Monday, March 28, 2016

Week in Review 3/21/2016-3/27/2016

"Earth's saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart." -Susan Coolidge

We had a great Easter week!

At the beginning of the week, we went shopping to find a belt to go with Joseph's Easter outfit.  While we didn't find a belt we liked (ended up ordering one from Amazon), Joseph enjoyed trying on hats at Osh Kosh B'Gosh (and no, we didn't buy a hat). :-)




Wednesday evening we sat on our back porch and dyed Easter eggs!  We dyed one for each of our family members, one for our 6 babies (collectively) in Heaven, and 1 for Jesus.  Joseph had a great time!  And he was so very proud of his pastel yellow egg (his favorite color).



Lizzie's crib bedding also arrived this week in the mail (well, the crib quilt and sheets...the bed skirt is on back order and will come in April).  So fun to put some pink on her bed!  On Friday, I turned 23 weeks pregnant.  I like getting this far along, because statistics show that if she were born (for whatever reason) at 23 weeks she'd have a 10-35% chance of survival with modern medicine.  I know those odds aren't super high, but for me just knowing she'd have a chance is such a relief.  And by this Friday her survival odds will jump to 40-70%, and then they of course just keep going up every week that she "cooks" from here on out.  I'm hoping she'll stay put another 16-17 more weeks!


 Jojo and I generally eat at home for lunch or, if we do get something out, we bring it back home with us.  But Thursday I decided we needed a mommy-son lunch date at Qdoba.  So out we went and had so much fun sitting there and chatting while we ate! :-)



On Friday, we went to a egg hunt with a bunch of church friends.  Miss Sally and her husband host this giant egg hunt every year for the children and it's so much fun!  Joseph enjoyed playing with toys, hunting eggs, and eating snacks afterwards while we listened to Bible stories.




On Saturday, David, Joseph, and myself took a day trip to Hillsborough and Chapel Hill.  We ate lunch in Hillsborough at the very quaint Saratoga Grill.  I had not been there to eat since my senior year at Carolina in 2003!  So fun, and they gave him some toy trucks and cars to play with while we waited on our food.  Afterward we walked down to the banks of the Eno River and the old Indian village there before heading to Chapel Hill.







It was a pretty cold, dreary Easter Sunday here, but that didn't stop me from putting Jojo in his Easter outfit.  I could only get him to hold still long enough to take a couple of pictures before church.  And last night, we went to my grandmother's house for an Easter dinner with my family.  Since it was raining outside, we did our own "indoor egg hunt" in Great Mimi's house.  :-)







Hope everyone had an amazing Easter!!!

Friday, March 25, 2016

Week in Review - 3/14/2016-3/20/2016

"We do not remember days, we remember moments." -Cesare Pavese

We spent last week visiting David's family in Highlands, NC!  We left Monday afternoon and came home Sunday.  We took an extra-long trip this time since this will be our last vacation before little miss Elisabeth arrives.  So much fun!

We always stop for dinner on our way up in Marion, NC.  This time we went to Highway 55 Burgers.  We had been there once before.  Joseph likes it, because they serve the children's meals in a "classic car" made out of cardboard. :-)


Once there, we had lots of time over the week to spend at parks...both The Village Green Community Park just down the mountain in Cashiers...



This little guy...love him.


Family of 4...Lizzie inside of Mommy ;-)


And the park in Cullasaja Club, Mimi and Poppy's neighborhood...


Poppy swinging the swing-lover!

We ate our every day for lunch.  We went to Asia House, Cornucopia (in Cashiers), Mountain Fresh, Sapphire Brewing Co. (in Sapphire), and Madison's (at the Old Edwards Inn) while we were there.  Asia House and Madison's are two of our regular favorites...and all were delicious.

Enjoying his lunch at Cornucopia in Cashiers


There was a lot of fishing that took place, as well as some paddle boat rides around the neighborhood lake.  David and his dad caught a lot of bass and bream.















 We also had lots of fun riding around the club in the golf cart and enjoying the natural beauty. :-)


Golf cart selfie :-)








David and I had a "date night" one evening at the Cullasaja Club overlook while Mimi and Poppy kept Jojo for about 45 minutes.  The overlook is built into the side of a cliff and overlooks Whiteside Mountain.  Gorgeous.

Another overlook view.  It was VERY cold and windy up there that evening, but so pretty.

I brought with us some garlic naan (Indian bread) from Whole Foods.  Joseph loves naan and snacked on it the whole trip, which meant he smelled like garlic the whole time.  Love my little ethnic-food-lover.

We got to go to the indoor pool at the Highlands Recreation Center...








And we even got to enjoy some downtime of just sitting around their home!


Falling asleep on Mimi :-)

On the way home, we always stop, again, in Marion, for lunch.  We also stop at the Marion Wal Mart so that Joseph can ride rides and play games in the little arcade there (yes, cheap entertainment!)...

Chinese food on the way home!






Thank you, Mimi and Poppy, for a wonderful time!!!  Next time we go to Highlands, we'll have a baby girl to bring with us!!!