While we officially celebrated Father’s Day on Sunday, I feel like we unofficially celebrated it on Saturday with lots of quality time with Dad.  After our usual morning Starbucks run and neighborhood drive (which might be my favorite part of the week) we ate some breakfast and then Maxwell and Robert went to his swim lesson.  Robert said Maxwell did great and continues to be an expert kicker…and not so great at the bubble blowing!  That’s ok, we’ll work on it!

That afternoon, the fun with Dad continued…

Maxwell used Dad as a jungle gym…

Got chased by Dad…

So, I need to explain that picture.  Robert always acts like he’s going to chase Maxwell and come get him by going “ooooohhhh” as in, “oh watch out, I’m coming to get you!” and Maxwell has started to imitate him and make his own little “oooooohhh” face.  So cute.

As always, the chase ended with Maxwell getting captured and scooped up in a big bear hug…

There were also plenty of high-fives given…

and some major tickling!

Somebody definitely got trapped by the tickle monster!

What a great way to unofficially celebrate Dad, huh?  He’s the best and we’re so lucky!!

First, thank you so much for all your sweet comments, emails, calls and texts yesterday.  We really are super excited and so glad that the secret is out!  We need to come up with a nickname for #2 now.  Maxwell was always BBB for Baby Boy Brown.  So far we’ve been calling #2 “Teddy” because the first ultrasound really looked like a Teddy Graham!  🙂  Of course, my friend Lyndsay has been calling #2 “Maxine” because she’s convinced it’s a girl.  We’ll see what sticks!

On Sunday Robert, Maxwell and I went out to Barber Motorsports to see some Indy cars race.  We had never been out there before and it was fun to see what it’s all about.  It’s a really neat venue and pretty impressive that Birmingham has something like this…at least in my opinion.

Maxwell wore his official Formula 1 shirt that LuLu and Granddad brought him from Monaco…

This seemed like the right occasion to wear it!

The main race was Sunday afternoon but, with Maxwell’s schedule, the morning worked much better for us.  That worked out just fine though because we still got to see some cars taking practice laps and it wasn’t quite as crowded.

Parts of it were like going to a really small state fair (rednecks included).  They even had the ferris wheel from Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch…odd, right?

We first checked out the Fan Zone and took this awesome family photo…

We couldn’t even sit down in the car because it was so dirty.  The ground was really muddy from the rain the night before and everyone had been stepping in the seat all day.  Maxwell’s pouty face cracks me up.

We then ran into Mario Andretti…

I told him I was a big “fan”.

We then walked by the “Lady in the Lake”….I don’t really know what to say about this.

After that we took the tram up to the Paddock which was really cool.  You got to see all the trailers and where the cars got worked on as well as where they would come in for pit stops.

If we go back I want to pay for Club Level access at the Paddock so we can go up high and see the whole track!

By the time we left the paddock, we were worn out.  It was HOT and almost lunch time so we went to take a quick tour through the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum before heading home.  The museum has tons of vintage cars and motorcycles and is worth checking out if you’re into that sort of thing…

We even found a Maxwell size car!

Maxwell’s favorite part of the museum?  The glass elevator…

Maxwell’s other favorite part of the entire day?  Riding on the school bus from the parking lot to the track!

It was a fun day and something we’ll have to remember for the years ahead!