7 months

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I haven’t even begun to process the photos from her 11 month shots, 12 month shots, and birthday parties. Those will come in later posts.

I don’t even know where to begin with this post, so I guess I’ll begin at the beginning.  Just a warning, you are about to scroll through a billion photos… I had a really hard time choosing which ones to revisit with you all. And if you are dying to see her monthly posts again I’ve linked them up throughout the post {just click on the month – i.e.: ‘Eight’ to see her 8 month post}.

20 week check-up. It’s a girl!

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You can read more about Charlie Grace’s arrival HERE and about our second visit to the hospital HERE.

Goal for today: Have a baby!

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About an hour before she was born.

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The nurses washed her hair 3 times and called it a ‘hot mess’ {just like her mamas}

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Proud daddy. {my OB took this one, haha, and I’m so glad she did!}

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I am so thankful I brought that pink pillow with me. If you know me, then you know I need color in my life!

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Charlotte’s newborn photos with Sarah Halstead Photography and the quilt my mom made.

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Throwin’ gang signs in her sleep.

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Crazy hair.

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One.

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Snuggles after bath time.

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Two.

Her first cloth diaper day!

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Tummy time.

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“I’m with the band” onesie.

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Three.

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Big feet.

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Four.

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Five.

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First time sitting up on her own {boppy added for ‘just in case’ support}

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Sharing their love for music.

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First time eating solids.

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Six.

Six month photos with Kelly from Kreative Snaps Photography.

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This is the ‘roll-polly-est’ she has ever been. So glad I have this shot of her briefly chunky legs!

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Seven.

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First time in the swing.

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Disgruntled about something.

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Nine.

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Ten.
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Eleven.

{no 11 month post yet, hopefully coming soon!}
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Twelve.

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While mommy’s away the baby will play…. er, crawl actually.

Life is refusing to slow down {despite my begging and pleading}.

 

This week has been, and continues to be, very crazy with me being out of town last weekend and Chris out of town during the week {both for work trainings}. I am so grateful this is not the norm for us! I feel very disjointed at the moment. Not to mention exhausted. Charlotte is currently having some constipation issues, which are subsiding but once you’ve given them what they need to remedy the situation all you can do is wait. I am typing this very speedy-like so I can go to bed at a reasonable hour. Last night she slept for only 3 hours; which means I slept for only 3 hours. Somehow we made it through the day and are looking forward to some relief from tummy and sleep issues tonight. We’ll see.

I spent the weeks leading up to me being out of town worried that Charlotte was going to reach some milestones and show off some new tricks while I was away. Must have been self fulfilling prophecy because not only did she do the very things I was worried about her doing… she did more that I hadn’t even thought she could do. I was heartbroken and slightly mad at Chris that he allowed her to be so awesome on his watch, but really so glad he was able to experience those things with her. At least she didn’t say her first word while I was away. I mean, I am a speech therapist. It’s only right. On a side note… I think she imitated me saying “hey’ twice tonight while we were at my parent’s house. 🙂 So social. I love it.

Charlotte’s new tricks include: crawling {I don’t know that I’d label it crawling for sure, but she’s definitely mobile}, feeding herself puffs, and pulling up onto things from a sitting position. Baxter dog is in for a rude awakening once she is able to chase him around. And we really need to get this house baby proofed. for serious.

Charlotte’s favorite ‘move’ at the moment is called the ‘Fake-out’ in which she looks like she is going to crawl forward and grab the toy but instead, slides backwards into a sitting position. She continues to be very silly and usually quite dramatic.

No videos yet on the feeding herself puffs and pulling up but I’m doing my best here in my ‘way past sleep deprived’ state. Stay tuned.

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Oh Happy Play!

My job is play. As a pediatric speech therapist everything I do revolves around play in some way or another; the type and tools of play vary depending on the patient and his/her needs at the time, but it all boils back down to the fundamentals of play. In the outpatient setting, however, I haven’t had the opportunity to see the development of ‘typical’ play skills in an infant. My caseload consists mostly of kiddos over 2 yrs. {younger children usually receive services in the home}. Only since having a child of my own have I been able to witness the development of communication and play in a very young baby. I would love to say I know all the milestones for babies under age one but this is all quite new to me and I am surprised every day at some of the things Charlotte is able to do; playing with this gum ball machine toy is no exception. Chris and I bought this for Charlotte for Christmas even though I knew she wouldn’t be ready for it for a while. I love this toy and use it with children in therapy almost every day; I knew I wanted Charlotte to experience this type of ’cause-effect’ play {and secretly wanted to be able to take the toy to work to add to my personal stash once Charlotte had outgrown it}.

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I hadn’t invested too much time showing her how to play with this toy because I honestly thought it would be a few more months before she would be able to activate it. However, it was one that I let her explore independently quite frequently {independent = on the floor in the living room surrounded by toys while I fold clothes or clip coupons}.

My apologies for the crazy mom commentary… I was very excited!

I tried to capture another video of her putting the ball back in the top when my dad {Papa} was over visiting but my iPhone camera wasn’t able to capture it because it was too full of other photos and videos. smart phone fail. Added to tomorrow’s to-do list: sync up iPhone and clear out some space! I would be so sad if my phone died and I lost some of the great photos on it… gotta start keeping up with that.