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!

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)!