February & March 2014

Well, hello April! Nice to see the spring weather finally appear!

Let's do a little catching up, shall we?

February
We had our second "snow storm", which was really more of an ice event a couple of weeks after the January storm.

A few days later was Valentine's Day. Our little Valentine turned 20 months old on the 14th. We celebrated with a doughnut date!

That same weekend, we headed up to Hendersonville, NC to Kanuga on our annual church family weekend. As always, we had a fabulous time! They had gotten more snow during the week than we did in Columbia. 

Sawyer had his first haircut at Hair Doodles. 

March

Sawyer also had his first dentist appointment with Dr. Raines at Palmetto Smiles. 

We walked in the St. Patty's Day parade in support of the Junior League of Columbia and the Touch A Truck event. 

We ended the month with a weekend trip to Edisto and a picnic dinner at the park. 

Snow Day!

Last week, we experienced a rare, much anticipated snow day! Starting the weekend before, our beloved local weathermen started the conversation of snow mid-week. All day Monday, January 27th, everyone was talking about the impending #snowpacalypse. The winter weather was suppose to start moving in around lunchtime on Tuesday the 28th. Schools and businesses closed in anticipation of the day's events. My office was closed, as well. Will had to work that day, while we waited for the bad weather to set in. Well, we waited and waited and waited. It wasn't until late afternoon/evening before the sleet/freezing rain started. The change-over didn't occur until about 9:30 that night. 

Waiting for the snow!

We got up early the next morning to check out the winter wonderland! I think we ended up with about 3 inches of snow. 

First glimpse of snow! A little weary at first. 

That afternoon, we ventured out to my parents and Will's parents to share in the snow day fun!

Snow much fun at Sasa and Bob's house

Sledding at Nana and Papa's house

{Christmas 2013}

We officially kicked off the Christmas holidays with PJ's with Santa at the Junior League of Columbia's Holiday Market on December 6th. We had a nice evening of shopping, mingling, decorating cookies, and visiting with Santa (not!). Sawyer was terrified of the man in the red suit with the beard!

Visit #1 with Santa 2013

The next weekend, friends of ours from church had a little Christmas drop-in at their house. All of the kids had a great time playing and the adults enjoyed themselves as well. Santa also made an appearance, that was again, not very well received. 

Visit #2 with Santa 2013

We also had a chance to go to the Zoo to see the Christmas lights. We went with Will's college buddies and their families. 

Visit #3 with Santa 2013- finally getting used to the big guy!

Christmas Eve, we had lunch at my dad's farm, like we usually do. That evening, we went to church with my family and visited family friends afterwards. 

Christmas morning was magical! Sawyer loved seeing all of his new things! We got up early and had family time with just the three of us. Next, we went to my parents to open gifts. We then went to Will's parents to open more gifts and have lunch before going to visit his sister in the hospital. 

Christmas card photos:

{Thanksgiving 2013}

I guess before it gets in any further into 2014, I should finish recapping 2013. Let's start where I left off...

Thanksgiving 2013
This year, and like the last several years, we headed down to Jacksonville, FL to spend Thanksgiving with Will's grandparents and Uncle Tim. Will's parents and sister, Katy were also there. Because Will's granddaddy had been in and out of the hospital with his lung cancer and treatments, we weren't sure how things would go. We decided to stay at a nearby hotel this year. We arrived in Florida around dinner time Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. We got checked in and headed over to the house for dinner. We visited a little while before needing to get Sawyer to bed. We got up bright and early Thanksgiving morning and headed over to the house for breakfast and Macy's parade watching. We also got a chance to visit Granddaddy in the hospital before the big turkey dinner. 

On Friday after Thanksgiving, we took a fieldtrip to the Jacksonville Zoo. With our Riverbanks membership, we were able to get discounted admission. The three of us, along with Will's parents and sister, loaded up early for the 30 minute ride to the Zoo. It was a bright, sunny, slightly chilly day, but we had a great time. It is neat to see different animals than our zoo. 

We packed up to head home pretty early Saturday morning to make it home in time for the big game...Clemson v. South Carolina! We did make a stop at the outlets on our way home to hit up the big sales. We ended up with some pretty good deals! 

Stay tuned for my posts on our 18 month old and our Christmas holiday celebrations!

Happy New Year!

Clearly I have been majorly slacking in the blog department! It appears that I have not written a post since November! I will be catching up with our family fun and activities from Thanksgiving and Christmas and everything in between.

New Year's Eve & Day:

Sawyer and I spent part of our New Year's Eve at the pediatrician's office getting his ears and throat checked. It turns out he had a little touch of a virus and was better after a couple of days. We all were suppose to go to our friends' house to celebrate that night. We ended up leaving Sawyer with my parents, so he wouldn't get the other kiddos sick. We had a great night with our dear friends!

New Year's Day was spent out at the hunt club, per usual. Sawyer was feeling a little better and not running fever, so we brought him along! We had a great day with family and friends!