New Teeth

Apparently new teeth make you do strange things with your mouth...




By the way, she is getting more hair...it is just VERY blonde!

The past month

Charlotte is changing at such a rapid pace now that I don't even know where to start with updates. She is crawling all over, standing, walking with assistance, and has just started "cruising" along the furniture. She loves to dance and go to the beach or play outside. She has recently learned how to shake her head "no", wave "hello" or "goodbye", and cluck her tongue/smack her lips. She now does these things obsessively. I have even seen her smacking her lips in her sleep! She has her two bottom teeth and based on her behavior the last couple of days, I expect another one to make an appearance any day now. Despite only having two teeth, she prefers finger foods to purees these days and of course, prefers to do it herself rather than have me feed her. She took her first first-class trip when she and I went to Hawaii a couple weeks ago to visit the family. She is in a really fun stage right now, and we are loving (almost) every minute of it.

First day of standing

At Kindermusik hogging all the toys. Typical. Seriously, she is always taking toys away from other babies. We went to the beach last Saturday and she kept taking her friend's hat off too. I told her that just because she hates a hat, doesn't mean everyone does!

The one and only time she's worn that hat. It lasted about 10 seconds. Consequently, I have to sunblock her head everytime we go out. Not pretty, although it does make her hair a little more obvious.

Hanging out with Uncle Jake

With two of her biggest fans, Meemo and Debo

Best video ever!

As you can tell from Charlotte's infectious laughter, she LOVES playing with Sam and Meemo!

Not that anyone cares about these people anymore, but here's a pic (probably the only one of us from the past 8 months :)) from the Superbowl festivities.

Crazy baby

I've read that a baby's personality will really start to shine between 6 and 8 months. The theme of Charlotte's personality must be all energy, all the time. Seriously, she never stops moving ever. We have had to sign up for lots of classes in order to keep her entertained. We are now quite busy with Little Gym, Kindermusik and two mommy and me groups. Of course, she is the star in all of her classes...mostly because she will laugh, smile and shriek until everyone is paying attention to her! She babbles constantly, crawls, pulls up and thinks she can stand up and walk by herself.

Excited about her LSU "sneakers"

Don't worry--we are safely parked on the side of the road!

With Meemo on her first trip to South Beach

Sam's super hero birthday party. Hard to see, but Charlotte is wearing a very cute homemade batgirl onesie complete with a cape.