Sunday, January 31, 2010

Beep Beep!

Sweet Baby Charlotte,
   You are growing so fast!  You are laughing out loud a lot, and talking and cooing to yourself and to toys over your head.  You still haven't really discovered your feet yet but have much better control over your hands.  You reach up and grab onto toys, seemingly unable to let them go once you've got them into your tiny little fist.

   You eat rice cereal or oatmeal with a veggie every day now.  Sometimes you are quite keen on the idea and sometimes.. not so much.

  I often wonder what you'll look like and what kind of person you will be when you are a little older.  I wonder... will you be a painter, like me?  Will you love being with people and helping the community, like your daddy?  Will you love music like Ruby?
A funny sidenote to these pictures:  We're teaching Ruby to potty train and were having some naked butt time, which seems to keep the idea of the potty at the forefront.  In these pictures, she kept getting in the way of the camera because she wanted to kiss you and play with you, so half of the pictures we had to delete b/c of her bare little butt being in the picture!

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Reading Together

Dear Charlotte,
It snowed ALL DAY today!  I'd say we got about a foot of snow outside.  We were snuggled cozily inside for much of the day, drinking hot chocolate and reading books.  We read "Goodnight Moon"and "Guess How Much I Love you" for you, and "The 12 days of Christmas" and "Sealed with a Kiss" for Ruby.

Eye Color

Ok- so this would seem to be a fairly easy question to answer and I'm sure in a year or so, I'll be able to say without hesitation what color your eyes are.  But right now.. I'm not sure!  I was certain they were blue.  Absolutely certain.  But now.. I saw a picture of another baby born the same week as you and his eyes are very definately a light blue.  Your eyes are still a dark blue with a dark brown ring that looks hazel in the light.

Are you my hazel eyed baby or your daddy's blue eyed baby girl?
We shall see.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Playing Outside

Dear Charlotte,

Today was a beautiful day so we propped you up in the stroller while Ruby and I played ball and with chalk.  You sure looked cute in your purple hat and seemed to like being outside for a change.  After all, being born in September, you haven't had much time where it's been warm enough to go outside!


Cupid

For my little lovebug:  Ruby is napping so it is Mommy and Charlotte's special time together!
Today we played dressup and you were my baby Cupid!  After your bath this morning I dressed you in red and thought "Well she's all set for her Valentine's Day pictures!"














Thursday, January 14, 2010

First Time on the Swingset!
















You seemed to really like the swings. You cried when I first put you in them but once I started to swing you, you loved it.

The amazing belly maneuver!




Dear Charlotte,
You have gained a new skill. You can lay on your belly and put your head up to a 90 degree angle.
You're developing beautifully, sweet girl.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

4 months old





Dear Charlotte,

Today you are 4 months old! We took you to the doctor today for your 4 month checkup and shots (ouch!)

Here are your stats:

You are in the 95% for everything.. height, weight, and head circumference.. which means you are growing appropriately for a very tall little girl! Dr Shane said he wasn't surprised seeing how tall your daddy and I are.

Your height is 25.5 inches long, 90%

Your weight is 16lbs 4 oz , 90-97%

And your beautiful big head is 42.8cm, 90%. That brain sure has been growing!

You are rolling a lot now. You make all kinds of noises and "talk" almost constantly right after we feed you. You have tried a few vegetables but are of course, most comfortable with the bottle at this point.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Carrots!





That's me and you, kid.




Dear Charlotte,

Well we tried cereal again last night and you did fairly well with those.. so today we tried carrots. Talk about love at first taste.
Love, Momma

Go Ahead and Try.

Dear Charlotte,
Years from now when I tell you that you were the cutest baby ever born and you try to argue with me, see below. I think the pictures speak for themselves.





Love, Momma




Saturday, January 2, 2010

Rolling Over!

Yesterday, at 11:30 in the morning, we found you on your belly in your crib. This means that you have officially begun:

ROLLING OVER!

This is big. This means you'll be sitting up soon and then you'll start walking and running and then you'll run for president...

Daddy is working on your family tree online. Here's a link to your family:

Love, mama