The Sullivans

Holiday Update

2012-01-03T22:03:00.019-05:00

Yes, it's true...the holidays got the better of me this year!!!! For the first time in a long time, I felt like a kid again because I was able to watch Christmas unfold through my child's eyes! I know I sound cheesy but it's true...I'm already counting down the days until we can celebrate again!

What a fun, busy, exciting, and exhausting month...but we pulled it off!

Thanksgiving was spent with my family in Spartanburg. Due to my mom's back problems, I did about 90% of the cooking this year! I rocked the turkey and dressing (if I do say so myself), and am looking forward to hosting Thanksgiving in my own home next year (once we get a dining room table)! We had a lot of fun in the beautiful weather spending lots of time outdoors (Tyler loves the golf course behind my parent's house). We wrapped up the weekend with Tyler's Two Year photo shoot, a brunch for friends when we returned to Atlanta, and lots of Christmas decorating!

The next weekend my parents came into town for a weekend of fun! Friday night, my parents sat for Tyler while Ben and I had dinner with our old neighbors! Saturday morning we attended Breakfast with Santa at the Decatur Train Museum and ended the night by watching Jim Gaffigan perform stand up at the Cobb Energy Center...truly HILARIOUS!

Sunday night, our dear friend Kera was in town so we hosted the local college crew (and babies) over at our house! It was great catching up with everyone!

December 8th, Ben and I celebrated our 4th anniversary with dinner at Seasons 52! (Tyler stayed with our sitter).

I can't believe how fast these past 4 years have flown by, and how much more I love my husband everyday! (yes, barf...but it's true)

The following weekend got us into the Holiday Swing of things...we attended our neighbor's White Elephant Party followed by the Holiday Party of our dear friends Mike and Roberta! We had a blast and Tyler was very into the social scene!

But then the true craziness started...

The next weekend included Tyler's Birthday and Birthday Party, another Neighborhood White Elephant Gift Exchange Party, Neighborhood Caroling, and our next door neighbor's birthday party for their sweet daughter Emma!

But on a side note, Tyler's TWO Hot to Handle birthday party was a HUGE Hit...complete with a bounce house, visit from the fire department and Santa Claus himself! I know Tyler had a ball with all of his friends!

We even did a birthday party at his school on Monday that the kids loved too!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my sweet baby boy Tyler! You are growing up too fast! I just hope he will look at this blog someday and know how loved he was!!!

After Tyler's birthday was behind us, we were in full Christmas mode. Friday we left for Spartanburg where we attended a family reunion, had lunch with my BFF's from high school and Church Christmas Eve Services.

Then Christmas morning we celebrated with my family (including Gifts, Santa and Brunch) before hopping on a plane to DC.

We made to DC with no issues, however Tyler passed out on the ride home from the airport. Our hope of spending Christmas with both sets of grandparents was quickly diminished when Tyler closed those little eyes.

But it all actually worked out well. While Tyler crashed (that's what a new trampoline from Nana and Papa, no nap, and two plane rides will do to you), we were able to catch up with Jan, Dwight, Kate and Matt and exchange our gifts!

The next morning Tyler had a ball playing on his new bike from Grandpa and catching up with Grandma. That afternoon we headed to Baltimore so that Kate and Matt could give their gifts to Tyler. We also got to meet their beautiful Black Lab named Cole and Tyler loved chasing him around at the local dog park!

That night the Sullivan grandparents were on Tyler duty, while Ben and I headed to Arlington to meet some of our bestest DC friends for a night out on the town! Great times were had by all and it was great catching up.

The next morning we ventured down to the US Botanical Gardens to meet up with Aunt Erin and her niece and view the Holiday Train Exhibit! Tyler absolutely loved it (again, passing out on the car ride home). We ended our trip with 0ne last night out in Baltimore as a family with Kate and Matt. We had Cuban, then visited 34th street to check out one of the most impressive Christmas Light Displays I've ever seen!

The next day consisted of planes, trains (well the one train in the Atlanta Airport) and automobiles. We flew back to Spartanburg (yes, we connected through ATL...ironic right?) and dropped off Tyler at my parents house.

Every Christmas they ask if they can watch him for a couple of days, and Ben and I are happy to oblige (as much as we miss our little munchkin man).

We had two days of catching up on sleep, watching movies, playing Wii (til all hours of the night) with the neighbors, and vegging on the couch! It was great!

New Year's Eve, Tyler came home and I must have kissed that sweet face 1000 times!!

We hosted a NYE throw down at Chez Sullivan for 30 of our friends and had a blast! The kids even had a great time and went to bed easily (well before midnight). It couldn't have worked out better! We rang in the New Year with Wii, Jello Shots, Dick Clark, a little Prince, and a champagne toast and then headed outside for an awesome fireworks display courtesy of my parents! The next two days were spent in major recovery and family bonding/relaxing mode!

What a great way to ring in 2012!! Hope you all had a great one too!

May your days this year be MERRY and BRIGHT!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

2011-11-22T09:51:00.009-05:00

Yeah, Yeah...I said I would update my blog more regularly...well, bite me! :)

I know I'm behind the times a bit but work travel has been insane lately and kept me from my usually blogging duties! (not that I don't love my job though...cause I do!) Good news though...I just received word that I don't have to travel for work for the rest of the year! HOORAY!!!!!!

It's the greatest feeling knowing that I'll be spending the month of December where I belong...at home with family!!! (And DC and Spartanburg...but that still counts as family time)

Since my last post, we've had so much going on! I won't bore you with details but I'll highlight the happenings!

1. Tyler's Nursery School Fall Festival was the weekend of Oct 22nd. Tyler had a ball at Trunks of Treats, had his first hot dog for lunch (see pic above) and rode on the Choo Choo Train. Sunday, our friends Roberta and Mike came over for the Skins game and we had a great time hanging out with them.

2. The week of the 24th, I was in Nashville for a night for work but was still able to make it to one of my favorite honky tonk bars, Tootsies with my coworkers! It's a Nashville establishment and so much fun! The 27th, I hosted book club at my house. I made spicy dishes for our discussion of "Catching Fire" (the second book in the Hunger Game Series) Good times were had by all! (Can I take a moment to mention that I cannot WAIT until the first movie of this series comes out in March 2012!!!!)

That Saturday Steph, Pat, Ben and I took the boys to the Pumpkin Patch up in Elijay, GA and finished up with a playdate with our friends Emma and Mike and their little girl Bella...it was such a fun day!

3. Then it was HALLOWEEN! Our neighborhood is SO Much fun at Halloween! Tyler had the BEST Time! We started right at 5pm, with a potluck dinner at our neighbor's house. The whole street showed up! Then it was off to Trick or Treat! We pulled Tyler and his buddy Jack around in the wagon and Tyler was so excited to say Trick or Treat at least 100 times! We put an exhausted little man to bed around 9! The next day I headed to Florida for a couple of nights for work. The weekend of Nov 3rd, Ben went camping with our neighbors (a boys trip) so I took Tyler to Spartanburg to hang with my parents for the night. (which included a trip to the Fire Dept with Aunt Kelly to see where Uncle "Travvy" works...see pic above)

4. The weekend of Nov 12th, We had Tyler's second haircut, Maddie's 3rd Bday Party, a football party at our neighbors, and dinner party at another neighbor's...all on Saturday! It was exhausting but fun. Sunday I left for Dallas for 3 days and Ben took Tyler to see Santa in Alpharetta.

Before I left, I was able to get out Tyler's Second Birthday invites...which I'm SO excited about! I've attached the proof so you can see how adorable they are (note: I took out our address and stuff...so if there's a little more "white" on the invite that's why...never know what freaks are out there on the internet!) Can't wait for his "Two hot to handle" Party in December even though my heart aches that he's growing up SO fast!!!

5. Last week (Nov 14-16) I was in Dallas and came home to a little man with a bad cold...who in turn gave it to me. So we spent this weekend doing a lot of NOTHING and getting better! But it was So nice to just have some quality Family time!!!

I cannot believe how quickly Thanksgiving has gotten here! We are headed to Spartanburg for a weekend of Turkey eating, and family time! I can't wait!!! Sometimes things get so busy, but the older I've gotten, the easier it is for me to see what I'm TRULY grateful for! A healthy family who I love and friends and neighbors that I hold near and dear to my heart!!! We are blessed in so many ways!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Fall is Here!

2011-10-17T09:36:00.011-04:00

Well, just like that...Autumn is upon us!

I love Fall! It's my favorite season of the year! Changing leaves, cooler temps, football, and the holidays! So much has been going on over the past month that I've been delinquent in my blogging (this is unfortunately starting to become a habit).

But let me update you on all the happenings!

The week of 9/17 was a crazy one! Ben totally surprised me for an early bday present by having Johanna (by BFF and Tyler's Godmother) fly down and spend the weekend with us! I was so excited! I picked her up from the airport on Friday and we ordered pizza and hung out. Saturday I had to work all day (the joys of being a trainer sometimes) so Johanna played Godmother all day with Ben! They took Tyler to Gymboree where he did his normal "run around holding the ball and not listening to the teacher" routine! Late afternoon, they met me and my coworker at Taco Mac for a happy hour! Tyler loved the french fries! Sunday we had Brunch with Amanda, Steph and Pat & the kids, got mani's and pedi's and watched the Emmy's! Monday I dropped Johanna off early at the airport and then got on a plane myself late morning for a trip to Phoenix. I was out there to help our West Zone roll out a training. It was great hanging with coworkers and seeing my friend Melissa, but I missed my boys so much that I took the red eye home!

Turns out Tyler missed me too because his teachers said he did a lot of crying for Mommy while I was gone (talk about breaking my heart). So it was especially nice that Ben had a Boy's Weekend/Bachelor Party planned in Minneapolis so that I could take Tyler to Spartanburg for the weekend. We went up to Spencer, NC for a "Day out with Thomas" with Nana and Papa and Tyler had a BLAST!!! Ben ended up having a lot of fun with his grad school buddies too! Lots of beer, football and poker!

The next week, my dad was in town all week for a training for work...so we had a lot of dinners out with him. Thursday the 29th was especially nice at Sip in Downtown Alpharetta! Dinner on the patio was fantastic and Tyler loved to watch the cars go by!

Friday, my dad took Tyler back to Spartanburg for the weekend so that Ben and I could go to Columbia for my 10 year college reunion! We had a blast catching up with the crew and tailgating all day Saturday! It's amazing how 10 years can pass and when we get together, it's like senior year all over again!!! I love all of my college friends dearly. Those 4 years were so much fun!!!

Sunday, after goodbyes, my parents met us in Columbia and we all went to the zoo with Tyler before heading home.

The next week was also a big one as it was my BDAY week! I can tell I'm getting old when my birthday just isn't a big deal to me anymore, but I still had a great day! I met up with Ben for a quick Date lunch and Thursday night we met our old next door neighbors Jared, Melanie and Maddie at Your Pie in Roswell. It's sort of a "make your own pizza place". We had pizza and gelato and the kids had a ball!!!

That Friday, we dropped Tyler off in Sparkle City once again to head to the Hilton Head for Sonny's wedding. Sonny is a friend of ours from Ben's grad school days! We had such a great time hanging with everyone!!! The entire weekend was jammed packed with Beach Wedding Parties! It was a gorgeous ceremony (our first beach wedding) and the reception location was amazing! Overall, such a fun weekend!!!! Sunday we headed back to Spartanburg and picked up Tyler.

Last week, I was in Dallas all week for work. It was so hard being away but at least I got to go to the Texas State Fair with all my coworkers on Thursday night. We had an ball...and the fried Cookie Dough was freaking AMAZING! Meanwhile, Ben's mom came into town Wed - Sunday to help out Ben. Anytime I'm gone longer than two days, I try to get back up. Being a single parent ain't easy although Ben is a rock star dad! I got home Friday and we all went for frozen yogurt.

Saturday we went to the mall so Tyler could ride the choo choo with Grandma and Saturday afternoon we all went to the Alpharetta Fall Fest where Tyler tried (or should I say devoured) his first funnel cake.

Saturday evening, Jan got Tyler ready for bed and Ben and I went to Bistro VG with all of our new neighbors. The after dinner fun lasted into the wee hours of the morning. (Did I mention how much I love our new neighborhood)

Sunday, was spent having some serious Family Quality Time!!!!!!!!

So yes, it's been a busy and fun October! I'm looking forward to Halloween and pumpkin patches with my little one!!!

House Pics - Part 1

2011-09-26T21:36:00.006-04:00

I wanted to go ahead and get some of the house pics up since I promised them awhile back! This first post is just the outside of the house and the main level (living room, kitchen, dining room, office, and inlaw suite)! More to come of upstairs and the basement!!! Yes, we have no dining room table and our deck still needs to be stained and porch screens added...but all in good time!

Labor Day and Getting to Know the Neighbors!!

2011-09-14T09:44:00.006-04:00

The week leading up to Labor Day included a trip to Braves game with our friends Mike and Roberta! We had a such a good time hanging out with them while Tyler stayed with our old next door neighbors Jared, Melanie and their daughter Maddie (who Tyler absolutely adores). They had a great time playing "Simon Says" in the bath, and Maddie even demanded that Tyler sleep in her room. When we came to get him around 10:30 that night, Melanie had some fun stories to share!

Meanwhile, at Turner field, we tailgated and watched the game! As much as I don't like baseball, I love going to games! I think it has something to do with the beer and gigantic pretzels...OH and dippin dots! Who doesn't love some dippin dots?

Labor Day Weekend was relaxed and so much fun!

Friday, I was able to leave work early and Ben, Tyler and I tried a new Frozen Yogurt spot after dinner. Tyler was introduced to M&M's and I believe he's hooked.

Saturday was the long awaited start to COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!! We had our new neighbors over and had a blast hanging with them.

Ben and I are so happy with our choice in home and neighborhood. We ended up hanging out til way past midnight while the kids all crashed on the couch. It was a great time!

Sunday, I went over to Roberta's for a bit and then met Ben and Tyler at the mall to ride the choo choo. We also ran into Jared and Melanie with Maddie, so Tyler and Maddie had a great time on the indoor playground!

That evening we went to the Roswell End of Summer Celebration which was pretty low key due to the nasty weather. At least Tyler got to try out a bounce house or two, have some ice cream and sit in a firetruck before we called it a night.

That Monday, we went to the aquarium since our pool plans were derailed by the weather. Tyler loved seeing the "fishies" as usual!

This past week, included a trip to Savannah for work, Tyler's first trip to the Varsity (when the plans to run my work 5K were nixed due to traffic on I-85), and a dinner party with a bunch of our new neighbors on Friday night. It was so much fun!

The Thompsons from across the street hosted an annual September "Back to School" Kid free bash, and we were excited to be invited this year!

Again, we stayed up WAY too late having fun with our new neighbors!

My parents came into town to babysit and Tyler got his usual grandparent spoiling!

Saturday, Ben went running with the guys while I took Tyler and my parents to the mall to do merry go round and choo choo time. (yes, Tyler is obsessed with the mall)

That night, I cheered my Gamecocks on to Victory while we vegged out!

