Who's ready for summer?!

IT's A.........

Yesterday, Feb 2, we went to the doctor for our ultrasound and checkup. We had the ultrasound tech talk to our friend, Karend Carl and tell her the sex of the baby without us knowing. She baked a cake, iced it with THICK white icing and decorated it beautifully! Last night the family anxiously ate supper at mama and daddy's house...waiting to cut the cake. We had 2 groups...one dressed in pink if they thought it was a girl...one in blue if they thought it was a boy. When we all finished, Jamie had the honors of cutting the cake...the color of the inside revealed the sex of the baby...blue for boy...pink for girl...There was much excitement, screaming, people on speaker phone and Skype, trembling hands...And he cut.....IT WAS BLUE!!!!! Baby Carpenter #4 is a BOY!! We were/are in shock...thrilled...and cannot imagine this house with any amount of blue! We don't have ANY of that color...our coats, bibs, hats, burp cloths, blankets, clothes...EVERYTHING is PINK...I hope he likes pink!!!! We don't have a name yet...so any suggestions are welcome! Our due date is July 6.

Our Pot Heads!

Small town entertainment!!!!!!

Davis Island after Christmas

We went with Mamie and Bop Bop to Davis Island for our annual after Christmas trip and had a great time! Jamie's parents, Rho Rho and Gigi got to come spend one night with us. We love getting to go...it's always such a fun & relaxing trip.

The girls got new sleds for Christmas and couldn't wait for snow to try them out! Gigi tied a rope to them and pulled them down a hill!!

Elizabeth went on her first hunting trip with her daddy. She had a good nap! and missed seeing 3 black bears!

OVERDUE UPDATE!

Mamie has forced me to update my blog since she sent out the link in her Christmas letter! Hopefully, everyone hasn't already looked and given up on the Carpenters! We have been busy this fall with school, work and our biggest news...we are having baby #4 in July. We are due July 6 and everyone is so excited! Elizabeth was Molly the American Girl Doll in our church Christmas musical and did a great job! Amy is 18 months...thinks she's six...and does much of what her sisters do! Martha, 4, is going to preschool at church 2 days a week and has decided she loves school! Elizabeth, 6, is in first grade and her biggest news is that she lost a front tooth for Christmas! She had to have her bottom 4 pulled last year, so this is the first tooth she actually lost on her own. Jamie pulled it out early one morning...they were both suprised! It was really cute!

We went to the Memphis Zoo to Zoo Lights with Aunt Lollie recently and had a blast! Then the best part for the girls was that they got to go home and spend the night with Lollie! I think it has been the highlight of their Christmas break!

Dove Hunting

Jamie and I took the two older girls dove hunting Labor Day weekend. Amy was waiting at home in the frying pan...but we didn't have much to bring home to fry-up!!! But we had a great time!

First Days of School

Elizabeth started first grade on Monday and Martha had her first day of preschool on Tuesday. They both love their teachers and are looking forward to a great year!