Charleston Trip

Asher's cousin Zachary was born 6 days before him.

How about that for a built in best friend/cousin?

They are going to be best buds for life...at least we tell them they are!

We finally got a chance to make a visit down to Charleston to get the boys together.

It was an absolute blast.

Friday night we got there around 6 pm. Just enough time to cram some dinner down our throats, let the boys get acquainted with each other and to open FIRST birthday presents.

Saturday morning we woke up and decided to lay low and let the boys play at the house. Both boys have almost identical sleeping/napping and eating schedules which makes life SO easy.

They played in there pjs all morning. After their morning naps we packed up the car and headed to the beach. We made a pit stop at Five Guys for some lunch before arriving at the Isle of Palms County Park. IT WAS PACKED. It also happened to be really windy. People around us also decided they wanted to feed the seagulls. It wasn't the best situation but the boys got nice and sandy and we could say we went to the beach :). We snapped a few cute photos before we headed home for their afternoon naps.

Before nap time we tossed the boys into the tub to wash off all of the sand. I really wanted to get the two of them in the tub together. We gave them soap cone heads and let them splash around. This will definitely be a tradition! Too cute!

Our other cousin Paige who is a Sophomore at USC arrived Saturday afternoon to join us for the night. It was quite a special treat to have her there as well.

We were only missing Emily and it would've been complete. We missed ya Em.

Saturday night we all went out to eat at The Boulevard Diner. IT IS DELICIOUS.

Before we headed home we stopped by to visit with one of my best friends from college Erin and her sweet boyfriend Eric. Eric is a baby magnet. Asher was immediately into him and drawn to him. We had an awesome time catching up and hanging out with them. Erin had never met Asher and I had never met Eric. I more than approve of Eric. What a great catch for my girl Erin.

We made it back to our cousins LATE. Way past Asher's bed time. He was such a trooper and never even whined. He went straight to bed.

Sunday morning we all played with the boys before it was time for us to hit the road. We left right at nap time in hopes that Asher would sleep in the car. Nope, not our child. He was exhausted. He fought it as hard as he could...until he couldn't fight it anymore. OUT. Finally! He slept for over an hour in the car which is a HUGE DEAL for this child. He just does not sleep in the car. Too much is going on that he MUST see. He doesnt want to miss a thing. He takes after his momma.

We had an awesome trip and agreed that this will have to occur much more often. We had a blast, the boys had a blast and our cousins are such amazing hostesses! We love them and are so appreciative of them for opening their home to us for such a fun weekend.