Sunday, we went and got bagels and watched the 9/11 coverage. It was so surreal to think about how much our lives have changed since that terrible day 10 years ago.

I'll never forget...

The rest of Sunday was spent running errands and letting Ben inaugurate his man cave for the first Redskins game!

Hail to the Redskins!!!!

Weddings and What Not...

2011-08-29T10:26:00.013-04:00

We've had an eventful past couple of weeks at the Sullivan house! We're finally about 95% done with our house renovations so I will be posting pics of the house in the next week or so! So glad to get everything done so we can start enjoying our new digs!

After getting Tyler completely well, we were able to have some fun the week of 8/15. Wednesday, Tyler and I went downtown to have dinner with my friend Ellen who was in town from DC!

We went to a really cute Italian place, but Tyler hit a wall around 8pm and fell asleep on the ride home. My poor little man! I had some serious mommy guilt for keeping him out so late! He's usually done by 7:45. But it was great to see Ellen and Tyler absolutely loved her! (Not to mention her sweet Penthouse hotel room. He stared out the window at the cars below for a good 45 minutes)

Friday, we had Sullivan Family Date night which included Pho and Ice Cream! One of our new fave places is called Scoops near downtown

Alpharetta. Tyler LOVES it there! Birthday Cake ice cream is his favorite!

Saturday morning we headed to Spartanburg for the wedding of one of my dear childhood friends.

Clay and I grew up across the street from each other. I've known him since he was 3 and I was 9. He's like my little brother! We spent almost every weekend together growing up and our families went on tons of vacations together!

I can't believe that "My Little Clay" is all grown up and getting married but I'm super excited for him. Congrats Clay and Sara!

While Ben and I went to the wedding with my Dad, my Mom stayed home and watched Tyler! She had a great time spoiling her grandchild. This involved putting him into a sugar coma with cookies and ice cream.

Sunday we headed home and I was able to make it to a going away dinner with the girls for my friend Caroline who will be moving to Tucson at the end of the month.

This past week we had our new neighbors Jill and Shaun over for dinner with their little girls Ava and Harper! Tyler had a ball playing with his new girlfriends!

Saturday, I had to work but Tyler had a sitter so that we could go to our friends Chris and Sabrina's housewarming party on Saturday night. Ben headed over with Mike and Roberta and I met up with them as soon as I was able to get out of the office.

Sunday we ran errands in the morning and then I met up with Steph and Dylan so that we could take the boys to ice cream while the Daddies did their Fantasy Football draft.

Good times were had all around!!!

The Great Plague!

2011-08-16T14:28:00.005-04:00

After a fun first weekend in August filled with pool lounging and having friends over at the house, we got right back into the swing of things! I had to go to Memphis for work on Wednesday and Thursday and came back in time for Book Club on Thursday night! It was a great time and I actually read the book for once! Hooray! Virgin of Small Plains is a great read for any of you book lovers out there! Now I'm working on The Hunger Games for next month's meeting and I'm already addicted. What a GREAT series...if your into the Harry Potter/Twilight scene that is!

Friday, Tyler's school was closed for a teacher inservice so Ben and I played the "Work while trying to chase a toddler game." That lasted until after Tyler's nap and then we got on the road to Spartanburg to visit Nana and Papa for Papa's birthday! We met my parents and sister at Hans and Franz Biergarten in Greenville for some authentic German food and then headed to their house. The plan was to lounge by my parent's pool Saturday morning and then head home Saturday evening...that is until Tyler started running a fever Friday night. We left Spartanburg early on Saturday and took Tyler to Urgent Care in Atlanta. They diagnosed it as a cold but it got progressively worse and Monday he just felt rotten. You could tell...all he wanted was to be held. He slept for 4 hours during the day and just watched TV when he was awake. I took him to the doctor and they confirmed that it was just a virus that needed time to pass through his system. Good news is that by Monday night he was MUCH better and today he is back at school, Hooray!

Other highlights of the weekend included a visit from Kate (sis in law) and Matt (future brother in law who Tyler likes to call "Mapp") on Sunday. We ordered Pizza and went to the pool when Tyler was briefly showing signs of improvement. It was great to see them as usual!

Have a great week everyone, and remember to get your flu shot, haha!!!

Summer Update & Catching up!!!

2011-05-31T13:38:00.016-04:00

Well it's official!!! I knew it would happen someday! I knew that in the 3 years I've been blogging...one day life was going to get the better of me and I would leave my little website in the dust...I just knew it!

Well, that time has arrived...All it took was purchasing and moving into a new home while selling our old one, coupled with traveling all over the east coast and raising a 19 month old to make it happen!

My apologies out there to everyone that is a regular reader of the Adventures of The Sullivans! I promise not to let this happen again!

But in one word...we've been BUSY!!!

So let me catch you up!!!

Since I won't bore you with 3 months of details, I'll highlight all the major things that have happened since my last entry! In just a matter of weeks, we've managed to do the following:

1. Buy a house that was a former celebrity home! During our inspection we were told that Morris Day (Morris Day and the Time & Purple Rain) lived there and actually finished the basement for us ...HOORAY!

2. Memorial Day weekend - we actually had a really quiet one which was fantastic!

3. Girls weekend at the Ritz June 4th! So relaxing!

4. Celebrate Dylan's 1st Birthday (son of our friends Steph and Pat) on June 18th! Coincidentally it was Tyler's half birthday that very same day (can't believe my little man is getting so big)!

5. Celebrate Ben's 2nd Father's Day with a trip to his fave restaurant Sugo with good friends!

6. Go to Florida and Tennessee for work

7. Go on a week long Family Vacation to Isle of Palms!

8. Fly to DC for the weekend for the wedding of our friends Katye and Matt, and squeeze in time to see a lot of good friends and family!

9. Close on two houses and Move!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10. Take Tyler to his second Braves game!

11. Go to NC for a few days for work while Tyler stayed with his Nana and Papa!

12. Remodel our new home

13. Unpack

14. Welcome my old Talecris buddies Chesare and Sylvia for a weekend in Atlanta!

15. Meet 4 of our new neighbor families!

16. Host Steph and Pat & Roberta and Mike for dinner this weekend and have our old neighbors Jared, Melanie, and Maddie over for a playdate at the pool on Sunday!

Yes..it's been busy...actually it's been insane! But now that we are settled in our new home...and the drama of the move is behind us, we are truly happy!!!

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and I will post pictures of the new house soon! I promise! I just want to get the renovations done so you can see the house in it's full glory!!!

Enjoy a few of the pictures of Summer 2011! It's been a wild one!

Sullivan Family Update

2011-05-17T20:23:00.017-04:00

Oh my...so much has been going on over the past few weeks! I've been delinquent in my blogging but with good reason! So sit back and grab a cup of Joe...this may be a long post!

The weekend after Easter started off with the most anticipated wedding of the year!!!

Congrats to William and Kate!! I was awake at 4am on Friday, drinking coffee and texting frantically with all of my fellow pop culture loving girlfriends!!!

Friday night Ben and I headed with our next door neighbors (kids in tow) to Diesel in Downtown Roswell for some yummy pizza, beer and live music! It was a great time.

Saturday morning my parents arrived and we headed to the mall for lunch, merry go round, toy shopping and a train ride. Tyler had so much fun!!!

Saturday night Nana and Papa babysat so that Ben and I could go to Sip in Alpharetta with Steph and Pat. The night included a wine tasting and dinner seating outside in perfect weather! We had a fantastic time and I can't wait to go back again!

Sunday I took my Mom and Dad to the Food and Entertainment Expo to see Paula Deen Live! It was quite funny, as she didn't cook (only ate) and seemed a little drunk! But she was hilarious! We had a great time tasting local food and I even got a Diners, Drive Ins and Dives Book signed by Guy Fieri!!! Way cool!

The next week included a trip to see Water for Elephants with my Book Club! A little Robert Pattinson action is always good for the soul!

Friday, I celebrated Mother's Day at Tyler's school complete with a muffin breakfast

before heading into work! I got my Mother's Day gifts Friday evening and my boys and I had happy hour on the patio!
Saturday we met my parents in Commerce(the half way point between Spartanburg and

Atlanta...we always meet at the same Starbucks) to drop off Baby T for the night, and then came home and did a little house hunting before we got ready for the Derby Party at John's Creek Country Club. It was an annual charity gala that included a silent auction. Ben bid and won an

autographed Seinfeld script which he loves! It was a great date night that included big hats and mint juleps!! Sunday, Ben and I had brunch to celebrate Mother's Day before we picked up Tyler from my parents. The weekend closed with drinks on the deck with Melanie and Jared and a visit from Amanda, who was in town from Chicago! It was so great to see her!

Last week, I headed to Dallas for work Monday - Thursday. While I was gone, two major events happened. We sold our house, which is very exciting but stressful considering we had only begun house hunting, and Thursday I was alerted that Tyler had another febrile seizure at school.

Needless to say, it was one of the worst days of my life! I was in Dallas and ran out of training to call Ben and have him go straight to the hospital. Paramedics arrived and Tyler quit seizing after about 5 minutes. His teachers were able to cool him down and regulate his temperature. His school was AMAZING. His teacher even rode on the ambulance to the hospital. Ben arrived and met the ambulance at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, where it was determined that a small virus caused his spike in temperature.

Meanwhile, I left immediately on the first flight out of Dallas. I arrived in Atlanta by 4pm and was able to get to my little boy at the hospital by 4:30! It was the best feeling to hold him in my arms and know everything was okay!

It was a rough rough week...but everyone is okay.

It's likely that these seizures will continue until he grows out of them in about 4 years, and they don't cause any type of brain damage, but it still doesn't make this process easier!

It's just something we are going to have to watch carefully!

A rough week led to a fun weekend! Tyler was fever free by Saturday morning, so we were able to make our next door neighbors Crawfish boil!

We had a great time at Melanie and Jared's and will TRULY miss them when we move in July!

Sunday, we went house hunting and as of tonight we OFFICIALLY put an offer in on a house!

Send good thoughts and prayers our way! I'll be sure to keep you all updated as the deal proceeds!!!

Easter Joy

2011-05-02T15:41:00.006-04:00

We had a great Easter Weekend!!! Tyler loved the Easter Egg hunts at School and Church and got spoiled rotten by the Easter Bunny! And of course I was overjoyed at how quickly Tyler got the hang of "egg hunting"! He loved it!

At 16 months, he's talking up a Storm!!! He can now put words together ("outside" and "all done" are his current favorites) but is still deathly afraid of anything in costume! (i.e. no pics with the Easter Bunny this year). He also loves his class at daycare and although well behaved is still my little trouble maker :) (hence the scratch on his eye in some of the pics)!!!

The week leading up to Easter, I had my hands full with Tyler for 3 days while Ben traveled to Dallas for work. We were so happy to have him home on Thursday night!

Good Friday, Ben and I visited Tyler's school for an Easter Egg Hunt, Parade and Ice Cream Party. He had so much fun and got a bit messy too! Then we got straight in the car and headed to Spartanburg to spend Easter with the Heatherly family!

Saturday morning was a big Easter Egg Hunt at church, followed by a trip to see Great Grandma Bobbie! The day finished with egg dying, lots of outdoor play, and a date night for Ben and I for Thai in downtown Spartanburg (no stop at Ferguson's Tavern for all you wedding attendees)!

Sunday morning, Tyler invaded his Easter stash, we went to church, and then headed to Easter Brunch at my parent's neighborhood clubhouse! It was such a beautiful day. Tyler ran around on the golf course while we sipped bloody mary's and stuffed our faces!

We returned to Atlanta in the late afternoon and crashed!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

Fun times with Kate and Matt!

2011-04-26T14:51:00.006-04:00

One busy week leads into another around here!

After a fun shower weekend for Andy and Angela, I took a quick work trip to Charlotte on Tuesday and had an awesome Book Club meeting on Thursday at Angela's house. Friday, Ben went out to happy hour with Pat, while Tyler and I had some quality Mommy & T time!

Saturday, we welcomed Kate and Matt for the night! It was so great seeing them! Matt had just returned from deployment and the newly engaged couple had a fun road trip planned. First stop...Atlanta!

First things first...we had to stop at Pho for lunch!

Then it was off to Whirlyball! We met 10 of our friends at the Whirlyball court and had a blast! Tyler loved watching while Ben and I took turns playing (who knew Whirlyball was such a great babysitter...seriously, the kid was glued to the glass for the entire hour)!

After Whirlyball we hosted everyone back at our house for a bbq that turned into a late night poker party! A great time was had by all!

Sunday, we went to the Braves game (Tyler's first) and wrapped things up with Tyler's 16 month photo shoot! I didn't intend on having professional shots done of him until December but when a family friend's daughter asked to put Tyler in her portfolio in exchange for a free photo shoot..we couldn't refuse! Enjoy the pics!!!

Friends and Family in Town!!!

2011-04-19T15:37:00.003-04:00

April has been jam packed with lots of fun and visits from family and friends! The weekend April 9th was definitely a busy one.

Friday, my parents came into town to babysit T while Ben and I went out to Sugo to celebrate his birthday! It was an amazing meal and we had a great date night!
Happy Birthday to my WONDERFUL husband! Not to mention, the best father to Tyler that I could ever ask for! It warms my heart in an unimaginable way to see my two boys together!

Saturday, I headed to the airport to pick up Rienna and Bianca and was in MAJOR party planning mode after that!
Steph, Anastasia and I threw a Baby Shower for our friends Andy and Angela who are expecting their baby girl in June. We were so excited to host a "story book themed" shower for them! We got to welcome a lot of college friends in town for a mini reunion!
It was a blast!
After the shower, Andy and Angela hosted everyone at their house for a shrimp boil! Ben stayed home and watched the babies after their bedtime so that Rienna and I were able to stay up late with all of our college buds (Leah, Jannell, Rienna, Donna, Shaun, Andy, Angela, Jray, Anastasia and many others were on hand) reminiscing about old times! I laughed so hard it hurt!!!

Sunday, we went to brunch at Peachtree Diner and said goodbye to everyone! My, what a Busy Busy weekend!!!

Cooper River Bridge Run!!!

2011-04-14T15:41:00.004-04:00

And BAM!!! Just like that it's April! Where does the time go? We started our first weekend in April by going to Charleston for the Cooper River Bridge Run. Ben's parents came down for the weekend and we all rented a condo in Folly Beach! It was beautiful weather which made for the perfect run! I didn't think that I could make it 6 miles, but I surprised myself (and Ben too I think) by running the whole way! I can't wait to do it again next year!!!

Saturday night we met Jannell in Folly Beach for a few drinks, and Sunday we did a trip out to Ft. Sumter! We had a great time in Charleston! Enjoy the pics!!!

Monday I visited a couple of clinics in Charleston for work before we headed home. But wouldn't you know it...Tyler started running a fever of 101 as we drove back to ATL. I was really worried because he also had a bad cough, so we went straight to urgent care as soon as we got home. Turned out he had bronchilitis (picked it up from a kid in his class that had RSV) and we were home bound with him for two days.

When is the immune system adjustment to daycare going to kick in??? Your guess is as good as mine. I had to cancel a work trip to St. Louis but it was worth it to make sure my baby was okay!

