The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

The beach

Like I said yesterday, it rained every day we were in Naples.  We had to get out and at least see the beach though, even if it was pretty dreary.  On Tuesday we headed down to the beach for lunch and, big news, Spencer sat in a high chair for the first time!

spencer

Go Spencey!  Maxwell spent most of lunch doing this…

beach

So, we decided we had to go let him play in the sand for at least a few minutes despite the drizzling rain.  He loved it!

beach

beach

A little dreary, drizzling rain didn’t stop us!

beach

We had seen some dolphins in the water while we ate and then, on the way back, saw this on the berm about 10 feet from us!  whoa!

alligator

Luckily he was content to stay where he was!

and here’s a little hint as to what’s to come tomorrow!  🙂

mickey

See you then!

Florida!

I spent all last week down at GJ and Daddo’s house in Naples.  I just worked from there while GJ played nanny.  She gets an A+!  Even though it rained every single day and we only got to get into the pool once for about 3 minutes, the boys still had a great time.  Give them GJ, some trucks, and room to run and they’re happy as can be!

I flew down there with them last Sunday.  My first time on a plane by myself with both of them – we made it just fine!

flying

We flew into Tampa and my mom picked us up and we drove the 2 hours on to Naples.  Not a fun drive but better than having to layover and switch planes in Orlando.  I was hoping both boys would sleep the whole drive but…no.  Maxwell entertained us for quite a while until finally doing this about 15 minutes from the house…

asleep

figures.  Spencer took a little nap but then was up and playing most of the drive too.

car ride

Once we got to Naples, we had a great time just running around outside (when it wasn’t raining!)…

naples

Playing with Daddo…

daddo

Wearing hats…

hats

Playing with new trucks (GJ’s a sucker!)…

firetruck

Reading lots and lots of books…

reading

Saying hi to Margie and Marc…

margie and marc

Running around Waterside Shops…

waterside

Really driving the pretend race car…

ferrari

and pretending to drive the real race cars…

ferrari

Honking the horn and scaring me and Daddo to death!…

ferrari

Dressing up like Woody…

woody

Cutting a tooth – yep!  this little guy’s first tooth broke through on the bottom!…

spencey

and just generally having a ball!

naples

naples

It was a GREAT stay!  More to come tomorrow!

Orange is his favorite color

When I got back to my hotel in NY Sunday night, I had a text from Robert that said:

This is what happens when you ask your 2.5 year old to keep busy while you put the other to bed.  Orange all over legs, arms, you name it!

orange marker

Oh my goodness.  I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time!  Thankfully it was washable marker.  Thankfully he only drew on himself and not the furniture.  Thankfully I was in NY and could just laugh and know that Robert had it handled!  🙂

By Monday night, I think everyone was ready for Momma to be home.

home

Happy to be back where I belong!

So professional

First, happy birthday to Aunt Messy today! Hope it’s a great one!

Today I’m acting like a real professional and am in the city so nice they named it twice! NYC! I had to take a quick trip to the city for work (poor me, right?!) so I flew up yesterday morning and got to spend the day doing around the city all by myself. What a treat! I’ll be back home late tonight but I’m going to enjoying my little 48 hour taste of Manhattan while Robert and Susan hold down the fort in Alabama!

Speaking of work, I had to take a picture of myself (awkward) for something at work so had set up my camera last weekend on the tripod for Robert to snap some shots. Of course, when Maxwell saw the setup, he had to hop into the pictures with me! I love these…and the one I ended up using for work even had him in it – cropped out of course! 🙂

me and mbb

me and mbb

me and mbb

me and mbb

Do we look professional or what?!

Bye for now from New York! 🙂

A day game!

On Saturday, we met up with some friends and drove down to Tuscaloosa for the A Day game.  It was a beautiful spring day and we had a great time.  Maxwell loved getting to play with his friend, Chiles, and Spencer loved the view from the carrier strapped onto me!  Let me tell ya – carrying 20 lbs of baby all over the town and the stadium gets heavy!

a day

a day

a day

a day

The whole way down Maxwell was talking about getting a hot dog.  I have no idea where he got the idea but he was stuck on it.  Now, he’s never eaten a hot dog before (his choice) and when it came time to actually eat the hot dog in the stadium…well…

a day

“No.”  figures.  (ps – I love the faces of the dudes in the background.  what?!)  He did warm up to the hot dog though and ate quite a bit of hot dog bun and maybe 1 or 2 little bites of the actual hot dog when it was all said and done!  🙂

a day

Spencer enjoyed some lunch at the game too!

a day

We all had fun and can’t wait for the season to begin!

a day

a day

Roll Tide!

a day game