North Carolina Spring Visit

After a quick flight from NY with Grandma (and Brock asking "Where's Grandma??"...sorry Brock - Grandma is sitting in first class), we were back in North Carolina - unfortunately it seemed we brought the cold air with us (until the very end of our week there).

Brock and I had fun with some new stops on this NC trip and some old favorites. :) We drove over to Chapel Hill to do a little shopping for Daddy and Baby 2.0. On the walk back to the car, Brock spotted a blue fire truck! He loved it!

We had to stop at Bojangles at least once! Brock thoroughly enjoyed the biscuit and french fries.... maybe there is a little southern blood in him after all!

Brock has been talking about Chuck E. Cheese pretty much since we visited last November. It was amazing how different he was this trip - he put the coins in all the machines by himself and had so much fun playing the various games. Still no ride-on games though!!

His favorite was definitely the mini-basketball game. It was pint-sized just for him and even though he missed way more than he made, he loved it! His face lit up when the tickets would shoot out at the end of the game!

Such a boy. 75 tickets and he picks out a black plastic spider. He was so proud of his choice!

On Saturday (a week and one day before Easter) morning, Brock participated in the City of Apex's Easter Egg Hunt. Don't blink - it was over in 90 seconds! We tried to prepare Brock for how to tackle the Hunt, but it was mass chaos and if I hadn't taken his hand and helped him with a few eggs, I don't know if he even would have picked up one! It was also majorly cold that morning, so that probably didn't help his mood. Poor Uncle Brian was holding a not very happy Brock who more enjoyed kicking the basket and dumping the eggs out than enjoying and examining his loot.

Carrie, Luca (7 1/2 months), Jude (2 1/2 years, Shaunis' child), Jennifer, Allison (20 months), David (4 1/2 years), & Brock (2 years)

After the Easter Egg Hunt, Brock and I had plans to meet a few of my friends and their children at Kids Together Park in Cary. It was so nice to see some of my friends - some of whom I haven't seen since our Reception party almost four years ago!!

Following a very busy morning, Brock stayed at Grandma's house with Uncle Brian and my mom and I drove out to High Point for Bridal Shower #2 for Nancy!! Sidenote - Brian did a very good job babysitting his Godson and completed a very important first - changed his first diaper!! Congrats Brian!!

Beautiful Bride-To-Be!

Nancy had a beautiful shower hosted by her maid-of-honor, Chelsea. I was so impressed by how many of the gifts she received at this shower were more personal. For example, one friend took Nancy's love for wine and incorporated a gift for "moments in a married life". She is expected to open a new bottle and attached card for each listed moment - so sweet! Another gift was a basket complete with everything she could possibly need for the morning before her wedding!

The remaining days of our time in North Carolina were spent with Grandma and Papa (after his return from Haiti on Sunday with his missions trip) just hanging out enjoying the beautiful (finally!!) weather.

Papa took Brock to a Bounce place in Apex and he LOVED it! He is getting so independent - climbed up the ladder all by himself and slid down, then repeated the process about another dozen times!!

That is a pretty tall slide when you're only 37 inches!!

I packed one pair of shorts for him and thank goodness we were able to wear them!!

We returned home on Wednesday and even though it was a really long day (4 hour flight to Denver, 3.5 hour layover and 2.75 hour flight to Seattle), Brock was amazing! He is such a good traveler and loves a window seat! Thanks North Carolina - it's been fun, but it was nice to come home!

Rocking his Beats headphones!

Selfie by Brock!!