The Brown Brick Road

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Roll Tide!

Happy one week Maxwell!

Maxwell had a doctor’s appointment on Friday of last week and got a good report.  He weighed 7 lbs even but the doctor feels confident he’ll be back up to his birth weight and beyond in no time.

As I’m sure many of you know, there was a little football game this past Saturday…

While we were in the hospital, Robert made a trip to the gift shop to make sure Maxwell had the appropriate attire for his first Alabama game!  Roll Tide!

He couldn’t wait to put on his outfit and watch the game…can’t you just see the excitement in his face?!  🙂

Robert quickly taught him to say ROOOOOOL TIDE!!

We were all ready for the big game!

Thank goodness it was a victory for the Tide over San Jose State!

A few favorites from the first few days…

Brand new…

First visit with the pediatrician…

One day old…

Lots of hair…

A little furrowed brow…

Cute little tongue…

At home in his bassinet…

Swinging at home…

Happy snoozing with Dad…

The Big Day

Robert and I got up to head to a doctor appointment on Monday morning, August 30 – one day past my due date.  However, when my water broke at 7:15 am, we knew we would be heading to the hospital instead of the doctor!  Here’s how the MOST EXCITING DAY of our lives all went down…

Ready to head to the hospital and have a baby!

Had to stop and get some breakfast first because there would be no more food for me all day!

After also stopping at Starbucks for Robert, going back to the house to double check that we locked the front door (we did), we finally arrived at the hospital and I got all hooked up to all kinds of monitors and IV’s and got to wear several lovely bracelets…

By 9:00 am, I was definitely in labor.  The epidural came late morning and that’s when things were nice…

The next several hours I just rested until it was “Go” time at 5:15.  Maxwell was born at 5:48 so he didn’t take too long to make his entrance.  It was just such a great day and we were so excited to meet our baby boy!!

Just a few minutes old…

All of his stats…

Proud Dad!!  Notice the time on the clock.  Maxwell is only 20 minutes old!

Very proud mom!

Adorable Maxwell Banks Brown!

Happy family of three…

Robert’s parents, Lou Lou and Granddaddy were there to see him right after he was born.

And my parents, GJ and Daddo, made it to the hospital just about an hour later after the fastest drive from Florida they’ve ever made!

A day we will never forget!

There’s no place like home

We’re home!  Maxwell took his first trip outside, his first car ride and his first look around his home!  We showed him his room and he loved it…he told us so!  🙂  Now that we’ve been freed from the hospital, I will work my way through all of the pictures we took and try to get some up asap.

Some of you have asked and we’re calling him Maxwell.  We know he will inevitably be called Max and we like that too.

By the way, happy September 1!  I know I said I wanted a September baby but I’m so glad he didn’t wait.  I can’t imagine a better day than August 30 to meet this little guy.

Also, whoever the sweet, sweet person was this put the awesome blue bow on our mailbox – THANK YOU!!  What a fun homecoming surprise!  Maxwell LOVES it and would love to know who you are!!

One more thing, if you were curious, here’s the window monogram that was covered up in the previous nursery pics!

One day down…

You’ve been here for 24 hours, Maxwell!  Best 24 hours of our lives…