O'Connor Beach Week

It's been over a month now, but better late than never, right? Anyways, Dan and Marisol hosted the O'Connor family for a fun-filled week of beach time, good food and drinks, dance parties and more and, as always, it was so good to catch up with our siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins. Special thanks to Kelly for capturing all the pics below!

Hugh McRae Park with Lita and Kelly

Splash Pad fun!

Shane and Crew didn't get the memo

Yuck, awful angle of me, but beautiful family!

Ghost crab hunting

Danny also really took to surfing while everyone was in town and Jen caught these great pics!

Kingston at 11 Months

So I haven't posted a monthly update since Kingston was 8 months. Eek! #ThirdBabyProblems! And as you can imagine, A TON has changed since then. He's still pretty underweight so we're on a butter and a little supplemented formula diet in the form of yogurt, rice cereal and sippy cup with meals. He's rocking six teeth (four on top, 2 on bottom) and, as a result of said diet, a bit of a belly and thunder thighs. He loves Danny, but crawls for the hills when Crew approaches. We love you, Crew, but you can be a bit much for little Kingston! He's started catching on to social queues and laughs when he thinks something someone says is supposed to be funny. He gives the biggest, toothiest smiles. He's started fighting me a little during naps, but still a really great sleeper. He's not walking, but has started "cruising" some. He's even let go a couple times and stood independently. At this point, I don't have any guesses as to when he'll take his first steps. For now, I'm just enjoying this last month before he turns 1. He says dada and mamamamama and waves his arms up down when he sees someone new and it sounds like he's trying to say "hi". We're working on blowing kisses and bye-bye. You continue to be such a joy and we just love you so much, sweet Kingston!

Lay for a photo op?

Not a chance!

So backdrop in the crib it is!

Tippy Toes

Love this photo series of Kingston practicing his standing! When he first started 2 months ago or so, it was just on his tippy toes. Now he's flat footed and even standing independently for a few seconds. So funny to see since he's so tiny! He's even started to climb the stairs - eek! I'm thinking we might be walking sooner than later...

Long Weekend in St. James

I'm way behind on posting (I know, I say that all the time!), but here's a recap on our long weekend in St. James Plantation with Grandma and Grandpa Ron. We ate good, swam in the pool, fished and had a ton of fun visiting! Mommy even snuck in a happy hour sans kids and a quick snooze on the porch. Go me!

Such a pretty marina! Pic credit to Martha

Can't wait to see Grandma and Grandpa again in a couple weeks!

Crew and Kingston do Charlotte

Next up on our adventures was a trip to Charlotte to see Shiva and Brian before they moved to Paris and, of course, spend time with Catherine and kids while she graciously hosted us! Jimmy didn't come, so to make it easier on me, Danny stayed home with him. So it was just me, Crew and Kingston! Crew loved played with all Catherine's girls and we had a pretty action packed time!

First up was visiting Sarah's Girl Tribe Co office while Catherine showered and watched over sleeping kiddos. 

Then it was a food truck rodeo. Trucks + Food. Crew was in heaven! 

Crew making friends with random kids

Ice cream

Lou thought Crew's boy parts were "ew"

The next day we lounged around in our pjs in the AM and then headed into downtown Charlotte for lunch and ImaginOn, followed by pizza and shenanigans back at Catherine's house in the evening.

We were up early the next day, but it took a while for us to get on the road. Pretty uneventful ride home and then it was time to catch up with Daddy and Danny!

Huge thanks to Catherine for hosting us and so great to see Shiva!