The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Jet Setter!

Maxwell and I had quite a big adventure last weekend.  Even though I’m still on maternity leave, I decided to attend a conference for work in Dallas.  My mom (because she’s a saint) agreed to tag along to keep Maxwell in the hotel while I went off and acted like a grown-up for 2 days.  Considering all of the stuff a little baby needs for a full weekend (stroller, bouncy seat, bassinet, etc.) we debated back and forth a lot about how to actually get to Dallas.  We finally came up with a good plan…my mom flew to Birmingham on Wednesday, we loaded up the car with all the baby essentials and she drove the 10 hours to Dallas on Thursday (did I mention she’s a saint?).  I then got up early Friday morning and took a direct flight to Dallas with Maxwell.  It was great because I could literally get on the plane with only the baby and my diaper bag.

I was very nervous about the flight but Maxwell did great.  He slept the whole way down and was a happy little camper when we arrived in Dallas.

Here we are getting onto Maxwell’s first plane ride! (the nice Southwest folks let Robert come to the gate with me)

They say everything is bigger in Texas and that includes Maxwell’s screams and cries.  It was quite a long weekend as he simply did NOT want to sleep in the hotel room.  He woke up several times Friday night and I think he literally only slept for an hour at a time on Saturday night.  This was not helped by the fact that a car alarm kept going off in front of the hotel every single hour from midnight to 6am on Saturday…and it was parked right in front of our 3rd floor window.

HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK!

That darn alarm would honk 75 times every single time it went off…I counted.  My mom and I had planned to stick around Dallas on Sunday so I could see some friends and we could do some shopping but, at 4am on Sunday morning, we made the executive decision to get back to Alabama.  I called Southwest and booked a 7:30am flight and we loaded up the car so my mom could hit the road after dropping me off at the airport (again, she’s a saint).  Maxwell did great on the flight back and I had never been so happy to be home in my life!  Thankfully he slept MUCH better Sunday night when he was back in his own bed.

Snoozing on the flight home…

Bummed we didn’t get to see these great friends in Dallas…

But very happy to be home…

I’m glad we made the trip so I know that I can handle a plane ride with my little guy.  We’re looking forward to our next flying adventure at Christmas!

Hola!

Howdy!  Bonjour!  Aloha!  Just saying “hi!” today!

 

Have a great Monday!

Friday Favorite

Happy Friday!  Today’s Friday Favorite is the Twilight Turtle.  It’s so cool and I seriously kind of want one for my own bedroom!  The turtle illuminates the ceiling of your room with tons of shining stars and makes it seem like you’re gazing up at the night sky.  It’s the perfect light for late night feedings – just bright enough to see what you’re doing but not so bright that it will wake the baby up.  I think it will make the best nightlight in the future as well.  It’s even on a timer so it goes off automatically after 45 minutes.  It really is SO neat and I can’t say enough good things about it.  We love our Twilight Turtle!

Twilight Turtle

Our Twilight Turtle was a gift from some of Robert’s parent’s friends.  Speaking of Robert’s parents, they got to visit last weekend!

Maxwell being his usual charming self…

Snuggles from Lou Lou!

Have a great weekend!

Rocket Man

Maybe Maxwell will be an astronaut one day…he’s already got the spaceship outfit!

If he’s going to be an astronaut, he’s got to be smart.  Luckily he’s already proving how brainy he is.  How many 2 month olds can stick their tongue out for the camera?

Sticking it out…

Way out…

Way, way out!

He’s clearly a genius.  and he knows he’s funny too..

Doc update and BOO again!

Maxwell had a pediatrician appointment Monday morning and everything looks great!  He’s up to 11 lbs, 15 oz (he was 10 lbs one month ago) and is between the 50th and 75th % in weight.  I really thought he was going to weigh a bit more because he seems so chunky to me!  He grew an inch and a quarter and is now 23.5 inches long which is in the 75th to 95th % for height!  Maybe we’ll have a tall guy after all!  His head grew .5 cm to 15.5 cm total circumference.  He had to get several shots which was NO fun but he actually handled them very well.  A little crying but it was over quickly.

Post shots and doing fine…

Sad right leg…

and sad left leg.

The doctor is very pleased with his progress.  He’s cooing, smiling and interacting right on schedule!  We did decide to put Maxwell on Zantac last week for reflux.  He seems to be doing much better now so, even though I was hesitant to put him on medicine, I’m very glad we decided to do it.  Our little guy is moving along!

I’ve got a few more fun Halloween pictures to share as well.

Our neighborhood does a great Halloween parade every year.  Unfortunately, Robert had to go out of town on Halloween but Maxwell and I hit up the parade anyway.  While he didn’t wear his monkey suit, he was still appropriately attired in his I ♥ My Mummy tee!  He was also being toted in in his new black and white sling and I thought we looked pretty festive with my orange shirt!

There are always tons of cute kids in costume at the parade and I had fun just taking pictures of the whole event.

The little basketball player was beyond cute and the goldfish cracked me up.  His older brother was the fisherman!

Some more scenes from the parade – floats, costumes and quite a crowd!

Fun, fun!