charlotte 9 months

due to the stresses of being a SAHM (stay at home mom) i have come to accept the fact that this blog may only be once a month kind of thing.  i mean, my time is consumed by laundry, cleaning up runny noses (mainly charley's, sometimes lucy's), vacuming, sometimes making dinner, and sometimes folding/putting away laundry.  that leaves little time left to come up with witty posts.  my brother even helped me with this one.

i joke.

but really, maybe i should rename the blog to "monthly pictures of my child."

so here we are, 9 months.  only 3 months of birthday party planning to go.  i have done nothing.  i just keep thinking, "i should start planning charley's birthday party."  and that's as far as i get.  at least i have 90 days to plan.

a lot has happened in the last month!

-charley goes from lying down to sitting up with ease now.
-she is crawling! (started just a few days after her 8 month post, and gets around like a champ now)
-she talks...a lot...and has added a few syllables to her repertoire, including ga, ba, ma, ma-ma (though not directed to me) da, and ya.
-charley continues to assert her independence and temper when she doesn't get what she wants.  i think we have a screamer on our hands.
-she loves to flirt with people in public.  it's a little ridiculous.
-charley waves hello and goodbye to anyone who waves at her.  like i said, she flirts.  somehow she picks out the best looking guy in any given crowd and will wave, smile and giggle at him until he notices her.  if this is any indication of what she will be like as a teenager, i think fly boy is in trouble.
-she loves to pull herself up.  we find her standing in her crib after every nap/sleep.
-EVERYTHING goes in her mouth.  charley is quick to inform me that i need to vacuum when i find her putting pieces of dust/lint/dirt in her mouth.
-she isn't too keen on smiling for the camera, but has started to do this silly smile where she scrunches up her noes.  i love it.
- she loves to mimic you when you play with your lip making noises.  it might be her favorite game, aside from peek-a-boo and airplane with daddy.

happy 9 months charley!

 

charlotte 8 months

here we are...8 months.
we are blessed with this one.

gone are the days where charley and i cuddled for hours with her head on my shoulder.
she's a squirming, wanting to crawl, rolling baby girl.
she hasn't quite figured out the art of crawling, though she loves to get up on all fours and rock, then roll to whatever destination she desires.

one of her favorite pastimes is to pull all of the toys out of her toy box.  (i really need to get a picture of it...)  and then watch me put them all back.  this game goes on for hours.

she loves all fruits, but is not a fan of many vegetables (unless of course they are mixed in with lots of fruit.)  baby mum mums are also a favorite.

really, she is a very happy baby.

the big 3-0

it happened.
a new decade.

and fly boy truly outdid himself this year.

he woke me up (before charley got up) with his traditional, delicious breakfast in bed.

we went to dinner to my favorite restaurant in town with my brother and sister-in-law.
jess even made me a cake...yellow with chocolate frosting, my favorite!

since our birthdays are only 2 months apart, we decided to take a mini vacation to celebrate both of us turning 30.  just for the weekend, we went to a nearby beach, stayed in a fantastic hotel, and really had a perfect weekend.

only being an hour away, we took our time saturday morning getting packed, but were still able to spend several hours at the beach and pool in the afternoon.  the hotel had a wonderful restaurant, so we didn't have to travel far, just took the elevator down to the 1st floor.   and charley was a doll.

i couldn't have asked for a better birthday.
i would say i'm not sure how i am going to top it for fly boy's upcoming birthday, but i have a few tricks up my sleeve as well.  ;)

charlotte 7 months

hello october!
(and my apologies for the lack of posts in the last month.)

our baby girl is seven months old.

not a whole lot has changed in the last month, except...
- she has one bottom tooth and a second bottom tooth coming in. (and boy is it sharp!)
- charley has learned to click her tongue and loves to click anytime she is hungry.
- we've started with baby food...charley loves every fruit she has tried (bananas, pears, peaches, mangos, apples, etc.) she does not like rice cereal. oh, and charley LOVES water.

i can't get enough of her.  we truly are blessed with a sweetheart.
i actually miss her when she goes down for a nap or to bed.  it's ridiculous.
she's a much lighter sleeper than she used to be, so i know that if i even open her door, she will more than likely wake up and want to cuddle.  there may have been a few nights while fly boy was out of town last week that i purposely went in to "check on her." i was then rewarded with an extra 30 minutes of mommy-daughter time when she surprisingly woke up.

she's not the biggest fan of looking at me while i'm taking pictures, but why would you want to look at a big goofy lens when there is a world of details (and a funny golden retriever) to watch?  :)

enjoy!

charlotte 6 months

6 months.

my infant has officially grown into a baby.

a rolling like it's her job, babbling a storm, sitting up on her own baby.

• personality - charley has started to show her short temper.  she is still 90% a very sweet baby...it's the 10% when she is not happy, she will let you know it.  i have no idea where she can get her impatience from...certainly it must be from her father...
• moving - this girl can roll with the best of them.  she has can pretty much get wherever she wants by rolling.  gone are the days where i could put her in one place, leave the room, and come back to her in the same spot.
• clothes - right on track in mostly 6 month clothes and a few 6-9 months.
• daily schedule - she still sleeps well at night.  the naps during the day seem to chance on a daily basis.  sometimes i think she is moving towards two naps a day, sometimes she clearly needs three.  
• fly boy - still a daddy's girl in every way, shape and form. 

enjoy!