So, we got back from Milwaukee on Thursday, November 12th and left for Raleigh the next evening. We had tickets for the NCSU vs Clemson football game on Saturday.
The drive was pretty much uneventful. I was worn out from just getting back from Milwaukee and slept for a little bit of it but was able to wake myself up to keep Brian company and make sure he didn't get too tired. We got in to Brian's parents' house around 11:45 pm. Carter woke up and got to hang out with Brian's parents for a little bit while I set up his room and then we got him off to sleep pretty easily.
The football game was at noon so we got going pretty early. We met our friends Johnny and Anakah at our other friends' (Cass and Jeremy's) house at 9 am. Carter took a really short (5 minute) nap on the way there so he missed his morning nap. We all headed over to the stadium together to tailgate before the game.
It was a little chilly and overcast but not too bad for November. It warmed up a lot for the game though and the sun even came out some. It was fun getting to hang out with everyone and catch up for a bit. Carter fell asleep on Brian but we had to wake him up after about 20 minutes because it was time to head in for the game.
We didn't have great seats, but we were generally able to see everything.
Cute kid waiting for the game to start ...
Carter did well during the game, though he did get a little fussy about staying in one place so much. Luckily there was no one sitting next to Brian so we were able to spread out a little. We had to keep passing Carter back and forth and try to pacify him with food, but we didn't seem to bother the people around us too much.
State didn't do too well ...
We met our friends in the parking lot during halftime for some drinks to try to numb the pain a little bit.
We made it until about midway through the 4th quarter before we couldn't watch anymore. We headed back to Brian's parents' house to hang out for the rest of the day. My mom drove up from Wilmington to hang out with us and help celebrate Carter's birthday.
Sunday was Carter's birthday so we had a little party for him with our family. My dad and Jan also drove up Sunday morning to help celebrate.
Carter got LOTS of presents. We still haven't gotten half of them out of the boxes. I can't believe Christmas is so close and he's going to be getting more stuff!
I decorated the kitchen on Saturday night. Here's a really bad picture of the decorations ...
Cinda put together a great brunch for everyone and then we had cupcakes afterward. Carter LOVED everyone singing Happy Birthday to him. He was all smiles.
Being forced to try a cupcake was another story. He was not thrilled about it and ended up crying.
Carter really liked playing with one of the horns I got. He would pretend to blow through it and make a noise himself trying to imitate the noise we made when we blew through it.
The birthday boy with all his grandparents ...
We headed out around 1:15 pm, just in time for Carter to take an afternoon nap. Carter did pretty well on the drive home. He got a little fussy about midway through but few asleep with a couple of hours left in the drive and slept the rest of the way home (as did I)! It was a good trip back to NC, but a little rough having just gotten back from Milwaukee.
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