The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Out of town adventure

This weekend, we took our first out of town adventure with Maxwell down to Montgomery for Robert’s 15 year high school reunion. It was a nice weekend all around – we got to see Robert’s family, Maxwell got to meet his cousins, Robert got to see lots of old friends and we celebrated our birthdays.

I will say, traveling will never be the same again! Babies require a lot of stuff! Here’s all of our bags for the big 2 day trip…phew!

Maxwell with Robert and Robert’s dad (Granddaddy). Granddaddy wanted to take this photo next to the portrait of his father, Maxwell’s great-grandfather. Neat!

Maxwell also got to meet his sweet cousins Katie (5) and Anna (3).

On Friday night Robert and I went to the football game and then out to see some of his friends. Maxwell was left at home in the very capable hands of his grandmother, Lou Lou. Let’s just say he was not a happy camper! He showed Lou Lou just what a good screamer he was the whole time we were gone! On Saturday night Robert and I persevered and went out to the reunion. Lou Lou nicely agreed to babysit again and Maxwell took it much easier on her Saturday night. Thank goodness and thank you Lou Lou!

Here we are going out Saturday night…

We even got to take a little family picture before heading out the door!

It was a great weekend…minus that Bama loss to South Carolina. Oh well, you can’t win them all!

ps – I was so excited to get a family picture for the blog header but we’re too big! You don’t really need to see Robert’s forehead, do you? I’ll keep working on it…

Future Heisman winner?

You never know…

We’ll have to do something about that missing right foot though…

In other news, I had a great birthday yesterday. I was hoping Maxwell would decide to give me the present of 6 hours uninterrupted sleep. Instead, he was so excited about my birthday he decided to wake me up every 2.5 hours to play. Gotta love that little boy!

I got some sweet gifts from family and beautiful flowers from my hubby. I’m a lucky girl!

Have a great weekend!

Another birthday!

It’s mine! Happy 32nd birthday to me! I can’t think of a better present than getting to spend my day with this little guy….

Getting to take the time out to go get my haircut last week was a pretty nice present to myself too. My hair needed it! Here I am post cut with a nice blow-out. In my opinion, there are few things better than a great blow-out…

Hope you all have a good day…and a great hair day! 🙂 I plan to!

Doctor Update and Birthday Recap

Maxwell had another pediatrician appointment yesterday and things look good! He’s up to 10 lbs, 1 oz!! My little chubster! He’s grown to 22 and 1/4 inches and his head circumference is 15 cm. Growing boy! He’s still in 50th % for weight and 75th % for height. He did have to get a shot in his chubby little thigh which was no fun…for him or me! But, we survived and after a few tears (him, not me) we were happy again.

The fall weather has definitely arrived and yesterday morning was pretty brisk…just cold enough to need a “light wrap” as my grandmother, Susu, likes to say! Luckily, Maxwell just got this super cute sweater and cap in the mail that Susu knitted for him! It was the perfect thing for the chilly morning and he looked adorable for our big outing to the doctor. The nurse at the doctor’s office even commented on what a sweet little sweater it was! Thanks Susu…Maxwell loves it and it fits just perfect!

Here’s a picture of Susu with my mom from a few months ago…she’s the best. She’s also one of my most loyal daily blog readers! A very talented painter and sewer, Susu can whip up just about anything you want! I’m so lucky to have her as a grandmother and can’t wait for Maxwell to meet her…hopefully very, very soon! 🙂

In other news, when Robert got home from work last night we had a little family birthday party, just the 3 of us. First, the birthday boy spent some quality time with his baby boy…one of them was a little happier than the other!

We then had a good dinner, opened presents (he got a Kindle) and finished with cake! What more could anyone want for their 34th?

See you all tomorrow!

Hair-don’t

Every night after we give Maxwell a bath Robert brushes his hair.  We’ve got to keep our little guy looking sharp, you know!  Maxwell has quite a bit of hair for a baby and sometimes, just sometimes, we like to get a good laugh and give him a fierce comb-over!  I can’t tell you how hard Robert and I were laughing while taking these pictures.  Maxwell does not seem amused…

After seeing his hair in the mirror, the shock and horror sets in on his face…

He’s quick to point out that this hair-do simply will not do!  He’s not The Donald after all…

He then resigns himself to the fact that, until he can hold the hairbrush himself, he’s going to have to put up with us making him look silly every now and then.

Sorry Maxwell!  We promise to never embarrass you again…  🙂  Maybe you should stick to hats for now…