The good news is that Tyler was back in daycare by Thursday and was officially moved into the Toddler room! He LOVES it! They keep the kids so busy that he's exhausted by 7:30!

He loves his class and his little friends!

Aren't toddlers the cutest things ever (except the temper tantrums)??? I love this age!

Run Benny Run!!!

2011-03-31T14:43:00.006-04:00

Time to catch everyone up on the happenings of the Sullivans!

I'm happy to report that Tyler is doing MUCH MUCH better these days. He's happily adjusted to daycare and has made lots of friends! He's eating and sleeping better...and even getting promoted to the Toddler program soon!

The week of March 7th, I was in a work training all week but was able to make book club on Thursday which was tons of fun!

That Friday Ben and I hit the road with Baby T to Spartanburg for the weekend. It was good for Tyler to get some time with his Nana and Papa and Uncle Travis and Aunt Kelly. Plus, my grandmother (Mama Bobbie for those out there that know her) was just moved to assisted living so it was important for me to visit with her since she's really down about it. Tyler was the hit of the old folks home, that's for sure! He ran around and screamed and laughed and the little old ladies just ate it up!

Sunday night I was on a plane to Raleigh for my first official work trip. I was able to have dinner on Sunday night with my BFF Johanna and went out with my good friend Chesare on Monday night for dinner and drinks! Good times all around. I flew home Tuesday night and we hung low the rest of the week.

Saturday, Nana and Papa drove to Atlanta for the day so that Ben and I could go look at houses with our realtor...that's right...in other Sullivan news, we've decided to put our house on the market! Who knows if or when it will sell, but we figured it's now or never!

We need a bigger house if we ever want to have another kid, so it's time to make the move! We LOVE our house and our neighbors and will miss them dearly but it's definitely time!

So fingers crossed for us!

Sunday March 20th, Ben ran and completed his first Half Marathon! I was so proud of him!!! Tyler and I made it downtown in time to see him cross the finish line and get his medal! After the half marathon, we went straight to the airport to pick up Ben's mom. She was in town for a few days to help Ben while I went to Dallas for work. It was a great week in Dallas and I met a lot of coworkers and really got to bond with my team!

While I was gone, Tyler had his 15 month check up and got spoiled rotten! I got home on Friday in time to crash with my boys.... We were all exhausted! Saturday we did our normal walk to Dunkin Donuts, I got my hair cut, and Tyler and I had a play date with Emma and Bella at Yogli Mogli...that place is sinful!!!

Sunday was church followed by dinner and drinks at our pad with Steph, Pat and Dylan!

It's certainly been a fun March!!!!!!!!!!!

When you know you're a parent...

2011-03-04T11:23:00.012-05:00

I wish I could say that starting my new job has been easy...because it certainly hasn't. Don't get me wrong...I'm actually really really happy at my new job. It's challenging, I'm learning a ton, and I have a great boss. The company dynamic is great too!!! That part has been awesome!

Other highlights of the past few weeks include a visit from Aunt Kera. When she arrived on the 12th, we hung out with all of our friends from college at Fado's and took Tyler to the zoo on Sunday. We had a blast(enjoy the pics)! Ben, Tyler and I have also been enjoying the park now that Tyler can walk and we had a great bbq with friends on the 19th. And let's not forget Valentine's! Ben and I exchanged small gifts and took Tyler to a" make your own pizza" place that he loved! Those have been some major highlights of the month for us!

But the past two weeks have really thrown us for a loop!

Tyler has ALWAYS been extremely healthy. The majority of his visits to the doctor over the past year have been strictly wellness visits.

Now, I knew to expect runny noses and ear aches when Tyler started daycare full time...they go hand in hand...but I didn't expect things to get this bad. Here's the story...

Tyler started acting cranky on Monday the 21st and running a low grade fever. We thought it was due to teething because he's getting in his back molars. Ben and I didn't think too much of it but I went ahead and made a doctor's appt for Tuesday because Tyler had a fever of 101 when he woke up. The nurse said she thought it was an ear infection. Sure enough, that's exactly what it was. Tyler was prescribed Pink Bubble Gum medicine and sent home.

Ben dropped the prescription off to be filled and then took Tyler home for a nap because he just wasn't feeling well.

Tyler was sleeping for about 40 minutes and Ben was working from home....I was at work (you can't really call in sick for your kid when your only 3 weeks into a new job).

After 40 minutes had passed, Ben started hearing some grunting noises on Tyler's video monitor. He looked at the monitor and noticed Tyler was shaking. He went upstairs to check on him and that's when he saw that he was unconscious and having a seizure. He went into full on panic mode (rightfully so)!! He called 911 and then called me! I raced to my car and drove about 100 mph to get to the hospital. Ben called me to give me updates when the paramedics arrived. I got to the hospital before the ambulance did and was a hysterical mess.

Tyler had what is called a Febrile seizure. Sometimes a seizure is a child's way of reacting to spike in body temperature. Tyler's fever went from 101 - 104 in about 45 minutes...explaining the seizure. Unfortunately Febrile seizures can be hereditary and Tyler got my genes. I had seizures when I was little, but grew out of them by age 6.

After we all recovered from the seizure, things started to get normal again. I had to cancel my trip to Vegas (which was absolutely devastating) but I knew it was the right thing to do. Ben and I enjoyed a quiet weekend at home mending our little man back to 100%.

Well, this past week we were thrown for yet another loop when the daycare called us on Tuesday to let us know that Tyler had what looked like "ant bites" on his body. By Wednesday they had turned into hives, and by Thursday his entire body was covered...along with extremely swollen hands and feet. Also, his fever was coming back. I rushed home from work on Thursday to make sure Tyler didn't have another seizure. We took him to the doctor (once on Wednesday and then again on Thursday) only to discover that Tyler was having an allergic reaction to the penicillin that had been prescribed to him.

The doctor put Tyler on Steroids to bring down the swelling, and we've been on high alert ever since. There have been many sleepless nights over the past few weeks. We've spent many many nights worrying and I've shed many tears because I can't make the pain or itching go away!

But we are coming out on the other end of the sickness funk and I'm hoping and praying that things will be back to normal soon! But it's times like these that you realize you truly are a parent.

I would GLADLY do anything in this world to make Tyler's pain go away. I would lay my own life down for him in a heartbeat and not question my decision for a second. You know you are a parent when your heart physically aches and you have trouble catching your own breath when you know that your child is not well.

It's that love that makes life worth living...

Baby Steps!!!

2011-02-21T12:27:00.009-05:00

Oh my! So much has happened recently and I've been very delinquent on my blogging! My apologies!

So...January 31st began my last week of staying home with Tyler before he started preschool and I started my new job! It was a fun week...but bittersweet at the same time!

But wouldn't you know that Tyler decided to take his OFFICIAL FIRST STEPS on January 31st! It was a BIG day in the Sullivan house!

The story goes as follows...I was cooking dinner and Tyler was in the kitchen playing with his magnets on the refrigerator. I turned around to check on him and he was standing with his hands off of the refrigerator and took two small steps. I started screaming and he started laughing at me! This led to a repeat session in order to get me to scream again! What can I say...my kid is amused quite easily!

I tried to get Tyler to repeat the big event for Ben when he came home...but alas, he would not perform.

However, it was only just a couple of days later that he started taking 3 or 4 steps at a time!

We were so excited to show off Tyler's walking skills just in time for Aunt Kate's arrival from Baltimore for the weekend.

We had a great time hosting her!

She arrived on Thursday night and left on Saturday! Highlights included seeing Tyler take lots of baby steps, a trip to Pho, a trip to Ippolito's Italian for dinner, and a "trail run" at daycare, where Tyler got to play in his classroom for about 1/2 an hour while Ben, Kate and I watched.

Kate left on Saturday evening, just in time to get everything ready for our Super Bowl Sunday party. We hosted 14 friends and 5 kids at our house and had a great time. Needless to say I didn't have too much time to watch football or commercials with a house full of people and a new toddling Tyler on my hands but I did manage to get in a cocktail or two (or three) and have fun with the crowd once Tman was in bed for the night!

Enjoy the video of Tyler walking!

New Happenings

2011-02-08T13:17:00.007-05:00

I've been delinquent in keeping everyone up to date on the Sullivans for far too long! So many things have been happening and being a stay at home mom has made blogging even more difficult! Tyler is a handful and limits my time to just sit down and write. After our return from Charlotte, I had my interview with Concentra on Tuesday the 18th. Concentra is a very large company recently purchased by Humana that owns Urgent Care/Physical Therapy Clinics across the US. I interviewed for a Field Training Manager and was thrilled to receive the job offer 48 hours after my interview! That was certainly huge news in the Sullivan house! So the rest of the week was spent securing a full time preschool for Tyler. We enrolled him at Primrose School in Alpharetta. Other highlights of our week included playdates with Steph and Dylan and my monthly Book Club. We also had a awesome night Friday when Steph and Pat hosted everyone at their house for game night. Myself, Ben, Steph, Pat, Roberta, Mike, Andy and Angela enjoyed an old fashioned Shrimp Boil and a hilarious game of Balderdash after the boys were tucked in bed for the night. We stayed the night over at Steph and Pat's to make it easier on Tyler and he had a great time the next morning playing with Dylan. We finished the weekend off with some family time!

The next week Tyler had an eventful week. We went to Northpoint Mall with one of his many girlfriends, Bella, to ride the train and carousel. He loved it of course. We also had a great playdate on Friday with Steph and Dylan and Angela came over to hang out too!

Friday night my parents came into town to babysit so that Ben and I could celebrate my new job at our favorite steak restaurant, Bones. The steak literally melts in your mouth!

Saturday, we went to the aquarium where Tyler had the time of his life! He kept saying WHOA everytime he saw a fish...considering we were at an aquarium that was a LOT of WHOA's!!!

Sunday we went to church and Tyler had a playdate with our next door neighbors.

Enjoy the aquarium pics!!! More updates on the new job and Tyler's preschool to come!!!

Snowed In...and our trip to Charlotte!

2011-01-27T14:39:00.005-05:00

Wow!!! Just when you think things will slow down after the holidays...they find a way of picking right back up again! So after our weekend of birthday party fun, Atlanta got hit by the Great Snowpocalypse of 2011!!! We got around 5 inches of snow and ice and the city shut down for about a week! Ben worked from home and we literally couldn't get out of our driveway! We took advantage of the time by doing some early spring cleaning and having snowball fights...but after day 2, cabin fever set in! Let's just say that we were so excited to see the temperature sneak back up into the 50's on Friday, and the snow start to melt! After assessing the highways, we decided that our planned trip to Charlotte for MLK weekend was still on!!! We left on Friday and spent the night with my parents. Then Saturday, after lunch we headed up to Charlotte to spend time with some of our good friends from our UNC days! We stayed with Matt and Suzie and Tyler loved hanging out with their adorable twin boys Carson and Henry! (He was obsessed with their Little Tikes car and the boys highly enjoyed fighting over the driver's seat...see pics above)

Saturday night a sitter arrived to monitor the boys after they were fast asleep and Matt, Suzie, Ben and I hit the town! We had a DELICIOUS dinner at Cajun Queen restaurant! Some of the best Shrimp and Grits I've ever had! Sunday morning Suzie made French Toast and after Tyler's morning nap, we headed to a local Bistro to meet Ethan for lunch. Ethan is one of my best friends from high school so it was wonderful to catch up! He loved seeing Tyler.

Sunday night, Suzie invited a group of our friends over for Mexican Casserole, beer and poker! We had a blast and ended the night playing the hilarious game Quelf! I don't know who invented that game but it is so much fun! Ben might disagree however...just ask him about the wedgie he had to give himself!

It was so great spending time with Matt, Suzie, Rusty, Kristin, Walt, Christie, & all the kids! A big shout out to Matt and Suzie for their hospitality! I can't wait to do it again soon!

We arrived home Monday evening after a stop in Spartanburg for lunch with Nana, Papa, Aunt Kelly and Uncle Travis. We were exhausted but had a blast!

Birthdays and More!

2011-01-18T17:03:00.006-05:00

After the craziness of the holidays wore off, I officially bid farewell to my company and have

become a Stay at Home Mom until a job offer comes through. Fortunately, I've had a lot of great interviews lately and am anticipating good news very soon! But in the meantime, it's been great staying home with Tyler and we've stayed really busy! I'm hoping he will take those first steps before I start a new job! He's so close to walking...at this point I think it's more mind over matter! He's a stubborn little man...just like his mama...and doesn't like to be rushed.

My first week as a stay at home mom included Tyler's 1 year check up, Lunch with Steph and Dylan, a playdate with Emma and Bella and a Family Pho Date Night! I also introduced Tyler to Kid's Club at the gym and he really likes it!

Tyler passed his 1 year check up on Tuesday with flying colors, coming in at the 95th percentile for height and the 85th percentile for weight! I'm very proud of my little man and he was a trooper for his 4 shots.

Saturday we spent the day shuttling Tyler between the birthday parties of his friends Roe and Amelia. He had a great time at both parties. The pics above show him at Amelia's party and playing with his party favors afterwards!

Saturday night we went to Fuddruckers and Tyler loved it! He downed his grilled cheese and fruit and even had his kids meal cookie! We were such the suburban family on Saturday night...Gotta love it!

Sunday we went to church and then I met Steph for a trip to the High Museum to see the Dali Exhibit. We had a great girlie time followed by wine afterwards while the boys (Ben, Tyler, Pay and Dylan) watched football!

What a great way to start off 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

2011-01-11T10:37:00.009-05:00

Well better late than never...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year this year! After the craziness of Tyler's First Birthday wore off, things were in full swing for the holidays! Grandma Sullivan arrived into town on Tuesday afternoon (December 21st) to celebrate the holidays with us! She got to spend some quality time with Tyler while I finished up all of my work related stuff. Grandpa Sullivan and Aunt Kate arrived the evening of December 23rd. Christmas Eve included some shopping, a trip to the park, and a huge Christmas Eve dinner complete with Turkey, Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli Casserole, Bread, Corn and Cranberry Sauce! I worked in the kitchen most of the day and everything turned out quite delicious if I do say so myself! Christmas morning Tyler awoke to a room full of presents. Santa definitely came to visit this year. Some of his favorite toys were his Special Agent Oso Whirlybird Toy and his Radio Flyer Wagon. I cooked a big Christmas Breakfast and then Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Kate headed to the airport so that Ben, Tyler and I could drive up to Spartanburg. We arrived to Nana and Papa's around noon...just in time to open presents, eat steak and baked potatoes for lunch and watch the snow start to fall! It was a Beautiful White Christmas this year and we enjoyed every minute of it! We are so grateful we got to spend the holidays with both families this year!

The day after Christmas, Ben and I headed back to Atlanta and Tyler stayed at Nana and Papa's for two days. Aunt Kelly was there to help as well and Tyler had a Ball!!!

He was spoiled rotten of course. Meanwhile, Ben and I slept in, went out to dinner, watched some movies, and had a few cocktails in between. I love my little Tyler more than life itself but have to admit that it was a great couple of days of "grown up time"! Tuesday I picked up Tyler in Commerce (the halfway point between Spartanburg and ATL). But we had just a couple of days in between before Nana and Papa came back to ATL to babysit on New Year's Eve. Ben and I had a wonderful New Years as we celebrated the wedding of our good friends Roberta and Mike. It was a beautiful wedding and we got to ring in the New Year in style! What a great time!

