The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Madras Man

So glad everyone seems to be liking the new site!  If you’re new here – welcome!  Hope you’ll come back often!!

Seeing as we’re in the middle of winter around here (these 60 degree winter days are brutal!), it was nice to get down to Florida last week and enjoy some sunshine and warmer temps.  The best part of the warmer temps?  Getting to dress Maxwell in cute summer attire!  While he can certainly rock some jeans and boots, this little madras short and polo combo kills me…

madras shorts

Combined with the previously mentioned Crocs (adorbs) it’s just too much.

madras shorts

Sure, having a girl to dress up in pretty little dresses with matching bows would be fun…but getting to dress my baby like a big boy is just as good.

madras shorts

Loving these next pictures of my big boy with my other big boy…

madras shorts

Two of a kind, I tell ya!

madras shorts

“Coz every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man!”  🙂

madras man

That song will now be in your head all day.  You’re welcome.

One more thing – ROLL TIDE!!!

A birthday!

hello all!  I’m back home and ready to get this bloggy blog in gear for 2012!  We had a fantastic – and memorable! – holiday and I have full Christmas recaps to come.  But, today we have something much more important to celebrate…

Maxwell’s cousin Nate is ONE today!  Happy Birthday Nater Tater!

We got to spend some time with Nate and his big sis, Delaney, while down in Florida last week.  They are just as fun as ever.  While the 4 month age difference between Maxwell and Nate makes a big difference right now, in just a few months it won’t matter at all.  Can’t wait for these little dudes to be best buds!

We had a little birthday party for Nate complete with a dinosaur cake and safari hats…

Everyone got in on the hat wearing fun!

Nate didn’t take anytime smashing his smash cake!  I’d say he was a fan…

Of course, he also had a little help from Delaney!

After cake, the kiddos had a surprise waiting for them outside…GJ got a bounce house!!

It was a blast!  for the adults too!  🙂  These kids are going to want to go to GJ’s house every weekend if she keeps doing stuff like this!!  Speaking of GJ, after playing with her grandbabies from the outside for a bit….

She decided she had to get in herself!  or maybe it was Delaney begging her over and over to get in?!  Whatever the reason, she was a good sport, bounced away and made 3 little babies VERY happy!

And if you’re wondering if Nate had fun at his 1st birthday party….just check out these pictures!

A happy birthday boy indeed!!  Here’s to many more!

Professional photos

I’m taking the week off to enjoy the holidays but I’ve got some fun posts lined up while I’m out.

First, I thought I’d take this opportunity to share several of the professional photos that we had taken last month.  My goal in getting them taken was to get a great picture of the 3 of us for our Christmas Card.  Mission accomplished and then some!  We used Lauren Ustad with Piper Photography and she got some fantastic shots…

I love this one despite my hunchback…

My favorite (which is now hanging on our wall!)…