Robert – Page 95

Practice makes perfect

September 11, 2013

As I mentioned yesterday, we went over to the elementary school field for a little soccer practice Sunday afternoon. I knew it was going to start well when I had to wake Maxwell up from from his nap at 5:00…

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Don’t they both look excited?!

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Even though Maxwell took a little while to warm up…

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He eventually starting getting into it!

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He was running fast! (don’t you just love to see those arms swinging Ms. Susan!) 🙂

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Fancy footwork…

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We’re still working on the “no hands” rule!

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Both boys also loved watching Dad show off a time or two!

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And as much fun as Spencey was having watching all the fun…

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he really wanted to get in on the action!

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So he did!

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Spencey even got to play goalie!

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ha! Looks like Maxwell had this next shot lined up perfectly to knock out his brother!

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Luckily there were not shots to the head (or bottom!) in this game!

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The first official practice/game is this weekend. We’re ready…I think! 🙂

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Goal!!

Orange Beach continued

September 6, 2013

After an “eventful” first day, Robert and I both just kept saying “it can only go up from here!” And it did! By Sunday morning Spencer was feeling a little better and Maxwell’s finger was looking much better. Besides, it’s hard to not be happy at the beach when you wake up to this sunrise!

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Sunday we enjoyed some more beach and pool time and then went out to lunch. We had just settled in to wait on our food…

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when it started pouring! There were very few tables with any sort of roof over the but we made it work.

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We were all fairly wet by the time lunch was over but you just had to laugh. Despite a sick baby and a nearly broken finger, we had it pretty good!

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That night we went to dinner and enjoyed checking out all the boats…

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Perfect!

Before driving back on Monday we got in a little beach time that morning.

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It was a great trip and fun to get away for a few days! Now, back to the grind…

Have a great weekend!

Orange Beach

September 5, 2013

On Friday of last week, we hit the road early in the morning to head to the beach for a little vacation for the long weekend!

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Robert’s parents have a condo in Orange Beach, AL that we stayed in. What better way to celebrate this little guy’s 3rd birthday than with a trip to a beach named after his favorite color?! 🙂

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We got there late afternoon and enjoyed a little beach time before dinner.

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This little guy was happy to be there!

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and he loved the water!

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I loved that white sugar sand and the breeze that kept us cool!

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Well, the breeze was more like a gail force wind but we didn’t mind. and it made Spencer’s hair look awesome! 🙂

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We went out to dinner that night where Maxwell got one final chance to celebrate his birthday!

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Cheers to 3! Things were going swimmingly until that night…Both Spencer and I had been fighting a cold for 2 days and his reared its ugly head on Friday night. He woke up around 11:00 just miserable – couldn’t breathe, couldn’t get comfortable – and then the croupy cough started. Poor guy. I ended up sleeping with him all night and neither of us really slept more than 30 minute stretches. Luckily, I had some prescription steroid medicine leftover from the last time he had the croup that we gave him around 5:00 am. He helped and we made it to the morning.

Given his lack of sleep all night, I was going to stay in the condo all morning to try to get him to nap while Robert took Maxwell to the beach. In trying to get everyone ready, I managed to SLAM Maxwell’s finger in the door. And I slammed it hard. His middle finger instantly swelled up and turned black and blue. We seriously thought it was broken and called the walk-in clinic only to hear that they had 10 people in the back and another 10 in the waiting room. Ugh. We decided to just ice it and see how it was that afternoon. Robert did convince Maxwell to go out the beach and I think the distraction was good for him! I stayed in the condo and Spencer took a great nap. Hooray!

My view of the boys on the beach…

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We all took it easy that afternoon and stayed in to watch the AL game…

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Roll Tide!

More tomorrow!

3rd Birthday Party!

August 27, 2013

Maxwell is all about firemen these days so we decided to have a firemen birthday party! Our local fire station was just completely rebuilt and is walking distance to the tot lot so we invited a few buddies from school and some family friends to come tour the fire station and have cake at the tot lot after!

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Maxwell was so excited! When he woke up that morning, we were talking about his party and the first thing he asked was “Can I hug the fireman?” Oh man, I love that kid.

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Our group met at the station and got a mini tour from the firemen perfect for 3 year olds! They got to see where they keep their uniforms and where they all eat together. Then, all the kids got to climb all over the firetrucks and even sit in the driver’s seat! So FUN! Then one of the firemen came out dressed in his full uniform! So cool! The firefighters could not have been nicer or more generous with their time. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – some days I feel like we live in Mayberry.

Maxwell was so excited to have so many of his friends there, including Lila!

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He also had a blast with William. These two were making me laugh all day!

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He loved getting to climb up and check out the truck!

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In the driver’s seat!

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Doesn’t get much better than this!

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Look at that smile! My very happy birthday boy!

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He loved getting to hang out with “real firemen”!

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But, when one of the “real firemen” came out in his full uniform, Maxwell wasn’t quite so sure he wanted to give that hug anymore!

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ha! He was trying to play it so cool. Look at him checking him out! Such a mix of awe and hesitation all in one..

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Then William came over too but he wasn’t so sure either…

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Too funny…

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Then I came over there by him….

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and he finally decided he needed to check out that uniform up close!

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Spencey just wanted to get everything in his mouth, not surprising!

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After plenty of fire station fun, everyone walked a block to the tot lot where GJ was holding down the fort (thanks GJ!) with our table full of goodies…

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Maxwell couldn’t wait to get his hands on those flaming cupcakes so we lit the candles…

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sang Happy Birthday…

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and made a wish!

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The kids then had free reign to eat cupcakes and play on the playground! Perfect!

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Spencey was having plenty of fun too!

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I just love all the memories that were made that day for my little guy and his buddies.

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I took a bazillion pictures so here’s a bunch more from the party…

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I could not have asked for everything to go better. I just wanted Maxwell to have FUN and I know that he did. That night I asked him what his favorite party of the party was. His answer? The giant firetruck balloon! ha! figures.

Happy Birthday Maxwell…here’s to all the firetruck balloons a 3 year old could ask for!

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