Poe's Tavern-Sullivan's Island, SC

If you are in Charleston, you HAVE to make your way to Sullivan's Island for lunch at Poe's Tavern. Their fish tacos are to die for! I love the spiced Yellowfin Tuna tacos. YUM!! And they have amazing spritzers (I recommend the "Evening Star.")  Erik was off on a shoot so Harper and I made our way to Poe's for a lunch date. He spent most of his time eating Saltine crackers and chewing on the coasters (lovely!)  Here are a few photos from our date:

 

 

Baby's First Ice Cream

Every time we go to Charleston we make a trip to our favorite local restaurant, Five Loaves. On this trip Uncle travis joined us for dinner. It was incredible, as always! Erik bought me a gorgeous original painting for my early birthday gift. I turned the big 2-6 on June 30th. Here are a few photos from dinner:

We went to our favorite little ice cream shop on Sullivan's Island. Our original intention was for me and Erik to grab an ice cream cone. Harper kept starring at our treats and we decided to let him have a bite. When he took his first bite of ice cream his facial expression was priceless. To say he enjoyed it is an understatement. When we took it away from him, he was not a happy camper.

Harper's First Dip in the Ocean

I think we have over 300 photos from our Charleston trip. Sometimes I am a little picture happy. I want to capture every cute thing Harper does. And the child is so darn cute that I tend to continuously take photos. I think I am going to break down the trip in separate blog posts. (Yes, we went on the trip a month ago...i'm a little late.) We enjoyed so many people and places that I would love to share it all. Today's post is Harper's first time in the ocean:

Walking down to the beach at Sullivan's Island

Checking out his toes hitting the water for the first time.

Taking a dip in the water with daddy. 

(Erik is all dressed up because the just wrapped up a photo shoot.) 

Stealing kisses from my sweet baby.

A little airplane action. 

Harper LOVES Charleston! 

A Few More Beach Pics!

Today was a great day! Harper and I met the Boland triplets. They are so freaking cute!! And they all have the sweetest personalities. It is so fun to watch them interact with each other and with Harper. I think Harper really enjoyed having another baby boy to play with. He and Charlie crawled after each other and played with the toys together. Of course I took a ton of photos but I haven't had a chance to upload them yet. I will try to get them up tomorrow.

In the meantime, here are a few more of Josh Norris' photos from Harper's first beach trip:

 

Like Father, Like Son

A few weeks ago we made our way to Charleston for the weekend. Unfortunately with our busy lives we rarely have time to take a vacation. The trip was work related but we managed to really enjoy ourselves. Erik and Harper were asked to do a photo shoot together for our favorite clothing company. We couldn't refuse the sweet offer... I mean who doesn't want incredible pictures taken of their boys!? 

One extremely hot and sunny day we headed to Sullivan's Island and Harper participated in his first ever professional photo shoot. Josh Norris was the photographer and to say his photos were insanely gorgeous is an understatement. I actually teared up when he showed me some of the pictures. We don't have copies of any of the images yet but as soon as we do I will make sure to share some with y'all! If anyone in the Upstate is looking for a fantastic photographer make sure to check out Josh's website!

I have to admit, I was the overly zealous mother cheering in the background. I was so proud of my sweet boy. He was a total natural and giggled and smiled for the entire photo shoot. I can already start to feel the pride a mother feels for their children. There is nothing quite like it! 

And Erik was absolutely thrilled to get to do a photo shoot with his son. I wanted to share his reaction with you:

"When I model, I mostly work with people I've never met before.  It can be fun, but it's never completely comfortable or "normal."  Recently I got to do a photo shoot with my 9 month-old son. We had such a great time.  Not only was it so easy (it was like we were just hanging out on the beach), but I must admit I was very impressed with Harper.  We stood in the 95 degree heat for over an hour, and he didn't fuss.  He just smiled for the camera and acted so pleasant. He was a natural, I didn't even have to coach him.. haha.  Maybe it's in the genes :) This shoot was a great experience, and I hope that Harper and I can do it again in the future.. I have a feeling we will."

Here are some photos I took from the sidelines: