Wordless Wednesday

Happy One Month Birthday!

Happy One Month (and a day) birthday to Miss Charlotte Rose!

Stats at one month: 9 lbs 5 ozs, 21 3/4 inches long and head 13 1/2 cm

I can't believe you have already been in our lives one month. You love to look at people's faces and hold your head up. Every morning you play on your brother's bed and stare at him. I think he will be the first person you smile at. He loves to give you hugs and you let him count your buttons on your sleeper and tickle your feet. You are a big fan of sleeping with your arms spread eagle. I think you get that from your daddy.

I love to dress you in pink and purple. So many of our friends and family have been generous so you have some girl clothes to wear. You love to snuggle in the moby wrap and in your swing but do not enjoy your car seat. You eat like a champ and never miss a meal :) You are such a happy baby and fuss only when mommy eats black beans, which she will never do again while you are nursing. You are already so strong and your doctor can't believe how many expressions you already make! I can't wait to see you grow and change each month. I love you!








And just because so many people ask me if Trey and Charlotte look alike, here are some pictures of Trey at one month. You can definitely tell it is a different season!

Bad Hair Days

To my amazement, my oldest child was born with a head full of strawberry blond hair. I say to my amazement because I was practically bald until I was three. I loved his baby hair, but having a boy with a lot of hair means haircuts. I was able to get by with just trimming a few pieces here and there until he turned one- then it was time for the professional hair cutters. This is also a good time to mention my husband hates getting his hair cut. He puts it off and acts like a little boy grumbling the whole time he goes to get it done. This has impacted getting Trey's hair cut because anytime I suggest it, it is like pulling teeth to get Jay to agree that yes, his son's hair is too long.

Trey had super fine long baby hair at 9 months old.



Trey's first "real" hair cut when he was 13 months old.


We have taken him to four different places in the past 8 months to get hair cuts. He has to get it cut every other month. At the beginning of January we all got hair cuts because I knew when the baby was born that would be the last thing anyone wanted to deal with. Trey sat in Jay's lap for the haircut because at 9 months pregnant I had no lap :) This led to a not so great hair cut. Not that I am blaming anyone, but as the mommy I should have been there to oversee and say, can you please cut it shorter? Because as a result Trey's hair four short weeks later looks like this.



Today after church we had a friend cut Trey's hair. She does the best job cutting his hair and she cut it nice and short on the sides and bottom for me! Sorry my musician did not want to look at the camera :)


While it is a pain to get his hair cut every other month (especially since it is a 45 minute drive somewhere to get hair cut) I am thankful that he is a boy and that means I don't have to fix his hair every morning. Luckily Charlotte doesn't have too much hair yet, so we (mainly meaning myself because I don't see Jay doing any hair) have a while until we have to fight the tangles and the hair bows :)

Looking up to Daddy

I've got some big shoes to fill!

Bathtime

Most babies scream when you take off their clothes, but Charlotte does not mind diaper changes or bath time. Her umbilical cord fell off when she was two weeks old, but we kept giving her sponge baths because it was super cold outside (thus a little bit chilly inside our house) and she was fighting a cold. Here is her first bathtub bath. You will notice the absence of her big brother in these pictures. That is because he has a 7 pm bedtime. Right now she sets her own bedtime around 11:30. I am GREATLY looking forward to when she goes to bed at 7:00 as well :) Although in the evening is when she gets lots of daddy and mommy time on her own, which her brother gets while Charlotte naps all day.

What is going on?





I am so awake after my bath!


Do you think my eyes will always stay this blue?



After the bath we thought it would be a great time to take some pictures of Charlotte, but she did not.

Wordless Wednesday

Cousins!

We have had lots of visitors over the past few weeks. This has been great for my shy little toddler to learn to open up to new people. Everyone who visits usually brings something for Charlotte, and then something for Trey. I wonder if he will always associate visitors with presents. Hmm....

This past weekend my cousins and aunt came up for a visit. They learned how to unplug their cell phones (b/c the don't work here!) and we enjoyed a wonderful visit. It was so nice to have extra hands to change diapers, get kids dressed, entertain, and to have people who like to eat! As stated in a previous post my family doesn't always eat the food I cook (unless it involves chocolate) and since I love to cook it is nice to have people over who appreciate the food.

We also took a quick visit to site where our family's future home will be. Jay taught Trey how to make a log rock back and forth while you stand on it and I had a little adventure in off-roading with my Escape, which I hope to never repeat in my life.

Jayla holding Charlotte

Don't you just want to kiss those cheeks!!

All that playing wore me out!

Trey coloring with Nellie.

Jillian and Trey playing together.

Even with all those playmates, they still love their mommy :)

Be still my mommy heart!

Family picture at the spot where our front door will be!

Jay teaching Trey how to roll the logs and stay on top!