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Paci-free

February 9, 2012

I haven’t mentioned this on the blog yet because I think I didn’t want to jinx it but…we are a paci-free household!  Hooray!  About 3 weeks ago when Maxwell was cutting his molars, I noticed that he wasn’t sucking on his pacifiers at all – just chewing on them.  I knew we needed to get rid of them eventually so I thought I’d just take them off the Pacimals and see what happened.  Well, I’ll tell you what happened…nothing!  Maxwell just continued on like he never had them!  I’ve still got a few pacifiers laying around in drawers but he hasn’t had one in several weeks!  I don’t know if I was really thinking it would be hard to get rid of them but I never thought it would be this easy!

I will say – this is one more reason I think the Pacimals (here and here) are fantastic.  We took off the paci but he still has his lovey.  Perfect!

So, here’s to seeing no more paci-face…

and lots more silly faces like these!

ps – please check out the picture below.  Maxwell was only 2 weeks old with the same paci as the picture above.

Oh my sweet baby.  That paci was as big as his head!!

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Scenes from a car

February 8, 2012

Today I present scenes from a little red car…

car scenes

His cheeks look even more squeezable with his hood up. If only he would stay a chubby cheeked baby forever.

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A backyard adventure

February 7, 2012

As I’ve said many times before, Susan and Maxwell always go on the best adventures. Yesterday they had a big adventure but didn’t have to go far!  Susan showed up yesterday morning with a FUN surprise for the backyard…

tent

A tent!!  So cool!  They played outside in the tent all day and even had a tent picnic.

tent

Someday Robert and Maxwell are going to have fun sleeping outside in that tent.  This city girl will be at home in her cozy bed!  🙂

tent

Oh how I love their adventures!

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Meet me in St. Louis!

February 6, 2012

What a fun weekend I had!  I went to St. Louis to visit my besties – girls that I’ve known forever.  Really, forever.  I met one in pre-school, one in kindergarten and one in 7th grade.  We’ve all stayed friends and make it a point to get together as often as possible even though none of us even live in the same state anymore.  My friend, Hannah, moved to St. Louis last year so we decided to take a little trip to see her new town.  Meet me in St. Louis!!  🙂

We had a blast and laughed until we cried.  It does me good to spend time with these girls and I can’t wait until we can do it again.  Did someone say Mexico??!!

Me with Laura and Andee…

Me and Hannah…

The crew…

I also loved getting to see Joshua, Hannah’s 3 year old cutie.  Joshua is getting a baby sister in only 2 months so Maxwell, Ellis, Livi and Reese wanted to send him a special Big Brother present…

I think it was a hit!

A BIG thank you to all of our husbands for watching the babies and holding down their respective forts.  I think Robert and Maxwell had a blast of a weekend.  I know it involved a trip to Bass Pro so it couldn’t have been too bad!  While I loved chatting with my friends, my favorite part of the day was when I would see an email from Robert that included a picture of my little buddy.  There’s nothing better than opening an email and seeing this smiling face….

Robert and Maxwell also took a trip to Barnes & Noble on Sunday before I got home.  Maxwell wandered off and this is where Robert found him…

Harlequin Romance.  I always knew he’d be a lover, not a fighter.

I had SO MUCH FUN with my girls but I sure was glad to get back home to my two boys last night.

In other not so good news, Maxwell’s great-grandmother Susu took a bad fall last week and has a broken pelvis.  She’s a loyal blog reader and half the reason I even do this blog is for her.  I would love it if you all would keep her in your thoughts and send her wishes for a speedy recovery.  We love you Susu!

Here’s to a great week ahead for everyone!

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Friday Favorite

February 3, 2012

Today’s Friday Favorite are my beloved snack traps.  Likey nothing new to you moms out there but, if you’re a mom and you don’t know about these – well, go buy one today. These things are genius.  You can fill them with any snack you want and they’re totally spill-proof.  We have several around and fill them with everything from yogurt melts to goldfish to apple bits.  They go with us in the stroller and to restaurants.  Maxwell loves getting his snack out and I love that they keep things relatively mess-free!

There’s tons of different types but we have the Munchkin snack traps and love them.

munchkin snack catcher

Munchkin Snack Catcher

Some phone pics of Maxwell chillin’ with his snack trap…

Happy weekend to you all!

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