Picnic in the Park

What a picture perfect weekend we had here in SC. For a minute there I thought I was back in Sunny CA! Since Patrick was out of town, Parker and I decided to take full advantage of the beautiful weather and headed down to Falls Park to enjoy a picnic in the Park with our good friends Lauren and Mallory! It had been WAY too long since we had gotten together and it was fun to watch the little ones checking each other out. Now that the both of them are on the move we didn't do much relaxing during our lunch but it was so nice to get caught up and just enjoy each other's company! Its times like these that make me wish I was a stay at home mom so I could have more play dates like this! Thank you Mother Nature for such warm weather and thank you Lauren for the break from reality. It was fun!

Our get-a-way to the Daytona 500

Last weekend we had some more special visitors. Grandpa & Grandma Fosdick came from CA to visit and watch Parker over the weekend so Patrick and I could get-a-way down to FL for a trip to the Daytona 500. Their visit started out with a fun dinner with my parents, brother and Patrick's parents all enjoying some good laughter and great food!

We left on Friday for FL and left Parker in the very capable hands of Grandpa & Grandma. While we were gone Mother Nature surprised SC with a beautiful snow storm. Luckily Grandma snapped some pictures of Parker's first snow- she said she even snuck him a taste of snow and he loved it! Parker was spoiled (of course) and we felt just as spoiled to finally get to leave town together for the first time since Parker was born!

As you can see the Daytona 500 was quite an experience. It was the first Nascar event for either of us so we had no idea what to expect! We got to go behind the scenes for a garage tour and pit tour before the big race. It was cool to see everything up close and personal- check out the pictures of us signing the start/finish line! We even had special "track scanners" that alllow you to listen in to your favorite driver and their spotter throughout the race.

We can not thank Grandma and Grandpa Fosdick for coming all that way to watch Parker so we could sneak away. It was great to see them and I know Parker LOVED all the attention! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

Weekend with the Halpins

We had some visitors this weekend from MN. If you can't tell from the pictures, Patrick's Dad and Step-mom came to see us and get their Parker fix! We had fun going on walks, eating lots of yummy food and playing games. Patrick's Dad also helped hang a TV in our bathroom so now I can REALLY relax when I take a bath! Parker was happy as ever so Grandma Sue was able to snap lots of smile pictures!

More pictures from our Christmas photo shoot

We finally got the rest of our Christmas card photos back from the photographer. We love them! If any of you here in the upstate need a photographer Julia Cunningham is amazing! Creative, patient, sweet and SO TALENTED!

Parker and Harper sitting in a tree...

On Friday when I picked Parker up I was informed that our little man has a girlfriend! His teacher Ms. Issie said it is so cute because Harper and Parker are always together. They hold hands when sitting next to each other in the jumperoos, they try to "kiss" and even have to have their cookies and juice together every afternoon.

My favorite part of the story was when Ms. Issie told me that when Harper's Daddy comes to pick her up he will look at Parker and shake his finger and say, "Ok Mr. Parker, no more chasing after my daughter." Well, I guess Parker just looks up at him with these innocent little eyes and just grins. Can't you just picture this? Too cute!