The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

My little helper

Earlier this week I had a few things to finish up in the yard so Maxwell came outside to “help” me.

Not surprisingly, he wasn’t much help. He was a good supervisor though…

Momma, you missed a weed over there…

and you really need to pick up the leaves over there…

and…Hey! where are you going? I didn’t say it was break time yet!

Oh Maxwell…something tells me this won’t be the last time you boss me around! 🙂 As long as you’re this cute, I’ll take orders from you any day (maybe)!

Food update – Maxwell’s love of orange foods continues! Carrots are a hit!

Visitors!

Earlier this week we had a lunch time visit from Lu Lu and Granddad!  Unfortunately we didn’t get a picture of Lu Lu but we got some good ones of Maxwell and his Granddad…

3 generations of Browns!

Food update – Squash is a hit!  I think he liked them as much as sweet potatoes.  Maybe Maxwell only likes orange foods?  Carrots are this afternoon so we’ll test the theory.  Supernanny Susan also got him to eat bananas.  hooray!  The boy can’t live on sweet potatoes alone!

Sunglasses round 2

On Sunday when my mom and I were working in the yard, Robert and Maxwell came out to keep us company.  It was bright and sunny so the sunglasses were a must to keep the squinting away!

Too bad Robert was squinting!  He needed his sunglasses too…

But he’s still pretty cute, squinting or not!

Can you find me in the picture?

You can see me even better here…

Cute baby boy.

Food update!  Surprisingly, bananas and apples are still a maybe.  Not as good as sweet potatoes but definitely better than the pears!  Peas weren’t that big of a hit either.  We might have a picky eater on our hands!  I’m not too worried though – if he’s anything like his momma he’ll come around and love just about any food…except mushrooms.  yuck.

His future’s so bright…

He’s gotta wear shades.  really, really cute shades!!

Are you dying yet?  and laughing out loud?  I can barely handle the cuteness and think they are so funny!  GJ visited this weekend and brought Maxwell these awesome sunglasses.  They totally protect his eyes, can be worn with either side up and have a head strap so they won’t get lost.  Genius!  We love them and we love GJ!

We had a FANTASTIC weekend.  GJ, Maxwell and I hit up lots of fun stores and got Maxwell all ready for spring and summer with lots of new clothes.  GJ then very nicely babysat Saturday night while Robert and I went out to dinner (Chez Fon Fon – yum!) and then she babysat again Sunday morning so we could go to church.  But the nicest thing GJ did?  Help me work in the yard!  We got tons and tons of weeds pulled and things are looking good out there!

What else did we do this weekend?  We fed Maxwell fruits and vegetables for the first time!  We now know he LOVES sweet potatoes and HATES pears…I mean HATES pears.  It was honestly funny to watch him try to eat the pears…there was plenty of gagging going on!  I think we’ll move onto other fruits and leave the pears alone!

Here are some more pics of our cool little dude in his glasses…

This picture cracks me up…

Pucker up buttercup…

Checking out Robert’s newly organized and super clean storage shed!

Playing with GJ’s face…

Just being cool and letting his cheeks hang out…

I simply don’t think it gets any cuter than this…

Thanks for all your help this weekend, GJ!  Come back real soon!!

Friday Favorite

Today’s Friday Favorite really is a FAVORITE!  I think this little monkey is destined to be Maxwell’s prized possession – the one thing we won’t be able to go anywhere without, the friend he’ll need to sleep, and his best little buddy.  I have to thank Supernanny Susan for this too – it was her idea to get one of these pacifier friends.

Maxwell’s monkey is a Pacimal – a stuffed animal with a pacifier attached to it’s head.  It’s great because Maxwell can easily hold onto it and get it back into his mouth when it falls out.  Robert and I have watched him on the monitor many nights scoot around his bed until he finds the monkey and gets it in his mouth.  He LOVES it and it’s a must for nap and night time!  They come with a Soothie pacifier but you can also buy an adaptor to use the other types of pacifiers with it.  There are all different cute animals too.  We named our little monkey Nanner – as in Bananner.  It seemed like a fitting name.

Here’s some pics of Maxwell with Nanner, his best bud…

While the pacifier makes it into his mouth a lot, Nanner’s arms and legs are chewed on quite a bit too!

We love Nanner!!

Have a fantastic weekend!!