4th of July in NC and Parker's 1st Birthday!

What a wild and crazy week we had! On Friday, the 2nd, we headed down to NC to see my parents for the 4th. We packed up the car the night before and pulled away from 905 Allison at exactly 5:55 am! It's first time we were actually extremely organized and I have to say, we didn't forget one thing. The drive down was pretty uneventful and we made it there around 3:30. The boys were great and we experienced the fabulous question of "Are we there yet?" many, many times. Just the first of many road trips hearing one or both of the boys asking that, I'm sure.

Saturday, we went into Biltmore and participated in the Biltmore Forest parade. C rode his scooter while P enjoyed being pushed in the stroller. The parade was followed by a picnic that included face painting, "fishing" for toys, enormous moon bounce slide, dunking booth, hot dogs, snow cones, cotton candy, and frozen custard. And guess what? Campbell did ALL of it with the exception of the dunking booth.

Saturday night, we went to my cousin's house for his annual 4th of July weekend pig roast. Campbell had so much fun playing with his cousins. From playing croquet to swinging to hide and seek to dress up. It was quite the night.

Sunday, we went the lake and then to the Biltmore Club for more 4th of July fun! C had his usual 4th of July meal - cotton candy and snow cone! Parker loaded up on some watermellon.

By Monday, we were all pretty wiped out. We took the boys to an indoor playzone and played a round of putt-putt. Then back up the mountain for naps and packing up to go home.

The trip back to VA took 4 hours longer than it should have. On I-81, we had a flat tire! UGH! After a couple of hours getting it fixed (first finding a place that could fix it), we were back on the road. We pulled into our driveway just before 9pm.

Wednesday morning, we woke up singing Happy Birthday to Parker! Woohoo! We ate our breakfast and headed out to his 1 year checkup. Poor guy, had 3 shots and an extensive round of bloodwork. He was such a trooper.

Saturday, we celebrated P's birthday! It was supposed to be "Fun in the Sun" in our backyard with a kiddie pool and sprinklers. That whole plan got squashed, as it rained from Friday night thru Saturday afternoon. Thank GOD for the YMCA! Their multi-purpose room was available, so a quick location change, Chick-Fil-A, and some cake...we were set! Everyone had a great time and Parker LOVED, LOVED, LOVED his cake.

AHHHHH...glad that week is over and we're back into our routine. C is at a daycamp this week and next and then we'll gear up to go to Colorado Springs on the 28th to celebrate Mom and Dad's 50th wedding anniversary.