Trip to Belmont

Well, we finally made it to Belmont last weekend.  Charlie and I were a little nervous because we didn't know how Cole would do in the car for 4 1/2 hours.  We planned the trip about a month earlier, but even the day before, we were still a little weary.  We decided to leave Saturday morning after Cole had his breakfast, that way he could take his morning nap in the car.  He did rest for a little bit, then woke up, then went back to sleep.  We stopped around lunch time.  I fed him his baby food and then a bottle.  We got to Belmont around 1:45.  We made pretty good time and Cole did awesome!  We were so proud.

We made the trip to Belmont because I needed to get my eyes checked by my eye doctor, my Uncle Bob.  It had been almost three years since my eyes were checked.  Plus, I was in desperate need of new glasses.  They were scratched to pieces.  We also wanted to take Cole to visit his cousins and aunt and uncle too!

When we arrived at my aunt's house, we put Cole down for an afternoon nap.  He didn't nap as long as usual, but that was okay.  We then left to go to my uncle's office.  We met Joel and Catherine there.  They went to the ECU foot

ball game beforehand.  My cousin, Alexa, fed Cole while Catherine and I got our eyes checked.  We both had to have our eyes dilated, so it soon became a little difficult to see!  While I was getting dilated, Cole's uncle Joel and daddy had a little fun while mommy wasn't looking.

After we got our eyes checked and picked out our new glasses, we headed off to dinner at Outback.  Joel and Catherine left to go home after dinner and we left with Aunt Chris and Alexa to take Cole home to get him ready for bed.  

Sunday morning, we woke up and hung out at the house.  Cole laid down for a morning nap. Then, after lunch Charlie went out on the boat with Uncle Bob, Matthew, and Alexa.  Cole laid down again for an afternoon nap.  When he got up, we got ready to go to dinner.  We were planning to ride my uncle's boat over to a restaurant called T-Bones.  It's on the lake.  This was going to be Cole's first boat ride.  He loved every minute of it except for the infant life jacket that he had to wear.  It was pretty tight.  He looked like a mummy and wasn't really excited about not being able to move very well.  But, as soon as he was in his daddy's arms, he seemed 

to relax a little.

 

Uncle Bob

had fun looking after Cole while we finished our wonderful dinner.  Then when we got home, we enjoyed some more family time together.

We had a great weekend with the family in Belmont.  Thank you McCullens for letting us come and stay with you.  We'll come back soon!