Carmela June had quite an adventure this past week. First, she got an airplane and flew all the way to Maryland with Mom and Dad to see a wedding, and she loved it! She slept through the actual wedding part (Mom got to sneak a peek of Sara's vows, but spent the rest of the ceremony in the church nursery playing with toys and watching Carmela nap), but then she got down at the reception. It was great! She danced, she ate, she explored the vault where they kept the gifts — it was a real blast. Over the next few days, she played with her Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa, her Great-Great-Aunt Betty and Great-Great Uncle Bill, her Aunt Tauni and Uncle Justin, and lots and lots of other cousins, second cousins, and second cousins once removed. What she did NOT do was sleep. There was way too much excitement, and besides, sleep is for suckers.
On the last day of her visit, Carmela got to visit with Bill and Kylie, who will be having their first baby in a couple of weeks. After lunch with them, she got on another airplane and took a quick hop down to Atlanta to visit with her friends Will and Will and their amazing dogs, Bentley and Titan. While she was there, Carmela learned to say, "Hi Bentley!" which came out, "Hi Nent-nee!" She visited the Atlanta aquarium, which was very cool, and also got to visit the High art museum, where she got to play in the toddler room and make an incredible mess of her dress and hands with markers (Mom and Dad and Little Will checked out the Salvador Dali exhibit, which was very good).
Carmela also got to visit with Melissa, and got to meet all of her second cousins once removed: Helen, David, Yosef, Jesse, and Saul. She helped them chow down some dinner and admired Saul's hair before all the kids had to split for various soccer and basketball engagements.
The plane ride home was a little rough, but now we're all here, and Miss Carmela is snoozing away peacefully in her own bed. Mom and Dad are very jetlagged and tired, but definitely enjoyed the visit. Now on to the pictures!
Here we go! Carmela listens to music in Mom's lap on the airplane.
Visiting with Great-Grandpa.
Sitting with Aunt Tauni at the wedding reception.
Sitting with Mom at the wedding reception.
Exploring the vault of gifts with Daddy.
Carmela checks out the dance floor with her Blanket and Daddy in tow.
Off she goes!
Carmela hangs out with Grandma and congratulates the beautiful bride.
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