New Years Day we headed home from the hotel in time to take Nana and Papa to lunch for Chicago Style Pizza. They loved it!

The rest of the day was spent hanging low with our little man and taking lots of Advil! Ben and I celebrated the new year a little too hard!

Happy Holidays to one and ALL. May 2011 be good to each and every one of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Winter ONEderland

2010-12-28T21:40:00.009-05:00

What a whirlwind December has been! Tyler had a ONEderful 1st Birthday celebration!

The weekend kicked off with Johanna's (Tyler's Godmother) arrival on Friday night. We grabbed sushi after I picked her up from the airport.

Saturday was insane! The morning consisted of full party prep mode! Nana and Papa and Aunt Kelly and Uncle Travis arrived early to help decorate. Plus, Travis made the cake which was SO Amazing! He took the Winter ONEderland theme and ran with it, making a cake complete with snow, trees, and a snowman. Tyler also had his own cake!

At 1pm the guests started to arrive. It was a packed house with 13 kids and about 30 adults. There was tons of food and booze...but the real fun began when Papa started the snow machine in the backyard! The kids were AMAZED!!! Then after Tyler's cake and presents were eaten and opened, Santa arrived at 3pm to visit! Tyler was not a fan...again...but most of the kids loved him!

It was a great time and Tyler had a blast at his Winter ONEderland celebration!!!

However, I would be remiss if I didn't take a moment to look back on the past year! I can't believe that my little man is 1. When I think of how far we've come and how much my love for my Baby Tyler has grown, it literally brings tears to my eyes! I have to say that NOTHING in this world can prepare you for how much you love your child. My heart melts every time I see his little face and hear his sweet little laugh.

Ben and I count our blessings every single day that we have such a beautiful, healthy, energetic, bundle of joy!

Tyler, if you read this one day...know that Mommy and Daddy love you SO very very much and there is nothing in this world that we wouldn't do for you. Happy Birthday Baby Boy! You bring more joy to our lives than you could ever imagine!

Happy Anniversary!!!

2010-12-16T15:48:00.003-05:00

After our crazy weekend on the 4th, we had a pretty quiet holiday weekend on the 11th.

We got lots of Christmas shopping done, had dinner with Steph and Pat and Andy and Angela on Saturday night and I took Tyler with me to Book Club on Sunday...in the snow!!

Our nanny Lina left to visit her family in Colombia on the 9th, so we have been on our own with regards to child care ever since. We are managing just fine though. My workload is pretty light these days since I'll be done at the end of December, and Ben has taken a few days off as well. Plus we'll have family on hand for the holidays too!

The highlight of the week was that Ben and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary on Wednesday. We had a lunch "date" just the two of us, and dinner with Baby T in tow!

It was a wonderful day and I couldn't have asked for a better husband. Ben and Tyler are the lights of my life and I am grateful for them always!!!

Breakfast with Santa!

2010-12-08T10:48:00.011-05:00

We had quite the wild week/weekend in the Sullivan house!

I know everyone out there is with me when I say the Holidays are insanely busy!

Last Tuesday, Ben went out to a swanky dinner with his boss at Craft in downtown Atlanta!

Then I headed to Tuscaloosa for work on Wednesday and Thursday. It was my last work trip EVER! Hooray! Although, it's kind of bittersweet to say that!

When I got home on Thursday I hosted Book Club at my house on Thursday night. The book for the month was, Christmas Jars but alas, I didn't even start it. I'm still trying to get through Eat Pray Love that I started when Tyler was a month old! I've been stuck in India for quite some time!

Friday, I had a great interview with a company and am waiting to hear back from a few others. Things are definitely looking up in the job department but as the 1/1/11 deadline approaches, I'm starting to stress even more!

Friday night my parents came down for our Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday morning. We ordered Chinese and my mom stayed with Tyler so that my dad, Ben and I could go to the SEC Pre-game Party at Tavern 99. We tried to get in the door but the place was PACKED. Six tour buses of fans pulled up at the same time we did. So we ended up going to Fado and having beers on the rooftop. It was a good time all around!

Saturday morning we headed to breakfast with Santa which was so fun! Tyler had a blast...until he met St. Nick! He screamed his head off the minute we sat him down! After a few laughs and classic pictures we grabbed him up and calmed him down! All he needed was some Chocolate muffin and a hug from Mommy and Daddy and he was fine!

Saturday evening my sister (Aunt Kelly) arrived in town to babysit Baby T! Ben and I headed over to our friend Roberta and Mike's for their annual gingerbread party! We had a great time and were able to catch the crushing SEC Championship (my poor gamecocks) and the ACC Championship...GO HOKIES!

Sunday we had Dunkin Donuts and bid Aunt Kelly farewell! Then the family decorated the house for Christmas and had Tyler's 1 year photo shoot at Lenox Park with Danielle. It was freezing out but we got some great pics!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-12-06T11:29:00.003-05:00

What a GREAT Thanksgiving we had! It was Tyler's first and I believe he's a fan!

The week was a busy one! There were tons of errands to run before we headed to Spartanburg. Tuesday night Aunt Amanda came to visit little Tyler and we all had pizza and wine after he was in bed!

Ben, Tyler and I headed to Nana and Papa's on Wednesday to spend a few days with my parents.

Tyler spent Thanksgiving dancing to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and stuffing himself!

He wasn't the biggest fan of Turkey but he loved Mac and Cheese!

Friday, Tyler went to visit his Great Grandma Bobbie and Nana and Papa babysat on Friday night so that Ben and I could have a date night. We went to Thai and then to the bar for a couple of drinks. It was a lot of fun! Our bar experience at Wild Wings definitely brought back memories of our wedding weekend!

Saturday we went shopping while Ben watched some football and Saturday night we had a tailgating party with the whole family and watched the SC vs. Clemson game! Good times all around.

Sunday, we headed back to ATL after church and crashed!

We definitely battled some holiday traffic going to and from Spartanburg but it was good to be home!!!

The Sullivans are VERY Thankful for everything that we have been blessed with in 2010!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Happy 11 Month Birthday Tyler!

2010-11-24T11:04:00.002-05:00

Happy 11 month Bday Tyler! I can't believe that in just one month our little Tman will be a year old! Plans for his Winter ONEderland celebration are in full swing! I cannot wait for the party!

Tyler is trying REALLY REALLY hard to walk these days. He's into anything and everything! I'm hoping he'll be taking those first steps by December 18th but if I've learned anything over the past year it's that kids do things when they're ready...not when we're ready.

The past couple of weekends have been a lot of fun. We've stayed here in ATL and done our usual Saturday morning walks to Dunkin Donuts and Waffle Sundays.

The weekend of the 13th I attended Roberta's Bridal Luncheon and we had Steph and Pat over for dinner! We also watched the SC vs. FL game which clenched South Carolina's chance at an SEC Championship for the first time...in forever! I'm so excited for my Gamecocks! Sunday's play date to the zoo was derailed by the pulled muscle in my back...you should have seen Ben, Tyler and I walking into the ER at 6am decked out in our PJ's! But a few muscle relaxers and I was back to business within a day or two.

Last weekend Nana and Papa came to visit so that Ben and I could go see Harry Potter! We tried Studio Movie Grill...a bar, restaurant, movie theater kind of deal. It was neat, and convenient for those of us that don't want to stay up too late (lame I know). We were fed, movie'ed, and in bed by 11. That's what happens when your up at 6am everyday!

Saturday evening we went over to Steph and Pat's for chili. Andy and Angela were also in attendance and it was nice to catch up with them! Tyler had his first ear infection on Saturday though, so we called it an early night.

Sunday Tyler and I went shopping while Daddy watched the Skins play.

Next blog post will be Tyler's first Thanksgiving!!! Happy Turkey Day to us all!!!

Frustrations

2010-11-18T10:57:00.003-05:00

That's exactly how I feel right now...frustrated! For those out there that know me, you know that I'm quite the organizer "Type A" personality...I'm one of those people that likes to have all of my ducks in a row! For things to be out of whack...well it bothers me...a lot!

Forgive me while I vent, but it's my blog and I'll do what I want! I do know that the Sullivans are very VERY blessed. We have a beautiful home, friends and family that love us, a happy marriage and a healthy son! But when you are jobless...or jobless effective Jan 1st, the pressure to find something fast is a bit intense! We will be fine financially for a while but the stress of "will I find the perfect job again?" is looming in the air.

I've definitely gone through the different stages of grief over losing my job...

Anger, depression, denial...all that good stuff. Thank goodness for Ben and Tyler! Having a son and husband that love you have really helped me through this. And it's times like these that you know who your true friends are!

I think what some people don't realize is that losing your job (something that takes up 40+hours of your week) is a huge loss! Not to mention the friendships with coworkers that (let's face it) won't be the same once you don't speak with each other everyday.

But now that I'm actually getting interviews things have started to get better! A lot better!

However, I never knew such physical ramifications that can come with stress once you pass 30! Yes, I'm blaming it on age...I certainly don't remember these types of things happening when I was studying for finals in college!

In the past week, I've popped a blood vessel in my eye and thrown out my back...not to mention the fact that I'm breaking out like a 13 year old!

Goodness gracious, I'll be glad when I can look back on all of this as a learning experience!

But until then, I know that I have family and some good friends to get me through!

Bachelorettes and Birthdays

2010-11-11T17:23:00.003-05:00

The Sullivan clan laid pretty low after Halloween but we did have some fun last weekend here in Atlanta!

Friday night was what we've designated as "Family Pho Night"!!

Tyler has made friends with all the waitresses in the restaurant...they love him!

Saturday Ben stayed with Tyler so that I could attend the Bachelorette party of our good friend Roberta. Ben had just been to Vegas for her fiancee Mike's party, so he was on Daddy duty for the night while Mommy hit the town.

We had a great time! The night included dinner at Loca Luna and stops at The Three Legged Cowboy and Swinging Richards....no I'm not lying...that's their names!

Sunday I wasn't feeling so hot, but we still managed to make it out next door neighbor's birthday party for their daughter Maddie. She turned two and her mom Melanie created a "make your own" grilled cheese sandwich buffet. Tyler had a great time hanging with all the babies and tore up his first grilled cheese sandwich!

Happy Halloween!!!

2010-11-05T14:58:00.002-04:00

What a fun Halloween weekend for us! It was Tyler's first Halloween and he had a blast!

Our week started off with a work trip for me. I was gone to Raleigh and Fayetteville on Monday and came home Tuesday night.

I met with some executives about job leads...now I'm just hoping and praying constantly that I get a bite before the end of the year.

Wednesday night I made stuffed peppers and we carved pumpkins...correction...Ben carved pumpkins. But he did a GREAT job and we had some of the coolest pumpkins on the neighborhood block! Thursday Ben headed off to Vegas for our friend Mike's bachelor party! He was there for two nights and had a great time gambling, sleeping in, drinking, watching sports and visiting the store made famous on Pawn Stars! He also brought me home a gorgeous necklace and two onesies for Tyler! I'm a very lucky girl.

While Ben was playing in Vegas, Tyler and I had some great quality time together. On Thursday night we met our friend Emma and her little girl Isabella at Gymboree for a Halloween party! Saturday morning we met our friends Jill and Josh for breakfast at Flying Biscuit in Buckhead. They were in town from DC for the weekend and it was great to catch up. After breakfast Tyler and I headed to Spartanburg for trick or treat in Nana and Papa's neighborhood. We all dressed up as chefs and went around the neighborhood collecting treats. Tyler was fully decked out in his lobster costume and loved every minute of it...which really surprised me. He normally HATES things on his head but had no problem this time! Aunt Kelly came along too dressed as a pirate! We got lots of compliments on our costumes and my parents ran out of candy from the massive amounts of kids who came by the house.

Sunday, we went to church then Tyler and I hit the road back to Atlanta. When we got home daddy was there to greet us!

Sunday night Roberta came over to hand out candy to the trick or treaters so that Ben and I could take Tyler to our neighborhood Halloween party and go trick or treating as a family. It was a great night, and we too ran out of candy from the massive amounts of kids in the neighborhood!

So, Tyler's first Halloween was a big hit! We had so much fun with him...I'm already brainstorming ideas for next year!

PS- I would be the worst friend ever if I didn't give my friend Amanda a shout out! She came home for a visit from Chicago last weekend and I completely forgot to update everyone on our fabulous lunch in Historic Roswell on Friday (we ran into Steph and Pat too) and her visit with Tyler on Sunday! We miss you and love you Aunt Amanda!!!

Date Night Out and Chateau Elan!

2010-10-27T12:47:00.004-04:00

This weekend Nana and Papa came to Atlanta so that Mommy and Daddy could have a date night out! They stayed the night at our house and watched Tyler, while Ben and I stayed downtown at the Marriott Marquis and then headed to the Tabernacle to see Daniel Tosh! Tosh.0 is one of the funniest shows on TV right now, and he was hilarious live! We had a fun night out complete with dinner at the Marriott (FYI, the food there is nothing to write home about) and drinks at Pulse Lounge. Good times all around!

Saturday we slept in and were back to our house by lunch. After we fed Tyler, we headed to Chateau Elan with my parents and Baby T.

We had a great time. We ate lunch at an Irish Pub and then Ben and Dad headed into the winery for the tour. Meanwhile my mom and I hung out with Tyler by the fountain outside. It was a beautiful day and he loved watching the water. I was able to come back inside the winery for the wine tasting though!

After the tasting we headed home with a very tired Tyler!

Sunday, we walked to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast and went to Cold Brew to watch the Redskins play!

A very fun weekend indeed!

This weekend is Halloween and I can't wait to dress Tyler up for some trick or treating!

Happy 10 Month Birthday Tyler!

2010-10-18T11:26:00.007-04:00

This week was Daddy's week to travel for work. Ben headed to TX on Tuesday and returned on Thursday...this time with Grandma in tow! Ben's mom flew in for the weekend to spend some time with Tyler and they were able to time up their arriving flights perfectly.

Friday, Grandma babysat so that I could work, but we squeezed in a quick shopping trip too. Friday night we grilled a big dinner after Tyler went to bed.

Saturday we did our walk to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast and then went to Taste of Roswell! It was a really cool event with lots of good eats! That night, Grandma babysat again so that Ben and I could have date night. We went to 5 seasons brewery for dinner and then to see the Social Network. It was a great night and awesome movie (did I mention my boyfriend Justin Timberlake is in the movie?....HEEEEYYYYYYYY). Sunday we were able to make it to the pumpkin patch after getting lost for awhile. We ended up having our picnic outside of a gas station somewhere in the middle of Dawsonville, GA...but FINALLY made it to the pumpkin patch and Tyler had a ball!

I can't wait to take him next year when he's walking. He will tear that corn maze apart!

Monday marked Tyler's 10 month birthday! His monthly photo shoot is definitely getting harder to manage now that he's crawling and pulling up all over the place.

But it really is unbelievable to see how big he's gotten over the past year. Hard to believe that his 1 year birthday is just around the corner!

