Sunday, July 22, 2007

What the world eats

Check out this photo gallery: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html

Rob & I just spent like 30 minutes looking at these pictures together and discussing them. There's really a lot of food for thought- sorry that was a shameless pun. But, notice how much food costs in different parts of the world... how many people eat tomatoes and drink Coca-cola... the food to number of people ratio... packaged vs fresh foods... which family is yours the most like? Let me know your thoughts. I just found this fascinating. :)

Friday, July 20, 2007

9 is fine

Someone once told me that most baby dolls are designed to look like 9 month old babies... I can believe it! Charlotte turned 9 months old yesterday and she is just more fun each day. She had her check-up this morning and she now weighs 18 lbs. 3 oz. (45th %) and is 29 inches long (85th %).


Charlotte really enjoys going to storytime at the Library and playing with the other babies. We even did their summer reading program (they have one for pre-readers) and she won a beach ball and a kid's meal at Chick-Fil-A among other things. The other night Joshie came over to play and they were so cute jabbering to one another and "sharing" toys. Charlotte generally has a very friendly and quiet personality. She plays well on her own now and likes to "read" her books. We are thankful every day that she is part of our family. :)

Charlotte and Josh- two heads are better than one?

Charlotte as a cartoon character-

boy, I'm glad she isn't that orange in real life.

Sitting outside by the garden...

Happy 9 month birthday Peanut!

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

busy busy baby

Charlotte has been keeping herself and everyone else in the house busy as she crawls around as quick as can be! She is such a good helper though. She especially likes to put things away... for example, she put Rob's watch away in a drawer in the guest room, she put her sippy cup away in the bathroom, and she put my flip-flop away in her toy basket. (Don't worry that isn't something yucky in the Bumbo seat- it's just a plastic leaf that Charlotte pulled off an arrangement.)

All of this hard work can wear a girl out! After dinner, Charlotte sometimes likes to make a big mess having a Biter Biscuit and some Cheerios. (On this particular night she was actullay falling asleep in her highchair.)


This past weekend Charlotte and Rob helped me set up my CherishBound display for a Craft Fair. It was a great success (and more fun than I thought it was going to be.)

Charlotte really is a busy little girl! And we love having so much fun with her. :)


Monday, July 09, 2007

7-7-07

This past weekend was very busy! We attended Mark & Sandy's wedding in PA at Our Lady Queen of Peace and then the reception at the Stroudsmoor. It was a beautiful day for a wedding and we very much enjoyed ourselves.

We also spent the night at the Palmers' house, enjoyed a picnic, watched fireworks, and swam in the pool. Cousin Eddie was especially interested in all of the new things that Charlotte can do and helped her (along with Rob) to climb her first tree! Cousin Max helped to (carefully) bounce Charlotte in the moon bounce (along with the help of Lucy.) It was all very exciting for Charlotte!

Ring bearer, (and Sandy's son,) Keith blowing bubbles.

We made a pit stop at Burger King in Brodheadsville for some french fries and they crowned Charlotte their queen!

Max bounces baby Charlotte while Lucy ensures that she doesn't bounce away.

For some reason the title field on Blogger isn't working for me right now! Oh well, we just wanted to take a little space to say congratulations to Mark & Sandra Miller! Your wedding was beautiful on 7-7-07 and we loved seeing the two of you so happy! :)


On the 4th of July we spent time with our good friends the Senzees. It is always nice to get together and talk with them! We also played a game of Monopoly that ended in a stalemate, enjoyed yummy food, and lit some sparklers and other fireworks.
Charlotte and Laura seemed very interested in each other this time and it was fun to let them play together.

"The Bean" and "The Peanut"