i can’t believe it.  in less than three short months, my last little baby will be a year old.  how does it go by so fast?  what is that saying?  the days are long, but the years are short.  how true.  charlie girl is chugging along great.  she’s walking along the furniture, or behind a wooden push toy.   she loves waving, clapping, making the indian noise (does this have a real name??), and dancing.  yep, she can’t walk yet, but our charlotte loves to dance when she hears music!  it’s hysterical.  i should definitely get it on video soon.  she’s got 4 teeth now (the bottom front two, and top two “vampire” teeth), and has been putting them to good use chomping on anything she can get her hands on.

happy 9 months charlotte!!

she’s scooting all over the place, loves to be in my arms just as much as day 1, and is SO happy to see everyone when she wakes up, it’s a 10 minute smile fest!  happy half  birthday charlie girl!

remember to click the month birthday tag under the post to see ‘em all. 

i am a few days late on it, but here she is.  all five chunky months!  :)  click on the “month birthday” tag at the end to see ‘em all!

she’s getting so big too fast.  she’s my last, doesn’t she know she needs to take it slow?  she’s really trying to roll over lately.  and i’m not going to let her!  nope, nope!  she will be a baby forever.   she’s really starting to recognize people, and still likes to be held just as much as she did three months ago!  charlotte is such a sweetie, and we’re so glad she’s here!  :)

remember to click “month birthday” under the pic in the tags to see all the months at once!  :)

ALREADY!  someone slow time down!!  click on the “month birthday” tag at the bottom of the post to see the previous month shots.  :)

i’ll post each month’s pics around her month-birthday.   look how chubby she is already!  waaahhh!  someone tell my little baby to slow down!

so, i’ve left the house three times now, boy it feels nice!  today’s journey was to the midwife for our one week check up.  she was going to come to us, but since i’d already left the house, we just went to her.  everything is looking great.  charlotte is up to 9lbs 2oz now, so she’s growing!  this week should be fun.  kayleigh only has one more day of school for the week, and my mom flies in on thursday.  it will be her first time out here – i’m so excited!  i am down 20 pounds since charlotte’s birth.  i still have 25 to go.  i got huuuuge this time.  i’m not focusing on that for a couple more weeks, though.  going to enjoy my babymoon ….. and some turkey & pie!!

when norah was a baby, i took a picture of her every month for her first year with a sock monkey in onesies i made with the #’s 1-12.  the album is HERE.  i got charlotte a cute little bunny to do the same with.  i also made a “newborn” onesie with the shape of a house on it (she was born at home – get it?) …. so here’s our first shot!  i’ll post each month’s picture here on her month-birthday.  :)  i wish i’d done something like this with the bigger two.  it’s fun to look back on!

see, i DO have another kid.  she’s not in as many pictures lately because she’s in school all day – but she is still around, i swear!  :)  she brought home a bunch of goodies from school today and we were sitting on the couch chatting about it when i took this picture.  first was a bunch of goofy fake smiles.  then this one cracked me up.

i will be sad to send this macro lens back.  it’s so much fun to see things so close & capture things that will be growing & changing so soon..

we FINALLY did her footprints today.  they’ve probably already grown half an inch since she was born.  booo.  make it stop!

it’s’ always fun when i rip off the scraggly end of my photo paper.  although today’s fun was short lived as norah colored on flat kayleigh & she wasn’t too happy about it.  oh well, at least there are pictures to prove we tried, right?  :)

OH – and lora posted the pictures she took of charlotte on saturday on her blog – go check ‘em out!  :)  http://lleephotography.com/blog/?p=483