Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
Maxwell is just to the age where a book will hold his attention for a few minutes. It’s so fun to sit down and read a book to him and watch his eyes follow the pages and look at all the bright colors. I’m sure he’ll be reading on his own in no time!
Robert and Maxwell enjoying the Wheels on the Bus book…
On Saturday Robert, Maxwell and I went to get our Christmas Tree! Ho Ho Ho! We found a great one and the house smells so good now! The best part of it all? When we got home, Maxwell took a THREE hour nap in his swing giving us a chance to get the tree into the house and completely decorated with time to spare. I guess he was just filled with the spirit of the season. 🙂
At the tree lot…
Our little elf was afraid we were going to put him to work stringing lights when we got home…
He decided the best way to avoid working was to sleep. Fine by me! (sorry for the blurry pic, the swing was swinging!)
Our Christmas tree!
Then, because I’m a dork, I made both of us pose in front of the tree with the baby. Gotta capture the memories! 🙂
If you’re curious after my post Sunday, here is the original and edited versions of the header shot:
Not perfect but I’d rather see some blurry trees than those people! I also took out the cars in the background. Pretty neat!
Today is an important day. My dad, Maxwell’s Daddo, turns 60! What a BIG birthday! For those of you that don’t know Daddo, he’s basically the best…at everything. The smartest, nicest, most talented and all around greatest dad ever. When I was growing up, despite working so hard, he was always home for dinner around the table with me, my mom and my brother. He never missed a family vacation and always made them more fun. Zip a dee doo da! The older I get, and especially now that I’m a parent, I appreciate these things so much more than ever before. Everyone always says I’m just like my dad…I couldn’t think of a better compliment. Daddo, let’s hope that Maxwell has got more of you in him than just your name!
Now, Maxwell has something he’d like to say…
We had quite the conversation while taking these pictures and it went a little something like this…
Mom: Maxwell, did you know that it’s Daddo’s 60th birthday?
Maxwell: Of course I know! That’s why I made him this sign!
Maxwell: It sure is going to be nice to give him a big hug for his birthday today! I can’t wait!
Mom: Unfortunately, we don’t get to see him today.
Maxwell: (crestfallen) What?!
Maxwell: No Daddo today? boo hoo hoo.
Mom: Don’t worry buddy, we get to see him in just 2 weeks for Christmas!
Maxwell: Oh good! I guess I’ll just pick up my sign and put it in my suitcase to take with me to Florida!
Maxwell: Man, I can’t wait to get to Florida. I’m going to have so much fun with Daddo!
Mom: I know buddy, we are going to have fun with Daddo!
Maxwell: One last question, can I bring my party hat too?
Happy Birthday Daddo! We love you and can’t wait to see you – party hats and all!
As you can see by the new header, guess who got a Christmas tree?! Ho Ho Ho! Can I tell you how badly I wish those random people weren’t in the background of the photo?!! Oh well. Off to decorate…
Update – attempted to remove the people in the background using photoshop. Definitely not perfect but better! I’ll keep working on it.
First, guess who rolled over yesterday?! 3 times!! We even caught it on video and if I can ever figure out how to put a video up here I’ll show you all! Our little guy is growing up!!
Today’s Friday Favorite is my iPhone. My i don’t know what i would do without it iPhone. When I’m rocking Maxwell to sleep at night or trapped while holding him for a long nap (he’s not so good at napping in the crib yet) I love that I can use my iPhone to check my email, read my gossip websites (love you Perez), and play games all with one hand. Even more, I love that I can take pictures and videos of Maxwell whenever he does something cute and email them to Robert immediately. Those Apple folks really know what they’re doing.
My latest favorite iPhone app? Words with Friends. Obsessed. Do you play? If so, leave your username in the comments. I’d love to play a game with you! I’m sjpbrown.
Some recent funny pictures taken with my iPhone…
ps – I promise I’ll get back to the baby gear next Friday!
Have a great weekend! We’re planning to get a Christmas tree! Ho Ho Ho!