14 months old!

Little Charlotte Grace is 14 months old today! She is a little ball of energy leaving a minuscule amount of time for snuggling with mommy unfortunately but she is such a joy to be around & quite entertaining to say the least. This has been an exciting month for Charlotte as she gladly welcomed her new title as "Big Cousin" to Karis. Other than one outburst of screaming and trying to hit Kare Bear, she seems to absolutely adore her. She got the hang of walking by 2 weeks into her second year of life & moved to running fairly quickly. She is keeping me ON MY TOES all day long...and I love it : )

Speaking of running, here she is in her new running shoes

and a glimpse of how we start our day:





Libby & London are her two babies. London was given to Char by my parents & is actually from London, hence the name ; ) & Libby was her first birthday gift from us. She really loves hugging them in the morning, taking them for a stroller ride, giving them kisses & patting them. The interaction frequently includes grabbing the dolls out of the stroller by their pigtails, slamming the stroller into the wall causing the dolls to fly out & dropping them from the crib to the ground. Don't worry, we closely monitor when it is a real baby.

Char at 14 months:

• happy as can be 99.9% of the time
• loves to run from 1 toy to the next
• still eats like a horse
• correctly identifies her head, hair, ears, nose, mouth, eyes, toes & belly.....when you ask where her eyes are, she bats them : )
• loves to wear shoes & attempts to put them on herself
• likes to put her finger up her nose while sucking her thumb
• follows directions fairly well such as "Do not touch," "Leave Bennett alone," "Bring mommy your baby," "Pick out a book" & "Sit down on your bottom"
• a little OCD on closing doors when we enter a room or she comes into the kitchen & a cabinet door is open
• still licks the glass every now & then
• can stack 4 of her nesting cups on top of each other
• says mama & dada consistently but "talks" non stop
• when you say "Charlotte, how big is God?" She spreads her hands out really big over her head
• when you tell her to jump she crouches down then stands up quickly & throws her arms up in the air
• likes to spin in circles....I think Bennett taught her that one : )
• loves to play peek a boo behind the coffee table
• sometimes does the sounds for a dog & an elephant
• plays happily in her crib by herself for 45 minutes every afternoon
• current favorite books: Las Palabras- this book was given to Charlotte by her friend Matilda. It has all kinds of things in & out of the house labeled in Spanish....she is seriously
  hooked on this book! She has also been carrying around her Daddy's pocket sized Dictionary & Thesaurus
• attempts to do the Itsy Bitsy Spider motions
• loves playing in water, the bath tub, pool or a splash pad
• still TOOTHLESS!
• sleeps from 7:30pm to 8am with 2 naps during the day
• eats 3 meals & a snack
• weighs 23 pounds

the itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini

Charlotte Grace is a delight! Each passing month our love for her & thankfulness to the one who gave her to us grows deeper.