Help!

I've been kidnapped!! I'm at my parents house until Tuesday, so I'll update when I get back. But, we been having tons of fun here eating turkey, hanging out, and shopping. So, until I return home, I'm just relaxing and taking a blogging break.

Second Interview

So, I had my second interview on Thursday for this one position, and I think it went really really well! I interviewed with "the team" which was three people in all and they took turns asking me questions. But I got to ask them questions at the end so that was cool. It is between me and one other candidate. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll hear something about it this week.

Fun with Family

The girls came to visit this past weekend which is always lots of chaos and lots of fun. My sister Dawn was already in town because she was at a conference for work, so we got to hang out with her all afternoon on Friday. The rest of the crew got here about 8:30 pm which was just in time to say hello to Carter and then send him off to bed.

Saturday we went to a big indoor garage sale, the craftsman classic at the fair grounds, and then the mall and surrounding stores. We sure were busy!! But we had a blast together as always. I really love when they come to visit. Here are a few pics from the weekend.

Auntie Dawn and Carter hanging out at Mellow Mushroom

A very tired Teagan on the way home from shopping on Saturday. (And yes, she's wearing a dress that says Prom Queen!)

Auntie Holly and Teagan reading to Carter

Granny feeding Carter a little applesauce and cereal

Bald Head

No, I'm not talking about Carter's head, I'm talking about Bald Head Island. Some friends of ours invited us to their beach house on Bald Head Island for some low key, relaxing, inexpensive fun! We said, absolutely! So, last weekend we went and had a great time. The island and the beach house are both so gorgeous. There are no cars on the island and you have to take a ferry over which Carter really enjoyed.

Carter playing in the sand

Since there are no cars, everyone has golf carts which is so cool! So, we went riding around touring the island on the golf cart. Carter loved riding facing out, but in this picture he was ready for a nap so he is turned in.

On our way home, we stopped in MB to visit my family and mom treated us to lunch. Here we are getting lunch and mom and Teagan are playing with Carter.

All in all, it was a great weekend! Thanks for having us Ty and Jenn and thanks to the fam for meeting us for lunch!

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Aunts

Carter sure has been a busy boy with all of his visitors lately. A couple of weeks ago, Auntie Dawn came to stay with us on a Sunday night because she had a conference in town. While she was here, her and Carter played all night. They spent some time on the computer and then played with the toys in his room. After play time, Auntie Dawn gave him a bath and then read him some books before bed. Once Carter got to sleep, I lit some candles on the birthday cake I made and serenaded Dawn with Happy Birthday since her birthday was two days later. Thanks for the visit Auntie Dawn, come back anytime!

Playtime on the computer

Auntie Dawn reading to Carter

Next on the visitor log book was Aunt Heather. She came down on election day to go shopping with me, Krissee, and all the kiddos. Now, I'm not sure what she was expecting, but we didn't end up doing a lot of shopping. Between feeding babies, changing diapers, taking them in and out the car, getting them in strollers, etc......there just wasn't a lot of time left to shop! But we did manage to get a little done.

Aunt Heather also got a birthday cake and a serenade because her birthday is coming up really soon! Anyway, thanks for making the trip down Heather! We loved seeing you and having your help with the babies!!

Me, Heather, and all the kiddos waiting on the elevator (and boy did we fill that elevator!)

WHOO HOOO!

I got a call today for the company I interviewed with yesterday and.......they want me to come in for a SECOND interview! YEAAAA!!!! The interview is scheduled for November 20th, so while it's still two weeks away, I'm still SUPER excited!

Thanks for all the prayers and good vibes....keep it up, it's working!

Tell Me About Yourself

Well, I had one of my interviews today, and I think it went really well! I hope I am on target when I say this, because sometimes it hard to tell how other people perceive you. But, the job sounds good and there is tons of room for advancement. The lady I interviewed with hopes to have it narrowed down to the top 2 candidates by Friday, so I'll soon know either way!

I also landed another interview tomorrow with the same company for different position. It really seems like I have some good things rolling now. If I can only get one of them to shake out. I'll keep you posted.

The Bewitching Hour After Hour After Hour

Wow, what a Halloween! Our friends Daniel and Krissee had an extra pumpkin costume that they let Carter have. We thought it was all too cute that we would have our own little pumpkin patch. So, I get Carter all ready to go over to the Day's house to have a little Halloween fun. I decided to pack a bag for myself because we were planning to have a few drinks and the Day's were gracious enough to say..."just stay here". That way we can be responsible and no one has to drive home. Perfect, right! Well, here are a few pics of our cute pumpkins.

Carter in his glow in the dark skeleton onesie that Auntie Holly sent!

My sweet little pumpkin!


The whole family.

Our very own little pumpkin patch

Well, then the fun really started! We get to the Day's and take some pictures and then have a little pizza and then it's time to get kids ready for bed. So, I get Carter changed into his PJ's and get him to go down in the pack and play that the Day's put in my room. Perfect, Carter normally sleeps until about 6:30 am so I'm thinking now mom can have a few drinks with the girls. That's not exactly what happened. About 30 mins or so after he goes down, he's crying....so not normal. I rock him a little and put him back to bed. A little bit later, he's crying again. So, after a little tummy medicine to help with his gas....I rock him and put him back to bed. Still not happening because a little bit later he's crying again. It's now about 1:30 and I decide to feed him because maybe he's hungry and with a full tummy he'll be able to sleep. Not so much. I called Scott and he will be on his way back in town from a gig shortly so I ask him to come pick us up. It's about 2:15 now and Krissee decided to go to bed and I decided to put Carter in his carseat and he goes to sleep, whew! I decided to take a little nap on the couch until Scott arrives.

It's about 3:15 and Scott gets there to pick us up. We get home and sweet Scott says why don't you go to bed, I'll try to get Carter down. Then the scream fest started.....he screamed bloody murder for about an hour and half. There was no consoling him. Since I couldn't sleep (go figure), I got up to take over and let Scott go to bed. Well, after I got Carter he quit crying and was sound asleep after about 10 minutes of rocking. I was thinking there's no way this is going to last, but I put him in his crib and went to bed. I then had to wake him up at about 8:30 am because there was absolutely NO WAY I was going to let him sleep all day so we could have a repeat performance tonight.

I still have no idea what was wrong....maybe it's his teeth coming in or something else, who knows! But he seems to be doing fine today and I bet I will have one tired little boy tonight. I can honestly say, I hope this is one tradition that doesn't get started!