{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!

Major Milestone

Sawyer is finally, finally walking the majority of the time! It only took 16.5 months to get here. He started last Monday just walking everywhere and hasn't slowed down since. We are so proud of our boy! It's a whole new ballgame now chasing him around!

Sawyer on Halloween at Nana's house

Sawyer at The Little Gym last weekend

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from our family to yours!

 2012

 2013

PS: We have an actual, official walker on our hands! Monday, something clicked in Sawyer's head and off he went. He has been going non-stop ever since. 16.5 months must have been the magic number for him. I will post a video as soon as I can get him to slow down long enough for me to take one! 

Halloween Fun!

For the last few weeks, we have just been trucking along...nothing too exciting to report. A couple of weeks back, the park in my parents' neighborhood held a small fall get together. Mom, Aunt Janet, and I took Sawyer for some pumpkin fun. However, he had not had much of a nap that day, and was totally unimpressed by everything!

Saturday morning, we went to our normal Little Gym class before our annual pumpkin carving get together with friends. The moms and kiddos hang out and carve pumpkins, while the dads get together and do man stuff. 

Two little pumpkins

Yesterday, we had another big day of fall fun! The Little Gym had their Halloween party, our church had Trunk or Treat, and we had our Connections kids party. Sawyer was in a great mood and had a blast! Our little Sawyer-gator sure was cute (albeit a little warm in his fleece costume)!

Fall Beach Weekend

Two weekends ago, we went down to Edisto to celebrate my birthday and spend time with my family. We left after lunch on Friday and were able to stay until Monday. What a wonderful long weekend it was! My parents and both of my sisters were there, as well as, a few family friends. Sawyer was spoiled rotten and wanted to be held the whole time. He was not content to sit and play alone, like he sometimes does at home. He wanted all of everyone's attention. Of course, he is cutie and everyone obliged. The weather couldn't have been more perfect! We had a wonderful time out on the boat, sitting on the porch or dock, and watching football. 

After coming home from the beach on Monday afternoon, we headed out to my dad's farm to celebrate both of our birthdays. He got Sawyer a fun dog push and ride toy. He loved it! We also went out to the barn to check out the horses. Sawyer likes to look at them from afar, but is not impressed when they are close up. 

This past week, Sawyer and I had our first date night to Chick-fil-a. Will had a lodge meeting Thursday night, so we went out to get some dinner and have some play time. He loved it! Cheap entertainment :)

October is officially here, so we got out all of Sawyer's Halloween clothes and jammies. I absolutely love this time of year...just wish is wasn't still 90 degrees outside! I also made a new fall wreath for our front door. I think it turned out pretty good. 

Fall Family Fun!!

Sunday, Will, Sawyer, and I took a quick road trip up to Hendersonville, NC. We went to Grandad's Apples for some fall fun! We got up early and headed out on our 2 hour drive to the mountains. We arrived at the apple orchard/farm around 10:30 am. The temperature was about 20 degrees cooler there than at home. Glad we all wore jeans and long sleeves. What a perfectly gorgeous fall day!

We started off our fun by exploring the store and bakery. They have all kinds of fun apple products and pumpkins. I bought some apple butter and an apple crisp mix. Oh yeah, we got some apples too! My favorites are honey crisp. After browsing a bit, we headed out to the pumpkin patch. Sawyer wasn't really interested in the pumpkins at first, so we did a few other things before our photo op. The cow train was a hit! Sawyer and I rode through the corn fields and apple orchards. He was thoroughly amused by all of the sights. 

I am already looking forward to our trip back there next fall. I hope these memories will be something that Sawyer treasures and looks forward to year after year. If you are looking for a great place to go apple picking and other fall activities, I can't recommend Grandad's enough!