Ah, what a beautiful weekend it was...you just can't beat 70/80 degree weather in February!
I sat outside in my swimsuit two afternoons in a row (just for like an hour, but still)!
Funny, because I was doing the same exact thing at the end of February this time last year!
Remember?!?
{don't judge my 8 week post-delivery belly, yuck}
Anywho, aside from getting some vitamin D, we had lots of fun with our friends and did lots of playing with our little guy. Nicholas was off early on Friday afternoon, so we headed to Taco Boy for happy hour and to meet up with some best buds...
his laughing, smirky face..hehe
gosh i think he's gorgeous, it's true...i'm allowed, i'm his mom, right??? :)
And speaking of beauties...
Sweet little Kirksey's dad brought her to happy hour while her mom was back at work - I was way impressed with his skills. The Yoes were there, too, but of course I got zero pictures of adults while we were there!
Because we were sitting outside at Taco Boy and it was so casual (there were kids running all over the place), I let Mills get down and walk for a while (plus we had been there for like 2 hours at this point), and he kept trying to go play with these four other kids, three of which were boys. He was trying so hard to keep up with them! Poor little guy...of the boys (probably about 5) was eating a quesadilla; Mills, being a little hungry hippo, went up the boy, tugged on his hand, and made a eating motion with his mouth. The boy said "get away, baby" and kneed him in the chest! What?!? Luckily it wasn't very hard and Mills wasn't phased. I just took him back to our table and of course he just beelined it back to the kiddos for more abuse.
Unfortunately I think that spoiled him, though, because he has wanted to get down from his high chair and walk around at two restaurants since then...not good, we gotta break that habit!
After Taco Boy, we headed home to put the little guy down, since it was almost nine, but Nicholas really wanted to go out with everyone, so he got the bright idea to call one of the fellows who said her daughter is a great babysitter! He actually had to call the hospital and have them connect him to her house...desperate measures! Amazingly enough, the babysitter wasn't doing anything and was at our house in less than 15 minutes, so we put Mills down before she got there, and off we went - I think it was a pretty sweet deal for both of us!
We met back up with everyone at Closed for Business.
{yeah, the couple in the back left is getting married this month, can you tell???}
On Saturday morning I had an appointment with the new man in my life.
Oh, Jeremy. Sweet, sweet Jeremy.
Let me preface this by saying that my last hair appointment was in April of 2010, before that it was August of 2009, and previously December of 2008...
Yes, you read that right; that makes three hair appointments in the three years we've lived in Charleston.
Sick, right?
It's a good thing my hair is pretty naturally blonde or I would have had roots galore...luckily I don't get those, but I did need a touch of light and some length removed asap!
Ahh, I feel SO much better!
{Nicholas actually took these pictures so I could show my mom, but why not show the rest of you, too!}
Please ignore the lack of lip color {mom} or the extra lasagna from lunch that's on my chin, but I'm loving my new layers and volume. Given I hadn't done anything to it in these pics, but you get the idea!
Jeremy at Tabula Rasa is my new hero.
I even got $10 off because Renee referred me! I love a deal!
If you need a new stylist in your life {and obviously, you're here in charleston} I'll give you a $10 coupon, too!
All I have to say is I just love him.
Realistically, Nicholas need not worry about the new man in my life...if you know what I mean.
Nicholas had to moonlight on Saturday night, but Mills had a belated Valentine date with Callahan, so I tagged along with she and her parents to Mellow Mushroom. Unfortunately he was a high-maintenance date for the last half hour, but hopefully she'll give him a pass for this one! :)
Sunday afternoon Nicholas played golf and Mills and I enjoyed the beautiful weather by walking the cooper river bridge and playing at the park - AND we ran into Liz and Andrew!
Today we enjoyed lunch downtown at Sermet's with Ashley, Katie, and Kirksey! Mills' snotty nose was finally gone...for a day, but it came back today in full force and the poor little guy was running a temp of 101 tonight. I swear every time I take him to a public place where lots of kids are, he puts his mouth on something and the funk comes back...I feel for all you day care parents, geez! Kids are little germ havens!
Okay, to end all of my random babbling I'll leave you with some pics of the little guy from story time last week at the library with Calee and her "kids" and K&K
me and my buddy boy!
Hope your week is off to a great start!
Don't forget about the papercircus giveaway ending tonight at midnight!
PS - I've been bidding on/winning some awesome outfits for Mills' spring/summer wardrobe on ebay. Is it sick that I get this crazy adrenaline rush in the last thirty seconds of bidding EVERY time?!? It is, isn't it?? The thrill, the thrill! :)
