The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Buddy the Puppy

Warning – this post contains pictures of a puppy playing with a baby.  The cuteness might be too much…enter at your own risk.

Our neighbor just got a new goldendoodle puppy, Buddy.

Last weekend he brought Buddy over to meet my little buddy.  Maxwell was pretty intrigued by this furry little ball…

But then those sharp puppy teeth got a hold of Maxwell’s little fingers…

and he didn’t like it one bit!

So, we backed off for a minute and let them check each other out from a distance…

Then Buddy promised he wouldn’t bite Maxwell again and they quickly became best buds!

I’m so glad Maxwell has such a cute dog living next door because if you know me, you know he’s not going to get a cute dog of his own!  🙂

Weekend Recap

What a GREAT weekend!  Our little family of 3 had so much fun together.  I documented most of it on my iphone so here we go…

First, on Friday, Susan wanted to get Maxwell ready for the Kentucky Derby so she got him all dressed up…maybe he’s got a career as a jockey someday?

Maxwell was a little distraught when I told him that I didn’t think elephants were allowed in the race!

He perked up again when he got to meet our neighbor’s new goldendoodle puppy Friday evening though.  Pictures coming tomorrow and, man oh man, get ready for adorable!  On Saturday we ran all sorts of errands, including a trip to Old Navy.  While there, Robert spotted this cute little straw fedora and popped it on Maxwell’s head…

We could not stop laughing!  Given that it was Derby Day and he looked ridiculously cute in it, we of course went home with it!

Maxwell wore it the rest of the day and, surprisingly, never pulled it off his head!  Later, when he was done with dinner, he even asked for the hat again!

Even though it wasn’t Mother’s Day quite yet, Robert did let me pick the movie Saturday night – Black Swan.  Good but very weird and I’m really not sure about the ending.  Have you seen it?  hmmm….

Sunday was Mother’s Day!!  My first with my sweet baby boy.  He greeted me that morning with a huge smile and an awesome case of bed head…

It doesn’t get much better than that…or so I thought!  I must have been very good these past 8 months because Maxwell and Robert spoiled me rotten!  Robert made me pancakes and Maxwell got me flowers.  That would have been enough but that was just the beginning!  Maxwell gave me the best book – Dr. Seuss “Are You My Mother?”  Can’t wait to read it to him over and over again!  He also got me a gift certificate to go spray tan as much as I want this summer!  woohoo!  🙂  Robert then gave me an awesome e-recipe book – kind of like a kindle for the kitchen.  Awesome!!  It didn’t even end there – Robert also picked out and bought an outfit for Maxwell all on his own!  Look how cute…

I love the green shorts!  the back is the best part…

too cute!  We then had a fun afternoon doing things around the house and – surprise surprise! – working in the yard.  We seem to work in the yard every single weekend.  We went to the grocery store later today and Maxwell once again asked to wear his new hat…

He’s just too much.  I am such a lucky momma and can’t believe I get to spend every day with this sweet, sweet little boy!!

I hope all you mommas out there had a great weekend too!!

To GJ, SuSu and LuLu

Maxwell is so thankful to have such fantastic grandmothers and such a wonderful great grandmother!  He wanted to send you all a very special message…

Sweet, huh?  Maxwell then looked at his message…

and realized it was so sweet, it was good enough to eat!

After he chewed on it pretty good…

his mouth looked like this…

So, I ask you three wise mothers a very important question…Crayola markers are non-toxic, right?!  🙂

Wishing you all a VERY happy Mother’s Day!  Thank you so much for all that you do for us.  Wish we could see all three of you today and give you a big hug around the neck!

Friday Favorite

When we did Maxwell’s baptism a few weeks ago, I had a photographer meet us afterward to take some pictures of all the generations together.  The photographer, Lauren Ustad, did such a great job that I decided to make her today’s Friday Favorite!  If you need a good photographer in Birmingham, I definitely recommend her!

You can check out her work here:  Piper Photography

Here are some of my favorite shots of hers from the day….

I could kiss his sweet cheeks all day long!

I specifically asked her to take this shot so we could get a good photo of the knee socks!

With Susu, Dodo and GJ…

Granddaddy, Daddo and John….

The three Max’s all together!

With Granddad and Lulu…

The whole Brown clan – love Maxwell’s face in this one…

and the whole Patterson clan!

With Daddo and GJ.  Someone really should have told Robert to unbutton his jacket here…  🙂

It was a great day and I’m so glad Lauren was there to capture it!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!  See you Monday…or maybe Sunday.  😉

Playgroup

I took my camera to playgroup 2 weeks ago.  It was a gorgeous day outside and I wanted to get some shots of all these cuties…

Maxwell on his blanket ready for the fun to begin…

I know his hair looks red in these but I promise it’s blonde…

Maxwell is the only non-mobile one in the group and, at one point, all the crawlers had made their way to the other blanket…

Look at my poor, sweet boy all alone like he doesn’t have any friends!

He wasn’t an outcast for long though.  The others were quick to crawl back over and check him and his toys out…

And here’s the rest of the pictures of the afternoon…

Fun times!