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

VOTE FOR CHARLOTTE

I have entered Charlotte in the “Next Gerber Baby” Photo Contest and she needs your votes to win. If she is the top winner…she could win a $25,000 college scholarship.

Please click the link below and vote every day starting today.

You can vote one time per computer per email address per day everyday during the month of September.

It’s super fast and easy. All you have to do is enter your email, check that you are over the age of 13 and then type a provided security code…then go to your email inbox and click on the provided Gerber link to confirm your vote...that’s it. They won’t use your email for anything…it is purely needed to track the “once a day” voting rule.

http://www.gerber.com/photo/?entryid=104061&/#/detail/

So…Please vote everyday from work (using your work email) and everyday from home (using your home email) during the month of September. Set a reminder for yourself on your cell phone or in Outlook if it helps. The only way we can possibly win this is with your support and dedication. J

Also…if you could please pass this along to your family and friends or post a link on your Face book page to have your friends help we would be extremely grateful. Have your significant other, sisters, brothers, parents, children, and friends vote too. Every vote counts.

Thank you so much. We really appreciate your help.

GO CHARLOTTE!

First Camp Trip

We took Charlotte on her first camping trip to Lake Chelan this weekend with the entire Heath family. We had a great time up at 25 mile creek. Charlotte loved playing in the dirt and swimming in the lake.