Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Trunk or treat!

We had a great time at our ward Halloween party on Saturday night!
As you can see, we all dressed up... Dorothy Gale, the Scarecrow, and Toto.

Charlotte LOVED being a puppy... although she wouldn't "woof," she'd only "grr." The puppy head was enormous on her and kept falling down over her face, but she didn't seem to mind. She just kept right on walking around.

She also really enjoyed handing out candy to all of the kids. (Yeah, it's a bad picture of me, and yes, there is a giant nose in our trunk behind the candy bowl.)

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Happy Birthday Baby!!!

Charlotte turned ONE on Friday, Oct. 19th.
On Saturday, we celebrated with family and friends in PA.
Aunt Pam kept sneaking her cheese curls.

We sang "Happy Birthday" and Charlotte got her first chocolate cupcake.

She knew exactly what to do with that!

Daddy gave her a bath afterwards and they both put on clean clothes.

Yeah, she got pretty messy.

(If you click on this picture, you can see Charlotte's first tooth which finally came in last week! She has 2 of them now and is working on the third.)

Here are a few other birthday girl stats:

Charlotte now weighs 20 lbs (35th %) and is 30 inches long (79th %). She's a long, skinny Peanut! (I'm tempted to be a little concerned about her weight, but she eats like a horse and the doctor told me she looks fabulous, so I guess it's all good.)

Charlotte has short blond hair and big brown eyes.

She loves to sing songs, go for walks, and read books.

She loves puppies SOOOOO much! (She's going to be one for Halloween.)

She mostly says, "Mommmm," "Dad," "here ya go," "oh," and nods yes and shakes her head no. She also babbles a LOT and tells stories to her favorite polar bear- Snowfort- when she is in her crib.

Pakistani Kima is one of her favorite dinners. So here is the recipe...

In 3 tbsp. olive oil saute: 1 c. chopped onion and 1 clove garlic (minced).
Add: 1 lb. ground beef or turkey and brown.
Add: 1 tbsp. curry powder, 1-1/2 tsp. salt, a dash each of cinnamon, ginger, pepper, and tumeric, 2 c. cooked tomatoes, 2 potatoes (diced) and 2 c. frozen peas or green beans.
Cover and simmer 25 minutes or until potatoes are soft. Serve with rice.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Pumpkin day is here!



I love this time of the year!

My family always had a tradition of going to a local farm and picking our pumpkin before Halloween. Rob, Charlotte, and I did that today and we had a great time! We went to Baugher's (just up Rte. 140 from Westminster), took a hay ride, and picked out our perfect pumpkin for carving.



Maybe later I'll post pictures from the carving... but here are a few more from our morning.





Wednesday, October 10, 2007

a walk in the park

This past week we quietly celebrated our 2nd Anniverary by spending the day at the Washington DC temple where we were married. We've also been busy playing at the park and getting ready for Halloween and Charlotte's 1st birthday... which is less than 2 weeks away now!

Time flies. :)


Charlotte and Daddy climbing the "rock wall" at Westminster City Park.

Charlotte and Mommy on the slides.

Push me higher!!!

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

A funny thing happened on our way to playgroup

Well, actually, it started much earlier in the day than that.


Rob called me from work this morning to let me know that he had accidentally taken both sets of keys with him and was concerned that Charlotte and I wouldn't be able to go play with our friends. No problem! I located the spare car key and retrieved the spare house key from its outdoor hiding place. I put both in my pocket and we continued to get ready to leave the house.


I got Charlotte dressed and fed, switched the laundry, did the dishes, brushed our teeth and hair and then decided to change my pants. (Some of you can already see where this is going- but just wait- it gets better. Also, the reason why I had to change my pants is a whole other story- but would surprise absolutely no one who knows how I can be.) So, clean pants, diaper bag, book for storytime, and Charlotte in tow and out the door we go... now where is that car key?!? DOH!


Yup, I thoroughly locked us out. Even the hidden key was locked in the house. I called Rob to share in the experience and we had a good laugh about it. Then I called to say we wouldn't make it to playgroup. Charlotte and I found many ways to entertain ourselves- we went to the park, read our book, played in the leaves, picked flowers, and worked in the garden. Luckily the weather was gorgeous and I even had the camera in the diaper bag so we took some fun photos. Then after 4.5 hours, Charlotte started to fuss. She was understandably tired and hungry and I had no way to help her, so I called our friend Kristen.


Kristen came over and kept an eye on Charlotte while I worked on breaking into the house. Rob had done this once before (pre-hidden key) and had told me on the phone what to do. I won't go into details- because it would be pretty dumb to tell everyone on the internet how to break into my house- but I will say that it involved a very tall ladder.


I hate ladders. They are right up there on my list of things to have nothing to do with- along with ferris wheels and those really tall slides at carnivals. Kristen offered to do the climbing, but I felt that it was my baby that needed to eat and so up the ladder I went! And, thankfully, made it into the house without injury. It had never felt so good to be in my home as it did right then.


There is no moral to this story- unless you feel like suggesting one. Just thought I'd share it.


Here are a few pictures from our morning out...