Whales and Weddings!

Tyler eating Cereal and hanging with his nanny share girlfriend, Amelia!

Chris and Melissa's wedding!

Family trip to the aquarium!

So much has happened over the past couple of weeks.

The weekend of May 1st was a lot of fun! Saturday we went over to hang with Steph and Pat at our friend's Andrea and Adam's house. We had a great time and Adam made some DELICIOUS crab cakes! It was also fun for Tyler to hang out with their girls Caroline and Courtney!

Funny story of how I met Andrea. Steph has known Andrea for years, so we ended up planning her baby shower together. The day of the shower we were chatting and she mentioned that she went to Clemson...of course since I went to South Carolina I had to trash talk with her a little bit.

Then she proceeded to ask if I was from South Carolina..."why yes, I grew up in Spartanburg" was my response. She then told me that she spent two years in a small town named Bennettsville and asked if I had ever heard of it?

Long story short, she is friends with a lot of my friends from college (Aunt Leah from the previous post being one of them).
They all went to the same high school! What a small world after all!

When we became friends on Facebook we had about 6 friends in common!

So Saturday was a lot of fun with new friends! I can't wait to hang with Adam and Andrea again soon!

Sunday was a big day, as Ben was scheduled to swim with the Whale Sharks at the aquarium. This was a birthday present that I had arranged for him a long time ago.

He absolutely had a BLAST! And it was great for Tyler too! He loved looking at all the fish, and we even ended up getting a backstage tour of the aquarium and were able to see Ben swimming with the fish through the big glass tunnel! It was an exhausting day but tons of fun for our little family!

The next week was great when one of my BFF's from my DC Days, Caryn came to town from NYC for work! She got to get in a little Tyler time and it was so good to catch up! Caryn and her hubby are big world travelers and just got back from a trip to France and Spain...I was oozing with envy!

Friday night started Mother's day weekend and I got my gift from Ben. Beautiful Topaz Earrings to match my blue ring. Then Ben cooked steaks for dinner and we squeezed in a walk around the neighborhood! So nice!

Saturday we were able to get in a jog before Nana and Papa arrived to babysit for the night.

Once Tyler was safely napping in Papa's arms, Ben and I started our big "Night on the town!" It was the first time that both of us were away from Tyler for the night. Even though we missed him, we had a blast having some "mommy and daddy down time." We started by heading over to our next door neighbors for their annual crawfish boil, then we headed downtown to check into our hotel and get ready for Chris and Melissa's wedding. The ceremony was gorgeous and reception was a blast! We had such a great time and ended the night at Kyma, a swanky Greek restaurant downtown!

The next morning was a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY as we headed home to Tyler. We had brunch with my parents at the Peachtree Diner and ended the day with a walk and some good Mommy/Tyler snuggle time! Nana and Papa even gave me a tshirt with Tyler on it that said "To the best mommy ever...Love, Tyler!" It was just too sweet! I had a great first mother's day complete with lots of cards from our friends and family! Thank you to everyone who thought of me!

This week I was "on the road again" as I traveled to Indianapolis for a short work trip!

Thursday we had our friends Roberta and Mike over for a fun dinner and tonight we welcome Matt, Suzie, Carson and Henry into town from Charlotte for some weekend fun!

Stay tuned.....