a much needed Charlotte update

I kind of miss the monthly updates I used to do.

So here's a post dedicated to catching you up with Charlotte - it's loooong.

Charlotte is a PEACH. I couldn't have asked for a better first born. She's my little buddy that follows me everywhere - which after 10 hours gets a bit 'much'. She even has to sit on her little potty while I'm using the facilities. We just sit there together and chat.

She loves shoes and bows in her hair and calling outfits cute which sounds more like "coot".

Every few days I have to switch out her nail polish. A few days ago I let her pick out some polish at Target to get and she grabbed hot pink, neon yellow, and bright blue. Put those together with the neon orange we already had and those are her rotations.

She's a good little eater - thank heavens. If she could live off of eggs, cheese, berries, carrots, and chicken nuggets she'd be a happy camper. She also drinks so much milk in a day, I'm praying she doesn't ever get into alcohol or she'd be a binge drinker.

Her favorite movie is still Toy Story (preferably #3) and I love that about her. She is so in love with Buzz. When she hears the song "Dream Weaver" from the movie she dances and says "ohhhh Ken Bahbee". If you've seen the movie then you know what I mean.

Speaking of dancing. Any time there's music on she breaks out in what we call an "interpretive" kind of dance. She spins with her head down on one side, bounces, and eventually twists down to the floor. h.i.l.a.r.i.o.u.s.

She sleeps in a toddler bed due to jumping out of her crib. After a week or two she loved hopping in there, hearing stories, and falling asleep, but she would always get up in the middle of the night, knock on the door, and yell our names. Oh bother. We'd go back in and shuffle her back in bed. Finally, we nixed going in there and she's been putting herself back into bed and asleep. The last few nights we haven't had to go in at all. Hallelujah.

We've stopped writing down words she says because she blabs and copies everything we say now. Although recently we've found she has a bit of a dirty mouth. Just don't ask her to say "fox" or "sit"... she might surprise you.

I've started doing little 'preschool' lessons when I babysit 3 days a week. We focus on a letter a week. I even put a word wall up. Any teachers out there know what I'm talking about and are probably making fun of me right now... She knows a ton of letters, all of her colors, counts to 10, but cannot get past the shape circle. Apparently that is the only shape she needs or wants in life.

She loves when dah - deeeee comes home but is a huge mama's girl. Like huge... If I leave a room she's right at my leg tugging on my pants to pick her up. Ohhhh how I 'love' that. I have to remind myself that one day she'll push me away and not want me to hug and kiss her all day.

We LOVE her.

I'll make sure I give little updates on Charlotte more often so these ridiculously long posts don't occur =)