Zoo BOO!

Jeremy has to work during trick-or-treat next week so we skipped Owen's nap today and went to the Zoo BOO after Jeremy came home from the hospital so that we could spend a little Halloween together. Jeremy chose Owen's costume this year and I've gotta say, we have one adorable lion cub!

 tired lion cub on a 1,200lb pumpkin

 Owen was VERY interested in his "treats"

Pumpkin Patch Love

Someone needed to pick out the *perfect* "cuk-pin" (pumpkin) 

Found it.

"aaah-cut" Take 2

I had to inform Justin Bieber this morning that it was time for another hair cut.

... and don't let the cuteness fool you, this boy cried the entire time :)

(and for the record, Mama was right. Those baby curls never came back...)

Hilton Head Playdate

I've met a lot of really great people through blogging, both here and on Kveller. I correspond with my "internet friends" through Facebook, emails, gchat and texting. We live scattered across the country (a few in Israel) and its a rare occasion that our paths will cross in real life. Thankfully, my friend Kelly was going to be 2-hrs from Hilton Head with her son Carter and they wanted to drive down to meet us for a play date!

Carter and Owen were born 10 days apart and Kelly and I have been corresponding through blogs since I was on bedrest. Over the last two years we've shared notes on parenting, sleep schedules, tantrums, teething and both of us are still nursing these 20 month old boys!

The night before our meet up, she texted me that her husband was convinced she'd show up at our hotel and a 60-yr old man would answer the door. Jeremy and I were laughing out loud so I gave her a call to let her know, we were indeed a little family of three awaiting a playdate.

We took the boys to a little children's museum called The Sandbox. It was PERFECT for Carter and Owen with a play kitchen, indoor climbing structures and lots of construction fun. They boys played and Owen even got his first bloody eye after falling into a table so we decided to head to lunch. The boys were great and we all got to sit and chat, it was so much fun.

(group picture with two sweaty, tired boys -one who just suffered a busted eye - oh well, we tried!)

It was such a wonderful visit and it was like we'd been friends in real life all along! I sincerely hope our paths will cross in the future and we get to play with our bloggy friends from Georgia again soon!

We forgot our camera so we had to use Kelly's awesome camera - for LOTS more pictures of our playdate visit her blog... here and here!

Pit stop in North Carolina!

The trip to Hilton Head was LOOOONG, so we broke up the trip and drove 8.5 hrs to North Carolina to visit Jeremy's cousin Mary and her husband Seth and waited until the next day to drive the 6 hours to Hilton Head. We got in pretty late on Saturday but we did get to enjoy some s'mores and a bon fire! We were able to visit on the way back too and we left early so we could spend the day in North Carolina.

We went to a beautiful park for the afternoon that had so many fun things. Owen love running free after all the time spent in the car and we were happy to spend some time with Seth, Mary and Baby Clara.

Since we've been back Owen and I have to have this conversation about fifty times a day

O: Car ride, Daddy!

Me: Yes, you went on a long car ride with your Daddy (apparently I wasn't even there...)

O: SEF!

Me: Yes, you saw Seth. Who else did you see?

O: Kee-ra, baby Kee-ra  (I guess Mary wasn't very memorable either...)

.....
O: Car ride, Daddy! SEF!

 We brought Mary drool covers for her Ergo now that Clara Jane is big enough to fit in there

She even fell asleep, just like her cousin Owen used to do ;)

I took Owen for a ride on the Carousel

he was skeptical at first and this is what he looked like by the end of the ride 

(Mama got a little dizzy on the Carousel so Owen wasn't the only one who wanted to be "all done" )

 the group smiles for a picture before their train ride!

 and the we stopped for a treat (dip 'n dots!) before heading home for dinner

 getting Mary good and ready for toddlerhood ;)

We were so happy to spend time with Seth, Mary and Clara Jane

Thank you for having us!!

xoxox

Hilton Head

Our vacation was absolutely wonderful.
75 degrees and sunny every.single.day.
we rented bikes for the week and rode to the beach
we ate Tapas, pizza, Thai, burgers and BBQ with our well-behaved toddler
Owen's 3hr nap each day was a respite for Jeremy and I
We took bubble baths, and drank wine, and sat on the breezy patio overlooking the Harbor
There are hardly any pictures of our trip because we were too busy just...being.
Our little family needed this time to reconnect so badly.
It was probably the most perfect week we have ever spent together.