The Brown Brick Road

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2nd Birthday Party!

We had a big weekend around here and we’ve got a big week coming up!  First, today is Maxwell’s first day of school!  Let’s hope he does great in his new older toddlers room with his new teacher!  Second, Maxwell’s 2nd birthday is on Thursday so lots of fun birthday posts to come this week!  Third, we celebrated Maxwell’s birthday on Sunday with a family party centered around – what else – yellow construction trucks!!

Here’s the invite I emailed to family…

dump truck party invitation

And here’s my sweet birthday boy ready for his party!!  Boo-boos on his chin, knee and shin and all!  My rough and tumble little 2 year old!  🙂

I got his shirt off of Etsy and it came in about two weeks ago and Maxwell has been SO excited to wear it!  Every day he would want to peek into his closet at his truck shirt…but he knew it was off-limits until his party!  He couldn’t wait to put it on that morning!!

Like last year, I had to make things festive and I like a good theme to center the decorations – some yellow construction hats, orange cones and plenty of balloons of course!

dump truck decorations

I even got some special eating utensils for Maxwell…

So cute, right?!  I think he might be eating every meal with those for a while!  I did forget to hang the awesome “Happy Birthday” banner though!  darn!  remind me to hang it next year, ok?

We gave Maxwell this truck that morning and it barely left his hands all day…

and the proof is in plenty of the pictures!

The only thing that took him away from his truck were the balloons of course!

He was a happy little boy!

We loved having most of our family over but definitely missed Mary Beth, Holland, Keath, Jen, Delaney and Nate!

Before lunch, we had one more surprise for Maxwell…

A bounce house!  Those 3 cousins bounced and bounced and bounced in that hot sun…

until they were red-cheeked and ready to eat!

When it came time for lunch, fortunately everyone got into the hat wearing spirit!  What can I say?  I definitely think hats make a party more fun!  🙂

But the Birthday Boy looked cutest of all in his hat, of course!

I think that’s enough for today.  Party coverage continues tomorrow!  Until then, I leave you with this awesome family photo that we captured…

ha!  Hey, it was his party – he could do what he wanted!!  🙂  See you tomorrow!

BBB2 in 4D!

Just like we did with Maxwell, Robert and I went up and did one of the 4D ultrasounds for BBB2.  And, just like with Maxwell, we got a GREAT result!  Let’s just say that I think BBB2 is going to be yet another Robert mini-me!  🙂

I’m 31 weeks and 4 days and they said that he’s measuring a few days big – 32 weeks and 1 day.  We’ll see if he actually makes his debut early or not!  They estimated him to be 4 lbs, 4 oz right now and he’s VERY active.  He didn’t stop moving during the whole ultrasound – no surprise to me!!  He’s been doing somersaults every day!

Warning – just like last time, some of you might find these pictures a bit freaky…but I think they’re really cool!  It’s amazing how great the technology is…and even how much better it’s gotten in the last 2 years!

Sweet little baby boy resting his chin on his arm…

a perfect little ear…

and a perfect little foot!

He even opened his eyes for us…

showed off his hand…

and scratched his cheek!

He then started to get a little tired and yawned…

and clearly indicated he wanted us to leave him alone!  I think he flipped us the bird!!  🙂

Ha!!

Now for a little comparison.  This is Maxwell on the left and BBB2 on the right…

Pretty darn similar, huh?  I think the noses are slightly different – BBB2’s looks a little more turned up to me – but the mouth, cheeks, and face shape are all the same!  Can’t wait to meet this little guy!!

In other news, we have a VERY exciting weekend ahead!!  Maxwell turns TWO (what?!) next week so we’re having a little party this weekend.  Family, cake and dump trucks…what more could a little boy want?!  See you next week with lots of fun birthday posts!

Corner cabinet

Maxwell loves to get into this corner cabinet where I keep lots of mixing bowls and all of his little dishes.  This thing gets emptied a lot!  He especially loves to take some cereal and move it from bowl to bowl.  Doesn’t bother me – as long as it keeps him happy and occupied for a bit!  🙂

ps – this was the same day he was having his good hair day!  can’t you tell?!

Sticky

Maxwell loves to play with tape and any kind of “sticky”.  One of his coloring books has a page of stickers and he had so much fun the other day decorating himself…

and Robert!

Fun days!

 

New kicks!

It’s almost fall.  It’s time for school.  What does that mean?  New shoes!  Like last year, I took Maxwell up to Sike’s to get him some new kicks for school.  I went in thinking I was going to get him the navy New Balance…

but we walked out with the grey ones just like last year.

Nice face, huh?  He was wanting me to peel the back off of his sticker instead of take his picture!

I do think the navy will look cute with long pants so, now that I know what size he is (6.5 wide), I’ve already gone on Zappos and ordered him a few different pairs of navy and red shoes to try on at home!  A boy needs options, right?!  🙂  I really wanted him to be able to get some red Keds but they just aren’t wide enough.  Even the 6.5 wide was too narrow for his fat little foot!

New shoes on August 2011…

and new shoes on August 2012…

Where has my baby gone?!  There’s something about those big shoes and his long legs that make him look so old in that last picture.  I miss that baby but sure do love this little big boy!!