At the Helms': All weekends should be three days!

You can do so much fun stuff during a three-day, off-work weekend! After a fun birthday party on Saturday, Grandma came to babysit and I got to go hang out with Charlie at the Doughman banquet in Durham. Drank some beers, ate some tots, had a couple Loco-Pops...perfect!

After a leisurely brunch on Sunday, we headed out to show Arlo his future campus. ;) (If he wants, of course.) We visited the Belltower...

the fountain in front of the building where I used to pay my tuition bill...

Arlo got a little wet and Daddy did his hair.

The Old Well. Even on a fairly deserted HOT Sunday afternoon when school is out, we couldn't manage to get a picture without strangers behind us. We cringed when we saw them drinking the water. Eww.

We had planned to eat at Pepper's but it was closed, so we headed back to the car and drove to Armadillo Grill. Of course, Arlo fell asleep as soon as we got in the car, so Charlie ran in and got take-out and we headed home.

Today, Charlie had to go in to work for a bit, but was able to come home for a visit with Sue, Brian, and Hunter. I only took a few pictures but these two are my favorite because Arlo's holding Hunter's hand! Hard to believe he was the one laying on the playmat just a few months ago and now he is holding and grabbing things, playing with toys, sitting, and VERY close to crawling. Gee whiz, time flies!

After the Austins headed out and Arlo took a nap, we went to Tutti Frutti for frozen yogurt. It was packed so I didn't get my camera out. I had planned to give him a bite if he wanted it, but he didn't pay one bit of attention to our yogurt! He was more interested in the other people and his own toys. I didn't mind...I enjoyed my red velvet/birthday cake frozen yogurt with berries on top and didn't really want to share anyways.

When we got home and waited the requisite 30 minutes after eating, we got suited up for our first big swim!