Life has been busy... We traveled to Charlotte two weekends ago to visit Aaron's family. Carter tends to eat on a 3 hour schedule and it takes about 3 hours to get there. Carter slept till we were 5 minutes away and woke up screaming. We fed him a few ounces at a gas station to hold him till we arrived at Aaron's parent's house. Carter spent the weekend meeting new family members...his uncle Ryan, aunt Ashley & cousin Cooper and his great-grandparents from Roanoke, VA. Carter did not have a good Sunday as he was a bit overstimulated with all the newness of everything...new people, new place! But he did sleep well away from home. We enjoyed seeing our nephew Cooper too! He is getting so big and is at a playful & really fun age. It's hard to remember him in the NICU back in November weighing 4 lbs 7 oz, which was exactly HALF of Carter's weight! Carter is not too far behind him these days! Ryan & Ashley let us borrow their swing and Carter loves it! It has come in handy on some of his fussy nights!!!
So Aaron and I have been parents for 2 months now! :) Carter is such an amazing little boy and I LOVE spending time with him. His smiles melt my heart! We went to the doctor yesterday and Carter received 3 shots & 1 oral vaccine. The shots didn't phase him too much when they happened. He did his normal loudest scream and turned bright red. I'll update more on that later in another post.
Prior to doing our baby registry at Target, I emailed them regarding their ridiculous return policy. You were allowed 2 total returns that were under $20, even if you had a registry there. I emailed them at least twice saying that they should allow you to return items off your registry. Their response was that if you receive duplicate items, ask the person for the reciept! Are you kidding? Who does that? I've already used my 2 returns and used one of Aaron's. Well, Aaron is an avid reader of the site consumerist.com and discovered that Target has indeed changed their return policy!!! You are now allowed 2 returns of items off your registry up to $150!!! This is HUGE NEWS!!! As I hung up the phone with the nice Target lady, I just had to pat myself on the back for doing something about the problem. It's one thing to complain and see no changes but it's another to do something about it in hopes of change!!! I actually have several things that I still would like to return off my registry so I am pretty excited! Do I have any need for 15 hooded towels?! :)
Please pass this exciting news onto friends & family!
Aaron and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary yesterday! :) Carter hung out with my mom while we went to dinner & a movie. I had been craving Ragazzi's since before Carter was born so I was excited to eat there. Aaron and I have really been trying hard to save money so we haven't been eating out nearly as much! Before Kung Fu Panda, we went to Kmart. I know, neither are very romantic but Kmart normally has NC State baby clothes(and we were close by)! We found a cute 'Future Wolfpack' onesie for Carter & Aaron found a wheel barrow...which he had been searching all over craigslist for recently. The wheel barrow was only $11!!! (That's good for a wheel barrow!) Kung Fu Panda was ok. I was really hoping it was going to be really funny...no such luck! We had a good evening anyway! Earlier this month, we bought a pond (off craigslist--it's the place to shop) as our joint anniversary present and decided that was all. It's still a work in progress. The water is in and pumping but the extras haven't been added. Aaron did manage to pick me up my favorite cupcake & a willow tree angel for our special day. :) I am so grateful for Aaron, not only as my husband but as Carter's daddy. Aaron is amazing as both! :)
Carter & Gabriel aka Hoss & Tiny (named by our Pastor)
Gabriel is the son of our good friends, Josh & Jennifer. Gabriel was due June 5th but was born about 7 weeks premature. Gabriel makes Carter looks HUGE!
I think Carter enjoyed his first trip to the pool...He didn't scream so I think that's a good sign! :) His car float is big for him now but he did manage to have his feet & some of his legs in the water. It wasn't until he was out of the water that he flashed some smiles. Better luck next time. :)
On Sunday, Aaron, Derrick (my brother) and I ventured off to DC to see Josh Hamilton play. I went to high school with Josh & Josh's dad & brother coached my brother so we've known of Josh's talents & story for a long time! I love Raleigh celebrities...Clay Aiken, Josh Hamilton, Graham from the Bachelorette... :)
If you want to hear some of Josh's story...read here (or search online!). If you know it or don't feel like reading...skip down to the next paragraph... JOsh was the #1 draft pick in Major League Baseball in 1999 right out of high school, my high school. :) He spent the next few years at the minor league level with his parents by his side. In 2001, Josh was involved in a car accident. His mother was also injured in the accident, and she went home with her husband to rehab her injuries. The 2001 season was also when he began experimenting with drugs. He played a little off and on over the next 2 years and battled injuries. At the start of the 2003 season, he showed up late several times during spring training and was reassigned to the team's minor league camp. He left the team and resurfaced several times, but eventually took the rest of the season off for personal reasons. Josh was hoping to return to spring training with the Devil Rays in 2004, but he was suspended 30 days and fined for violating the drug policy put in place by MLB. Because of the length of his suspension, and the terms of the drug policy, He must have failed two or more drug tests after being put into the program. A 'failed' test is a positive result for a drug more severe than marijuana. This suspension was increased several times after repeated violations of the terms of the program. From 2002 until 2006, Hamilton did not play baseball at all. Josh was selected third overall in the MLB portion of the 2006 Rule 5 Draft by the Chicago Cubs, as the Rays had not placed him on their 40-man roster. The Cubs then traded Hamilton to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money. Hamilton made his long-awaited Major League debut on April 2, 2007 against the Chicago Cubs in a pinch-hit appearance, receiving a 22-second standing ovation. In Decemeber 2007, Josh was traded to the Texas Rangers where he is experiencing an AMAZING year in the Majors! Josh is required to have 3 drugs tests a week in order to stay in baseball. The most exciting part of the whole story is that Josh gives all the credit to God. I get excited following him and his story! (Exerts taken from Wikipedia...my version would have been much, much longer!)
...We left at 6:30am in hopes to get the DC in time to catch BP...no such luck! We got there about hour & fifteen prior to game time...I will blame it on a stupid tractor trailor turned over on 95 & the LARGE amounts of traffic on 95 around Richmond on a Sunday morning! We had seats in center/right out by Josh and our seats started out under the overhang in the shade. About an hour into the game, we were in the sun but still managed to enjoy a Sunday at the ballpark. Nationals Stadium is pretty sweet. Josh went 0-4, had several plays in right & one great catch! :)
Last summer, Josh was on the DL and played in a series in Durham against the Durham Bulls! :)
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