Christmas Eve Morning

These two videos are of Charlotte on the morning of 12/24/10. We don't know what she is saying but she was saying it over and over all morning. Thought you might enjoy seeing her. Merry Christmas everyone.

Preparing for Christmas

My friend Raeann (www.rositadesigns.com) prepared this beautiful one of a kind Christmas card for us. :) I wanted to share it with everyone. Have a wonderful month shopping and preparing for the holiday. :)

Babysitting and a PEPS Reunion

Jenni reading to Avery and Charlotte on Saturday night.

Charlotte and Avery enjoying popsicles. :)
Charlotte and Evelyn

We had a mini PEPS reunion on Saturday. We have not seen Jamie and Evelyn in almost 10 months and they came up from Gig Harbor to visit us for our weekend PEPS meeting. We were only missing Eli. :( Everyone had a good time. From left to right: Christo, Evelyn, Charlotte, Avery, Julia, and Sai.

Thanksgiving

This year we headed over to Colville to celebrate Thanksgiving with Mike, Becky, and the entire Snook family. Since the weather was a little nasty around Seattle and there were stories of the passes closing, we decided to fly over to Spokane rather than drive. This was Charlotte's first time in an airplane. She did so well on the way there and the way home. Absolutely no crying. She even said "weeeeeeee" when we took off.

The trip was wonderful. We had a great time with everyone. Becky put on the most wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. The food and presentation were absolutely perfect. We had a relaxing time while there and were able to spend some time in the snow as well as in front of the tube watching plenty of football and a few movies. :) Here are some pictures of everyone over the Thanksgiving holiday. Enjoy.

Charlotte's first plane ride.

Beautiful Riah...or big blues as we call her. :)

Cousins. :) Riah, Charlotte, and Madelyn.

Charlotte found santa and put him on the stairs like this to dance with him....all by herself.

Mady and Riah sitting for the first time.

The Snook family having Thanksgiving dinner.

Riah chillin in the exesaucer.

Charlotte was not a fan of the snow...or the horses.

Madeyln doing tummy time.

Charlotte playing house

Charlotte and Madelyn cruising at Safeway.

Halloween and More

At Hans and Jenni's for a big Halloween Party last night.

Regina and I doing the Pumpkin Push Walk/Run yesterday morning. Charlotte is behind us in the stroller. :)

Charlotte at daycare. She had just been stripped down and cleaned up from playing with whip cream (sensory) and was hiding because she did not want to get dressed.

Charlotte at Daycare in her Halloween costume.

Matt's suitcase that he took to his big S.E. exam this weekend. 2 day test totalling over 16 hours.

Painting with chocolate pudding.

Pumpkin Patch

Charlotte and I went to the pumpkin patch today with friends: Jensen and Julie. Charlotte had a blast looking at and petting the animals and riding the tractor ride. Here are some pictures from our day.

This one was obviously not from the pumpkin patch. Last night at bedtime Charlotte insisted on wearing her bumble bee costume....so she wore it around the house for a while (no sleeves though) till we forced her to take it off. :) Thanks Janeen for the fun costume.

18 months

Charlotte turned 18 months this month. Our friend Ben came and took some pictures of her to document this milestone. :) Enjoy

Charlotte is a lobster this year for Halloween.

Can you tell who didn't want to take any more pictures?

and two more

Charlotte with her friends: Christo, Eli, and Avery

At the pumpkin patch this last weekend

Sorry it's been so long...

I'm sorry it has been so long since I have posted to Charlotte's blog. The reason I haven't posted though is because I wanted to keep the "Vote for Charlotte" post at the top of the blog all through September for hopes that we would win the Gerber Baby Photo Contest. For those that haven't heard already, we did not win. But we did come in second place out of 6,388 kids so that is a pretty good accomplishment. :) Maybe we will try again next year. Thanks to all that helped by voting. We really appreciated your time, effort, and energy...THANK YOU. Anyways...here are some pictures from the past two months. I hope you enjoy.

Charlotte and Carla at our friend's wedding in Spokane. Congrats to Jeremy and Candace.
Family shot from our room at the Davenport Hotel.

Charlotte with her cousin Riah.

Charlotte with her friend Ethan who came to visit from Pennsylvania.

Charlotte and Avery enjoying "Pirate Day" at the Bothell Country Village.

Charlotte and Avery holding hands. :)

Charlotte with her cousin Madelyn (in matching PJ's)

Charlotte in her Halloween Costume for 2010. If you can't tell, she's a lobster.

"Come closer, I'll show you my claws"

Charlotte in her bumble bee costume that Aunt Janeen sent her last year. Not warm enough for trick or treating...but fun for dress up.

With Nana Mogs, Papa, Cousins Riah and Mady at the Cabin over Labor Day weekend.

With friend Tyler at the CPL Picnic.

Took professional pics with cousins for Papa's birthday.

That's a rice cake in her hand. Couldn't take it away without risking a melt down.

Charlotte's cousins: Riah Lind and Madelyn Yin

GO COUGS