Memorial Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend as a family. We did so many fun "firsts" over the past 3 days. Here is a recap....To kick off a fun Friday, Harper and I went down to meet Grammy at Tommy Bahamas for lunch. I just love that place, it has the best atmosphere. I always feel like I'm on vacation in the Caribean. Then we shopped around Market Street and I bought Harper's 1st Birthday Invitations!! A little early, but they were too cute to pass up! Then Friday night we went over to our friends, The Carrs, for dinner. They live in a beautiful home on Lake Conroe. We enjoyed a delicious dinner and had lots of fun watching Brooklyn and Harper play. Brooklyn is almost 2 years old and could be Harper's sister. They both have red hair and chubby cheeks!

We woke up early Saturday morning to go to the Houston Zoo. Harper and Cam made a date box for Mother's Day and a trip to the zoo was one of our dates! We thought that it would be packed since it was a holiday weekend, but we were pleasantly surprised. We found a place to park right off the bat and then we off to explore the zoo. Harper was probably a little too young for the zoo, but there were a ton of younger babies there! It was just so fun to spend the day as a family. We went to ALL of the animal exhibits, but Harper was more interested in the fences and gates that surrounded the animals. The Black Bear actually caught his attention. He laughed outloud when we saw the bear yawn. It was really cute! It was 95 by 11a.m. so we had an early lunch in the shade while we watched the ducks swim on the ponds. Harper was really well behaved and happy considering how HOT it was! After lunch we went indoors to see the amphibians and reptiles......there were way more snakes than anything! The only thing I enjoyed about this exhibit was the air conditioning!

So we thoroughly enjoyed our first trip to the zoo. I know there will be plenty more visits when Harper gets a little older!

Since we were already in Houston we traveled a few blocks to Rice Village and did a little shopping. Well I did a little shopping while Cam and Harper slept in the car! Then we went over to Aunt Renee and Uncle Ed's new house in West University. They built a beautiful home in a gorgeous neighborhood. We enjoyed touring their home and riding in their elevator!

After leaving Houston Harper was ready for a nap! He slept the entire way home and then some!

On Sunday we went to church and then out to lunch at Margarita's with some friends from our Sunday School Class. We went to Payton's 4th Birthday Party at Graystone Park after lunch. It was super hot outside so we stayed inside the clubhouse. Harper had fun going from lap to lap. It was a blue sky day so we took the Harper down to the April Sound pool to cool off. Harper enjoyed playing with his mommy, daddy, and buddy Cooper. It was his first time in this "float." I was super paranoid so I left his t-shirt on. I didn't want to damaged that smooth skin!

On Memorial Day we actually slept in until 7:40! Thanks Harper :) We let Harper take his morning nap and then we put on our sunscreen and headed back to the pool for a Luau. It was a fun relaxing day. I actually got a tan! Someone stopped me today and asked me where I got a "spray" tan!

To top of our awesome weekend Uncle Casey came down from Dallas for a quick visit with his nephew. We took him to dinner at El Dorado Jacks on the Lake and then back to the house for lots of play time. Harper loves his Uncle Casey, I think he thinks he's looking in a mirror when he looks at him!! They look so much a like with their red hair!