and hope they become life long friends like their moms!
Me with Lucas and Kristin with Maxwell. Can you believe SHE has the red headed baby?! 🙂
A handful! Thank goodness I don’t have twins!
Kristin and sweet Lucas…
Later that day we had a birthday party to go to! About 6 months ago, I reconnected on Facebook with one of my good friends from summer camp only to find out she was moving to Birmingham! Bette and I spent about 7 summers together starting around age 9 and wrote countless letters back and forth. I can’t believe we have ended up in the same city all these years later and am so thankful to have an old friend around!! Bette has a super cute little boy, Sam, and threw the most fantastic party for his first birthday. The theme was “Sam I Am” and everything was all about Green Eggs and Ham!
The birthday boy…
All the cute decorations, including green deviled eggs!
Me and Bette…
Maxwell did great at the party and I’m so happy we were able to help Sam celebrate turning 1!
On Sunday we had a quick visit from two little pig-tailed girls…
Katie, Anna, Jenny and Ronnie stopped by for a minute on their way back to Montgomery. It was great to see them!
That day I also I put on my favorite Kenny and Dolly Christmas CD (yep, that’s right, as in Rogers and Parton) and got all the Christmas decorations up! Can’t wait to get our tree next weekend!
Ho Ho Ho! Let the Christmas season begin!
A great Thanksgiving
Maxwell had a very nice first Thanksgiving. Robert and I packed up the car and the 3 of us headed down to Montgomery for the night. Maxwell got to meet his Great Aunt Betty and Great Uncle Don for the first time as they drove down from Huntsville. We had quite a feast and lots of good conversation.
Maxwell looking cute in his courdory Thanksgiving outfit…too bad it was 75 degrees that day!
I think he liked his little frog jumper despite the heat…
Hanging with Granddaddy…
and sitting with Lou Lou checking out his very favorite thing in the world, the ceiling fan!
Getting lots of attention as always…
Kicking it with Aunt Betty….
and Uncle Don.
Looking well fed just like we all were that day! 🙂
We stuck around Montgomery on Friday to watch the Iron Bowl – Alabama v. Auburn. While the first half of the game was great, the second half was not so great with a disappointing AL loss by one point. Oh well, there’s always next year!
Game day!
Lou Lou showing Maxwell how to say Roll Tide!
Good friends William and Garman came to watch the game…
and Aunt Mary Beth and Uncle Holland were there too.
I think this is how we all felt during the first half of the game…
and this is how we felt at the end. blah.
Despite the AL loss, it was a great Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for, especially our happy, smiley, coo-ing little guy!!
Friday Favorite
In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, today’s favorite isn’t a thing, but a who…
These two guys right here sure are my favorite…
Even if they do watch too much football!
Speaking of football, we’re off to watch the Iron Bowl! Roll Tide!