Charlotte's "Catwalk"

This is how she adapted to crawling with a dress on. It's rather amusing. Especially now that she's decided it's a great way to get around.

mmm cake

My grandparents came over tonight and we had a very low key celebration since they are unable to make it to the BBQ on Saturday. It was nice and of course there was cake!



More pictures can be found here: Charlotte's First Birthday [Photos]

Ahh! We have a toddler!

Happy Birthday, Charlotte!

Practice Makes Perfect

Now she can wear dresses without crawling on them. :D The crash sound halfway through is me running into one of her toys. :)

State Fair

On Tuesday we went to the Indiana State Fair with The Luddens (Ginger, Chris, Marsha, and Vern). This was a first for Charlotte. I think she enjoyed it. Especially the poultry barn! I can summarize our trip with just a few photos so here ya go:












We had a really fun time! All photos can be found here. We aren't very adventurous and the most "bizarre" food we tried were the fried Wisconsin cheddar balls. It wasn't too bizarre if you eat fried mozzarella sticks at pubs. Was truly delicious though!

Walking

The cause of some sleepless nights..

.. have finally made their appearance! She actually has one on the bottom that just broke through, too. Needless to say she's been, uh.. fun. ;)

How do I walk?

cell phone photos

I'm really bad about uploading cell phone pictures and I take a ton. So, here are a few!

Hamming it up, as usual. 7/14

At the Hyatt hotel in Chicago 7/25

Teething on a lemon wedge (yuck!) 7/24

Wearing an alumni shirt from Memommy 7/19

Don't worry, I didn't send her out in public like this. Look, hair! :D 7/16

Car nap. 7/28

Riding her push and ride hippo which she has decided also makes a nice step stool. Yikes. 8/6

steps

Charlotte took a few unassisted steps today and tonight. She may be walking before we know it. Or, if it's anything like her crawling - walking in a month or two ;)

Teeth!

We have two top teeth coming in, finally! She won't let me near her mouth to look very often, but we're making progress. They have yet to fully break through, though.


She seems to be in better spirits than last week, too. We like our sleep.

She's also broadened her food choices and we've started introducing milk into her diet at mealtimes. Soon we'll have a toddler!