The Carters in Michigan: August 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

Isla's First Month

Our sweet, baby girl is growing and changing every day. We have really enjoyed our first month with her...and we are settling in to being a 4-some. She is a great baby so far. She is starting to smile more at us, and loves to be held upright, trying to hold her head up, loves to snuggles close and coos at her daddy and big bro...we are learning who she is and how to best care for and love her more each day! Of course, I have already given her several nicknames, fidgy midgy, chunky monkey, missy sissy, etc. Happy 1st Month Izzy, you are our wonderful little sissy! (Sorry most of her pictures are either asleep or with Oak...her big bro is a ham for the camera, what can we say...but, he loves his baby sissy so much, the hugs and kisses are abundant:)

Happy 2nd Birthday, Big Boy, Oak!

This is a smattering of Oak's Birthday Week- you know how we do it in the Carter house:) We had birthday presents and pool party with Uncle Shaun and Aunt Mandie on Sunday afternoon, a neighborhood ballon, bubble, and cupcake party on Wednesday, and a family party (supposed to be at the beach, but it downpoured, so we hung out at the Anders compound:) on Friday night, Oak's birthday day. All in all, it was a wonderful week to celebrate the joyous life of our son...2 years of fun, excitement and adventure. Thank you to our family and friends for celebrating Oak with us! We love our little guy and we are so blessed to have him in our lives!

Family Visits

Uncle Shaun and Aunt Mandie came for a visit from NYC. We enjoyed playing with them, swimming at a pool, and playing at the park. We celebrated Isla's arrival and Oak's 2nd Birthday...it was great to see them, hug them, and just be with them! Thank you, Shaun and Mandie, for the blessing of having you as our brother, sister, aunt and uncle (unky)! We love you! (Some of these pics are small, because I got them from Shaun's online album...sorry!)

Then, we had a visit from Mom Carter. She was with us for 8 days to be with Isla and celebrate Oak's birthday as well. We had a lot of fun hanging out, playing outside, at the beach and parks and she blessed us so much by helping to take care of/play with/sing to/rock one child or another, did load after load of laundry and ironing, played with us, and just enjoyed being around! Thank you, Mom, so very much...once again, we thank God for the amazing parents that we have...and how amazing you all are!!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

First week pictures

Baby Isla is adjusting well into our family...we love having our sweet, little girl around...and Oak is such a great big brother! We have been enjoying slow mornings, walks around the neighborhood, community gatherings and taking hikes (walks in the woods) so far during Izzy's first week (she has slept through most of it, though:)