Friday, October 30, 2009

Charlotte is 1 month old!

Char. 1 month old

Our sweet Charlotte turned 1 month old on October 25th!  It is so hard to believe that it has been a month already!  Here is what you have done this month:

  • The first few weeks you were sleeping most of the day.  We even called the doctor to see if you were sleeping too much!  That changed after about 3 weeks of being home.  Now you are awake and alert about 6 hours a day.
  • You are still sleeping in our room in the pack ‘n play.  We enjoy you being so close to us at night but you are a very loud sleeper…you grunt, groan and stretch so loudly!
  • You eat about every 2-3 hours.  At night we can set our clock by you…3 hours on the dot!  You are nursing every feeding except for the 3:00am feeding where daddy gives you a bottle of formula. (Mommy really appreciates this!)
  • When we first brought you home we wondered if you would ever cry, since you did so so infrequently.  Boy, you proved us wrong!  You have some lungs and like to use them.
  • You really enjoy sitting and sleeping in your bouncy chair.  We are so glad we have that thing…one of the best purchases ever!
  • When you left the hospital you weighed 5lbs 11oz and at 2 weeks old you weight was 6 lbs 5 oz. At 4 weeks old you were 7lbs 7 oz. so you are growing very well.
  • You are still in newborn clothes and we love the cute footsie pajamas!

We are so blessed by you sweet girl and we thank God often for our healthy beautiful little girl!  We look forward to watching you grow and seeing what the next month holds in store for you!

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You looked a lot like your brother at 1 month old…you guys could have been twins!

Preschool Fun Run

Grant’s preschool had a Fun Run that the parents could come watch that would raise money for the preschool programs.  All the kiddos got a number and ran around the track with their teachers and the laps were counted. 

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Here is Grant “running” with his teacher.  He wasn’t too sure about all this.  This was also before he saw mommy waiting around the corner to take his picture.

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His preschool is wonderful and they have great activities planned for all the kiddos all the time.  He is really enjoying it!

Going for a walk…

Charlotte: “Seriously, are all these blankets really necessary?  It is Houston after all!”

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Two Cutest Pumpkins in the Patch

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For the past two years we have taken Grant to a pumpkin patch, so this year we were excited to be able to take Charlotte as well.  There is a church over by our house that brings in pumpkins and sets them up to walk through and buy.  The also have cute backdrops for pictures set up as well.

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Aggie Football Anyone?

Matt’s friend Travis brought this Aggie shirt for Charlotte when he went to an Aggie game a few weeks back. 

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Gotta get ‘em started early!  Gig ‘em Aggies!

You can never have too many pictures…

She is just so beautiful!  How can proud parents not help but take ten thousand pictures!  The first month goes by so fast!  Here is how our little girl is growing!  All these pictures are from the first month that Charlotte was home.

Our pretty girl waiting patiently for us to get her bath ready.

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Yes actually never cries in the bath, we think she actually enjoys it!

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This was Charlotte’s first time to lay on her play mat.  She enjoyed looking around and practicing her daily tummy time.

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A girl can never have too many pretty bows!

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009