Tyler is getting really close to walking these days...I predict that he will taking those first steps any day now!

Happy 31 to ME!!!

2010-10-13T10:19:00.002-04:00

Yes, I'm officially in my "early thirties" as of Oct 6th! It was a great Birthday! Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. I was able to spend most of the day with Tyler which was great! We met Steph and Baby Dylan out for lunch and Ben took Tyler and I to sushi for dinner! He also gave me a gorgeous blue topaz bracelet to match my ring and earrings! I'm in love!!!

Thursday, Tyler and I ventured to Jacksonville to see Rienna, Aaron, Bo and Bianca! I had to be in Jacksonville for work and Rienna was on maternity leave and available to babysit, so it worked out quite nicely. I have to admit that flying alone with a 10 month old was....well...challenging. Tyler was well behaved but just WIRED to the max! He was quite the wiggle worm on both flights but we survived! Luckily we sat by gentlemen on both flights that were fathers and happy to help me! And my social butterfly son loved greeting everyone on the plane... My apologies to the bald man directly in front of me in 12C that kept getting his head rubbed!

We were home by Friday evening and CRASHED! I was so exhausted...flying with a 10 month old can be equated to running a half marathon...I know...I've done both!

Saturday was a great day!!! We had my birthday party complete with tailgating food and ice cream cupcakes from Cold Stone! We had 8 friends over to the house to watch the Gamecocks play and WIN!!! We ended up beating Alabama (#1 team in the country for anyone that's been living under a rock) and actually have a shot at the SEC Championship this year! I'm so excited for my team! It's about time we ROCKED!!!

Goooooo Cocks...fight...win...kick ass!!!

Sunday was a wash due to too many celebratory beverages on Saturday. We did make it to Babies R Us to load up on Tyler supplies, but that's about it!

Here's to another fun weekend!!

Oktoberfest!

2010-10-05T10:06:00.002-04:00

Wow! What a week it's been....

There are definitely interesting times ahead. I was informed on Friday that I'm getting laid off from my job effective January 1st 2011.

I'm still coming to terms with everything and trying to get my resume out there again, but needless to say, it's been a rough few days for our family.

I'm confident that a job will present itself by the end of the year, but it's still hard to let go of a company that you gave 4 years of your life to.

Many thanks to the family and friends that have reached out to offer kind words and support. The Sullivan family will survive and conquer, I have no doubt!

This weekend I needed to keep my mind off things, so we decided to move forward with our plans. Saturday morning Tyler and I headed to Spartanburg to spend time with Nana and Papa and go to the Kislik Oktoberfest! My best friend Johanna's dad is German and hosts a large Oktoberfest at their home every other year. This year, I went with Tyler and he was the hit of the party! I should have dressed him in lederhosen for the occasion now that I think about it!

But good times were had by all.

Sunday we attended church, had lunch with the fam, and visited Great Grandma Bobbie before heading back to Atlanta.

Ben had to work on a couple of large deals with BOA this weekend so he wasn't able to come! Hey...somebody's got to keep a job in this family! :)

This week is my birthday! I'll be 31!

Stay tuned for a birthday update....

Happy FALL to us ALL!

Birthday Parties Galore!

2010-09-29T13:45:00.008-04:00

This weekend was lots of fun for the Sullivan clan. Friday night was Pho night...date night as a family. What can I say? We are Pho-a-holics.

Saturday morning we walked to to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast, then Nana and Papa came to visit and brought lots of new toys for Tyler. They were happy to babysit so that Ben and I could sneak away and watch the Virginia Tech game at Hudson Grill with our good friend Roberta. It was a great victory for the Hokies...finally!

Saturday night Andy and Angela were trying out new recipes and watching football so Ben and I headed over. When my parents needed to get on the road, I headed home to play with Tyler and get him off to bed. Ben stayed and brought me home some yummy treats!

Sunday, was Waffle Sunday and even Tyler had one! It was a first for him and I think he liked them. I'm pretty good at making waffles if I do say so myself!

Sunday afternoon was spent going to the birthday party of our nanny's son Nico and our friend Emma and Mike's daughter Isabella.

It was a rainy and exhausting Sunday but lots of fun! Enjoy the pics!

Happy 9 Month Bday Tyler

2010-09-20T15:12:00.005-04:00

Wow! I can't believe Tyler is 9 months old! My how the time has flown by! I know it sounds cliche but it's true.

Tyler had his 9 month check up today and he weighed in at 23lbs. 3 oz. He's such a big boy! He's in the 95th percentile for height, 86th percentile for weight, and (get ready for it) the 99th percentile for head circumference! I'm thinking we might nickname him "noggin"! Well, it might be big but it sure is a cute little head!

Other major milestones include learning to clap and eating big boy food!

Our week/weekend was a lot of fun. I had to go to Mobile, AL for work and Ben was super busy on a new deal but Friday night we had our friends Andy, Angela and Pat over for dinner. I made meatloaf and broccoli casserole.

Saturday, the Sullivan family walked to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast, which was surprisingly full of kids. Tyler had an afternoon bday party, where he enjoyed his first cupcake, and then Ben and I headed to Pho that evening for dinner with the Tman. While there, we randomly ran into our Pho buddy Pat. His wife Steph and little Dylan are in Florida for a few weeks, but we look forward to catching up with them soon!

Sunday morning we took a morning stroll in Roswell Park where we fed the ducks. Sunday afternoon was spent blowing bubbles in the front yard and riding the train at Northpoint Mall. Tyler had a blast! Enjoy the video!

Labor Day fun!

2010-09-15T09:43:00.004-04:00

Happy Labor Day to you all! I can't believe that fall is upon us already. Fall is my FAVORITE season for many reasons...but mostly because of the cooler weather, changing leaves, football, and my birthday! Oh and Halloween...I love Halloween!

After our weekend in Dahlonega it was the start of another busy week. I had a short trip to Raleigh for work, but Thursday the whole family headed to Spartanburg for an early start our Labor Day weekend.

Thursday night we watched the Gamecocks play with my parents, sister, and brother in law after Tyler went to bed. Looks like it could be a great season for the Gamecocks! We have the best runningback in the country and he is already showing off some mad skills!

Friday I worked at the house and took care of Tyler while Ben was in the Greenville BOA office. My dad came home early and we picked up my mom from work. She happened to be working at my old high school that day, so it was cool that Tyler got to see Dorman High!!!

Friday night we said goodbye to Tyler. Ben and I drove to two hours to Winston Salem so that I could work on Saturday. Meanwhile, Tyler was with Nana and Papa for the whole weekend.

Saturday after work, we drove to Raleigh and spent the night with my BFF Johanna and her hubby Steve. We got in some pool time and I was introduced to Goodberry's ice cream...HELLO Custard deliciousness!!!

Sunday, Ben and I checked into the Franklin Hotel in Chapel Hill and met up with our MBA friends Matt & Suzie and Jim & Julie to attend the wedding of our good friend Carrie!

It was a beautiful wedding and the reception was a blast. We danced the night away!

Congrats to Carrie and Rob!!!

After the reception we hit up Franklin St and had a great time!

Monday, Ben and I were up and on the road early in order to get to Spartanburg by lunch. We missed Tyler so much while we were gone, but he was spoiled rotten by the grandparents of course. He went to a wine tasting festival downtown, church on Sunday morning, and to the Apple Farm on Sunday afternoon!

We all arrived safely home Monday afternoon and crashed.

Due to the craziness of Labor Day weekend, this past week and weekend was spent laying low. The Sullivan clan watched football, took walks around the neighborhood, had Mike and Roberta over for lasagna and Balderdash and bought Tyler "big boy" car seats.

Very chill weekend indeed!

GAME....COCKS!!!!

2010-09-02T11:24:00.002-04:00

We are ready for football season to start in the Sullivan household!!!!

Let's go Gamecocks, Hokies, and Redskins!!!!

Dahlonega Weekend!!!

2010-08-31T12:30:00.004-04:00

Last week involved a lot of rest after our weekend trip to DC! I didn't have to travel for work which was nice.

But it's definitely a lot harder to rest with a crawling baby on your hands!

Tyler is getting faster by the day. I basically have to chase him around the house 24/7. But it's great that he is so intuitive and full of energy! This weekend Nana and Papa came to town to babysit little Tyler and had a blast with him. They had not seen him crawl or pull up yet so they loved every minute that they got to play with him!

Friday night Ben and I had family night with Tyler, but Saturday we hit the road to Dahlonega, GA with our friends Mike and Roberta!

Now many of you may be asking...where the %$&* is Dahlonega?

Well, it's waaaayyyyy up in the mountains of North Georgia and it's truly beautiful.

Mike and Roberta got a weekend getaway to Achasta Resort through a silent auction and invited us to go! We stayed at a beautiful 3 bedroom golf villa with breathtaking views! After lunch at the clubhouse, the boys headed off for their 1pm tee time, while Roberta and I ventured back to the villa to get ready for our winery tour. We were picked up by bus and driven tho three wineries...Three Sisters, Frogtown, and Blackstone! We had the best time! We met some friends on the bus ride and split many bottles of wine! We met the boys for dinner in downtown Dahlonega for some yummy dinner (well, what I remember of it was quite tasty)!

Sunday morning we had lunch and headed home! My parents left to drive to Spartanburg shortly after our arrival. That night Ben ventured to Tilted Kilt, the Irish Pub that just opened near our house, while I hosted book club! Tyler, of course, was the only boy allowed at book club! He was the hit of the party, besides the delicious food!

It was a great end to a perfect weekend!

More Pics

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Again, a BIG thanks to everyone who came out on Friday night, and to all our friends who came to Liberty Tavern for brunch on Saturday to meet Tyler!!! We miss the DC Crew!

Hugs and Kisses to Erin, Christina, Ardy, Jen, Josh, Jill, Tina, Jacqueline, Christine M., Christine H., Sara, Ellen, Laura (with her cutie boys Damien and Luke), Katye and Matt!

DC Trip 2010

2010-08-26T11:41:00.007-04:00

After we all returned home from the beach, we were back into the swing of things! It was so nice having a week off for vacation, but it was a return to full chaos with nanny shares and work trips!

The house was full of babies as usual...Tyler and Nico (our nanny's son) have really started bonding and it so fun to watch them play together!

The week also included a trip to Ben's office so that his coworkers could see little Tyler, book club, and a quick trip to Alabama for work.

After I came back from my work trip, we were able to squeeze in one last lunch with Amanda before she headed off to Chicago, and that very same day we also took a trip to Urgent Care because our nanny, Lina, fractured her big toe at our house.

Talk about feeling terrible...but she is recovering nicely thanks to her walking cast!

Our weekend was chill (other than the trip to urgent care). Ben was able to get racquetball in on Saturday and I was able to get a spa day in on Sunday!

The following week it was back on the road as I headed to Raleigh for work. While in Raleigh, I received a phone call from Lina alerting me that my little man had finally decided to start crawling. I knew it was coming!!! Hooray for Tyler!!!

As a mom, you feel horrible for missing those pivotal moments, but I know there are lots of "firsts" that many parents miss.

As working parents, it's just not possible to be there every second...as much as we would like to!

But man, Tyler is motoring everywhere now!!! We can't stop him!

However, I did make it home in time for Tyler's 8 month birthday and his first airplane ride!

We headed to DC last week and had a great time visiting Ben's family!

Highlights included steak dinners, trips to the Smithsonian, a night out with our friends on Friday, brunch with friends on Saturday (they were all able to meet Tyler which was awesome), and a BBQ party with all of the neighbors and family friends on Saturday night.

Tyler was a rock star on the plane! Everyone complimented us on how well behaved he was (and how cute he was too)! Another highlight of the trip was when Tyler pulled himself up to standing for the first time...which I was happily present to see!!!

Thanks to Ben's parents for the hospitality and thank you to all of our friends who came to hang out with us!

Hello and Goodbyes!!

2010-08-12T09:09:00.003-04:00

Welcome to the world Bianca Aria Baratta! Her proud parents Rienna, Aaron and big brother Bo couldn't be happier to have this precious girl! Rienna and I are BFF's from college, so I'm excited to be a new "aunt"!

And a BIG We'll Miss you to one of my Besties in ATL, Amanda! She will be moving to Chicago this weekend and we'll miss her so much! Tyler is quite attached too!

After our return from Isle of Palms on Saturday, I hosted a Going Away Party for Amanda at Fado's!

Safe Travels and Good luck Amanda! We'll miss you!

Isle of Palms 2010

2010-08-11T10:47:00.005-04:00

The Sullivan clan took it's first family vacation to Isle Of Palms, SC from July 31- Aug 7. What a blast!!! We had a great time and made some lifelong memories! We rented a beautiful Oceanfront Condo with enough room to accommodate Mommy, Daddy, Tyler, Nana, Papa, Aunt Kelly and Uncle Travis! Tyler had so much fun on the beach, and loved playing in the sand! Although the ocean was a bit scary for him at first, he ended up loving the waves!!!

There were many highlights of the trip including seeing my friends Leah and Jannell, going to the rooftop of Grill 225 in downtown Charleston for drinks, a day trip to Charleston to do some shopping at the Historic Markets, date night in Isle of Palms with beautiful water views and live music at Coconut Joe's, Shrimp Boils, wine on the patio, sunrise walks, and long days of lounging in the sun while trying to keep Tyler from eating too much sand! It was an amazing trip and I can't wait to go back next year!!!

July at a Glance!!!

2010-07-30T11:52:00.008-04:00

Wow! I can't believe that the whole month of July has flown by us and I haven't updated our blog! I have to promise not to let that happen again!

Anyways, it's been busy, busy and Tyler is getting bigger by the day! He is really getting to the age where babies are SO much fun! Everyday he learns something new or laughs at a new face that Mommy and Daddy make!

The Sullivans have been up to a lot over the past month!

But first things first....HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to everyone! Our weekend was very interesting to say the least! We met my parents in Commerce, GA on July 3rd and dropped off Tyler with them. They were on Nana/Papa/Aunt Kelly duty for the night. Meanwhile, Ben and I headed back to Atlanta and attended Infant CPR training with our nanny share couple Courtney and Joe. Afterwards we went out for drinks at Taco Mac and watched a World Cup match! After some nachos and beer, Ben and I quickly headed home and got changed for a visit to Chops Steakhouse downtown. We tried Steak Tar tare for the first time and I was quite impressed. The next morning we were up BRIGHT and early for my first (Ben's second) Peachtree Road Race.

For those of you that don't know, the Peachtree Road Race is the biggest 10K in the United States and is hosted in Downtown Atlanta every year. We had to take the Marta with LITERALLY thousands of runners and it was some great people watching! We ran/walked the race (I pooped out after mile 3) but finished...and that's what's important. When you add in travel to the start line and "to and from" the Marta, I bet we ran/walked 8 miles that day. Not too shabby!!!

Then Ben and I came home, packed our bags and headed to Spartanburg to celebrate the 4th and my grandmother's bday with the Heatherly Family.

We had a delicious Steak dinner and birthday cake! Unfortunately, not a single firework was seen by any the Sullivan clan. Tyler was in bed by 7:30 and Ben and I passed out on the couch by 8. I guess the running and driving and 4th of July cocktails caught up with us...oh well, there's always next year!

