We hit the road with John Tuesday & spent a couple nights in Charlotte. Wednesday morning John headed out early for his trade show & Filson & I hit the Barnes & Noble across the street from our motel & checked out their train table. We started to cruise around the mall, but Filson fell asleep in his stroller, so we headed back to the motel where he crashed for over 2 hours. We would not usually hang out in the motel just for him to get a nap in, however our little guy had decided to stay up watching tv until after 11pm our first night in the motel (long after his tired parents had turned off the lights & crawled under the covers!), and had been up bright & early around 6:15am that morning, so I knew he was in need of sleep & Mom was ready for a little rest too! Once rested, we took off for an afternoon in downtown Charlotte. The new train station was just a couple minutes from our motel, so Filson & I hopped the train and headed downtown. He loved both being able to watch the world go by outside the window and to people watch as everyone was getting on and off at each stop. We walked around the city, grabbed lunch outdoors & enjoyed the gorgeous day with a temperature that reached the high 70s. After meeting up with Dad and his coworkers for a bit at an Irish Pub, Filson & I were able to meet my cousin, BreAnn, for dinner. He enjoyed all the attention from her & we had a great time. We took the train back to the motel & all slept hard after our busy day. Yesterday morning we dropped John off downtown at his show & then headed to the new IKEA store to meet Anna Leigh, Vada and Donna who were coming from Raleigh. We were very excited to get to visit with Donna on her trip out from Iowa! Vada is growing up so fast & has the best little personality. Filson had fun playing peek-a-boo with her, trying to make her laugh & testing out her toys. We had a great day & could have kept cruising around the store for a couple more hours had we not had to go back to get Dad & head for Wilmington. Probably a good thing, as Filson's space in the backseat was pretty cramped for our 4 hour drive home & I don't think we could have fit one more purchase in there!
We hit the road with John Tuesday & spent a couple nights in Charlotte. Wednesday morning John headed out early for his trade show & Filson & I hit the Barnes & Noble across the street from our motel & checked out their train table. We started to cruise around the mall, but Filson fell asleep in his stroller, so we headed back to the motel where he crashed for over 2 hours. We would not usually hang out in the motel just for him to get a nap in, however our little guy had decided to stay up watching tv until after 11pm our first night in the motel (long after his tired parents had turned off the lights & crawled under the covers!), and had been up bright & early around 6:15am that morning, so I knew he was in need of sleep & Mom was ready for a little rest too! Once rested, we took off for an afternoon in downtown Charlotte. The new train station was just a couple minutes from our motel, so Filson & I hopped the train and headed downtown. He loved both being able to watch the world go by outside the window and to people watch as everyone was getting on and off at each stop. We walked around the city, grabbed lunch outdoors & enjoyed the gorgeous day with a temperature that reached the high 70s. After meeting up with Dad and his coworkers for a bit at an Irish Pub, Filson & I were able to meet my cousin, BreAnn, for dinner. He enjoyed all the attention from her & we had a great time. We took the train back to the motel & all slept hard after our busy day. Yesterday morning we dropped John off downtown at his show & then headed to the new IKEA store to meet Anna Leigh, Vada and Donna who were coming from Raleigh. We were very excited to get to visit with Donna on her trip out from Iowa! Vada is growing up so fast & has the best little personality. Filson had fun playing peek-a-boo with her, trying to make her laugh & testing out her toys. We had a great day & could have kept cruising around the store for a couple more hours had we not had to go back to get Dad & head for Wilmington. Probably a good thing, as Filson's space in the backseat was pretty cramped for our 4 hour drive home & I don't think we could have fit one more purchase in there! 
3 comments:
good pictures!! glad you got some good buys at IKEA!!
What a fun week you have had! Filson had so many great experiences and so nice that you were able to see Breann, Donna, Anna and Vada! I am sure you will all rest very well this weekend!
So good to see you and Filson yesterday, Britt!! This is Donna, even though I'm under AL's user name! The train ride sounds right up Filson's alley!! Great that you got to see BreeAnn too.
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