6 months

Today is Valentines day and it is Charlettes first!! She had a visitor today...her Aunt Liz came to see her. We are going to her cousin Gary Lee's birthday party later. Then I think mommy and daddy are going to rent a movie and TRY to watch it :) We don't get to watch many movies due to the little one yelling at us every time we try to sit down!!

Charlette is doing great. She is the easiest baby ever. She never fusses. The only time she will fuss is when she is getting tired or hungry. She is on a great schedule though so I just automatically lay her down or feed her before she starts to get cranky. I am loving her going to work with me. She is still nursing 4 times a day and eating her fruit and cereal in the morning and her veggies and cereal for dinner. I was afraid I was over feeding her because she is so chubby but the doctor said I am doing everything fine and it is just baby fat...lol!

Here is a picture of her toes 1/25/10!

Her toes are soooo cute! She had her 6 month checkup on the 8th and she weighed 20.3 lbs and was 27 in long. Her weight was off the charts and her height was 85th percentile. He said it was completely fine though. He walked in and the first thing he said was "Looks like I am going to have to call the social services on you two for starving your baby" LOL!!!

Charley playing with her daddy!! 1/27/10

She plays patty cake now. It is so cute. When you start to sing the song she starts clapping her hands. I LOVE IT!

She is sitting up by herself now! She will fall over every now and then but she just rolls right on to her tummy and looks up at me. She is just getting too big! Every new thing that she does I almost cry. I guess I am just going to have to get used to her growing up :(

Here is a picture of her at her valentines party at daycare/my work! I guess it is hard work by looking at the face..hehehe! 2/11.10! This is her other Valentines outfit that she got her pictures done in! So cute!

This picture is of her first winter walk. Also her first time sitting front ways in her stroller. She looked like a big girl and of course it made me tear up a little. She loved her walk and it was nice to get out of the house for a while. She watched her doggy the whole time we were out. She didn't know quite what to think :)

1/17/10

She is sleeping through the night. She goes to bed at 8 every night. Almost every night without a fuss. Every now and then she will cry cry and cry but only if she is extra tired. She wakes up at 4ish to nurse and then she wakes up at 7-7:30 to nurse and wake up for the day. I don't mind getting up early with her. We see daddy for a bit on the weekends before he goes to bed for the day so that is nice. She then plays, eats her food and takes her morning nap. I get things done and have time to sit for a while before she wakes up. She takes about a 2 1/2 - 3 hour nap so it gives quite a bit of time :) She takes a second nap around 3:30 for an hour or 2. I love her schedule and I love that she sticks to it almost every day!!!

This day she was extra tired in the morning..lol!! She fell asleep while I was getting her breakfast ready....soooo cute!! 1/17/10

We have a new member of the family!! Joe's cousin had her second baby. Little Brooklyn Sue. She is so tiny :) So we had a nice visit with them and Charlette got to see everyone.
1/24/10

Including Brooklyns big sister Makayla!!

One of Joe's best friend's wife is going to be having a baby girl. Casey and Melissa. This picture is at Melissa's baby shower. She stayed awake til the very end and then she laid her head on me and just fell asleep. She has not done that since she was just a new born. I snuggled her for a while but then it was time to go. I thought for sure she would wake up when I put her in her seat but this is proof that she for sure did not. 2/13/10
Even after I straightened her out to buckle her in she stayed asleep. She was a sleepy girl ;)

Her favorite things to do are read books, sing songs ( twinkle twinkle, ABC's, head and shoulders, and itsy bitsy spider are her favorites) belly time (she scoots around in a circle), patty cake, and bobbing her head up and down (she thinks is very funny). She is great around crowds but she LOVES to be home...like her mama!! She has got up onto her knees and hands but plops back down. Very soon though she will be scooting around. I am not ready. As small as my house is I still need to buy a gate or two.

So this is our update. We are all doing well. Daddy is working midnight shift still and 7 days a week. We are very busy and always have something going on so every chance we get to stay home just the three of us we take advantage. Charlette's next appointment is in 3 months and I will try to do another update before then.