Robert – Page 96

Bend it

August 12, 2013

We had a great weekend and, on Saturday, got Maxwell all signed up to play Sunday Soccer! It’s the Birmingham United Soccer Association and they have an “Under 4” division where they practice and then play on 5 different Sundays in the fall. 30 minutes of practice, 30 minutes of a little 4 on 4 game. I can’t wait to go watch…pretty sure it’s going to be hilarious!

You have to get a ball, some shinguards, dark colored shorts and cleats (optional). We stopped by Mountain Brook Sports after signing him up and got a size 3 soccer ball – gotta start practicing at home! We asked Maxwell if he wanted to play soccer and he didn’t even know what it was! ha! Nothing a few youtube videos and a little play in the backyard can’t fix!

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Robert even signed up to be a coach. I think that will make it even more fun for Maxwell!

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This one will be out there with his big brother soon enough…

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He’s already pretty fast just on hands and knees!

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(love that sunshine!)

I’ll be very interested to see how Maxwell does. He definitely has natural athletic ability…we’ll just have to wait and see how he acts in an organized game with other kids. Either way, we’re going to make it fun!

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Goal!!

Birthdays!

August 5, 2013

Sending out some big Happy Birthday wishes to LuLu and Granddad this week! Hope the year ahead is the best one yet! 🙂

In honor of your birthdays, thought you both might like to see some pictures of the awesome son you raised. Thanks for raising such a nice guy who is a fantastic dad!

dad and spencer

As you can tell from these pictures, Spencer is just crazy about him!

spb and robert

robert and spencer

and so are me and Maxwell! 🙂

robert and spb

Happy Birthday Lulu and Granddad!

Friday!

August 2, 2013

I feel like it should have been Friday 3 days ago! We’ve been fighting some summer colds around here and even some fever with Maxwell. All of that has added up to plenty of couch time and not a lot of sleep at night.

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Glad it’s finally the weekend!

Wanna see something funny? This was in September 2011…

robert and maxwell

and this was last weekend…

robert and spencer

Same shirts for both boys! What a funny coincidence!

Make it a great weekend!

Montgomery, Nashville, and Beyonce!

July 16, 2013

As I said yesterday, what a weekend! Robert so nicely let me have a night off to head to Nashville to see my friend Lyndsay and my wanna-be friend, Beyonce. It. was. awesome. While I was sad to be away from my boys, I thoroughly enjoyed the 24 hours in Nashvegas! 🙂

Saying bye to my two cuties…

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When I got to Nashville, Lyndsay and I went out to lunch and I sent this picture to Robert to let him know I had made it and was enjoying myself.

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I guess Robert showed Maxwell the picture because when I called a bit later, Maxwell got on the phone and said “Where are you Momma? you havin’ some orange juice?” ha! Yes, Maxwell, some very good orange juice! 🙂

We had a great day and then hung out at Lyndsay’s office before heading to the concert. Her office has the best location with a whole glass wall overlooking Broadway in downtown Nashville.

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Loved getting to see some old friends!

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I could have stood up there and people watched all night!

We headed over to the concert (just one block from her office) around 9:00. Ready for Queen Bey!

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queen bey

We had AWESOME seats. The show was incredible. I’m not a die-hard Beyonce fan or anything, but I was pretty star-struck. She can put on a great show. The dancing alone was worth it! I think my favorite number was the mashup of Single Ladies and the theme song to the Jeffersons! what?! So, so fun. I danced all night and loved every second!

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The people watching at the concert was pretty awesome too. Especially these ladies…

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God bless Beyonce and the USA! 🙂

Meanwhile, back in AL… Robert’s family was actually having a little “Fam Jam” as they like to call it. Robert’s cousins from California were in town so the entire side of my mother-in-law’s family went to Montgomery for the night to see each other. Robert bravely took both boys down and enjoyed the zoo, swimming and a day of fun. Thankfully, the boys were super well behaved for him and both slept great. Major props to Dad for taking such good care of everyone!

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As much fun as I had in Nashville, I couldn’t wait to get home to my boys! There’s nothing like going away to make you appreciate what you have. I think that means I need to go away more often, right?! Ha! Just kidding, Robert…well, until October! 🙂

See you tomorrow!