Mimi to the Rescue!

We were blessed with a last minute visit from my mom last week! She literally bought her plane ticket on Monday afternoon to fly out on Tuesday morning. It was just what we needed! The perfect distraction during a long week of baseball. Constant entertainment for Eli. The perfect shopping partner. Sometimes you just need your mom, no matter how old you are! We stayed busy the entire week. We hit all of our favorite restaurants and shopped our brains out! The weather couldn't have been better, so we kept Eli busy with outdoor fun during the day. We hit the Farmer's Market and enjoyed Downtown Bluffton, spent a morning in Sea Pines at Lawton Stables, spent an entire kid-free girls day in Savannah(amazing!), and went for many walks with the boy.

Mimi came bearing gifts as usual. Eli's favorite...his big red bus from London!

My mom ended up flying into Jacksonville. She had a rental car for the week, and Eli begged to 'drive it' everytime he saw it. It was quite the eye sore to us, but a treasure to him!

We went to our favorite church in downton Bluffton and took a few pictures.

Visited a few precious children's book stores.

Played ring around the rosie over and over and over.

Who knew laundry baskets could provide such entertainment?!

We ate lunch and enjoyed walking around the Farmer's Market on Thursday.
We enjoyed a nice picnic lunch!
I will forever love this picture of Mimi and Eli!

We couldn't let her leave without a trip to Lawton Stables. She's never been with Eli before. We made the mistake of mentioning a trip to see the 'neigh neigh's' that morning, and that was a big mistake! He didn't stop whining and begging until we got there! He loves animals, especially horses right now. He talks about horses the most, but gets a little intimidated by their size in person.

He shows no fear with all of the other animals. We're shocked he still has any fingers left.

We can't wait to see Mimi again in April when she comes for Eli's 2nd birthday! Thank you, Mom, for such a memorable week! Eli is still asking 'where Mimi go?'