Congratulations All Around

April and May are turning out to be pretty busy months for the Browns. On April 16th my brother and sister in law welcomed their first baby into the world.

Hayden Logan Richardson is a beautiful healthy baby girl.

And I just cant help but add one more picture because she is absolutely adorable!

After the excitement of a new baby there was a wedding on the 28th. My nephew Eric got married to a very sweet girl named Krysitna. Which of course meant a road trip to Texas. It all went by way to fast but it was a really beautiful wedding.

And it's not ending here folks. May brings plenty of excitement too! Of course the school year is coming to a close and over Memorial Day weekend my nephew Coleton is graduating from High School. So like I said right now is an exciting time with plenty of things to do. I cant believe the school year is almost over and that Maxwell has been in Pre-K for a full year already. On Thursday we went to Max's school for an IEP meeting to discuss goals for next year and his current progress. Unfortunately he is not progressing as well as we had hoped at the beginning of the year. But there has been progress and that is something. The therapists and his teacher recommend that he goes to summer school because they are concerned that the summer break would cause him to regress to much. It's a double edge sword but to tell you the truth I completely agree with them. So even though the school year is almost over school isn't. Max will go to school Tuesday through Thursday which is nice so we can still take a family vacation.We are getting ourselves geared up for summer and all the good things that come with it!

Hoppy Easter!

This year was the first time that Max seemed to really get into the holiday. Christmas was full of excitement and trepidation, but Easter was another story. When Max woke up first thing he did was run into the living room and make a b-line to an Easter egg that the Easter Bunny hid. And he remembered all about the the jelly beans we planted and sure enough the Easter Bunny worked his magic and lollipops did grow overnight!!! We continue to get more people out of training at work which means I got to stay home and see Max get up Easter morning. It was nice to go in late because this was the first year I got to have Easter morning at home since Max was born.Since this was my first actual Easter morning with my kiddo I had great intentions of doing it up right. I was going to make monkey bread but the boys settled for Dunkin Donuts instead, and a little candy too.

One egg down and 9 to go...

Max is an official jelly bean taste tester.

 
The goodies the Easter Bunny left!!!

Twas the night before Easter...

As you may remember I absolutely love holidays and Easter is no different. Tonight after dinner and a bath the family dyed eggs and we started a new family tradition. I found a really cute idea of planting jelly beans in a pot then in the morning after the Easter Bunny works his magic lollipops grow. So here we are off to bed and ready for morning.

I also found this great idea of putting an egg inside of a whisk to dunk eggs. It worked wonders!!!

Zoo Trip

Look at me! I'm making good time cause this post is actually about something that happened a week ago!!! Last Monday we got together with Nicholas and Silas. Max loved the Snake house and of course the playground. It was a beautiful day and I'm glad we got out of the house. This was also our first time using a wagon and I LOVED it! Also on a different note I finished a crochet doll that I have been making for my soon to be appearing niece Hayden. I'm hoping to get a picture up here soon but who knows with how I roll...

Maxwell's favorite toy!

 

Max has very expensive taste. First let us not forget the 2 laptops that he broke in less than a month, but he is obsessed with playing in the car. Luckily he hasn't broken anything there (knock on wood.) I think he would be fine sitting in the car every day and night!

playground

Jeff and I got to school a little early a few weeks ago and Max's class and the other pre-k's were still playing outside. Max stood at the gate trying to get out when he saw us. When the TA came over to get him he ran off screaming. Jeff and I always wondered if he played with the other kids or what he did when we were not there. I guess we have an idea now.

Is it Buzz Lightyear or Woody?

You might be asking yourself... Is that Buzz Lightyear I see or Woody. Well I guess it's a little both. Max has been wanting to wear his old Halloween costume and heck what do I care since he is about to outgrow it.So here you have just another day in the Brown house!

I know, I know.... Here is what you have been waiting for.

Ugh! I know I suck at keeping this up to date but life happens and the blog has gone by the wayside. Max got together with some of his playmates a few weeks ago and had a good time. I'm having to learn to adjust to the fact that he likes to play by himself right now and not so much as a group. I love having the kids get together and love the time I get to spend with the mommies though.

Lemon Verbena!

I realize that I keep having a long time in between post right now and I'm sorry. I have a trainee at work right now and have picked up a new hobby (crochet) so my mind has been in other places. Also Max has not been the most willing subject for pictures. So if I keep waiting for a picture to post we would be waiting for a long time. So when I have nothing to talk about I'm going to just make an update post and title it Lemon Verbena. I'm very into Little House on the Prarie re-runs right now and that is the perfume that Miss Beedle the school teacher wears.Yesterday I took Max to try out karate and see if it was something we would like. Maxwell had absolutely no attention for it and since he wasn't potty trained they wouldn't take him. Maybe we will try it again in 6 months to a year or when he can focus a little better. Also baseball season is gearing up so we are getting excited for that. I'm sad to see winter go but there are so many fun activities to come this spring... Work is getting busy so I will quickly leave you with a picture of Max on the new therapeutic trike that he got through the school. He LOVES it!

Our new theraputic trike!

This is a great example of Max not cooperating with pictures!

My Papa!

 Maxwell adores his grandparents, and especially my dad right now. Today my dad came over to drop something off and stayed for about 10 minutes. Well apparently that was not okay with Max. When Papa left all we heard was "no, my papa" and his cried big ol' crocodile tears. My dad ran home to drop off some groceries and made the trip back over to the house. Dad just couldn't stand Max crying like that. In the meantime we made Max lunch and he cried the entire time eating and kept right on crying. As you can see I even let him wear his Halloween costume to try and cheer him up. Only thing that worked was Papa coming back over. And thank goodness he did because my head couldn't take much more crying.