The next weekend was pretty chill. Ben and I went to the Farmer's Market in Roswell with Baby T and had a great time hiking around Smith's plantation! Saturday night we went over to Steph and Pat's for dinner so that Baby D and Baby T could have some fun together!

The week of the 12th I was in Pensacola for work, but was able to have dinner at Steph's house on Thursday so that I could visit with Stephanie Stringer who was in town for Tampa for a visit.

It was good times!

On the 17th, Nana and Papa came to visit Tyler so that Ben and I could have a date night.

We went to get Mexican and then headed to see Inception (otherwise known as the worst movie EVER, in my opinion). The 18th was Tyler's 7 month bday and I was glad that the grandparents were there to see Tyler have his monthly growth photo shoot!

The month came to a close as our friends Katye and Matt came into town to visit from DC.

We had a great time with them. We got to know Matt even better since he and Katye are newly engaged and will be getting married next summer! Friday night Amanda offered to babysit so that we could take Katye and Matt to the top of the Westin hotel for drinks. Beautiful view....complete with a rainbow (see pic above). Then it was off to the Chocolate Bar in Decatur for dessert! Saturday, Kayte and Matt went sightseeing after our breakfast at the Flying Biscuit and Ben was on Tman duty so that I could attend Sips N Strokes with Amanda! So much fun! We sipped wine together and painted! I can't wait to go back for another class!

Kayte and Matt left on Sunday, and we finished off a nice weekend with some family time!

The next week I was in Raleigh most of the week for work. Ben played Superdad while I was gone, so I treated him with Happy Hour with his buddies on Thursday. The rest of the week was spent packing for our 2010 Isle of Palms Beach Vacation!!!! Pics and Post to follow! My how summer flies by....

Double Trouble!!!

2010-07-06T17:03:00.003-04:00

Just as Tyler was ringing in his 6 month birthday on June 18th, another little man was entering the world.

Congrats to Steph and Pat, who's little Dylan arrived 6 months to the day after Tyler's birth!

We already came up with a nickname for our little guys (who both resemble their fathers so much it's scary)...DT...otherwise known as Double Trouble (or Dylan and Tyler)!!!! What a handful they will be in just a couple of years!!!

Happy 6 month Birthday Tyler!

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Tyler's 6 month photo shoot and hanging with Aunt Amanda!

The week of the 14th, Ben and I spent in my hometown of Spartanburg... or Sparkle City as I affectionately call it! My parents were in Disney World so Ben and I had the house to ourselves on Sunday and Monday.

Tuesday night my parents came home just in time to have Johanna and Steve over (they were also in Spartanburg for the week) for a bbq dinner! I made potatoes, brownies, corn on the cob and salmon and chicken...mmmmmm

Wednesday - Friday, Ben worked in the Bank of America offices in Greenville while I went to a meeting in Raleigh. My mom was on hand to watch the Tman!

I had a great time in Raleigh and it was a blast hanging with my coworkers!

I got home on Friday just in time to spend some QT with Tyler and wish him a HAPPY 6 MONTH BIRTHDAY!!!! He even took his first swim!!!

Yes, Tyler had a Half Birthday celebration, complete with a cake...well Key Lime Pie with candles at least!

Happy Birthday Tyler! Mommy and Daddy love you so much and feel SO blessed that you are in our lives. You have made these past 6 months, the best EVER!

After bedtime, Ben and I walked up to the clubhouse in my parent's neighborhood for some dinner and drinks. It was nice to get some alone time!

Saturday we spent the entire day by the pool and Tyler loved it!

Sunday was Father's Day and we hit the road early to ATL so that Ben could have his Father's Day present of boozing and sports watching with his boys...open tab courtesy of yours truly! Aren't I sweet?

Ben has been such a strong support system for me through the years, and a wonderful father to Tyler over the past 6 months! Happy Father's Day Sweetie! We love you SO much!

The week of the 21st we laid low at home after such a hectic week. We had Tyler's 6 month Photo Shoot on Saturday, and spent some time with Aunt Amanda at the pool on Sunday!

Godparents and Wedding Bells!

2010-06-26T14:53:00.004-04:00

So after having a few days to calm down from Dewey, Ben and I were able to get in a few workouts, and I was able to squeeze in a work trip to Alabama before our fun family weekend in Atlanta! On Friday night, Ben's best friend (and Tyler's Godfather) Ryan came to town to visit.

We had a great backyard bbq with Ryan, Amanda, Ben and I. Tyler was down by 8 and the weather was great, so we were able to hang out on the deck most of the night and just enjoy each other's company! Good times!

Saturday we met up with Ryan and Amanda and Ryan's brother for some bowling. Tyler had never been bowling before (obviously) and he LOVED the bowling balls. He also loved getting tossed in the air by his Uncle Ryan!

Sunday I had Book club with some of my favorite ladies and then we hosted Andy, Angela, Steph and Pat at our house for another cookout.

What a fun weekend here in "the ATL"!!!

The next week I was in a training for work most of the week, but our evenings were spent getting ready for the next week's travel!

Friday, Ben, Tyler and I headed up to Chapel Hill for Jill and Josh's wedding weekend!

Friday night we stayed with our friends Chris and Toni and met up with Erin, Monica and Christina for dinner at R&R Grill. We were thrilled to find out that Chris and Toni are expecting a baby early next year!!!

Saturday morning Ben and I were able to get a tour of the NC Basketball Museum during Tyler's morning nap. Toni and Chris offered to babysit, so Ben and I headed to the Dean Dome! We were both like kids in a candy store! The museum is pretty amazing. All of the National Championship Trophies, various rings, and player paraphernalia is all at your fingertips! I, of course, had to have my picture taken with my boyfriend, and Tyler's namesake, Tyler Hansborough!

After the museum, we headed up to Johanna's (my BFF and Tyler's godmother) house. Johanna and Steve were keeping Tyler for the night, and they had a blast with him! Johanna did such a great job taking care of Little Tman! She borrowed high chairs and exersaucers from various friends so she was well prepared. I can't thank her enough for taking such good care of him!

We fed and played with Tyler and said our goodbye's then headed to Ham's on Franklin St. to meet up with the wedding crew to watch the first game of the World Cup!

After a few beers we headed back to our hotel to get ready for the wedding.

The wedding was held at the Angus Barn in Durham. It was absolutely beautiful and the weather held out!

The food was excellent, the band rocked out, and the drinks were plentiful! Everything you could ask for in a kick ass wedding!

After the wedding, Ben and I met up with my good friends Chesare and Bobby at East End Martini Bar on Franklin St., then we headed over to La Rez to meet the rest of the wedding party.

We partied until the wee hours of the morning and had a great time!

Sunday, Ben and I picked up Tyler from Johanna's and headed to Spartanburg. Because I had a work meeting in Chapel Hill later that week, and Ben wanted to work in the BOA Greenville office, we decided to spend the week with my parents.

We arrived in Spartanburg exhausted after an amazing weekend!!!

Bachelorette Shenanigans!

2010-06-26T14:34:00.003-04:00

Wow, I can't believe I've let my blog sit with no update for so long! Things have been absolutely crazy over the past month and we've have lots of adventures to update you all on!

Let's start with Memorial Day weekend! What a blast!!! I headed up to DC for my good friend Jill's bachelorette party in Dewey Beach!

The weekend started off with a fun lunch on Friday with my friend Amanda, then dinner and a little quality time with Ben and Tyler.

Saturday morning we were up bright and early! Ben dropped me off at the airport and then headed to Commerce, GA to meet my parents at the "half way" mark between Atlanta and Spartanburg. My parents asked if they could keep Tyler for a night during the Memorial Day weekend and Ben was easily persuaded with thoughts of extra sleep.

While Ben was catching up on his Zzzz's, I landed safely in DC. I rented a car and got to Dewey Beach just in time for Jam Session at one of our favorite bars Bottle and Cork. That night we got dolled up in Bachelorette gear and hit the town for our Good vs. Evil Superhero themed bachelorette night! We had a blast, and I partied like my "pre-mommy" days!

Sunday we were up and out the door early enough to hit up the Starboard (a.k.a the best bar EVER) for their famous Suicide Sunday which included my favorite Bloody Mary Bar in the world!

I had such a great time seeing my girls again and we definitely showed Dewey Beach that we can still party like rock stars..even in our 30's!

Monday I was back in Atlanta by noon, in time to spend the evening with my two favorite men!

What a great weekend!!!!

Happy 5 Month Bday Tyler!

2010-05-27T11:33:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone!

We've had some fun adventures over the past couple of weeks! Matt and Suzie arrived with their twin boys Carson and Henry the weekend of May 15th. We had a great time with them! The boys were walking and into everything. It got to the point where we took away every breakable item in the house and raised it out of "toddler range." It was so fun watching the boys play together! We went to the Children's museum on Saturday and grilled out and played Scene It after the boys all went to bed! Good times all around!!! A Big shout out to Matt and Suzie for making the trek to ATL! Can't wait to see you again soon!

Last week Tyler turned 5 months old while I had to go to a work retreat for three days. No worries though.... I was still able to take his picture before my flight on Tuesday night (see above). It was tough being away from my boys, but I had my dad come in to relieve Ben of Daddy Duty on Friday.

I had an absolute blast with my coworkers and can't wait for next year's retreat!!! So fun!!! Friday night I arrived home in time to feed Tyler and get him to bed. Saturday morning we were up bright and early to hit the road to Spartanburg. Ben got to have a Daddy Weekend while Tyler and I visited Nana, Papa, Great Grandma Bobbie, Aunt Kelly and Uncle Travis.

Tyler had a wonderful time and got spoiled rotten of course! Nana and Papa just bought a new crib and high chair, so it made traveling with Tman a lot easier on me! Saturday night we grilled out hamburgers, and Sunday we went to church.

While Tyler and I were in Spartanburg, Ben had the ultimate "man weekend."

On Saturday he went to the East Atlanta Beer Festival with Mike and then ended the night at a roller derby..yes you heard me...roller derby!

Sunday was spent on golf course with the boys. Ben played a good game for not having picked up a club in three years. He scored 108!

We both arrived home at the exact same time on Sunday night, and gobbled down some Chinese food while we fed Tyler. After we put him to bed we got in some good Mommy/Daddy time before we hit the hay!

It was an exhausting but fun filled weekend!

This week Ben and I have gotten in some good runs for our Peachtree Road Race Training and had Pho with Steph and Pat on Wednesday! Their little Dylan will be here in a just a few short weeks!

Happy Memorial Weekend everyone! Another update from the Sullivans will be coming soon as I head to DC for the weekend for Jill's Bachelorette Party! Fun times ahead!

Whales and Weddings!

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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.....

Aunt Jannell and Leah visit Baby T!

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Last weekend was a lot a fun when some of my best college friends came to town to visit Tyler.

Leah and Jannell arrived into town late Friday evening, so Saturday morning everyone met up for brunch at J Christopher's in downtown Roswell...there were a lot of us! Me, Ben and Tyler were joined by Jannell, Leah, David, their little girl Hayden, David's sister Kathryn, Andy, Angela, and Anastasia!

There was a lot of catching up to do amongst the 9 adults... and the two babies finally got to meet each other too!

Unfortunately the weather was really sucky last weekend and our plan of going to the zoo was ruined...so after brunch everyone came back to the Sullivan pad so the kids could play and nap.

That evening everyone headed over to Andy and Angela's for a bbq!

Good times all around.

Sunday, we said goodbye to Jannell, Leah, Hayden and David. The weather was beautiful so we took our first jog since Baby Tyler came along. We are officially training for the Peach Tree Road Race in July. It's a 10K and trust me when I say it will be a LONG road to get back up to 6 miles.

I had not run since the half marathon I completed right before I got pregnant last year, so we started small and are trying to work our way up. We ran 1.5 miles and did a nice walk in the park afterwards. Tyler was loving life in the BOB stroller the whole time!

It was a great day!

This week was crazy as I traveled to Indianapolis to teach a class and also went to Roanoke for a work visit.

Tyler is adjusting well to the nanny share, so it's been a very easy week altogether!

Tyler's latest developments have included making raspberry noises. He thinks it's so funny to blow a raspberry right after you give him a big bite of cereal...needless to say, I wish they made Mommy and Daddy bibs to catch the flying food!

He also is getting really great at rolling over and laughs like crazy when you play "Super Tyler" and lift him the air!

I can't believe spring has sprung and May is almost here!!! Happy Spring to everyone!!

Whirlyball!!!

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Tons of Pics above from Easter Sunday, Ben's Whirlyball bday bash, and Tyler's 4 month bday!

Another whirlwind of adventures for the Sullivan family! I wish I had time to blog as frequently as I used to, but with travel for work, taking care of Tyler, and trying to fit in fun times with our friends, it just sometimes gets out of control! But it's worth all the effort because Tyler is loving life!!!

After I returned home from Austin, we had Ben's 31st Whirlyball bday bash! What's Whirlyball you ask???? Well, it's a combination of lacrosse and basketball, played while driving around in a bumper car! Let me be the first to say that it's freaking AWESOME!!! We had a group of about 15 show up for the event and we reserved the court for two hours! It was a fun time and I think everyone enjoyed themselves! I can't wait to take Tyler to Whirlyball someday. I know he will love it. But in the meantime, I think he had a pretty good time watching Mommy and Daddy battle it out!

A big thanks to everyone that came out. Aunt Kate was on hand for the event before she flew back home to Baltimore, and Uncle Ryan even flew out from Oklahoma to hang with us for a little bit!

After Whirlyball, everyone came back to our house for a bbq dinner.

Due to my hectic travel schedule the week before, I was quite embarrassed by the condition of our deck...pollen had covered everything and all of our potted plants were now brown and dead...but our landscaper Cliff just came by today to make everything look gorgeous. A little mini deck makeover was all we needed!

Another embarrassing note! The Saturday morning of Ben's party, I went shopping for Bbq supplies and picked up an ice cream cake from Coldstone...yum! For some reason, I was under the impression that ice cream cakes last just fine in the refrigerator...um, that would be NO!

I ended up serving melted ice cream cake to everyone who attended the bbq! Ooops...but it still tasted pretty good!

The following week started Tyler's full time Nanny share. He is adjusting well, and it worked out nicely that I was working upstairs but stealing in kisses from him downstairs whenever I could!

Thursday and Friday (4/15 - 4/16) I was in Jacksonville for work. I missed Tyler and Ben so much but it was nice to stay at an Oceanfront hotel!

That weekend, Nana and Papa came to town to babysit, while I helped host a baby shower for our good friend Steph O'Rourke! We are so excited for Baby Dylan's arrival in June, and the shower was a huge hit!

This week our little Tyler has reached a couple of big milestones! Sunday was his 4 month birthday! We couldn't be be more in love with him! He's such an awesome little boy!

Monday he had his 4 month shots, which was probably more agonizing for me than for him...but he certainly let it be known that he didn't appreciate 5 needles piercing his legs! He ran a fever after his shots so we had to keep a close eye on him, but he was completely better by Wednesday.

