8 Months Old

Our Baby girl is getting older and growing so fast! It's amazing what she has accomplished in a month. I remember being so excited just to see her roll over and now she can sit up by herself, stand up by herself and can walk holding on to a stead surface! She's talking more and more every day. She even starts forming some words.....of course when she's tired and whining it's momma. She is such a Momma's girl. I can't do anything with out her......she is attached to my hip. If I walk out of the room she cries til I come back. She always snuggles up to me. Matt says, " Like Mother like Daughter." I am a total Momma's girl too. She is my everything and I will hate the day she is no longer my baby.

Sitting up by herself.

 

Peek a boo!! Every morning I walk into her room and she sits there making the cutest faces.

 

She can almost touch the ground. She can push herself backwards but not forwards yet.

 

Getting ready for another fun day at Mrs. Jenna's house!

 

Pool day!! Excited to play in the water.

 

Such a big girl sitting in the high chair and drinking out of her sippy cup. She actually chews on it more than drinks from it. She is such a good eater. She has fruit/oatmeal for breakfast, a veggie for lunch and her favorite dinner is either Turkey and sweet potatoes or mac n cheese! And of course she always gets fruit for dessert. She now has snacks in the afternoon at daycare too! She has puffs or yogurt bites with some juice.

 

Sun Bathing Beauty

 

She learned to clap and for three days straight that is all she would do and now, you can't get her to clap no matter how hard you try! Silly girl.

 

Checking out the beach. She was unsure at first. She would stand with one foot in the air and look at me like what the heck is going on. Now she loves walking the beach and splashing about. She especially loves when the boys (our dogs) run in the water back and forth and get everyone wet. (And no, I didn't plan the matching outfits, in fact, I just noticed them!)

 

Never fails, she always falls asleep in the stroller.

 Relaxing in her camping chair!

 

Helping Daddy cut the grass.

 

Being silly.

 

Trying on her shades for summer!

 

"Mommy's Sunshine"

 

Look at all those teeth!! She has 7 teeth! Almost one for each month. She's been drooling alot lately too so I'm sure there are more on the way!

 

Playing with her new singing Picnic basket!!

 

Standing up so tall. She pulls herself right up without any help.

 

Best friends.

 

Water play at Daycare!!

 

Playing with her buddy Brody.

 

Eating some puffs for an afternoon snack.

 

Caught red handed!! First thing she does when she gets to daycare.....dumps all the toys out!

 

Play hard, sleep hard. 

 

Playing in the sandbox!

 

It was Zoo week at Daycare and Charlotte was a Monkey!!

 

Getting into the toys again! She always has a devilish grin on her face when she digs in to the toys!

 

She got a new pair of big girl shoes! I figured if she's going to be on her feet and standing/walking around, she is going to have to learn to have shoes on. I though she would fuss but of course, she's an angel and she loved her shoes!

 

Such a big girl!

 

She had ice cream at Grandma & Grandpa LeClair's house and it was ICE COLD!! She loved it once it warmed up. LOL

She is growing faster and faster. I can't believe how fast it all goes by. We have so many fun events planned for this summer that I'm sure it will go by even faster!

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend we went down to Grandma & Grandpa Grandt's house in Illinios. It was so much fun on the farm!! There were baby ducks and bunnies and all sorts of animals. Charlotte got a new pool and a some new toys too! Grandma always spoils her rotten. She had such a good time meeting all the new people and experiencing new things!!

Going for a walk in the stroller my mom borrowed. It's super cushioned and lays back flat so needless to say.........

 

She fell asleep in it quite often!!

 

Friday night she had a hard time falling asleep with the nasty storms. She eventually passed out in this position! Thanks for letting us use your room Uncle Mitch! She refused to sleep in the pack and play so she once again, shared a bed with Mommy. She is a complete bed hog too. She loves to snuggle which I don't mind. She would roll right up into me and fall asleep.

The next morning we understood why she couldn't sleep. The storms were so bad the house got hit by lighting! This is right outside of the room Charlotte and I slept in. Thank goodness the house didn't set on fire!

Saturday is was super hot outside so we laid a blanket under one of the giant trees out front and played for a while.

She dug right into the basket of toys and went to town! Look how big those feet are! She's going to be a such a tall girl when she gets older.

 

Taking a moment to smell Mommy's favorite flowers, Peonies!!

 

Has her Memorial Day Crab Suit on!

 

Cute little Crab butt!

 

Baby Ducks and Bunnies.

 

Playing in her new pool with Mr. Turtle.

 

Daddy wasn't too excited about her first bikini!!

 

Playing in the Air Conditioned front porch! Too hot outside.

 

Sunday night we had a huge bonfire and Charlotte got to play with her glow necklaces!!

 

Three generations of amazing women!!

 

Grandpa loaded up the wagon with hay and pull everyone on a hayride with the tractor. Charlotte had a blast! She loved watching Grandpa on the tractor and riding behind him.

6 Month pictures (part 2)

I have really been slacking on the blog updates so this post is WAY behind...however, in my defense, when you live in the northwoods, internet is slow and when I say slow, I mean Sssslllllllooooowwww!!
Here are some more of Little C's 6 month pictures from the photo shoot with Ruby Photography. Hopefully at her 9 month shoot we get some better ones of her and cousin Isaac. She kept smacking him in the face and on the head so the pictures were limited with the two of them! That's our girl, beating up the boys already!

Nothing comes between a little girl and her Daddy.

 

My traveling cutie!

 

Cousins!

 

Charlotte Rae says, "You're fired!"

 

Picture would be much better with me cropped out! I look like a goon!

 

Cutest girl in the world!

Water Baby Classes

The last month Charlotte has been taking swimming lessons at the local YMCA. She is definitely a fish!! My little guppy. She loves swimming, she kicks and splashes. She is the only one in the class that hasn't cried once! She goes under water and likes to blow bubbles and will even sit on the edge of the pool and then dive in face first. She pops up with wide eyes and a smile. I can't wait to take her swimming this summer in the lake.
The best part about being in the classes is that it's extra time she gets to spend with her buddy Brody from Daycare!! They have so much fun together as do Brody's Mom Janelle and I do! I think it helps having them there together.

 

Charlotte and Brody pushing off the side of the pool!

 

 

Touching the side for a winning finish!

 

 

All smiles!

 

Janelle and Brody

 

Getting ready to dive in!

Maybe by next summer I can have her waterskiing!!Her last class was last night and she even received a certificate. Her instructor Karen told her to "keep kicking like a frog"!!