Charlotte's a Big Sister!!!

It's official!! Charlotte Rae is going to be a Big Sister!! We are beyond excited for this blessing! We couldn't ask for a greater early Christmas present!!

A Week at Grandma's!!

Mommy and Daddy took their first vacation away from Charlotte. We went on a Southern Caribbean Cruise to Aruba and Curacao! It was probably the hardest thing to leave our little munchkin for a whole week but she had a blast spending a week on the farm with Grandma & Grandpa Grandt!

Playing in the hay while Grandma feeds the horses.

 Swinging by the fire pit.

 Playing with her new friend Porkchop!

 She already has an entourage!!

 Helping Grandma burn the brush around the yard. Such a good worker!

 Trying a pickle!!

 Teasing her new BFF Chi Chi with a necklace.

 Brushing her teeth in her new Minnie pj's!!

 Sitting in her new Minnie Chair that Grandma spoiled her with! And as always, she has her 2, not 1 but 2 blankies in tote!!

 

Eating a lunch.

 

Grandma & Charlotte's beautiful bath time art work!!

 

It was a nice vacation but I missed this face more than anything!! I was so happy to be heading home with my little girl!! 

Putting up the Tree!

It snowed so much over the weekend that it felt like Christmas already! Charlotte and I watched National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and decorated the tree while Daddy was out hunting.

Helping me put the tree together! We learned the hard way to not have a real tree with the dogs (Drake peed all over the tree one year!). 

She kept taking the ornaments off so I finally gave her the ornaments without hooks and she placed them on the branches to help decorate! She loves looking at the tree all lit up! Now we just have to make sure she doesn't unwrap the presents once they are under the tree!! We had a great weekend together.

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We went to Nana & Papa's house for Thanksgiving this year. It was a fun couple of days getting to see the whole family. Aunt Jenni, Uncle Merlyn and Aunt Jessica came up all the way from Nashville too!

 

She has her own crib and bedroom at their house! She slept so good except for one night Mommy had to sleep with her because she wasn't feeling good. She is getting her canine teeth in. We decided to do an early Christmas with the Nashville family since we won't see them for Christmas. Charlotte loved seeing all the lights on the tree and she actually got into unwrapping her gifts!! She got an adorable outfit, a cute little necklace and a new tea set! She had a great time playing with her cousin Mason too. She was his shadow. They would chase each other and she would watch him play games on his leapster.

 

It was so unseasonably warm on Thanksgiving day that we went outside to play basketball. Papa and Daddy lifted her up to make shots! She had so much fun. (picture are dark, taken on my phone, sorry!)

Opening her gifts from the Aunts!

 Playing footsie with Papa.

After a couple days at Nana & Papa's house, we went to Grandma & Grandpa LeClair's house for another Thanksgiving feast! Charlotte had a blast playing with her cousin Isaac!

Getting into Grandma's tupperware drawer!

Playing peek a boo in Grandma's Curtains.

We had such a great time with family and friends! So thankful we could all get together!

Cousins

This past Saturday we had Jen from Ruby Photography take some photos of Charlotte and Isaac for Christmas cards and a couple of them together since we haven't had any since Charlotte was 6 months old and Isaac was only a month old. Unfortunately, Charlotte wanted nothing to do with Isaac, which I guess is better than last time when all she did was smack him in the face! She is definitely a spoiled princess. She wanted to be the center of attention and when she wasn't, she refused to be photographed near Isaac! At least we were able to get a couple good pictures. I wish there was snow on the ground for the pictures however I'm not complaining that it's been warmer than normal for this time of year. Here are a couple of the proofs from the photo shoot.

Trick or Treat!

 

Charlotte dressed up as an Owl this Halloween!! Thank you Aunt Jessica for the oh so cute costume! It was nice and warm for the cold outdoors. 

 

First we stopped at Grandma LeClair's house to show off our costume and get treats! Grandma had a gift bag full of goodies!! She got 3 puzzles and some candy (that daddy tried to steal!).

Next we stopped at Aunt Terri's house! She had so much fun watching all the different costumes come and go. She wasn't exactly sure of what was going on. Lastly we went to one of my coworker's house. They had it all decorated with bubbling cauldrons and fog machines with scary music playing! Charlotte got a little scared but after some kids came and she got use to it, she was all smiles. It was really cold out and she was getting tired from the fresh air so we headed home early.

She was happy to get home in the warmth and snuggle with Grandma Grandt!!

Decorating Pumpkins!!

Last night we decorated pumpkins for Halloween!! Charlotte had so much fun picking out her pumpkin to decorate.

 

Grandma Grandt was up and got Charlotte Mr. Pumpkin Head kits to decorate her pumpkin!

 

 

She had such a blast rearranging the faces over and over again!!

 

Admiring her hard work!