The doctor also recommended that we start him on rice cereal. He LOVES it (see pic above)! He eats from his spoon in a high chair and thinks it's the best thing in the world.

Tyler showed off his eating skills on Thursday night for my book club! I think everyone was impressed with his growth and development! At least I know Mommy was!!!

The craziness continues this weekend when Aunt Jannell and Leah come to town, and I head to Indy and Roanoke next week for work!

As always...we'll keep you posted!

Hippity Hoppity Easter's on it's way!!!

2010-04-08T19:32:00.007-04:00

What a crazy past couple of weeks it's been in the Sullivan house!

After our trip to Charlotte, we had a nice week/weekend at home as a family. Ben had the week off and took care of Tyler...they got to have boy bonding, while Mommy worked. I also had to take my first overnight trip away from Tyler. It was tough, but it was only for one night, so I wasn't in total "Missing Tyler Meltdown." My dad was also in town for a training, so it worked out great that he was on hand to help take care of Tyler. He loved getting one on one grandson time in! After our quiet weekend at home, I went to the airport on Sunday and picked up my best friend a.k.a Aunt Jo Jo, so that she could spend her spring break with Tyler.

We all had a ball together! Tyler loved Aunt Jo Jo and she adored him just as much!

Johanna and I also got to have a girls night which included a trip to the nail salon and then sushi!

Tuesday afternoon, I took Tyler to his first Gymboree class while Johanna got some nap time in! I was a little skeptical of Gymboree for a 3 month old, but I can assure you that Tyler had a so much with the other babies. His expression during Mirror Tummy Time (see pic above) was proof enough for me. Notice his reflection in the mirror! We signed him up for weekly classes!

I had off for Good Friday so Tyler and I did a lot of errand running then met Ben for lunch and ate outside!

Saturday, Grandma (Ben's mom Jan) arrived into town to visit Tyler for a few days. After we picked her up from the airport, we had lunch at Park Tavern, then walked Tyler around Piedmont park in downtown Atlanta! It was such a beautiful day and Tyler loved being outside.

Saturday night Grandma babysat, so Ben and I could go to Medieval Times for Amanda's Bday party! What a crazy time that was! There was jousting, eating with your hands, and lots of drinks! We got home just in time to put Tyler to bed before the Easter Bunny arrived.

Sunday morning we got up early, got dressed, got Tyler in his Sunday best and drove to Spartanburg with Grandma to meet Nana, Papa, Aunt Kelly and Uncle Travis at church (Not before getting a speeding ticket 15 miles from church...mean cops).

After church, we all went out to eat at California Dreamin, then it was back on the road with the Tman to Atlanta!

Monday morning I was up and out the door at 7:30 and on my way to Austin, TX for work.

I was away for our National Manager's meeting for an entire week. It was a lot of fun and I had an absolute blast at the beautiful resort, but I missed my boys like CRAZY and was so glad to be home on Friday.

Meanwhile, Grandma took care of Tyler for most of the week, and Aunt Kate flew in on Tuesday to help as well.

Both Ben's mom and sister were here to celebrate Ben's bday on the 7th. I was so sad to miss it but he had a great time eating at Sugo with the family. And Tyler behaved really well for them during the week.

Tyler also went with the nanny for two days last week. We are getting him adjusted to the nanny share that starts full time this week.

I'll have another post about Ben's 31st Bday Whirlyball bash soon, along with more Easter pics!

Time is flying by so fast...Tyler is getting so big and his personality is really starting to shine! We feel truly blessed!

Babies, Bdays, and Easter Eggs!

2010-03-26T10:55:00.003-04:00

The Family dying Easter Eggs!

Mom, Dad and Tyler!

Mommy, Nana and Tyler!

Henry and Carson playing with Tyler!

Tyler and Henry hanging out and getting to know each other!

This weekend, Ben and I packed in as much as possible!

Last Friday night one of my BFF's, Erin, flew into town for a short visit so that she could meet Tyler!

It was great catching up with Auntie Erin, and Tyler loved her...even if she is a Duke fan :)

Saturday morning we dropped Erin off bright and early at the airport for her flight and hit the road up to Charlotte for Tyler's first Bday party.

Our good friends Matt and Suzie were throwing a birthday party for their twin boys Carson and Henry who were turning 1!

We stopped at Nana and Poppa's on the way up to Charlotte so that Tyler could get out of the car, eat, get changed and play.

Then we ventured up the rest of the way to Charlotte.

We had a great time at the party catching up with Matt & Suzie and Rusty & Kristin! And Tyler got to meet a whole bunch of babies!

The party fun lasted into the late night, with both Ben and I rocking it out at the poker table while Tyler was sound asleep in Henry's crib!

Sunday, we got up early and met my great friend Ethan for brunch.

It was at a DELICIOUS place called Upstream, and we ate WAY too much!

Then we ventured up to Spartanburg so that Tyler could dye his first Easter Eggs at Nana and Poppa's house. I don't think he really knew what was going on but he had fun regardless.

Ben and I arrived home late Sunday and were exhausted!

This week my dad (Poppa) was in town for a work training and spent Monday and Tuesday night with us. This worked out great for us since I had my first overnight trip for work on Tuesday night. Poppa and Ben ordered Pizza on Tuesday night and spent some Quality Time with Tman!

Happy Three Month Bday Tyler

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I can't stay up Mommy!

You woke me up from my nap for this?

Happy Three Month Bday Tyler! You are such an awesome baby and we love you so much!

Over the River and Through the Woods to Grandparents House We GO!

2010-03-18T14:07:00.004-04:00

Tyler in his Gamecock gear and Poppa's hat!

Showing off his piano skills!

Hanging with Great Grandma Bobbie!

Happy St. Patty's

I'm a McCutie!

This weekend was a lot of fun for the Sullivan family although we spent most of it apart.

Since Ben allowed me a "Mommy's Night out" last weekend I promised him a Poker night at our house this weekend. Ben got to play poker and drink it up with his boys on Saturday night and sleep in all day on Sunday, while Tyler and I headed to Spartanburg for some Heatherly family time.

We had an awesome Saturday. Tyler got to spend time with his Nana and Poppa, his Great Grandma Bobbie, and his Aunt Kelly. Everyone was literally fighting over who got to feed, change, burp, and rock him...so I just sat back and relaxed!

Tyler also had a great time showing off his newest skill for everyone. Tyler absolutely loves playing his little toy piano with his feet. It's his favorite thing to do.

Of course, since Nana and Poppa got Tyler the piano for Christmas, they just ate it up!

Sunday we headed to church, where Tyler was again the center of attention, and then headed back home to Daddy!

This week has been fun and busy for us as well! And on an exciting note, Ben and I were finally able to start getting back into our weekly Pho rotation. Yeah, Yeah...some of you may not think that's too exciting.... but going out to a restaurant with a three month old who behaves is a big deal, I promise!!! We went on Tuesday and it was SO delicious! Way overdue!

He also sported his St. Patty's day finest on Wednesday! See pics above!

ERIN GO BRAUGH! HAPPY ST. PATTY'S TO YOU ALL!

Bachelorette Party and Back to Work

2010-03-11T15:49:00.005-05:00

Boy Board game fun for Ben on Sunday

Girls night out!

Happy Bachelorette Melissa!

This past weekend was a ton of fun!

Friday night, Ben and I had had Mike and Roberta over for dinner to celebrate their bdays! We had a great time, although I set the smoke alarm off making my beer can chicken. Let's just say that Tyler was not pleased with the high pitched squealing of our alarm. We had to rush him outside so that he didn't have to hear the noise while I frantically waved a magazine in front of it to make it stop. It was quite the experience! But the chicken turned out great and we all had a great time!

Saturday night, I got my first official "mommy night out" when I attended Melissa's bachelorette party. We met at Amanda's around 7:30 for pizza and then headed out on the FurBus for a night on the town. Stops included Charlie Mopps, Pool Hall, and Stout! I stayed up til 4am and "pump and dumped" like a champ! Sunday morning I got up and left Amanda's and headed home to see my boys. I took Tyler to book club with me that afternoon and he was the hit of the party! While I was away Ben had some of the boys over for board games and beer. The board game the boys played was called Axis and Allies. Apparently this game can last for hours, and believe me...it did!

I was very happy having Tyler and Mommy time while Ben was engaged in his war game downstairs with the boys. It looked like they had a lot of fun, but I just stayed out of the way for the most part! Boy war games are not my thing.

Monday I started back at work. It's been working out great so far! We have had our nanny Lina come to our house during the day to watch Tyler. It's wonderful to be able to go downstairs and spend a little time with Tman whenever I can! He loves Lina and everyone is happy and content so far. We begin our nanny share with another couple at the beginning of April, and I'm excited for that as well. Not only will Tyler get to play with another baby his age, but our nanny brings her 16 month old son too. It will be a zoo at my house with 3 kids but we'll manage while loving every minute of it!

Date Night and visit from Nana and Papa!

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The past couple of weekends have been very nice.
Last weekend, Nana and Papa were supposed to pay a visit but Papa got sick so we decided it was best to keep him away from Tyler for the time being.
So Ben, Tyler and I spent the weekend together going for walks in the park and around the neighborhood. Tyler loved it, but we quickly figured out that he likes rough terrain better than the smooth sidewalk...something about the vibration puts him right to sleep :)
Saturday night we went over to our next door neighbors house for dinner! Melanie cooked fried calamari, salad, smoked salmon pasta and creme brulee. Everything was delicious and Tyler loved playing with Jared and Melanie's daughter Maddie.

This weekend Nana and Papa came for a visit and Ben and I were able to have a date night. We went to Bone's and it was SO delicious!
Today will be spent doing the usual...running errands and hopefully getting in a walk around the neighborhood if it gets to a good temperature outside.
And Sunday Ben's going to meet up with some of the boys to watch the final US Hockey Match of the Olympics, while Amanda, Tyler and I cook dinner together!
Fun weekend!

Next week is my last week of maternity leave and I'm so sad about it. I'm looking forward to going back to work but will desperately miss all the quality time I have with Tyler. I really didn't realize how much I would enjoy it!

Happy Two Month Bday Tyler!!

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Happy Two Month Birthday Baby T! Tyler is getting fatter and cuter everyday and we just love him to pieces!

Since Tyler's Baptism we spent Valentine's weekend quietly at home as a family. Our gift to each other was a new laptop! We now have a webcam and can Skype with Nana and Papa and Aunt Jo Jo (Johanna). For those that don't have Skype you are missing out! It's so much fun!!!

Tyler's Baptism

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Papa, Mommy, and Tyler

Tyler, Mom, Uncle Travis, Aunt Kelly, and Joy and Wayne

Great Grandma Bobbie, Mommy, and Tyler

Tyler with his Godparents Johanna and Ryan

Nana, Tyler and Ethan

Johanna presented Tyler with a Family Bible as a gift

Aunt Kelly giving Tyler a snuggle

Tyler had his baptism at our church in Spartanburg this past weekend! It was a big event! Ryan flew in from Oklahoma to be Tyler's godfather and Johanna drove down from Raleigh to be his godmother. We couldn't be more excited to have them both in Tyler's life.

Ryan flew in on Friday night and we had a game night and take out night with Amanda at our house. Then Saturday we set out on Tyler's first road trip to Spartanburg.

Saturday night my parent's babysat while Ben, Ryan, Johanna, Steve, Ethan and I went out to dinner. It was a great time.

Sunday morning was the baptism and Tyler looked adorable in his little white shoes, pants, shirt and sweater vest. He hardly cried when the water was poured on his head! After church we headed to City Range Grille for lunch with a bunch of friends and relatives to celebrate!

A big THANKS to everyone that made the trip to church to be a part of Tyler's special day!

Aunt Kate Comes to Town

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Kate got this great picture of Tyler smiling during her visit!

Daddy giving Tyler a burp...clearly Tyler wasn't too happy about it!

Bath time! Tyler likes his hand held during his bath so he's reaching out for Mommy!

Kate feeding little T!

The Weekend of Jan 30th was a lot of fun because Ben's sister Kate came to town to meet little Tyler.

We had a great time hanging for the weekend! Kate was definitely "hands on" and loved feeding, burping, and playing with Tyler.

The only thing she didn't really want to do was change his diaper...understandable...so Ben and I took care of that. But that didn't stop little Tyler from peeing on her lap bright and early Sunday morning!

Other highlights of the weekend included game night with Andy and Angela on Sunday afternoon. Tyler was on Aunt Kate's team for Trivial Pursuit but he didn't really contribute too much, causing her team to lose.

Before I took Kate to the airport on Monday, we dropped by Ben's office so that all of his coworkers could meet little Tyler. He was a big hit!

It was a great weekend!

Update!!!

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Tyler's first Christmas! (1 week old)

Chillin in my car seat! (5 weeks old)

Hangin with Grandma (5 weeks old)

I love my Papa (3 weeks old)

Nana rocks me to sleep really well! (3 weeks old)

I thought I would catch everyone up on how many visitors we have had since little Tyler was born.
It's definitely been a whirlwind but we are so grateful to have such wonderful friends and family to support us!
Since Tyler's arrival my parents have been to visit 4 times! It's been great having them here and they absolutely love spending time with Tman. This is especially great when Ben and I need to run errands, or just need a little time away.

As you can see from the pic above, Tyler's Christmas was INSANE! I swear my parents bought out the entire baby section of Toys R Us.
Nana and Papa (my parent's official Grandparent names) also came for New Years Eve and babysat while Ben and I went to the local pub to watch the VA Tech game with Steph and Pat.
It was fun but I didn't make it past 9:30...I rang in the New Year sleeping like a log in my bed! Ben stayed at the bar until the end of the Tech game but came home before midnight as well.
My how having a newborn changes you!

Last weekend we had a visit from Ben's parents. They got to meet their grandson for the first time and I could tell they were thrilled. They babysat on Saturday night so that Ben and I could have our first official "date night" since Tyler came into the world.
We went to Ray's Killer Creek Steakhouse and stuffed ourselves, then we headed over to Andretti's Speedway for our friend Chris's bday party.
We had a great date night and were home by 11pm to relieve Ben's parents of baby duty!

We have also had lots of visits from friends Amanda, Melissa, Chris, Jaclyn, Steph O, Pat, Steph S, Roberta, Mike, Anastasia, Andy, Angela, & Chesare...plus so many wonderful gifts, cards, and yummy food sent our way!
A huge thanks to everyone...we love you all!

Tyler just passed his six week bday this week, and we couldn't be more thrilled with him. He smiles back at you, tries to talk, can hold his head up, and sleeps for 4-5 hour stretches at night.
We absolutely love him and couldn't ask for a more wonderful little baby.
He's turned our lives upside down but for the better! We LOVE being parents!

Happy One Month Birthday Baby T!!!

2010-01-17T13:24:00.004-05:00

Happy one month birthday to our little Tyler! I can't believe one month has passed us by already! However, I can definitely say that we are very happy to have achieved such a small milestone!

While it's been a fun and wonderful, it's also been scary at the same time.

I don't think any amount of preparation can get you ready for the great world of parenthood!

But now we feel like pro's when it comes to burping, feeding, pumping, soothing, rocking, and changing poopy diapers while trying not to get peed on.

