Alex turns 29!!!!

So this is the year of 29 :) I turned 29 in June and Alex turned it November 30th.

A few weekends before his birthday, I threw him a surprise party in Columbia, SC at Tsunami... his favorite food is sushi so this was a natural choice :) Although many-o-peeps were invited, many couldn't come bc of prior committments, work, USC football :), etc. But it was still a huge surprise bc he had no idea I was planning this.

I told him we were going to do something for his birthday as a family. I didn't tell him where we were going. Mary, my sister, flew in that afternoon. Since she spends every single break from college that she has down here with us, it was only natural that she was going to be here.  We all four piled into the bus and drove to Columbia. We stayed at a new-ish hotel downtown Columbia... Ma and Pa Weber gave that as Alex's birthday present :)

 I brought some drinks for us to have in the hotel room :) I was prepared.

 We walked from the hotel to the restaurant.

 Tsunami was the first place we went on a date back in 2008... well the Tsunami in Charleston :)

 Playing with Aunt Bare in front of a mirror is more fun than sitting in a high chair.

 Saki!!!

 Alex's birthday feast. (Excuse me while I dry heave)

 He's so happy.

 Playing games with Papa Jack, Granny J, and Aunt Amelia

 Uncle Adam and Adrienne were at dinner too!

 Fun night out with family and friends.

 Thanks Mom and Pop for coming :)

 It wouldn't be a special birthday without Kate and Daniel. Thank you so much to Daniel for driving all of the way from NC for the night. It was a perfect night with best friends.

 Charlotte stayed back in the room and partied...

...and spent some quality time with Aunt Bare.

It was a successful birthday celebration. Alex was surprised to see all of his family, one of his best friends Daniel, and one our best friends, He was thrilled to go out on the town with no baby in tow and just have a fabulous little time. And it was comforting knowing Charlotte was just down the street with Aunt Bare... you know, in case she had a meltdown that couldn't be fixed :)

Sunday we woke up and had a fabulous lunch and then we had planned to go to the zoo but it started raining and we had to go back home. Even though we didn't get to follow through with everything, we still had an awesome time!