Family & Friends in NC

Finally I found time to cull through the rest of the photos I took the second week I was in NC! Trev had flown back to Utah so he wouldn't miss a second week of work, so I took the opportunity to meet up with more of my family and some old friends that I grew up with. My mom and I also did our share of shopping! ;)

On Monday of that week my Dad's parents, Nana and Granddaddy, came to visit for the day. These are Charlie's great grandparents! It is so sweet to see them interact with one another:

And here is Granddaddy inviting Charlie to come play with him. Or, as he would say, "Chahh-lie":

Uncle Mike had so much fun with my little man. He LOVED when they would run laps around the big island in the kitchen, and his little feet would just kick and kick as he would pretend to "run":

Crazy Uncle Mike! :) Just playing with the wide angle settings on my camera. It kinda looks like he's coming out of the screen, huh?

I was so lucky that I had my parents around, especially since they would constantly play with and feed Charlie:

This is Charlie's infamous "freak out" face. Sometimes he just starts doing it, over and over again. Sometimes he does it when prompted. Either way, it's HILARIOUS to witness. He tenses up all over, squeezes his fists, stiffens and shakes his arms, and makes a "freak out" face. It seriously looks like he's killing brain cells every time he does it, but it is SO funny:

Another funny thing that Charlie would do is mimic my Dad when he would clear his throat. And my Dad tends to do that pretty often, so you can imagine how adorably funny it is to hear him repeat my Dad almost every time! :) What a sweet little boy:

Here is a candid photo I snapped of my beautiful 13 year old cousin, Lauren, who came to visit with her mom (my Aunt Kristen) over the weekend. Can you believe she's only 13?!? Neither can I!

One evening we had a thunderstorm and Mike took Charlie out in the rain to get wet:

Later in the week, we had visits from lots of my old friends. First to come was Kristi, who I've known since middle school, and her adorable son Hudson who is about a month younger than Charlie. He is so much fun and REALLY friendly... so much so that he would run/crawl towards Charlie every time he saw him and try to tackle him with hugs and kisses. Since Charlie had just been woken up from his nap a little early, he wasn't exactly keen on the extra attention ;)

Cute boy with those big, blue eyes:

Another fun shot of Hudson:

The two boys together... how cute, huh? :)

Another fun thing Charlie got to do during the week was hang out with Bebop (my dad) while the girls went shopping! They would go for stroller rides and he was introduced to the swing for the first time! Hold on tight, buddy!!

He liked to pull his feet up into the swing and sometimes he would even rest them on the top of the swing. Such a silly monkey...

But hey, it's no wonder he had so much fun! Who WOULDN'T enjoy themselves when they have this for their entertainment!?:

I had my brother try to take some successful pictures of me and Charlie. None of the face-on pictures turned out great, but he captured this wonderful moment on camera...I LOVE getting kisses from the second love of my life:

A couple days later, my friend Kristen came to visit. I've known her since birth, basically. Our moms were good friends and we were born about a month apart and looked just like twins. Oddly enough, my friend Kristen ended up having twin girls! They are about 2 months older than Charlie and they came over to play as well! This first picture is of Haley:

And this is her twin sister, Riley:

They are such cute little girls and they LOVE to play play play! I could never quite capture a good photo of all 3 babies looking at the camera, so this is the best it's gonna get... ;)

I was also able to visit with my friend Charisse who I knew from my days at Wymount. She brought along her 2.5 month old son, Benjamin and it was SO wonderful to meet him and get to hold a little tiny baby! I was also able to catch up with my friend Catherine (friends since Kindergarten!) and some old neighbor friends, Mr. & Mrs. Rosser! It was such a joy to see everyone and take little walks down memory lane.