The Brown Brick Road

Doctor Update!

June 7, 2011

Maxwell had his 9 month check up yesterday and all looks good! He’s 18 lbs, 10 oz (50th %) and 28 inches long (75th to 90th %). His big ole noggin is 18.5cm around and he’s in the 95th % for head circumference! Must be those big brains. As Dr. Walley said, the 9 month checkup is when the babies really start checking him out…and Maxwell was definitely giving Dr. Walley the eye! He wasn’t too pleased when he first tried to come close but then warmed up to him pretty quickly. He was thinking this whole doctor thing wasn’t so bad until the end when the nurse with the needle came in. Ouch! At least it was only one shot this time.

I took some pics with my phone…because that’s what I do.

Maxwell was a little leary of Dr. Walley at first…or maybe he’s just mad because Dad is thumping him in the cheek with a tongue depressor!

Warming up to the doc…

Fun with Dad (he was forgiven for the tongue depressor incident)…

Looking very sad after that terrible shot…

Ending on a happy note…smiles with Momma!

Thank goodness for good reports from the doctor!

Weekend and more pool!

June 6, 2011

It’s was an interesting weekend… Maxwell was his normal happy, smiley, giggly self on Friday afternoon and then at 6:00 the switch flipped! He was inconsolable, had a low grade fever and didn’t even want to eat. Not good! We got him to bed and he slept very fitfully all night. Saturday morning he was pretty listless and wouldn’t let me put him down for one second. He also had zero appetite all day – I couldn’t even get him to eat his favorite applesauce! He perked up a little in the afternoon so we were able to take him to his friend’s first birthday party but he just wasn’t himself. Lulu and Granddad came up Saturday afternoon because Robert and I had a wedding to go to that night. He seemed to be doing a bit better so went left him in the capable hands of his grandparents and went and had a great time at the wedding. Maxwell did fine and thankfully slept pretty well Saturday night. After a rough day on Saturday, he slowly got back to his normal smiley self on Sunday after a solid 2 hour morning nap. We’re thinking maybe it’s just some teeth coming through? I don’t know what it is but I hate seeing my little buddy so pitiful.

Feeling better on Sunday…

Doesn’t he look tough in his muscle tee? 🙂

I didn’t take many pics this weekend but still have some more from Florida to share…

Delaney playing with “Robber’s baby!” 🙂

Nate the Great…or Nater Tater…whichever you prefer!

More pool pics! We got back into the pool on Monday before we left to go home and Maxwell thought it was about the greatest thing ever…

The best part about the pool? After pool hair!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

The Beach

June 3, 2011

First, let me tell you all what Maxwell did yesterday. We laid him in his crib for his afternoon nap and he managed to pull up on the side and not only get himself to a sitting position but then he pulled himself up to his knees and then all the way up to his feet!! As soon as Robert got home from work, we went in there and lowered that crib! He has also perfected a one arm army crawl and is on the move! Things are changing at the Brown house!

On with the post, along with swimming in the pool, we also took Maxwell down to the beach for the first time while in Florida last week. We only went once early in the morning just because it was so hot. Maxwell loved checking out the ocean but wasn’t quite so sure about the waves at first. He warmed up to it then and had fun playing in, and eating, the sand. Can’t wait for him to get bigger and enjoy the beach even more! Lots of pictures….

First time getting his feet in the ocean…and not so sure about it! Good thing Momma was there to rescue him! 🙂

After a little hug from me, he then decided the water wasn’t so bad after all…

But he didn’t really like the taste of the sand and salt!

I think Maxwell is going to be a big fan of the beach!

The Pool

June 2, 2011

In Florida last weekend we took Maxwell swimming for the first time. He wasn’t quite so sure about it at first but was a big fan by the end of the weekend. Here’s some pics from his first dip in the pool!

Ready to swim…

So excited he was dancing…

Dad had to take his hat off first though….

And put it on his own head! Silly Dad!

We had to ease our way into the pool because it was a liiiiitle chilly!

Finally…swimming!

Robert got in with us too and we had fun taking him all over the pool both in and out of the floaty. I think he’s going to be a little swimmer!!

Getting all dried off…

Stay tuned for beach pics and more pool fun!

9 months old!

June 1, 2011

I don’t know what happened to the last month. I feel like I just did the 8 month post yesterday! But, here we are…9 months old. Maxwell is just a huggable, squeezable, giggly little guy. His personality is coming through more and more and he is going to be a charmer! He loooooves being around people, especially other kids, and smiles at just about everyone. He’s super curious and is constantly looking around and checking things out when we are out and about. He’s just a happy baby and I feel so lucky to be his momma.

Maxwell’s schedule really hasn’t changed since last month – still 2 to 3 naps a day at 9:00, 1:00 and sometimes around 5:00. He’s such a good sleeper now. We just put him down in his crib and, after playing for a few minutes, he’ll just roll over and go to sleep. At night, we lay him in his crib around 6:45 and he sleeps all night until we go get him around 6:45 in the morning. Nanner and Mr. Moo are his big buds. I always leave them in his crib and he can’t wait to get a hold on them when we put him to bed. He’s still eating 3 meals a day – usually fruit and oatmeal for breakfast, fruit and cereal for dinner and then a vegetable for dinner. He still nurses 4 times a day as well. I’m excited to start trying new foods with him but, so far, he hasn’t done that great with non-baby food. We recently gave him a little bite of eggs and some potatoes and he was not a fan! Maybe that will come when he gets teeth – which he still doesn’t have!

As I mentioned last week, Maxwell is just starting to crawl. He’s not consistent with it yet but he can do it! He’s also the best bottom-scooter I’ve ever seen! 🙂 He’s trying so hard to pull up on anything he can reach. While he can’t get himself up yet, if we stand him up and let him hold onto something sturdy, he can totally balance and stay up for a long time.

We did our monthly photo shoot yesterday. Enjoy….