Mr. Josh's Wedding

As usual, I'm pretty WAY behind in my blog posting.  The weekend of October 19th, we headed up to Athens, Texas for the wedding of one of Andrew's best friends, "Mr. Josh" (as Carson calls him).  We rented a cute little lake house (albeit a little on the 'grandma' side of things in terms of decor) on Cedar Creek with Andrew's college roommates and their significant others.   It was SO great to see them since we rarely get to!!

 

Parking the car in the pasture at the rehearsal dinner... 

 

 

Thank goodness for a bag full of planes and cars...

 

 

And footballs!  Carson stayed entertained for quite a while playing football with the other little boys.

 

We had quite the ride over to the wedding. Carson had diarrhea before his nap and was NOT himself when he woke up. He was HORRIBLE. I was everybody's ride to the wedding, so we finally just threw him in the car in whatever t-shirt he had on and no pants. I just brought his clothes for the wedding. Less than 5 minutes after we left, he was just crying out in agony that his tummy hurt. Remember I said he diarrhea before we left. We've all been there when you have to go and you can't. There was NO WHERE to stop other than the side of the road, which I offered over and over. He just kept crying that he didn't want to poo poo in the grass, just in a potty. Poor kid. It was absolutely painful to listen to him because I know how bad his tummy must have hurt. Anyways, we FINALLY got to the wedding after about 15 minutes of agony. I tore through the pasture without regard to where you were supposed to park and pulled right up next to the potty trailers (yes, they were fancy porta potty trailers... yes, they were SO nice!) Andrew was waiting for us and got Carson out of the car as fast as he could and poor kid, the second his bottom hit that toilet seat, it was not pretty. He made it though. I was so proud of him, and he was a different kid after that. It happened one other time that night, but for the most part, he was fine. Sorry, TMI to most people, I know.

 

The Ags were playing Auburn during the wedding.... and LOST. Considering most of the people there were Aggies, this flat out stunk. Our hopes of being in the national title race pretty much disappeared with that loss.

 

It got cold later in the evening!

 

 

There was NO keeping Carson off the dance floor... even during the Father/Daughter dance.  Yep, that was my kid that crashed that dance.

Also, thank God for Auntie Erin and Uncle Dave.... Carson LOVES them and they certainly kept him enterained for most of the reception.  I just couldn't keep up...

 

Carson was over wearing a hat, but it was cold, so Uncle Dave borrowed it.

 

 

 

Crazy pic... they look possessed!

 

Who doesn't love cupcakes!?!?

 

Once we got back, we played a nice round of Cards Against Humanity.... which is always hilarous!  Fun times with fun friends!!!

 

Congrats to the happy couple!!!

 

 

 

Dallas & THE State Fair of Texas!

The weekend before last, Carson and I headed up to Dallas for one final visit before Little Miss gets here.  We flew up on Thursday night and came home around lunch on Monday.  For once, it was actually a nice, long visit that didn't feel extremely rushed.  Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE that American now flies direct from Beaumont to DFW???  The airport is 5 minutes from my house, you don't have to pay to park, lines are nonexistent, and there's only one terminal in use.  It's a dream, especially with a 3 year old!

Friday morning we met up with Kristine, Rylan, and Aunt Debbie at the fair.  I have been dying to take Carson since the State Fair is such a tradition for anyone that grew up in Dallas.  Plus, let's be real... this preggo was ready for some fried food!

Carson had mixed emotions about Big Tex... I'm not sure he knew what to think!

 

 

So much to look at!

 

 

 

Daddy's, I mean, Jimmie Johnson's race car!!!  This ride was a major FAIL.  It was his first and last for quite a while.  It whipped around the corners a little too fast and she started screaming to get off.  Thankfully, we got our 8 tickets back!!!

 

 

Gigi & Carson in the helicopters!  He LOVED this ride!

 

Fun with Cousin Rylan on the 4-wheelers!  Carson's favorite! 

 

How cute are they??

 

Checking out all the animals!

Pops was brave to go with him on this.... I did it at the Nederland Heritage Festival and it was painful! 



They made it!

 

 

I have no idea how Pops fit in there!

 

 

Swings!

Whoops.... he was too big.... oh well! 



Fading.... (but Pops REALLY wanted to see the Bird Show). 



 

 

Before Carson charged the stage and nearly caused a disaster.  Yes, he went straight for that eagle in the background.  Said eagle then freaked out and nearly attacked the trainer.  It could have been bad.

 

Wow.... I look huge.

 

As much fun as we had at the fair, I definitely think I pushed it a little.  I was hurting by the end of the day.  It might have been worth it though for a Fletchers Corn Dog, cotton candy, and the fried Cuban Roll....um... AMAZING!!!

 

Carson's Big Tex impersonations...

 

 

 

Saturday morning, we were all pretty darn pooped, so we just took it easy.  After Carson's nap, we headed over to Arlington to see Nina & Papaw.

 

Carson did NOT want to take pictures... he was having too much fun jumping on Nina's trampoline.

 

 

From Arlington, we headed to Fort Worth to celebrate my cousin Joel's 30th birthday party at Joe T Garcia's.  He didn't know it, but his wife had also secretly found out the sex of their baby (she didn't know, but someone else put together the surprise reveal.  They weren't supposed to find out at the doctor until Monday).  So, it was a 30th birthday/Gender Reveal.  And.... she's having a GIRL too!!!!  The Morgan family is ALL BOYS!!!  I was the only granddaughter and so far all the great-grandkids were boys.  Our little girl was the first in the family in a while!  Our boys are 6 months apart and the girls will be 4 months apart.  SO FUN!!!  Wish we lived closer!!!  

 

It's a GIRL!!!

  

 

Cake face!!

 

Sunday we went to church and then took Carson to Jakes... LH people know that this was a big deal!  I don't think I've been since high school.... hasn't changed much even though my dad said that Jake sold out!  I will say the cheese fries were much better than last time!  :-)

 

After nap time, Carson and I went on a whirlwind visiting tour!  We first headed to Lauren & Jeff's new house in LH to see Harper.  Carson had fun crawling around the house chasing him.  We then headed to Meghan & Ken's house to see Baby Paul.  He just turned 1, and had changed SO much since the last time I saw him.  Last (which was probably pushing it but I didn't care), we headed to Dori & Colton's house to meet Ellie.  I've seen her pictures but had never met her.  What a sweet girl!!  They are fairly close in age and had fun playing together.  By this point, Carson was not on his best behavior.  I think he took her out once.  But, she still wanted him to stay and take a bath with her.  Next time.... it was already at least 8:30pm at this point.  :-(

 



Great trip!!!  Pretty crazy that the next time I'm in Dallas, we'll have another member of the family!!!