The Brown Brick Road

Ear Infection

March 21, 2013

Well, not a fun first around here…Spencer has his first ear infection. Poor guy. He’s had tons of congestion the past week and yesterday morning he wouldn’t nap and I could just tell that something wasn’t right. Up to the doctor we went and, sure enough, his left ear is infected. So, we’re now armed with Amoxicillin and hope we can get him feeling better soon. He also got weighed and is up to 17lbs, 10oz! whoa! big boy!

Even with an ear infection, he’s still a happy little guy…

The doctor did say that he’s probably too young to really have allergies so I guess the pollen wasn’t the culprit of the congestion after all.

Hoping that ear clears up quickly!

5 months!

March 20, 2013

Oh my, how is he already 5 months?! Spencer is a happy, lovable, squeezable little guy and what did I ever do without him? I am officially in love with this chubby little baby. He loves to snuggle into my shoulder when I’m holding him and I could just eat him up. He’s such an easy smiler and a GREAT belly laugher! His little blue eyes just sparkle and he’s getting those long Brown eyelashes which makes him just irresistible to me! 🙂

For comparison, Maxwell at 5 months…

They look nothing alike in my opinion. I always thought Maxwell looked just like Robert as a baby but I totally see Robert in Spencer too, especially his nose and eyes. But I’m still holding out hope that Spencer has got some shades of red in that hair! 🙂

He’s becoming quite the good little sleeper now. We’re not longer swaddling him and just putting him in a sleep sack. He sleeps all night on his belly and, hooray!, actually does sleep all night. He’ll rarely let me rock him asleep anymore. He’s usually just too wiggly and awake to calm down in my arms so I’ll just put him in his bed awake and he’ll play for a bit and then go to sleep…sometimes with a little crying, sometimes with none. He’s sleeping from about 8pm to around 7am (which occasional earlier wakeups!) He naps in the morning in his crib from about 9 to 11:00 and then takes an afternoon nap in the swing from around 1 to 3:00. Depending on when he wakes up from that nap, sometimes he’ll get a 3rd little nap in.

He’s eating 4 times a day and clearly loves his milk! 🙂 He’s smiley and giggly and just about perfect.

He’s not the best at sitting up on his own yet…I think that belly gets in the way! 🙂 He can balance for a minute but then…whoa!

off to one side!

or off to the other!

He loves being outside but I’m afraid outside doesn’t love him as much. He’s had some major congestion in his nose since the spring weather hit and I’m thinking it’s all allergy related.

Look at his little feet crossed…too cute!

One thing Spencer definitely loves? Maxwell. If Maxwell is in the room, he’s got Spencer’s attention! 🙂

A few pics with Bear Bryant…

and then my favorite pics of the day!

Cute…

Cuter…

Cutest!

I love this little guy even more every single day. What a lucky mama I am!

Happy 5 months Spencer!

All monthly photos of both boys here – Monthly Photos

Bubbles

March 19, 2013

Just blowing bubbles on a pretty spring day…

See you tomorrow!

Backward weekend roundup

March 18, 2013

We had a fun weekend with glorious weather on Saturday! Loving these spring temps…even if they aren’t supposed to stick around this week. Today I’ve got a little weekend recap but I’m going to start at the end because this happened on Sunday…

Oh yes. Talk about exciting! Robert and Maxwell went to Home Depot Sunday morning and when they walked out, this was parked right in front of the store!!

Maxwell was soooo excited!

Then the real live firemen (well, one fireman and one firelady!) came out…

and waved to Maxwell…

and then turned the lights on for him as they drove off! Big stuff! It pretty much made his whole life! 🙂 A good day indeed!

Going backward… Saturday was fantastic weather and we spent it outside as much as possible!

Saturday night we hung out on the porch and Spencer enjoyed the fresh air…although I’m afraid all that fresh air is wreaking havoc on his little system. I’m thinking he’s gonna have allergies. boo.

allergies or not, he’s the happiest, cutest little thing!

earlier that day we played in the sand table (of course)…

and even got to see some bagpipers when we made a quick trip to Hop City. It got us all into the St. Paddy’s day spirit! Maxwell thought they were pretty cool but kept saying “they loud!”

Lunch was in Homewood at Urban Cookhouse where Maxwell ate that entire grilled cheese. every last bite. yay! We then got him some new church shoes for the spring. He did so good at the shoe store that he got to get a cookie from Savage’s afterward…or maybe it was that I bribed him to be good at the shoe store with the promise of a cookie from Savage’s afterward. whatever works!