Sweet Caroline....

My company has season tickets to the Charlotte Knights and we are lucky enough to get the seats usually about 2 times a season. Alex LOVES going and seeing Hooo-mur (Homer the Dragon and his girlfriend Sweet Caroline). He gets excited watching the game as well but his highlights are Homer and Caroline for sure. We moved to the upper deck last night so we could spread out and seek shelter (it was raining a little). On our way to the upper deck we spotted Sweet Caroline....Alex was over the moon excited.

Here are a few pictures that we took.

All in all it was a great night. The Knights were down 2-7 in the 5th but came back to tie the game and won the game in extra innings. The fireworks after the show were better than the ones we saw on the 4th at the Whitewater Center. We got home around 11pm - and for the most part - Alex did great for being up so late!

Birthday #2, The Finale!

Shew...what a weekend it has been. We started out at the aviation museum, then the pool, then a trip to the raptor center, and even a visit with horses...what more could a 2 year old want???

CAKE....PRESENTS!!! YAY!

Umm...it looks like Christmas landed in July in our house. Alex's has lots of grandparents who LOVE him. He got a big wheel, a cleaning trolley, a baseball bat and ball, toddler skates, and a talking Elmo!

(Yes, I am training him right)

Bye bye 1 year old Alex, hello 'terrible' 2s!

Birthday #2, Part 1

Alex started his all day birthday celebration with a trip to the Raptor Center. Another great place in Charlotte that is just minutes from our house at Latta Plantation. We finished up our trip at the Equestrian Center where he got to pet (and feed) some horses (no pictures to show for it though). But he had a great time with MawMaw and PawPaw like always!

Aviation Museum

We loving living in Charlotte and having lots of places to go and things to see that are new and fun and relatively inexpensive. My parents went with us to the Carolina's Aviation Museum and they purchased a membership so we can go back for free for a whole year. Thanks so much. Alex loved it and we cant wait to go back again.

We were lucky enough to get there when they had the hanger door open and this hanger is on the airport property right off a runway. I think Alex enjoyed watching the planes land more than he did the planes inside...but none-the-less he had a blast.

***no birds were harmed during flight in the above picture***

Going private

Our blog is going to go private. That doesn't mean you cant follow along (you meaning our 2 readers...lol) but just let me know if you want me to add you to our approved reader list by emailing me or, if for some strange reason you dont have my email - leave a comment. I'm going to take it private sometime this week but wanted to give a warning so my 2 readers wouldn't be so shocked when it does happen.

Happy Fathers Day!

To all the Pops out there. Make it a good one. I know I am very blessed to have my Dad in my life and Alex is so very lucky to have his.

Girls Weekend

Ahhhh. That's all I can say about this weekend. It was so relaxing. We ran away from all the men folk in our lives and tucked ourselves in the Great Smokies at a "rustic chic" spa resort - Lakeview at Fontana. A+ in my books. We got a 3 bedroom suite and the views from our rooftop deck were amazing.

Need I say more???

We participated in Yoga (a first for me and maybe a last...lol), lounging by the pool, hot stone massages, and last but not least lots of girl time with great friends. Amazingly enough I have no pictures of the trifecta from this trip. Probably because we kind of did our own thing during the day. But it was a great trip and I cant wait to go back.