David and I traveled to S.C. a few weeks ago to get some things done before "Aunt Cour-tee's" wedding in August! The week was full of traveling, but we also had lots of fun. Mimi picked us up really late Sunday night and we spent the first night in Columbia.
Then, after lunch at Groucho's, we headed to Papa Dock's house at the beach. As soon as Papa got home from work, he jumped in the pool with David. You can see how much David enjoyed the pool with Papa entertaining him!
On Tuesday, David and I decided to skip the meeting with the florist and wedding planner, so we headed to the beach. It was a beautiful day and David was overjoyed with the amount of "dirt" he had to play with.
He loved digging in the sand and feeding the birds his french fries.
That night we started the tux hunt for David. He was not very cooperative and we ended up having to bring home a few sizes and tried them on the next day. Aunt Cour-tee was so patient with the little guy!
Here he is modeling part of the outfit. I sure hope he does a better job come wedding day!
That afternoon we headed back to Columbia. On Thursday Mimi and I took David to EdVenture. I heard all about this facility in grad school and couldn't wait to take a peek myself. It was incredible. It will certainly be a part of our future visits to Columbia.
David loved the S.S. Minnow, building with giant blocks, shopping at "the pig" and the firetruck. His favorite exhibit was the drum playing in Timbuktu. However, he did not like Eddie the giant kid you can climb in. As soon as we had to change locations, he would hide his head and grip very tight!
After another visit to Groucho's for lunch, Mimi dropped us off in Bishopville for a night. David was so excited to see Dee Dee, Daddy T, Uncle Rob, Aunt RuRu, Bayler and Bridges. We were VERY sad to miss Aunt B due to work.
Dee Dee grilled out for us and we had a wonderful time playing in their big yard. The boys played until we couldn't see them anymore, it was so dark. Daddy T helped David with his baseball swing and then we topped off the night with bubbles and ice cream cones!
Friday we headed to "the upstate" for Courtney's lingerie shower. She got some beautiful things and some, umm, interesting items. Then, after a delayed flight we came back to a very happy daddy. I have never seen David run as fast as he did when he saw his daddy at the airport that night. We had a wonderful trip and can't wait until the real wedding day!!!
To say that David loves baseball is an understatement. In fact, it doesn't even begin to paint a picture of just HOW MUCH he loves baseball. In S.C. he played baseball in each location we visited. At the airport, he had an imaginary game with a 12 year old little boy where he pretended to hit, throw off his hat, run the bases and slide. He wakes up talking about baseball (I can hear him through the monitor). He plays until it is time to go to bed. I shouldn't have been surprised at all when I told him it was time to go the other day and I didn't see him run to the door like usual. It took him a few minutes and when I turned around, this is how my big boy looked. He had gotten his own "my" and all his baseball gear. Now his glove, bat (sometimes 2 bats), and a ball ride with us everywhere we go. It is a really fun phase that we hope doesn't end, especially now that he will have a little brother to play with someday!
