This is a work in progress...
July 11-17, 2004: Honeymooned in Miami, Florida on Miami Beach!
August 2004: Involved in a car accident where a woman rear-ended us,
while we were sitting at a red light.
October 3, 2004: My 22nd Birthday, the day we picked up our second pug, Barret.
November 2004: First Thanksgiving together as a married couple
December 2004: First Christmas together being married
January 2005: Made a trip to North Carolina, so Rebecca could interview at two hospital locations to decide on an internship to finish her degree. We stayed with our friend Nathan in South Carolina and were introduced to his "friend" Miranda. We also watched Napoleon Dynamite for the first time EVER, with Nathan and Will.
May 18th/19th: May 19th was the release of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, so we had a Star Wars party at our house on May 18, with food and friends...then we all traveled together to the movie theater to watch the midnight showing. Rebecca and I dressed up for the movie, along with two other friends, S. Breland and Eddie.
May/June 2005: Rebecca was accepted at both hospitals she interviewed with, but decided that Winston Salem was the better fit. We packed up the house with the help of friends and family, and hit the road for North Carolina. This time, we had everything with us, not knowing where we would be moving in Winston Salem. We stayed at our friend's, Nathan, again in South Carolina, until we found a house to rent in Winston Salem...this was the crazy trip where we proved ourselves idiot pet owners(just ask our dogs and they'll tell you what happened, they actually lived to bark about it).
July 2005: I started working at Best Buy in Winston Salem, Rebecca was working at Johnny Carino's about 40 minutes away from our house, right outside of Charlotte, she transferred from Louisiana to the location.
July 10, 2005: Our ONE YEAR wedding anniversary!
October 2005: Miya had her first, and only, litter of puppies...seven total, five survived and we kept one, Lili.
December 2005: Laying in bed one night, I smelled smoke, looked out the kitchen window to see flames coming from a house in the neighborhood. The house was lost, but everybody got out without injury.
July 10, 2006: Our SECOND wedding anniversary.
July/August 2006: Packed up our entire house by ourselves and loaded it onto a moving truck, then unloaded it into a storage unit...talk abour horrid!
August 2006: Cruise to Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel
August 2006: Moved from Winston Salem, NC, to Carrboro(Chapel Hill), NC where Rebecca started working at the University of North Carolina Hospital
October 10, 2006: Rebecca took me to the Nintendo Fusion Tour concert in Winston Salem, NC, where we heard Relient K(among other bands) and were able to play the Wii before it was released.
November 2006: Drove to Columbia, SC to try and camp out with our friend Nathan, in order to buy a PS3 and sell it Ebay...we were successful in driving to Columbia, but we were not successful in buying a PS3 as the lines had already started the Friday night we showed up.
June 9, 2007: I was a groomsman in Nathan and Miranda's wedding in Columbia, SC.
September 30, 2007: An entire apartment building, in our complex, burned to the ground.
October 2007: Went to Washington D.C. for my first time ever. Had a great time with Rebecca and my mom and dad.
November 6, 2007: Involved in a car accident, another person I knew! My car and her car were totaled.
November 2007: Visited family in Louisiana for Thanksgiving.
January 2008: Started looking at houses with Rebecca.
April 2008: Signed papers/initial contract on house. Visited family in Lousiana and celebrated Rebecca's b-day with family.
July 10, 2008: Our 4 year wedding anniversary was spent driving to a car auction in Greensboro, NC, trying to find me a car! We did get back into town and went to downtown Chapel Hill and had some hot chocolate with cayenne pepper from a cafe.
July 18, 2008: Closed on the house and moved into it that night.
July 2008: Received a 'free' car from our friends', Will and Jenna, neighbor. A 1993 Toyota Corolla, nicknamed Oreo.
August 10, 2008: Rebecca told me I was an expectant Father...
August 15, 2008: Traveled to Charlotte, NC with Rebecca and met Nathan and Zach, to watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars on opening night.
September 2008: My family, mom, dad, Wayne, Heather, and Truett, all flew up and visited us.
October 2008: Rebecca's mom and grandma flew up and visited us.
November 2008: Rebecca's dad came up for Thanksgiving.
January 2009: Flew down to Louisiana and visited with family, Rebecca's mom had a baby shower planned, and it went extremely well and Rebecca was surprised because she had no idea it was planned.
April 2009: Crazy, awesome month! I was diagnosed with MRSA, two weeks before our son was due. I was on antibiotics, and had three visits to the clinic...then was given the clear. Rebecca was diagnosed with some sort of bacterial infection, and she was put on antibiotics as well.
Our son, Ethan, was due on/around April 15th...he decided he would be like his mom and dad are going everywhere and be late.
April 27, 2009: Went to the hospital for induction, a day of Pitocin induction, with very little(if any results).
April 28, 2009: Morning started early, with more Pitocin for Rebecca. Our son, Ethan Alexander Mullins, was born at 9:41p.m. this night!
May 30, 2009: Ethan's first trip outside of the house(other than to doctor's visits). Trip to the mall to visit the Lego store's grand opening weekend.
June 2009: Ethan's first time flying. Flew to Louisiana for my PawPaw Pete's funeral.
July 10, 2009: Five year wedding anniversary!
July 2009: Mrs. Christine and Cara(Ethan's cousin) flew up and visited us for a few days. We had fun and actually discovered Pullen Park in Raleigh.
September 2009: My parents and grandma flew up. Rebecca, Ethan and I, along with my parents, went to Virginia Beach for a few days.
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