One man, two babies

While my mom, sisters and I decided to travel to Florida for a long girls weekend, I left Dutch and Lane with DJ. It was his first time watching them both for an extended period of time, including overnight. I am generally the one to get up with Lane if she wakes up at 3:00am wanting a bottle. I am also the one to get them both dressed and out the door each morning. I was a little worried how he would do and more importantly, I was worried that Lane would give him a hard time. I called him constantly, bugging him about how the kids were doing and how he was doing, even to the point where he told me I was acting crazy and told me to "get a drink and relax." Well, we all survived the long weekend with a little help from Bobbie, DJ's mom :)

Here are a few pics DJ took while I was gone.

Metherell Visit

My best friend, Jenna, and her family came over for a visit while they were home from Michigan seeing family and friends. I always love seeing her - I only wish it happened more often! Her son, Cash, and Dutch are exactly one week apart and her daughter, Lola, and Lane are about 6 months apart. It was so fun to get the kids together, especially the boys, now that they can interact with one another and have little conversations :)

Here are pics from their visit. Oh, and Dutch was in LOVE with Lola. He literally would not leave her alone and kept kissing her on her mouth! Too cute!

Fripp Island 2010

We took our first trip as a family of four to Fripp Island a few weekends back with our good friends Stephen and Sarah Catherine. We had a great, relaxing time and it geared us up for our next trip with both kids to Litchfield for the 4th of July. DJ, Stephen and Dutch spent the mornings and evenings checking on the crab traps they put out on Friday. We ended up with lots of yummy stone crab claws for dinner :) Dutch and Lane did great on the beach and by the pool. Lane slept most of the time while Dutch played in the ocean and pool. They must have both been worn out because they went to bed at 6:30pm and did not wake up again until 8am the next day!

Here are some pictures from our trip.

Stephen and Sarah Catherine

Scarpa's 30th, ZBB and AJ's 80's Birthday party...

As I mentioned in the previous post, we've had a busy month. I was waiting to post anymore because I REALLY wanted to get some pictures of these parties, specifically the 80's party where DJ and I looked ridiculous! I am still hoping to get some pictures from Kelley & AJ, but until then, I suppose I'll just write about it. It started with Elizabeth Scarpa's 30th at Oysters on the West End on Thursday - which was a fun night out - then Friday night, Zac Brown Band with friends and the AJ's 30th birthday party on Saturday night. Let me just say, when we were invited to the ZBB concert, DJ nor myself had any clue who they were, but their concert was so much fun and they are a GREAT band! And I loved that it was at the Heritage Park Amphitheater. I had also never been there, but it is nice to have a place like that near Greenville! As for the birthday party on Saturday, we had a blast! It was held at On the Roxx downtown and Kelley did an amazing job putting it all together. It was so fun to see everyone's outfits - from Madonna look alikes and exercise gurus to preppy boys and mullets! And of course, me in my all sequins top and leggings and DJ in Air Jordans and short shorts :) Needless to say, I think everyone enjoyed themselves and let's be honest, who doesn't love an 80's party?!

I hope to get some pictures posted soon of our outfits!

Memorial Day

I realize this post is coming a little late, but better late than never! We have had busy weekends these last three weeks, beginning with Memorial Day. We decided to take both kids to the lake for the first time - thankfully, we had Bobbie there to help us out if we needed it. It turned out to be a rainy, cold day so no one got in the water and our lake adventure maybe lasted all of two hours or so. Lane, however, did great out there. I think she really enjoys being outside especially in the warmer air.

We also were invited to go to Derek's house to swim over the weekend and of course, took our little water bug, Dutch. Lane went too, but she was not all that crazy about the water and it was COLD!!! We had a good time with friends and the sun shined long enough for us to get a good few hours of swim time. Here are some pics - enjoy!

Derek and Dutch








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