Weekend review

We had a great weekend.  Champs and I were all over the place, but it was a lot of fun and my little social bug can hang with Mama very well!!  I think it's already safe to say he will be active and always on the go like his parents.

We started off the weekend with a park date with the Shackouls twins which was fun.  They are 3 months older than Champs and live in Houston, so we don't get to see them often.  It was great to see precious Caroline and Charlie and of course their Mama, Elizabeth!

Friday night we went to the Greek Festival downtown.  I have loved going to this since moving to Columbia, almost TEN! years ago.  Last year we took Champs bundled in his stroller as a little one month old.  As soon as we got there last year I felt it was a huge mistake and he would surely get sick from all the germs and we left as soon as we got our food!  Fast forward one year and Champs was eating greek meatballs and pasta, watching the dancers, listening to the (loud!) music, and even rode his first ever ride! We ran into the Ard's and rode the ride with them!

Saturday morning Champs and I hit the rode and headed to Bishopville for two birthday parties and Barrett went to Charleston to spend some time with his guy friends down there.  The parties were for two of my hometown friends children, Sofie Beth Jackson and William Frazier, both were turning TWO!

First was Sofie Beth's Minnie Mouse party at Holly's grandparents cabin in the country!  It was a super cute party and Minnie Mouse was just adorable!!  Happy Birthday Sofie Beth!!

After a good long nap Champs got up and played with Bailey and Uncle Bill!

Then we went out to Dog Island Road for William's 2nd Bday party!  This was special because Kerry has moved back to the house she grew up in and I spent many a days playing there and attending great birthday parties!  Champs had a ball playing on the gator, watching the bubbles, eating Cheetos for the first time (bday party staple when I was growing up!), had another sucker (clearly loved - look at pics below!) and eating a very delicious cupcake.  I loved watching him playing with my friends children - so special!  To show what a great time he had, we did not even get Monk out of the diaper bag the whole party!  Happy Birthday sweet William!!

After the party we went back to Columbia and headed to the Lindsay's to watch the Clemson game.  Champs and Mac saw each other for just a bit before they went to sleep and we all watched the super good but disappointing game!!  With it being such a good game, I decided to let Champs spend the night in the pack-n-play and I stayed in the guest room.  A last minute sleepover!  We got this cute pic of them the next morning in their matching pj's!

I love my monk!

Haha - I have my monk and your monk!

No, they are both mine now!

Fine you can have one back, but don't even think about taking this one!

  On Sunday, we headed to Rock Hill for the Rogers Hayride & Hotdogs party!  It was super fun.  Champs loved getting to ride on the tractor, seeing cows, play by the cotton field and strangely loves to sit in a rocking chair :)  It was a great afternoon and perfect way to kick off Fall!

It was such a great weekend with my little monkey!  Going to post later this week telling what's new with Champs and what he's doing, saying, etc!  Stay tuned...