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Baptism Weekend – part 1

April 18, 2011

Well, this past weekend simply could not have been better. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and Maxwell was baptized at IPC on Sunday. We had just about our entire family in town for the big event and it was so special. My little guy did great during the church service and made us all very proud. I have lots of pictures to share so here we go.

My parents got into town on Wednesday and then my mom drove over to Arkansas to pick up Susu and Dodo on Friday. Maxwell was very happy to see them as always…

On Saturday morning, Keath, Jen, Delaney and baby Nate flew in from Florida. I was so happy to get to squeeze on Nate…

He’s a good snuggler! Someone who’s not a good snuggler? Miss Delaney. She’s too busy running around and around! Most of my pics of her looked like this…

A blurry whirlwind! She never stops moving! I did manage to grab a few cute ones though. Here she is in mid-conversation…

Playing with Maxwell’s toys…

Checking out her reflection…

And just being a sweet little girl…

I sure do love her! Keath and Jen had gotten up at 4:00am to catch their flight. Combine that with a 4 month old and Delaney’s energy, it’s no surprise that Keath ended up like this on the couch…

The great GJ was here too, of course. Here’s a rare moment when she didn’t have Delaney in her arms!

Jen must have been corralling her at that point!

Everyone was getting lots of good Maxwell time in, including me!

Daddo and Dodo got in on the action too.

Then Maxwell and Daddo had a little chat…

Probably about cars or watches. 🙂 Not wanting to be left out, Nate insisted on a few snuggles from Daddo too and he was happy to oblige…

Maxwell then decided he wanted to check out Nate a little closer…

Maybe a little too close! oops! 🙂 Let’s try that again…

Much better! I love that these little cousins are only 4 months apart. I see big buds in the future! It was a fantastic start to the weekend. Much more to come tomorrow!!

Here’s a little sneak peak…

Knee socks and monogrammed shoes. The cuteness is killing me! See you tomorrow!

Monday, Monday

March 28, 2011

I guess Mondays aren’t so bad when they’re following great weekends…and we had a great weekend indeed! Why was the weekend so great, you ask? Well…

1. The rain that was supposed to ruin the weekend held off until late Saturday night and then didn’t rain again until late Sunday night. We ended up with a gorgeous Saturday afternoon and a rain-free Sunday!

2. Robert and I got all of our boxwoods trimmed and picked up all the clippings. Picking up clippings might be the single worst yard job there is and I’m so glad it’s done!

3. My good friend from college, Lyndsay, and her husband Phil drove over from Nashville for the night. They finally got to meet Maxwell – although I’m sure they feel like they already knew him as Lyndsay is a very loyal blog reader! 🙂 thanks Lynds! Robert and I even got a sitter for Saturday night so we could all go out to dinner (Bottega – yum!) and have a little fun!

While Maxwell loved Lyndsay right away (how could he not?) he wasn’t quite so sure of Phil and his deep, booming voice at first…

But he quickly warmed up to him and learned that Phil is pretty fun!

Needless to say, Maxwell was not hurting for attention this weekend!

Lynds and Phil – we LOVED seeing you and hope you come back soon!!

Food update – This weekend we learned that Maxwell likes prunes…and still doesn’t like peas!

Visitors!

March 23, 2011

Earlier this week we had a lunch time visit from Lu Lu and Granddad! Unfortunately we didn’t get a picture of Lu Lu but we got some good ones of Maxwell and his Granddad…

3 generations of Browns!

Food update – Squash is a hit! I think he liked them as much as sweet potatoes. Maybe Maxwell only likes orange foods? Carrots are this afternoon so we’ll test the theory. Supernanny Susan also got him to eat bananas. hooray! The boy can’t live on sweet potatoes alone!

Play Group Fun!

February 16, 2011

Yesterday afternoon was a gorgeous 65 degrees so we had a few friends over to play in the backyard.

Here’s Maxwell enjoying the sunshine and getting ready for his friends to arrive…

And here’s some of the other cuties that came to play!

And one more of my cutie just because…

Maxwell was the youngest in the group by 2 months but I think he loved watching the “big kids”. Hopefully we can get together with these friends every week!

One more thing – We had such a nice, clean yard to play in because Supernanny Susan had gone out there and mowed the entire thing to pick up all the leaves and sticks. She really is the BEST!