The many faces of Charlotte

You are teaching me so many things. How to laugh at hot pink yogurt all over the couch, how to be patient as you refuse to eat at your food, how to smile and just breathe when you have a melt down in public. 

Just the other day, as you were playing by yourself in the playroom and I was straightening the living room; I looked up to see you slide across the room, feet first with a surprised look on your face. You had climbed up your slide and gone down it (very quickly). Before I could myself up off the floor from laughing, I realized that you were laughing even harder.

Recently you have been taking your milk or water and feeding it to your baby dolls. I can not tell you how much I love watching you hug and kiss your babies and feed them in their bouncy seats, etc.

All the while, if I take the tiniest of things from you, it turns into an all out melt down. Screaming, tossing of arms--MAD. And that is ok. Not so fun, but you will learn as will I. This too shall pass.

You are teaching me so many things. That you can turn my tired eyes into smiling ones. That you have the ability wash away all frustrations with your big Hershey kiss eyes. That your deep hearted laugh full fills the hardest of days. That you are my everything.

And here are just a few of the many faces of my hilarious Charley Girl.

(Look at those chunky legs!)

The light of my life.

Two and a Half months late...

As you can tell, blogging has taken a backseat since the addition we are building on our house began. I am trying to keep up!! These are two shots from your one year photo session. I had to scrounge for an outfit as you have grown out of almost everything in your closet. We had a great time with the photographer, and you were all smiles!! 

cutie.

Always flirting with the camera ;).

Turkey Day

Today is Thanksgiving. And it started with a very early morning of cartoons and a yummy breakfast cooked by your sweet daddy. You and I cleaned your room, played, watched the parade. It was a really nice and peaceful morning.  I made you take a nap way earlier than normal so you could enjoy the family during our afternoon festivities. You were ready to party as soon as you woke up. I am recapping all of these lovely events by word because I do not have pictures. I do not have pictures because you took the lens on my camera and dropped it from a very high height...yes my very NICE Nikon special camera lens...I think it is going to repair, at least that is what I am hoping. For now we will just use lens number two.

After a day at Grandma Charly's, then to Aunt Anne and Uncle Kevin's, then to Great Grand mommy Ada's. We came home and here you are wired and hyper in the kitchen.

Drinking your 100th cup of water for the day.

You have no idea how much we adore you.

Sweet face girl.

You Swiffered, you chugged your drink, you spit your water all over the floor and then tried to mop it up Pippy-long-stocking-style (think with your feet). This is a picture of you after you were done. Notice the empty wine rack. You kept pulling the bottles out and dropping them on the floor. They are now in a beautiful cardboard box taped shut under the table.

The laughter you bring me makes my belly hurt.