I can't believe it's been a month since I last sat down to do this. In that month, we've had a great 4th of July with Mark and Walker and Frazier at the River (minus the day I spent in bed with a stomach virus...uggh), celebrated Sam's birthday (about 7 different ways - see various pictures below!), soaked up lots of snuggles during my last few weeks of maternity leave, returned to work, and had Caroline's first day of school!
Rather than type a big wordy update, I'm going to let the pictures do the talking in this update with minimal interruption. We'll do a more complete post soon, but wanted to get these sweet pictures up!
Sweet pictures of Caroline getting stronger and sitting up!
The first of many birthday celebrations for Sam... in North Carolina with Nana and Papa over July 4th weekend. He LOVES his fireman hat and fire truck!
We're missing pictures from the River (Auntie Walker has promised to send hers!), but have these sweet pictures after our return home on the 4th.
Caroline wearing her adorable ruffly outfit from the Hathaways...and falling over during her photo shoot!
Sam and Caroline playing on the floor in Sam's room in their July 4th attire!
What a sweet little face from our growing girl!
And then the birthday extravaganza continued! We let Sam open a small present each morning of his "birthday week." The kid really loves opening presents, perhaps even more than the presents themselves. He had fun wearing these silly bands all week, though!
In the class tradition, I took cupcakes in to Sam's school on the last school day before his birthday. Sam, who believes that the whole point of birthdays is to eat cupcakes, was THRILLED!
Sam and Liza with their cupcakes!
Sam and his sweet buddy Liza shared a birthday party on Sam's actual birthday out at the beach. It was overcast all morning, but the rain held off for the party, and the kids didn't let it keep them out of the water or the sand. It was a fun little morning with all Sam and Liza's bestest buds.
Caroline slept through most of the birthday party but woke up in time for a little snuggling with Dad.
Sam & Aunt Mere-Mere...
This sweet little birthday boy sure does love the beach!
Ashley and Brady were in town to meet Caroline and help Sam celebrate, and Sam had fun playing with all his new (and old) toys with Brady! This pirate ship was our big present for Sam, who loves being outside despite the crazy Florida heat...so we figured we'd better find a way to help make outside play a little bit cooler!
Once all the birthday celebrations were done, we relaxed back into normal life for a couple more weeks!
Kiddos having fun playing on the floor at home :)
And a few final sweet pictures of Miss Caroline, who is now 3 months old! She has had her first two days of daycare and loves it so far. It's mom who's having trouble being separated from her!
We'll do a better update soon... Lots of love to all!
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