A Busy Weekend

We had a very busy first weekend of October. Friday night began with a late shopping trip to Babies R Us to look at car seats. Caleb is getting much too big for his infant carrier (even though it's supposed to last up to 30 pounds). We decided it was about time to break down and buy a bigger seat for him. After a lot of looking around and weighing pros and cons, we chose a car seat. We took it home and left it aside until Saturday morning when Tyler attempted to put it together. It all came in one piece, but Tyler still spent a good hour trying to figure everything out (and that is not because he is challenged in that area...he's very good at assembling and following directions). At the same time, my dad was trying to figure out that same car seat at home (we had to get two since Caleb spends so many days during the week with Grandma). Anyhow, both men in both homes gave up. This picture below is how I found Caleb when I finished getting ready. He was waiting patiently for his dad to put together the car seat and get him dressed for our big trip to Champaign. Needless to say, Caleb was finally dressed and we made it to Champaign (in his old car seat)! Also needless to say, the car seat is back in the box and ready to be returned. We highly recommend not buying an Eddie Bauer car set to anyone ever looking for one! We finally made it to Champaign and starting off visiting Auntie Tracy's apartment. Afterwards we went out for a yummy lunch and then headed to Curtis Orchard. We used to spend many Fall afternoons there during college, so it was great to finally go back. Caleb had fun with the whole experience. I think his favorite part was the pumpkins!

When we left the orchard, we headed to campus to walk around and take in the scenery. It was great to reminisce about all the old places we went to, lived in, studied at, and so forth. Of course Caleb was told over and over about how much we can't wait for him to be there in 18 years and have all of his fun memories.

Overall, it was a very busy day and we had so much fun getting to go back to the place where it all started!