Picture Perfect

We took our family photo's on Thanksgiving and I'm finally putting them up. Here are some of our favorites...







Scott's cousin Kristin took them for us. Check out her blog on our friends and family list. Thanks Kristina!

Any advise?

I have a very sad and in pain baby at my home. Charlotte is teething! Two at once! What do I do to comfort my sweet girl?

Ring...Ring...Ring

"Haai!"



So about a month ago I noticed that Charlotte kept putting the remote by her head, but I didn't think much of it. Until one night she was freaking out about something and so, to distract her, I pretended to "answer " the remote. She grabbed the "phone" and had a full on conversation, all in a language I couldn't understand. So now you can catch little miss talking on the phone all the time. The best part is that everything gets turned into a phone - remote controls, Nintendo controllers, her stuffed animals, Cheerios, and even an orange peel. In fact, any time a phone rings on the television, Charlotte picks up whatever is closest to "answer" it. And every once in a while you will hear a tiny little voice say, "Haai"! 

Ms. Gets-Into-Everything, I mean Charlotte...

is keeping her dad and I very busy these days. She is now crawling very well, so she thinks the house is hers to explore. I have to remind myself to always close the bathroom door, and that I will be putting the DVDs back in their place at least five times that day. I'm okay with that, but I'm not okay with my baby falling as she tries to explore the house. Poor thing looks pretty disheveled at the end of the day.  






Even as she is pulling my side table down on top of herself (don't worry no one got hurt), I'm amazed at how fast she is growing. She keeps me busy, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I love being her mom.

Merry Christmas...a month later!

We went to St. Louis for Christmas this year and we had such a wonderful time. We love spending the holidays with our families and with the added bonus of eating at all of our favorite places it St. Louis it's worth the trip.

Christmas eve in our new PJ's.


Charlotte wasn't really into opening the presents. Scott said we should have wrapped the gifts in magazines, then she would have loved ripping them open.

Charlotte and the monkey have matching sweaters.



Cate got a new kitten for Christmas and she named her Pepper. We aren't big cat people in our home, but we do have to admit that she is such a cute little thing. Charlotte loved little Pepper and would just laugh when the kitten was in the room.

This is what you could find Scott doing during our vacation...playing Cate's DS. What ever keeps him happy.
Some of my favorite moments of our trip...

                           Christmas morning...little lady was the last one in bed.

We hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

Playing Catch Up!

Wow, where did December go? I can't believe the holidays are over. We were so busy this past month I feel like I can finally take a breather. Ahhh!
Charlotte is growing and amazing us each day. I know most of you come to see pictures of her so here you go:


If you notice I like to put things on her head, she is such a great sport. More soon from Christmas! Love you all and Happy New Year!

The Late Night show with Charlotte Mae

Well we have some good news, Scott is back to working mornings. We tried to see if the schedule would work better for school and it didn't so when the opening came, we took it. Now we just have to get Miss Charlotte on a earlier schedule too! We have created a night owl! We do have to admit that she is pretty funny when she gets slap happy.