The Brown Brick Road

Birthday dinner

October 22, 2015

On Sunday, after a trip home from NY and a soccer game for Maxwell, it was time to celebrate Spencer’s 3rd birthday! My parents and Susu were in town so we all headed to, where else? The orange mexaurant! Maxwell said we should call it the green mexaurant that night for the birthday boy! 🙂 We then went home for ba-nilla cake and presents. This little one was loving the attention…

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and got a little help blowing out those candles!

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He was a happy camper with some fun presents!

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Happy birthday Spencer!

NY NY!

October 21, 2015

New York! The city so nice, they named it twice! and I got to go spend an awesome weekend in NY with some of my college besties. My friend, Kelly, is getting married in December and so a bunch of us decided to have a little bachelorette weekend in NYC to celebrate her. I loved loved loved getting to spend time with Lyndsay…

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and so many other friends from Vanderbilt.

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It was a PERFECT fall weekend – chilly and a little windy but plenty of sunshine.

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I had quite the NY experience – I got coffee with Jason Biggs and Stanley Tucci and even had brunch with Mike Meyers!

See him back there? He was practically at our table. 🙂

We had a super fun night out on the town Saturday that included hilarious masks of Kelly’s groom’s face. Only in NY!

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

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The kiddos weren’t missing me one bit. Why would they when they had dad to take them to the tot lot and buy them cake pops for breakfast!

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As I’ve said before, it’s great to get away but the best part is always coming back home.

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October 20, 2015

It’s been a whirlwind few days around here. I was in NYC from Friday to Sunday, got home just in time for Maxwell’s soccer game on Sunday afternoon, and then we had Spencer’s birthday party on Monday morning. Is it nap time yet?! I’m going to get to it all but go a little out of order. First up? Soccer!

It was a beautiful fall day and just chilly enough that we didn’t mind being on the sunny side of the field!

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Maxwell did great again – hustled after the ball…

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scored a few times and even blocked a goal by the other team.

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His most impressive move was when he blocked it from the other team, got the ball going the other way, and managed to get it to Sam who scored a goal! An assist! Mean Green is really starting to put it all together. I mean…these guys look pretty serious about the game, don’t ya think? 🙂

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I thoroughly enjoyed the game because I got to leave Spencer and Samantha home with GJ! Samantha was home practicing her cheerleading moves for next week! 🙂

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It was another great game and I’m so glad I didn’t miss it!

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Go soccer star Maxwell!

Spencer is THREE

October 19, 2015

My baby boy turned THREE yesterday! Now, if you ask him, he’ll say he’s 8 but he hasn’t grown quite that fast! 😉 Spencer is a belly-laughing, joyful, stubborn, snuggly, light of my life. He’s at the height of cuteness right now and just about everything he says and does makes us smile.

Newborn…

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One year old…

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Two years old…

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and now THREE!!

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Oh, he looks so grown up! As he likes to tell me “I not a baby. I a big boy!” Of course, sometimes he also says “I not a big boy. I a lion.” 🙂

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This boy loves to love – he’ll take my face in his hands and plant a big kiss right on my lips! I love to get him up in the morning – when I pick him up from his crib he wraps his arms and legs around me in the biggest hug and, let me tell you, there’s no better way to start the day. He loves to be tickled and we always oblige because hearing his belly laugh is the BEST. He loves all kinds of trucks, trains, lions, dinosaurs and, most importantly, he loves Maxwell. or “Max-cell” as he says! They are two peas in a pod and he’ll do whatever Maxwell tells him to do…most of the time! His second favorite is Baby Mantha. He loves to get in her face and say “hi baby! hey baby!” Some other cute expressions he uses all the time are “easy does it!”, “that’s silly business!”, and “dat’s not nice!”. He’s mostly shaking his finger at Maxwell while saying that last one! ha! Spencer is just a funny little boy and, man of man, I love him so.

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A few questions for my big 3 year old…

Favorite book? Dinosaur Roar
Favorite tv show? Wonderpets
Favorite movie? Despicable Me
Favorite color? “geen”
Favorite number? 8
Favorite restaurant? Moe’s
Favorite food? red packet
Favorite drink? blueberry juice
Favorite friend? “Max-cell”
Favorite toy? monster truck
Favorite animal? “Lion…no, elephant….no, rhino…I love peacocks!”
Favorite dessert? “ba-nilla” cake
What do you want to be when you grow up? an elephant!

Happy birthday Spencer! We love you SOOOO much!

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