Already Missing Him!

On Thursday, the hubs and I are sneaking away to Hilton Head for the weekend.  We are going down for a dear friends wedding and couldn't be happier to spend the weekend with my best girlfriends, their husbands and my love for a little adult time and celebrating.  I am so excited to get away but I am also missing my little man already.  The weekends are so much fun with Harlen and missing one with him is such a drag.  I know that he is going to have soooo much fun hanging with his grandparents and i know that we are going to have a memorable weekend as well, but it is still hard.  I hate missing my mornings with him, cuddling with him in bed while he sips his milk and munches on cereal while watching Elmo (an obsession for another post). I hate that we wont get to do fun things with him during the days and then put him to bed and hear him say "love eww mommy, sweet dreams" each night. You would think, by the way i am feeling, that we are going away for a week, but in all reality we will only be gone for three nights.  I can already tell you that the drive home on Sunday will feel like an eternity and i know that Chris and i will be racing into the house to see who can get their arms around him first. Weekend get aways are good for both child and parents but they are oh so hard, especially when you just had an amazing weekend together. 

This weekend, we had dinner with Papa, Millie and Uncle Brian over at the grandparents house. We brought his golf set and played in the yard and threw rocks in the pond for a while and enjoyed the nice weather.  We had some BBQ and spent the evening relaxing while Harlen soaked up some time with some of his favorite people. 

Saturday did not go as planned.  We had planned to spend the day playing outside and going to a friends sons 1st birthday party but Harlen had something else in mind.  He ended up having an upset stomach so we laid low for the day and sent daddy to deliver the birthday present while we watched movies.  We grilled out and spent the night relaxing in hopes of the upset stomach passing so that we could enjoy the day on Sunday.

Sunday we woke up with a happy little boy who was eager to make up for his Saturday that was spend inside.  I had a bridal luncheon to go to so daddy and Harlen had a boys play date.  They played outside for a while until i got home.  We had a great time playing and got to spend time with the Howells.  Amy and I planned to dye Easter eggs with the boys this weekend because we were gone the following weekend.  We had a blast dying the eggs, playing in the yard and getting to enjoy each others company.  All in all, it was a GREAT weekend and we loved every moment of it.


Harlen snoozing on the way home from daycare on Thursday - nice weather, tons of outdoor time = quick nap on the way home. He never does this, but I enjoyed this sweet view in my rear view mirror.


Playing on the porch and enjoying the Spring weather, Saturday morning.



Snuggle time with Mongo!  Harlen LOVES Mongo and Mongo tolerates Harlen.  Mongo is SO good with Harlen!

Easter Egg time! 

I LOVE this picture! Parkers face is adorable and Harlen is so serious. 

Boys will be boys!  Parker and Harlen enjoying their play time together.  Climbing, sliding, rock gathering, dirt digging and running is exactly how a Sunday afternoon should be spent.