January 15, 2014 - Oh Happy Daze

Bread.

This is what happens when you don’t feed your child bread very often.

Poor deprived child.
Also to be noted: this is her second breakfast. For first breakfast she had two bowls of oatmeal with mango and apple slices. I think I’m raising a hobbit since she pretty much sticks to the rest of the hobbit meal plan which is: Elevensees, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, and Supper.

November 14, 2013 - Oh Happy Daze

Pumpkin Patch

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}

October 13, 2013 - admin

A quick update on Charlotte

This video pretty much sums it up.
“outta my way you goose. who put that there? don’t ‘dude’ me you long haired yahoo”.
I’m pretty sure Charlotte said those exact words to me today. in church. it may have sounded like simple screams and yells to an innocent bystander, but i know what she was really saying. the poor girl is mad at the world right now. and always hungry.
hungry all the time + angry all the time = hangry
told you it was quick. no time to elaborate, i’ve got a 1 year old melting down at my feet and no snickers in the house. womp womp.

September 8, 2013 - admin

Charlie Grace is 12 months old

Charlotte is now 12 months old {I prefer to label her age in months and will continue to do so as long as I can in an effort to ignore the fact that she is, in fact, getting older}.

At 12 months, Charlotte:

Weighs 17 lbs {10th percentile}, is 27 inches long {42nd percentile}
Is beginning to take a few wobbly steps {though as I’m finally writing this, she is practically running now}
Is learning to turn around backwards to climb down stairs/off ledges
Can feed herself with a spoon {though prefers her hands} and is now refusing to be fed anything via spoon by mommy or daddy and will turn her head away if we try {I just want to keep her clothes clean, is that too much to ask??}
Loves to give her baby doll hugs, particularly when others are watching and applauding… such a little performer… though once she get’s an ‘awww’ from mommy, baby is thrown to the floor. We’ll work on that.
Says: hi, bye bye, daddy, up, all done, thank you, ball, baby, balloon, book, Baxter {though ball, Baxter, and balloon all sounds the same right now}
Can sign: open, more, eat, please {her favorite right now is ‘please’}
Points to everything, waves to everyone, claps, gives high fives, is learning to give kisses, plays peek-a-boo, and dances to music
Understands and can follow several directions: give it to me, sit down, put in, all done, clean up, don’t touch/no, nice hands/gentle

Here are Charlotte’s 12 month photos, taken by the talented Kelly Lewis.

I made Charlotte’s ‘smash cake’, and I am pretty proud of the end result.

Though I have to be honest, my initial cake trial looked like something from the website Cake Wrecks:

Haha, I am still laughing at my attempt. I was trying to make a giant cupcake, but my efforts to also make the cake healthy and the frosting healthy resulted in a goopy mess. I ended up just using the base of the cake form and opted for peaked frosting instead of trying to smooth it out. To color the frosting I used beet juice {practically odorless and tasteless} to achieve the perfect pink!