What's in a Name...

Throughout our engagement I would joke that I was going to hypenate my name so that I could keep cool initials (CAT to CATS instead of CAS) and I said that Aaron was going to hypenate as well. There was never any doubt in my mind that I was going to take Aaron's last name and it wasn't a big deal to me. After we got back from our honeymoon and I started filling out all the paperwork and taking all the steps to get my name changed I started to get a little sad that I would no longer be "Carolyn Trick." Even though its been over 3 months and everything has officially been changed to Sebourn and I've be writing (and seeing) my name as Carolyn Sebourn sometimes it still takes me by surprise.

In more exciting news, we're heading up to Lake Erie this coming weekend with my family. Its the only time I have off between summer and fall classes start, so it'll be nice to just relax. We're going to go to Cedar point one day and maybe out to Kelly's Island. Hopefully I'll remember to take some pictures so I can post some when we get back.

Our crazy, almost ordinary life

So a lot has happened in the past month or so. Actually, now that I think about it, it's pretty much just been this past week and half.... Anyways, Aaron's parents decided to move to Oklahoma and had to be our of their house by the end of the month, so we spent pretty much all our free time in Huber helping them pack up the house and load the truck. I know the move is the best thing for all of them, but it makes me really sad that they're no longer only an hour away and we can't see them whenever we want and we're not going to get to see them every holiday now.

Aaron plans on an intermural softball team with some of our friends here at Miami and they had their last game on Monday night. This is the 3rd season they've played and in the past they haven't been super good, but they were undefeated 4-0 so far in this season. The game was intense and super close, and they actually shouldn't have won b/c the other team doesn't know how to count, but they walked away with a winning 5-0 record making them elligible for the playoffs Wednesday night. But before we get to that, our Monday evening got a little more exciting. After the game Aaron checked his phone and had a text message from his brother Noah saying that his wife's water broke (3 weeks early!!) and a few hours later we had a brand new baby niece, Ruth.

Tuesday I drove down to Kentucky to meet Ruth and pick up Aaron's dad who drove back to KY with Noah. We had their 2nd car and he was going to drive it back to OK. The weather was horrible on Tues and I was driving in the rain all day, but it was totally worth it because Ruth is so sweet. This was the first baby born as my actual niece or nephew. All of my other nieces and nephews were born before Aaron and I got married so that was exciting for me! I can't wait to watch Ruth grow up and see what an amazing person she will turn into.

Wednesday was the playoffs and the first team was slightly intimidating. They were super tough looking and even their girls were good! (That's how we judge the skill of other teams haha b/c usually the girls are not good at all.) We were actually losing the 1st and 2nd innings and then when we batted at the bottom of the 3rd we scored 13 runs!! It was crazy! So needless to say, we ended up run-ruling them and made it to the finals. The finals were immediately following the play-off game and again the team looked good. That was another close game and we were down 7-10 in the last inning, but we were at the top of our batting order. The first 3 people made it on base and then Aaron was up to bat and hit a homerun bringing everyone in and we won the game with a perfect season 7-0. It was very exciting, especially considering that in the seasons before they were nothing stellar.

Thursday I had a midterm and Aaron and a final and then Friday Aaron took off for Oklahoma to spend some time with his brothers and get some dental work done. Yes, our dentist lives 13 hours away. No big deal. haha.

Anyway, its lonely here without him but I have a lot of work I need to get done this week so I guess its good he's not here to distract me with his constant Halo playing. But I'm ready for him to come home now. (Hear that husband?! Come home. Now! :-) ) And our 3 month anniversary is today! woot woot! haha.