It's been so much fun getting to know our little man, and he changes more and more each day!

For those of you out there that are frequent readers of my blog, I apologize for being a slacker lately. I promise to keep you more up to date on what's been going on in our lives going forward.

So far, we've had so many friends and relatives come to visit with many more still to come. I can't wait to keep you all in our adventures with Little Tyler!!!

Welcome to the World Tyler Davis Sullivan!!!

2009-12-28T12:47:00.006-05:00

Welcome to the World Tyler Davis Sullivan! Tyler was born on December 18,2009. He weighed in at 6lbs. and 13 oz and was 21.5 inches long!

Wow!!! What a wild couple of weeks it's been! I went into the doctor's office on December 16th because Tyler wasn't kicking around like he normally did in the mornings. The doctor hooked me up to a monitor and conducted a fetal stress test. Everything was pretty normal but Tyler wasn't giving "A+" results. Since I was almost at my due date, they decided to go ahead and induce.

We entered the hospital on the night of the 16th and induction began on the 17th. It was a long day on Pitocin with slight contractions, but at the end of the day I wasn't dilating and the baby wasn't coming down...it was at this point we started talking about a c-section. I decided that I wanted to try one more round of induction, in hopes of a vaginal delivery, so we started the whole process over on the 18th. After another LONG day with heavy contractions and finally an epidural, I still made no progress. At 2pm we decided to go ahead and do the c-section.

I was in the operating room with Ben at 2:45pm and Tyler was born at 3:11pm.

We were released from the hospital on Monday December 21st, and it's been and absolute crazy ride ever since!

We love Tyler! He is a fabulous baby who only cries when he needs to be fed or changed!

He's adorable and your heart literally melts when he looks at you with those enormous blue eyes!

I can tell he's going to be spoiled rotten already!

Ben and I got to spend Christmas day as a family, just the three of us, and then my parents came to spend a couple of days with us on the 26th. It was great having them here so that Ben and I could catch up on a little bit of sleep!

They also bought out half of a toy store for their grandson's first Christmas, and Tyler loved everything! (At least he told me he did though his eyes were closed for almost all of the present opening time).

Since Christmas we've had two pediatrician appts. Tyler is growing like a weed. Today he clocked in at an impressive 7lbs. 10oz. I just can't wait for those cute chubby cheeks to start filling in!

The only thing I can say is how amazing our sweet little man is and how much we love him already!

But also let me note that NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING, can prepare you for being a parent!

Ben and I are learning one step at a time and enjoying it the whole way!

Happy New Year everyone!!!

Induction!

2009-12-16T12:50:00.002-05:00

Ben and I will be leaving for the hospital in t-minus 1.5 hours.
I'm so excited I can't believe it.

I'll make this short and sweet but basically I went to the doc's this morning and based off of Tyler's stress test results, they wanted to go ahead and induce labor.
We'll be checking in at 3pm today and hopefully in labor by tomorrow!

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers for a safe and speedy delivery and a healthy baby boy! Can't wait to meet little Tyler!

We'll post pics from the hospital as soon as he is born!

Frustration....

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Delivered today....

Had a 9lb-er last week....

Was the first to deliver, although I think she only gained 15lbs during the pregnancy...don't you hate her?

So...in the past week three celebs have given birth while my Tyler is still cooking away!

If I didn't know better, I would say these women paid off the doctor's to induce them early!

Either that or my little guy is a procrastinator, waiting til the last minute to make his appearance.

Work is done, so now comes the time to sit and wait for Baby T to get here!
Waiting sucks..and for a control freak like me, it's even harder!

I'm officially due on December 17th, so Tyler still has time to arrive before he's considered "late". But today I had my last doctor's visit before my 40 weeks is up, and I wasn't encouraged by the news. Although everything is fine, the doctor said that I'm not progressing in dilation so it could be a while before things happen.

So, will Tyler be a Christmas baby??? I guess we'll have to wait and see!

On another frustrating note, Ben and I have decided to replace some of the furniture in the baby's room before he gets here. I actually had two furniture pieces that my grandparents gave me refinished for Tyler's room, and we've been airing them out for months in the hope that the paint fumes would subside....no such luck.

Neither of us feel comfortable letting Tyler sleep in a room with such a strong odor, so we are sending the furniture off to the company to be repainted (and they better not even THINK of charging me) and we will keep it in the garage until we move into another house with more bedrooms. Now, we have just a few days to replace the furniture and get it ready for Tyler...

Uggg...more frustration!

But it's always better to be safe than sorry and trust me when I tell you, the fumes are still very bad.

Good thing he'll be in the bassinet with us for the first couple of months anyway!

So frustration is growing on my part, but it's only because I'm so ready for him to get here and I want everything to be perfect for him...what's a mom to do?

We'll keep you all updated as things progress!!!

Happy Anniversary!!

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Happy Two Year Anniversary to the Sullivans!!!

I can't believe it's been two years since Ben and I said "I DO"!

It was such a fun celebration with all of our family and friends, and I couldn't have asked for a better person to share the rest of my life with....I can't believe we'll be parents in just a few days!

Here's to many more wonderful years together!

Gingerbread Fun!

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Now that everything is ready for Baby Tyler we've just been laying low and waiting for him to get here. It's getting harder and harder for me to move around so I'm glad to be taking things slow.

Last week we were able to meet up with Steph and Pat for dinner on Wednesday and I was able to get my nails done and dinner with Amanda and Melissa on Thursday!

Saturday, Ben and I went to a Gingerbread House decorating party that our friends Roberta and Mike were hosting. We had a great time, however I quickly realized that I had NO gingerbread skills when my roof of Red Vines collapsed into the house. The result is the above picture. But at least I was able to snag the prize for "Squatters paradise"! YAY!!

Ben won a prize for "Best Themed" house but we decided not to post a picture of his Porn Palace.

Monday was my doctor's appt where we found out that I was 1cm dilated and that my blood pressure was elevated. As of now, I've been put on a modified version of bed rest until my next doctor's appt on Monday....or Tyler decides to enter the world, whichever comes first!
Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers for a safe delivery!

Hope everyone has a great week!!!!

Gobble Gobble...Happy Thanksgiving!

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Our beautiful Christmas Tree!

The Sullivans...Ben, Kate, Dwight, and Jan

Dwight (with his daughter in law and grandson in the pic) carving the turkey!

Yummy turkey! There was hardly any left!

The holiday season is officially upon us!!! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you all had a great time celebrating.

I have to admit I was a bit nervous about cooking an entire Thanksgiving meal for the Sullivan family at 9 months preggers, but everything went off without a hitch!

Wednesday night, before Ben's parents and sister arrived, Ben and I made the dressing, broccoli casserole and gooey butter cake and put them in the fridge to bake on Thursday! Smart move by us (took some of the pressure off for Thursday) and Ben was a huge help!

The Sullivan family got to our house around 10:30pm on Wednesday and we all caught up briefly over snacks and drinks.

Thanksgiving day we served lunch/early dinner around 2pm with Turkey, dressing, broccoli casserole, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, bread, and gooey butter cake with ice cream for dessert! It was all delicious (I have to toot my own horn here)!

Thursday night we stayed in and played board games and recovered from our food coma.

Friday morning we went to brunch at J. Christopher's in downtown Roswell. Afterwards the ladies had a spa day followed by some antique shopping, while Ben watched football and his dad took a trip to the art museum.

Friday night we headed down to the Fernbank Natural History Museum for Martinis and IMAX. We watched the Van Gogh IMAX which none of us were really impressed with. However, the dancing and drinks in the lobby of the museum was a lot of fun.

Saturday, we said goodbye to Ben's family and pretty much were couch potatoes for the rest of the day!

Sunday, we got Ben his early Christmas present of an Iphone and decorated the house for Christmas!

Now, we're just counting the days until Tyler's arrival...16 days and counting!

Hope everyone else had a safe and happy holiday break!

Twas the week before Thanksgiving...

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And all through our pad, creatures were stirring but no baby's been had.

No, no baby yet. But that's actually a good thing.

Tyler will officially be 37 weeks on Thanksgiving day! At that point, he could come anytime and would be considered a full term healthy little boy!

So while, I'm starting to get impatient, it's really a good thing that T-man hasn't graced us with his presence yet.

The week was very chill here, however our whole family was very grateful that my mom made it through surgery with no complications on Wednesday. This has been her 4th back surgery to fix some bulging discs and I'm hoping and praying that it will be her last! This one was more invasive and was promised to fix the problem. Here's to her being able to pick up her grandson in no time!

Other highlights of the week included getting our swine flu shots (Ben didn't pass out...HOORAY) and Ben's work Happy Hour on Wednesday night. It was great catching up with Ben's coworkers who I hadn't seen in awhile! They are all very excited about Tyler's debut!

While the week was very chill our weekend was quite busy.

Friday night I went with Amanda and Melissa to see New Moon with about 500 screaming teenagers! It was a great movie...swoon worthy for sure!

I can't wait to get it when it's out on DVD. After the movie, We all went back to Amanda's for red velvet cake and girl time!

Saturday, Ben went to help our friend Mike move out of his apt while I went shopping and then to Steph O's Pampered Chef party. It was a good time but I definitely ate too much of the delicious treats that were there!

After I left the PC Party, I headed to Taco Mac to meet Ben, Mike, Roberta, Jon and Amy to watch the VT game. It was an easy victory for the Hokies! After the game, we went back to Roberta and Mike's for a bit to play Guitar Hero but called it an early night. I was exhausted from the day.

Sunday Ben watched the Redskins play the Cowboys, while I met up with Steph O and Steph S for lunch at La Madeline. After lunch, I went with Steph S to get some pampering at the nail salon.

After the nail salon, Ben and I ventured out to get all our Thanksgiving dinner supplies.

We are geared up for a short work week and having the Sullivan clan in town!

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Ready for Baby...

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Tyler's Nursery:
Refinished dresser from my grandmother/now converted to a changing table

Glider with Tyler's football pillow!

Refinished toy chest from my grandfather and sports wall art!

Bookshelf full of pics, stuffed animals, and books!

As you walk into Tyler's room this is what you see!

We are in full baby prep mode as we are getting ready for Tyler's debut in 4 weeks! I love feeling Tyler move around all the time but I'm so over the swollen ankles and fingers, restless sleep, and weight gain! It seems as if now it's just a big waiting game...and I am NOT a patient person!

This week/weekend we did a lot of mandatory baby stuff. We had to go shopping and finish off our registry, we finished the nursery (see pics above), we met with a personal trainer who will be coming to our house starting in January to get me and Ben and back into shape, we went to the fire dept to have the car seats installed, I had my prenatal massage to get all relaxed and prepped for motherhood, we attended Baby Essentials class on Saturday so that Ben could learn to change a diaper and I could learn to swaddle, and I had my 35 week checkup on Friday!

Wow! When I write it all down I realize we did a lot of baby prep last week!

I hope you all like the nursery pics I posted. We are so excited to have it done and I love how everything turned out. The "Old Sports" theme is just too cute for words!

Other highlights of the week included going to the Counter (awesome burger joint) on Thursday with Steph and Pat. We also went over to Andy and Angela's on Saturday morning to hang with our friends Brad and Keely who were in town for the weekend. We all took their kids Naomi, Jeremiah, and Caleb to the park for play time and a picnic and had a great time!

Saturday night, Ben and I went to Melissa and Chris's engagement party and enjoyed Mexican food while watching everyone do keg stands...Ah, if they had only had a keg of O'Douls...

Overall, it was a very productive and fun weekend!

November is flying by fast and Thanksgiving will be here before you know it!

Shower Pics!

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Johanna, Ethan and me Saturday night!

The cute little Firefighter Tshirt that my sister gave me!

Adorable Cake!

My grandmother, me and Ben

Such yummy food!!!!!

Here are some pics from the Shower this weekend in Spartanburg!

Spartanburg Shower Weekend!!!

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Such a fun and exciting week/weekend for the Sullivans!!!

As you saw in our previous post, Ben and I had our 4D ultrasound on Tuesday which was a lot of fun! Other highlights of the week included my court date on Wednesday where I was able to use my pregnancy card to get out of a ticket and a VT vs. ECU game viewing at our house on Thursday with Roberta, Mike, Jon, Amy, Andy, and Angela! Lots of yummy food and drinks helped launch the Hokies into victory!!!

Saturday morning Ben and I headed to Spartanburg for my last baby shower before Tyler arrives! It was a lot of fun! My sister Kelly, aunt Flicka, and BFF Johanna did a fab job organizing everything! (I'll post pictures very soon) The theme of the shower was a "Diaper Drop" so Ben and I feel WELL stocked on diapers for the first few months after Tyler is born! We also got a ton of clothes, a portable DVD player and safety gates!

We are very fortunate to have such wonderful family and friends to want to host 3 showers for us and basically fill our entire registry. Ben and I have just a few items left to buy!

We feel very blessed!

A big thank you to everyone, and to Kelly, Johanna, Flicka and my parents for hosting such a wonderful shower this weekend!

Saturday night we ordered one of my fave dinners, chicken stew, from a restaurant in Spartanburg and everyone ate at my parent's house.

That included Ethan who came by to give Tyler a present and spend some time with Johanna and I. It had been awhile since we had all three seen each other and it was a blast catching up!

Sunday morning Ben and I headed back to Atlanta where we attended our next door neighbor's 1st bday celebration for their daughter Maddie. Then Ben and I jetted over to Twisted Taco to meet up with our friend Matt Kendrall who was in town for the Cabbagetown Chili Festival. We watched the Skins game with him, and then ventured downtown to meet up with some friends from UNC for dinner! We ate at Bricktops which has the BEST DESSERT in Atlanta! Just ask for the cookie...it's truly amazing! They bake a cookie from scratch in an iron skillet and serve it at the table with caramel topping and a huge mound of ice cream! Doesn't get much better than that!
Dinner ended late and Ben and I came home and crashed!

It was an exhausting but fun weekend!!!

PS- T Minus 5 weeks until Tyler's Due date!!!!

Baby T Update!!!

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Well tomorrow I'll officially be 34 weeks along...that's 8 and a half months for anyone that's keeping track! Only a few more weeks until Tyler graces us with his presence. Things are going well, but I'm VERY VERY ready to have him here!
However, I am glad we've still got a few weeks because we still have so much to do! We have one more class to attend (Baby Essentials Nov 14th), another shower this weekend in Spartanburg (can't wait), I have to wash all of Tyler's clothes, pack my bag for the hospital, and we still have to finish the nursery! We are so close though, and I should be able to post pictures of his room in just a couple of weeks!

Last night Ben and I went to Baby's First Images to have some 4D shots taken of Tyler before he's born.
Well, needless to say Tyler stood true to his nickname of "trouble maker" during the session.
He kept his foot and hand in front of his face for most of the shots, however when it came time to expose his "manhood", he had no problem putting that up on the screen for everyone to see! Ben was especially proud!
He's going to be like his mom...a wild child!!! I just know it.
Anyways, above is the best pic we were able to get of his cute little face and the second shot is of his foot! I'll save you from the "family jewel" shots!!!

But here's to our little man Tyler "trouble maker" Sullivan! We can't wait to meet you sweetie!