9 Months

- Charlotte is crawling around like a crazy woman. And she's fast.
- She has four teeth up top and four on the bottom
- Currently her eyes are green (like her Daddy's). They may still change, but I hope not because they are so pretty
- She is trying to stand by herself. She keeps letting go and standing for a moment or two, then plopping on her bottom.
- She is an amazing eater. She'll try just about anything. Currently the only thing she has completely rejected is baked squash. She was even gnawing on some lemon peel earlier today.
- Her favorite foods are yogurt, applesauce, chicken, Cheerios, and beans. But like I said, she'll pretty much eat everything.
- She isn't sleeping through the night. Boo.
- She loves drinking water. Especially with a little lemon in it.
- Charlotte loves her big brothers. She thinks they are hilarious and fascinating. (Caveat: unless they picking her up. Not cool.)









P.S. These photo shoots are getting increasingly difficult. Sitting still for a photo is not Charlotte's idea of fun.

8 Months

- Charlotte has seven teeth! Four on the top and three on the bottom
- She is crawling all over the place
- She is pulling herself up to stand constantly
- She is trying to cruise around while she stands up but mostly she gets scared and cries
- She loves to eat! She is always grabbing at our food
- Her favorite foods are currently peaches, mandarin oranges, black beans, yogurt,
baby puffs, bread, bananas and the soft parts of popcorn
- She loves dolls and stuffed animals
- She likes to pick up things off the floor and ground and eat them: leaves, paper,
sticks, garbage, etc.
- Charlotte does not blink a lot. She just stares and stares at everything around
her

7 Months

This is from September. I didn't really do a great job of recording this month. And Charlotte was very grumpy. Oh well.







- Charlotte has three teeth and another on the way
- She has kinda figured out crawling, but mostly she goes backwards

Halloween 2011

You thought I had forgot about it, didn't you? Nope, just crazy lazy. Halloween was pretty relaxed this year because while we were back in Maine my Mom got the boys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costumes, so I didn't have to make anything this year. And that was awesome. Especially since I ended up helping out with the Ward Halloween Party. Ben and Sam had been averaging about three different Halloween costume ideas a day until we pick the TMNTs. After that, they just picked what they were going to be on the Halloweens when they were six, seven, ten and twelve. Ya know, just to be thinking ahead.


The Crew
Zach (the Man with no name), Charlotte (Soon to be the Glow Stick Queen), Sam (Raphael), and Ben (Leonardo)


Leonardo strikes a pose


Trick-or-Treating


A slightly dazed Raphael


The Glow-Stick Queen. She got a lot of attention from her subjects, as usual.

Ben, Charlotte and I headed in after about a hour of Trick-or-Treating. Sam and Zach stayed out for another hour. Zach would ask Sam if he was ready to go home and Sam would look in his bag and say, "Nope, not yet." Eventually Zach said it was time, since they were pretty much the only people out there. Then they came home and we ate candy forever. And ever. The end.