Wednesday, April 27, 2011

HHI

 Nicholas planned a surprise weekend getaway for my bday! I know, we live 10 minutes from the beach, but it's different to get away where you're oceanfront 24/7, pools and beverages galore, and people wait on you hand and foot! :)
Are you with me???
 We hopped down the interstate to Hilton Head, and stayed at the Westin resort...it seriously felt like we were far, far away on vacation, and it was fantastic!! :)  Mills was very impressed with his kids club bag of goodies {and so was his momma - I'm really appreciating the way places treat kids these days. Westin? A+++}
 We headed out late Friday night to have dinner at my fav sushi restaurant. I ate here all.the.time when I lived here during college summers!
 And then Mills crashed in his very posh hotel accommodations {aka the pack and play in the bathroom, ha! BEST place for little ones to sleep while traveling} It was actually dark in the bathroom but you can't tell with the flash.
 Saturday morning we enjoyed breakfast by the fountains...
 "you know who" loves him some fountains...
 It was chilly and dreary Saturday morning, but we had to get out on the beach. We also swam in the covered, heated pool - awesome!!! Luckily, it warmed up MAJORLY around lunchtime, so we ended up having a beautiful-weathered weekend!
mr. handsome pants
 LOVING the ocean!
...waving to everyone that went by...

...and completely fearless in the waves...

...even though it was COLD at first! :)
And this was the point during the day where momma headed to the spa for an 80-minute massage.
Mmmm.
Heavenly.
Back tomorrow with the rest of the trip. 

{Big surprise...we've been traveling the state...again. Just got back tonight. Again.}
Happy Hump Day!

Monday, April 25, 2011

BIRTHday FUN!

We're finally back in town!  :)
...And I've got a lot of catching up to do on a wonderful birthday, surprise weekend to HHI, then an unexpected week off for Nicholas which resulted in spending last week at the beach house! Followed by Easter fun in the upstate! This past week has been a roller coaster...
Let's start with my birthday - Thursday, April 14th!
I enjoyed lunch with some great girlfriends {and sweet boys} at Basil - yum, pad thai!
The three minis hanging out!

Then we figured we would test out the "new cupcakes" on the block...macarons! They're all the rage, you know.
{ps, macarons, or "french macaroons" are not to be confused with the typical macaroons...see here, should you need clarification}
While the lady working the store was authentically French, and authentically RUDE, we still indulged ourselves and split a little sampler - so unique and tasty!
So fun!

I came home from lunch to find these beauties on my doorstep, too!
sweet family!

We enjoyed a celebratory birthday dinner later that night with the Schonfelds!
 Millsy was all ready for his babysitter, Taylor! :)
 family pics
 Dinner was delish and of course, dessert didn't disappoint... {holy alliteration!}
birthday chick, muah!
 me and the "schleah" :)
 yummmmmmm
 bestest buds!
What a great birthDAY!  Thanks, friends!
And more birthday pics to come...

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

vacay

we're on vacation this week! will be back soon! :)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

I know, I know..

I've been a bad blogger...but cut me a little slack, tomorrow's my birthday! :)
And what's worse...I'm going to leave this a {mostly} wordless Wednesday. Let's just say that it's been a crazy week of traveling, having our house on the market, and putting an offer on another house!!!
{yes, we're still planning to build...eventually...but realized that the smartest decision for us right now is to buy a place to live for a couple of years until we figure out exactly what we want...building takes a while, and TONS of decisions}
I'm majorly behind on photos, too...so here is more catchin' up with my main man...
 yep, pretty much adorable.
 A few other men, too! :)
 Jess doing the Wiggles impression...if you have kids {or know kids} then you probably know the Wiggles, ha!
two cutie pie boys,
 who happen to be cutie pie cousins!
 just chillin'
 my {almost 28-year-old} self swinging with Millsy
 Mills "supervising" at the fountain...haha
 Gray was going for it!!!
 ...and finally Mills was convinced!
 Oh man!
And then Nicholas, Mills, and I headed back for another day of fun...
 It's a shame that we never have any of that - fun - around here, huh?!? :)
 rooftop.
 hottie hubby.
marvelous mango mojito.

That's all, folks.  See y'all tomorrow!