ANY day now...

We’re still not walking…YET…but I have a suspicion that it’s only a couple of steps away! Charlotte can stand up by herself – not just let go of the sofa for a couple seconds but pick herself up off the ground and stand. She’s been practicing a lot with her Lion Push Walker PJ & Kiki got her and with her Leap Frog School bus from Noni & Popi. What I need to get her are those little shoes that squeak when they walk (http://www.weesqueak.com/) to try and help motivate her! Also, they’re just the most precious little shoes ever. We were at Forsyth on Sunday and we ran into a mommy and baby from an old play group. Her little girl was walking and had those on and it was just THE CUTEST thing ever!

Charlotte’s Gigi came down this past weekend. The weather wasn’t really beautiful until Sunday so we did some extra walking then. We went out to eat, what? 3 times I guess and Charlotte did good. At the Mexican restaurant I had to negotiate with her to behave, very empowering, I have to say, and then she did. We ordered her rice and a cheese quesadilla. She also got some Tostitos chips. Saturday morning Charlotte and I got to go for a run. There were a LOT of runners at Forsyth and I HATE being passed. So I ran too fast. I’m also use to only running 3 miles and I ran 4. I thought I was going to toss my cookies when I was FINALLY done. Those darn SCAD students. Then Carrie wanted to go for a run yesterday…4 miles… OH, while we were at the park Saturday morning running, Adam and Jeanne walked Moses & Eloise.

I tried twice to run with Moses & Eloise and push the jogging stroller. The dogs were tethered together on the leash and what ended up happening was Eloise ran full out, and Moses tried to refuse and ended up being drug around by his shoulders for a mile. I was cursing at Moses, telling him to pick up his feet, he could do it and then realized what a lunatic I must have looked like I stopped and we walked but I was so annoyed…

So, Charlotte had a ball with her Gigi. We went out to breakfast at Clary’s Saturday morning and Charlotte was content playing with spoons and jellies and she ate her slice of cheese. She didn’t want much to do with our veggie omelet or Adam’s stuffed French toast.

Charlotte LOVES going out on the porch and she LOVES climbing into things – she wants to be “IN” everything. She played “IN” her toy box all last week. She also wants to climb up and down, up and down the sofa. She wants to go in and out of the kitchen cabinets – pull everything out, dump everything out of it’s box, and then she shoves everything back in.

Two nights ago we were sitting on the sofa, Charlotte had just finished nursing and Adam and I swear she said, ‘Aw Dang’. It was insanely funny at the time…I think we were in the middle of discussing an ‘aw dang’ type situation.

There is a possibility that Charlotte is having her first spend-the-night party. Adam has to go out of town for a night (because I’m typing this, sure enough it will get cancelled) and if he does Charlotte’s friend, Allison and her mommy, Carrie, are going to come over and spend the night! Allison gave Charlotte her first nickname, ‘Charlie’ (well, in fairness, Popi calls Charlotte that too but it’s cuter saying it came from her little friend). We’re trying to teach the girls how to share…Oh, we managed with the schoolbus!

Moses & Eloise are really starting to come around with Charlotte. She’s still sleeping right now and both doggies and snuggled right up next to her. She just woke up…I bet she pulls Ellie’s ear…


...now she's using Moses for a pillow...awe...