Charlotte is 8 months old!

My “little Missy Lou-Hou” you are getting so big!  (Do you like your nickname?  We call you that all the time!)  You have learned so much this month:

• the newest thing is you are leaning forward into the crawling position.  You really want to start crawling but still can’t figure out how to get your legs out from under you.
• you LOVE to play peek-a-boo!  We will toss the towel over your head after bath and you love when we uncover you and say “peek-a-boo!”
• you have started clapping!  You even do it on command…yes, I cannot believe that either!  We will tell you to “clap, clap” and you do with a big smile!
• you took our first trip to the beach and to the swimming pool!  The pool was too cold for you.
• you are still waking us up for that 4am feeding!
• you are now sitting in the “big girl” car seat.  (Facing backwards of course.)  We even bought you a pretty pink paisley cover for it, because every girl needs a stylish car seat!

Thank you for all the sweet memories that we have made this month!  You are such a beautiful girl and we pray for you and treasure you!

Peekin’ at you…

Peek-a-boo!  Charlotte see’s you!

Life at the Beach 2010

"At the beach, life is different. Time doesn't move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan by the tides and follow the sun."

We were so lucky to be invited on a beach trip this past May by Grammy and Papaw.  We went to Port Aransas and stayed in a great resort.  Funny enough, Matt actually stayed at this same location during a band trip in high school.  Grant was so excited and talked about “going to the beach” consistently. 

The weather was pretty cloudy on the first day (when these below pictures were taken) but cleared up nicely for the remaining couple days that we were there.

We also spent a lot of time in the 3 different swimming pools that the resort had.  Charlotte liked to sit with her Grammy in the shade and watch all the action in the pool.

She got in the pool once with Daddy, but quickly decided that it was way to cold and wanted nothing to do with it.

But once again our little “water baby” Grant loved the pool.  I bet he jumped off the side, to our waiting arms, at least 100 times.  He slept really well each night after that jumping and swimming!

There was also lots of sandcastle building and playing in the sand.  Charlotte even brought her own chair!

Early one morning we decided to have a mini photo shoot of the kiddos on the beach…you know me, of course that was my idea.  No one was as excited as I was to partake but I ended up with a lot of sweet shots.  So I will chalk it up to…totally worth it!