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4 months!

June 1, 2015

My baby is 4 months old! She is the sweetest little baby that ever was. Seriously.

skb 4 months

Maxwell at 4 months…

mbb 4 months

and Spencer at 4 months….

spencer 4 months

Several people have commented that she looks like Spencer but I say, no way. She looks so much like Maxwell at this age. Whoever she looks like, she sure is cute!

skb 4 months

She wasn’t much into smiling for our photoshoot. Both of her big brothers were in the room too and I think she was just trying to keep up with them…and maybe a little scared by their rambunctious behavior! ha!

skb 4 months

Case in point…brother photo bomb! πŸ™‚

skb 4 months

Samantha is loving her hands these days and chews on them a lot. We recently got out the jumperoo and she has a blast rocking back and forth. She’s trying hard to roll over but can’t quite get past her side yet – that bottom arm just gets stuck!

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4 months old

Sleeping is going good. She takes 2 or 3 naps a day – one at 9am, one around 1:30 and then sometimes a (very) short one around 5:30. I feed her and get her into bed around 7:30 every night. I’m still swaddling her at nap time but recently stopped swaddling her at night. Just a few nights ago, we sort of let her “cry it out” and she screamed for about an hour. That was no fun but she’s cried less and less each night and I’m sure will be down to no crying soon. While she has slept through the night a few times, she more often gets up once somewhere between 2 and 4am. I feed her and then put her right back to bed where she will snooze away until around 6:30 or 7:00. It’s very manageable and I’m grateful for that!

4 months

Samantha LOVES her big brothers. They are always entertaining her, loving on her, and giving her kisses and hugs. She’s quite a lucky little sister.

skb 4 months

Hanging with Honey Bunny.

skb 4 months

skb 4 months

This little girl is just the best. The BEST.

skb 4 months

I am one lucky momma. We love you Samantha!

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NOLA

May 29, 2015

Two weekends ago, Robert, Samantha and I traveled down to New Orleans for the wedding of Robert’s friend, Lem. It took a lot of coordination to get us out of town but I’m so glad we made the trip. The boys got to go have a fun weekend in Montgomery with Lulu, Granddaddy, Jenny, Ronnie and, of course, Katie and Anna! It was their first time to stay away from home without us and they did great. On Friday, Robert and I dropped Maxwell off at school and then hit the road to Nola. Spencer stayed with Susan who then picked Maxwell up from school. Lulu and Ronnie then drove up to get the boys and take them to Montgomery for the weekend. See, lots of coordinating going on! πŸ™‚

When we got to Nola, we had the very best babysitter in the world waiting there to keep Samantha in the hotel all weekend…

GJ

GJ’s the best.

Robert and I had fun at the party on Friday night…

nola

and then had more fun exploring Nola and being tourists on Saturday morning! Beignets = yum.

nola

Also, babies in hats = adorable.

nola

I hadn’t been to Nola in years and, while it’s a fun city, it’s pretty dirty and just not really my scene. It was also crazy humid all weekend. Apparently, it was also exhausting…

nola

Completely exhausting..

nola

Still, we loved getting to see good friends and explore the city a bit.

nola

Meanwhile, back in Montgomery… the boys weren’t missing us one bit! They were having too much fun eating at Moe’s, camping out in sleeping bags, and going to the zoo!

moes

sleeping bags

zoo

zoo

nola

A HUGE thank you to all the Mgm Browns for making the boys’ weekend SO fun!!

In Nola, Robert and I got all dolled up to go the wedding on Saturday night…

nola

where we had a great time and loved getting to celebrate Lem and Evie!

nola

lem and robert

lem and evie

We even made it to the after party where some people danced on top of a pool table!

nola

But, I don’t know much about that. πŸ˜‰ Sunday morning came way too early and we hit the road. Robert and I were both wishing we could have been doing this on the drive…

snooze

But, we made it to Montgomery and were so happy to get the boys and all be back together again!

mgm

It was a super fun weekend that would not have been possible without the help of our awesome families! Thank you again!

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Filed Under: Family, Firsts, MBB, Robert, SKB, SPB, Travel

Weekend recap

May 26, 2015

We had a great long weekend around here. We had no plans but we did have some visitors! And everyone got to love on Baby Mantha!

visitors

Things are just more fun when GJ and crew are around!

gj

Especially when she takes you places like this!

toys

We walked out of Toys R Us with a few treasures for all, including this archery set for Maxwell.

archery

He had it mastered by the end of the day!

bullseye

We also got a new trike for Spencer…

trike

and a scooter for Maxwell!

scooter

We got a 2 wheel scooter as opposed to a 3 wheel one and, while it’s challenging for him, I think it will be good for him and I have no doubt he’ll be zipping around the neighborhood by the end of the summer!

We got Samantha a swing for outside that we need to get hung. But, we also pulled this out of the attic for her to play in!

jumperoo

The rest of the weekend was spent playing outside…

outside

outside

Riding the new toys to the park….and letting Robert carry them back! Β πŸ™‚

park

Grilling out and eating watermelon…

watermelon

Acting like tigers (of course)….

tigers

Getting ice cream…

ice cream

and sadly saying bye-bye to our visitors.

bye bye

It was a great long weekend and I wish it didn’t have to end. Back to work!

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Filed Under: Family, Firsts, MBB, SKB, SPB

Happy Memorial Day!

May 25, 2015

From my silly crew to yours….

memorial day

Happy Memorial Day!

memorial day

rocking chair

memorial day

See you tomorrow!

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Filed Under: Holidays, MBB, SKB, SPB

Brothers

May 22, 2015

There’s no buddy like a brother!

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brothers

brothers

brothers

brothers

brothers

I sure am glad these two buddies have each other! Even if they can sometimes get a little rowdy and make poor Samantha do this!

brothers

hahaha! I love these two knuckleheads!

brothers

Hooray for brothers! Have a great LONG weekend!

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