So here is a little peek at what Caleb James is up to lately...

lots and lots of laughing and smiling.  Though as soon as he sees the camera it is straight face!

Power Outage Adventures

After Williamsburg we enjoyed a visit with Kelly Ann and Charlotte. Two days after they left we got hit with a big storm and lost power for 4 days.  It was hot and displacing but God is good and we enjoyed a nice (unplanned) visit to Philly.  

Our neighbors house after the storm!

Our impromptu 4th of July fireworks show - our county canceled fireworks because of the storm clean up! 

Lots of fun times with cousin Char Char

Cuddle time with Aunt Emily

Forth of July swimming at the Botzler's House

my husbands "small" purchase on the 4th of July!

Williamsburg

In June, we took a quick trip to Williamsburg, VA to meet up with our good friends, the Wolf Family. We had a nice visit and Emmy and Caleb had fun in the pool.  We didn't take many pictures, sadface!

The whole Carter/Wolf crew

Deciding where to put each sticker is hard work!

craziness...

The last month has been crazy.  I knew (and actually planned) most of the craziness, but then there was some added fun that was unexpected.  Since my last post we had my sister in law and niece visit for 3 nights only for our power to go out 2 days later so we drove up to their house to avoid the heat and craziness the storm brought.  Then we drove to NC with them to visit with my parents.  We returned to MD to attend my brothers thesis show at MICA and to host a congratulatory cookout/sleepover at our house! (I am always amazed at how many people can sleep and stay in my tiny home!) So that brings me to today and I am breathing and not totally crazy, yet!  I will post pictures soon of all of our adventures...stay tuned.

NC Adventures

For Memorial Day weekend the Carter's made a trip to New Bern NC to visit Nini and Paul Paw!  We had a great time and went on lots of adventures!  I tried to narrow down pictures to share but had trouble because we did so many fun things and my children are so stinkin' cute! 

It didn't take Emmy long to find her chair on the porch!

And it didn't take Caleb long either!

We spent one day at the beach...despite the choppy water and crazy weather, we had a nice time!

Caleb's first beach trip and first time touching the ocean!

We ate extremely well (as always) and Marshal and Lynn drove down from Raleigh to visit

We went on in Mom and Dad's new Kayak - Emmy LOVED it!

It wouldn't be a visit with Nini without a little painting!

Caleb flying

One really cool thing we did is take the kids to the place we got married!  We reinacted a few candids from our wedding album with the kids.  We also celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary while we were there!

Anyone recognize that umbrella?!

Emmy helped out by walking Annie in the neighborhood.

Caleb's favorite nap spot was on the couch with Nini - Nini didn't mind it so much either!

Emily is a great big sister, she enjoys reading to Caleb and showing him the pictures.

After Joel returned home to go back to work, I stayed with the kids and we continued our adventures by going to the Aquarium.  Emily had a great time taking it all in and Caleb was great and slept most of the time when he wasn't being forced to take cute pictures in large crabs!

We also had some down time and played in the yard, Emmy loved having control of the hose!

Caleb is growing so fast and getting very strong!

Playing in the Rain

After a beautiful spring shower, Joel and Emmy decided to go outside and play in the new puddles in front of our house.  It was a wonderful sight for me to see those two splishing and splashing!

Grandma and Grandpa meet Caleb James

Patton and Dick (Joel's mom and dad) came to MD to meet the newest Carter.  We had such a great time visiting and playing.  We spent a lot of time outside because it was so beautiful.  We also went to the National Zoo and had a picnic.  The animals were playful and fun to watch, we even heard a lion cub (teenager) roar!  Overall we had a wonderful time together.  Oh and Caleb was baptized - stayed tuned for a new post with pictures of that big event!

Up hill at the Zoo!

Looking at the Zebras

The otters were awesome (definitely my favorite) swimming and playing! 

This is how Caleb enjoyed the Zoo

Emmy does NOT like chocolate ice cream, can't you tell?