the sweetest thing

Charlotte enjoys a little U2...

Thanksgiving weekend

In Pennsylvania...

Cousins Connor and Leah enjoying the newest addition to the family. Leah is of course flashing her best Hollywood smile at the camera.

We visited lots of friends and family over the weekend; Charlotte got to meet her Grandpa Kaufman for the first time. Charlotte was five weeks old on Turkey Day! At her last appointment, she weighed 9 lbs, 5 oz, and was 22 inches long. She is growing so fast!

Saturday night, we had our first date sans bébé. Aunt Pam babysat the Charlotte while we went to see the new Bond flick in Lehighton.

our growing girl

Well, Charlotte was supposed to have her 1 month check-up today- but mom goofed on the appointment time so we had to reschedule for Wednesday. We'll let you know next week how it goes but in the meantime I thought we'd share some of Charlotte's current tastes. It's fun to see her personality developing more each day... and, okay, so yeah, maybe we spoil her... a little. ;)

Likes:
Snuggling
Having her diaper off
Bath time
Being tickled under her chin
Tummy time
Swinging
Reading the Economist on the couch with daddy

Dislikes:
Lying down alone
Gas pain
Being tickled on her feet
Getting in her carseat
Being told she has to wait for anything

It's hard to catch her smiles on film- I just missed this one!

as promised...

Here are a few pictures from last weekend.

Life as art

Julie's mom

Selves-portrait

At rest

time flies

Wow it's been almost a week since we posted! Charlotte is obviously keeping us quite busy with all of the usual baby activities... mainly eating, sleeping, burping, and pooping. To make things more interesting (you know us, always looking for a challenge) I managed to break my big toe last Wednesday going down the basement stairs. Luckily for us, Mom Anderson flew in on Thursday and has been a HUGE help to Rob and I the past several days. We will definitely miss her when she flies home.

Additionally, we had LOTS of visitors this weekend. Mom Kaufman, Aunt Dot, Haydts, and Palmers were here on Saturday to visit and Sunday for Charlotte's baby blessing at church. It was a lot of fun to see so much of our family- but exhausting as well. ;) Rob gave Charlotte a beautiful blessing and we were glad to have a few of our friends there for that as well (thank you!- you know who you are!)

We'll post pictures from this weekend as soon as we get them loaded onto the computer. (But no worries- we won't post any of my nasty foot.)