New York

A few weeks ago Kody, Carter and I went to New York and Boston for pretty much the ULTIMATE boys trip. Kody has always wanted to go to Yankee Stadium and since this is the last year before they move into the new one, it was now or never. So Kody of course planned to go during the week where we could hit both Baseball and Basketball games. I am not sure who was more excited though....Kody or Carter!
This was in Carter's first Taxi Ride....he thought it was awesome.....I had a little different feeling about it!
The one thing that I managed to drag the boys too in between all of the games was the Natural History Museum. It was great, you could spend days in there. Carter loved all of the animals, especially the monkeys!

Here is Carter at the Yankee's Game. Everyone that knows Carter or has spent some quality time with my little man knows that he is BUSY! But as crazy as it seems he has no problem sitting in the cold and watching a 3 hour baseball game! Go figure! If I could just get an hour at church!

Here are the boy on the Staten Island Fairy. The quickest and cheapest way to see Lady Liberty!

So in the middle of our trip we ended up in the ER with Carter at NY Hospital. To make a VERY long story short we had two nights, many X-Rays, lots of blood, an MRI and many tears later found out that Carter had an infection in the joint between his hip and leg. He starting complaining that his leg hurt Tuesday night and by 8pm would not bear any weight on it. We ended up taking him to the hospital at 1 am. It was so emotional, we were up for 36 hours in a strange city with no family or friends and a really sick boy. He was on the boarder line of having to have Surgery and could not eat for more than 24 hours. It was horrible! In the end everything turned out fine. We just now hope it never comes back!

This was taken the day he got released and is finally starting to walk again.

Of course the trip went on.....we got released at 4pm hoped in the rental car and took off to Boston just in time to make the last 4 innings of a Red Soxs Game. Carter of course was PUMPED! As we got to our seats the lady behind us had a wooden Red Soxs Bat. Kody and I both look at each other and are like "great" that is the last thing Carter needs......a serious weapon. As we sat down Carter kept turning around and eyeing the bat and flashing his big grin. Within 5 minutes the lady goes "Here buddy you can have this because you are so cute!" Carter could not stop smiling while I just kept thinking how many times I am going to get hit with that!

The next day in Boston we went downtown and did Quincey Market, the Freedom Trail, and the New England Aquarium! Carter loves Penguins. Maybe next time we go to Sea World we will try to bring one home with us!

As if going to a Yankee's Game, Red Soxs Game and Celtics Game was not enough Kody made sure there was enough time to stop at the Basketball Hall of Fame! It was better then Disneyland for the boys!

You were supposed to make a shot and then get back in line....Carter had a hard time with that....weird!

After 8 Crazy days in New York and Boston and a hospital stay in between we made it home in one piece. After that I am so grateful for Kody and Carter and their health! They really are great and I am so glad that we got to spend so much time together. I love you boys!