We ventured to a pumpkin patch with some friends a few weeks ago.
I am loving having a mobile Charlotte. Easier on the back, but also so much fun to watch her explore and every new experience is an adventure for her. Even the things we find mundane (like opening an umbrella in the rain) are magical for her. I love it.
I wasn’t sure how she would do on the hayride but she LOVED it!
And she had her first taste of popcorn. another love.
I had to cut her off after a few pieces; she would have eaten the whole bag if I’d left her alone with it {just like her mama}
Beginning with year one of our marriage I decided I wanted to try and take a photo of Chris and I each year on our anniversary. I am already loving being able to compare Team Baker from each year; what we looked like and how our family has grown.
Year One
Such babies we were! Ha, just us and Baxter. We should have included our furry first baby in our photo, though now that I know what it’s like to wrangle kids for a photo I am glad we opted for a ‘no puppy photo’ the first year so I don’t feel pressured to have him in it every year. It’s much easier to use my supremely awesome photo shop skills to add him in later if we choose, like this…
yes, he is in fact wearing a birthday boy hat in this photo.
Baxter’s birthday is the same month and year as our anniversary, so it’s always easy to remember how old he is…or how long we’ve been married… or neither in my case.
Year Two
Last year a 2 month old Charlotte had added!
You can read more about our first and second anniversary photos + a bit about our wedding day here and here.
Year Three
First of all, I just have to say that I am totally distracted by the fact that I am standing on the left in these photos instead of the right like in the previous 2 year’s photos. Totally a first-world problem. I just had to get it out. Whew, moving on.
The wedding-arch-thing is still standing. My dad built it for our wedding and I am still so amazed by how beautiful it was and that it is still {sort of} standing in the woods in their backyard.
At the time that these photos were taken we still had our first foster squish. I am so glad my mom took these pictures and I couldn’t resist posting this one {with a little mustache censoring to protect squish’s privacy} because it makes me so happy to see how far God has brought us over the past 3 years.
I pray that the next 50 years creep by; I don’t want to miss a minute of them by being too busy or rushed.
We had a wonderful week/weekend celebrating our country’s independence and my sister’s birthday. There are so many photos I love, it was hard to pare them down… just a warning – this post is long!
We kicked Thursday off with a big pool and ‘Big Family’ {‘Big Family’ is our awesome group of family members who aren’t quite blood relation but may as well be}.
Charlotte preferred to watch and enjoy a snack poolside with aunt Sheila before getting in.
The nephews enjoyed cooling off in the pool.
Charlotte eventually made her way to he water but wasn’t too thrilled.
Cousin giving her an encouraging word.
She eventually enjoyed a few cruises around the pool…
but definitely preferred to hang out on dry land.
The celebration continued on to Chick’s beach later in the evening to prepare for the fireworks with some family friends. Cathy is the amazing woman who gave my mom a kidney and we love her and her family.
Charlotte took a while to warm up to the sand and waves. Other than the brief birthday bash at the beach for me in May {in which she barely touched the sand} Charlotte has never been to the beach.
She preferred to watch her cousins play from the safety of Honey’s lap.
but Papa was eventually able to coax her to play in the sand and she LOVED it and loved playing with her cousins.
Glowsticks!
Charlotte really loved the fireworks, which surprised me.
Here she is playing in the sand. I’m not sure what the faces are about, that’s the first time she’s ever made those, haha.
Happy Independence day and a happy birthday to my sister!!
