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I am catching up on blogging…please forgive me for the delay on this…
September 22, 2011
To my dear sweet baby girl,
Today you turned a year old and I just can’t believe it…so I am staying in denial and pretending you are not really one…ok? I just don’t know where the time went by, I want you to stay little forever…so we can play, dance, make squishy faces and read books all day and night!
A year ago you came into this world and touched my life in a way that I never could have imagined. You have taught me a kind of love that I never knew existed until I became your mom. There is something true to what they say about a mother’s love…I will love your forever…no matter what…always remember that…
You continue to amaze me everyday and learn things so quickly now. I am just so proud of the little person you are starting to become. You have been walking around and getting into everything and you are a complete ham! You make Daddy and I giggle and laugh A LOT! We make you laugh a lot too…so the playing field is pretty even. One of the funniest things you do is your squishy face…it’s no blue steel, but it’s hilarious and just perfect! Daddy also taught you how to raise your arms for a “touchdown”…it’s pretty flippin’ cute every time you do it!
You say lots of words now and everyday you are trying new ones…here’s what you say so far: Dada, Mama, Ut-oh, Ball, Dog, Baby (pronounced Baaaaybeee…this is one of your favorite words to say…are you trying to hint something to mommy and daddy?), Pumpkin (pronounced bumpkin) and basket.
You love music, dancing and reading books. Books are a big favorite of yours and it makes me so happy, I hope that you always love them as much as you do now. Going to Duke is about 17 years away, and there will be lots of reading to do along the way in order for you to get in! 
I know you will do great things, even if you don’t go to Duke though.
My little Charlotte Joan, you are a beautiful and amazing baby girl (well toddler now) and I love you with all my heart and all my soul. Becoming your mom has made me want to become a better person, a better woman, so that I can be here for you no matter what. I am just so proud to be your mom and so in love with you. I can’t wait to keep making memories with you!
Happy 1st Birthday, my love!
Love,
Mommy
Back to Blogging…
Hey Everyone!
My sincere apologies that I have been M.I.A. for the past few months. I am composing some posts to fill you in on the following:
- C’s 1st Birthday/letter to her
- C’s walking/running/talking
- sewing a little bit again!
- Halloween
Promise to work on it this week. Here’s a recent pic of little miss C (school/daycare picture) to hold you over…
Xo | n
My excuse for not blogging…
I know I have been terrible at blogging and filling you all in with my boring mumbles…but we are headed toward toddlerville and I am exhausted! When people told me that I will be exhausted after the baby is born and nursing and waking in the middle of the night those first three months…they left out the part of when your baby starts to walk and how your exhaustion level rises even further. Those first 3 months are like a walk in the park compared to chasing this little one around these days…this weekend she was walking EVERYWHERE and ANYWHERE…it’s very hard to keep up with her right now…notice what daddy taught her at the end of the first video…football season is among us…
Walking and holding objects are her thing…they give me anxiety…I can just see baby teeth flying out if she has any of my grace…aka clumsiness!
Wordless Wednesday
Movie Monday
Well I am starting off the week with Movie Monday’s from now on…here is a long one, but cute one of C and Cody playing. Sorry for the darkness of it, I forgot to turn some lights on. C has also been responding to discipline, and the word, “no”. I said she is responding, not listening…she will stop, turn around, look at you and give the biggest smile, then continue on what she was told “no” to. It’s so hard to keep a straight face and be disciplining her with that face…
More fun things to write about this week!
ps…someone should pinch me, because I have been sewing in the studio today…feel like I am dreaming…it’s been too long…so “hence the more fun things to write about”
10 months…a little delayed!
Hi All!
Well C turned 10 months a few weeks ago and I haven’t had the time to upload images on time, of course, so better late then never!
She will definitely be walking soon. She has been pulling up on everything and just want you to hold her hands so she can get up and walk! She can crawl pretty quickly these, intact so quickly, one second I was watching TV and then looked down and saw she was missing and already halfway into the kitchen!
She has been eating all sorts of finger foods…we still give her some baby food while she is at daycare but it’s the chunkier stuff. She sips out of her sippy like a rockstar…might need to move her up a sippy cup level in a month or so. I am also still nursing her and pumping at work during the day…7 more weeks and the pump FINALLY gets put away! I plan on nursing her at night and in the morning still and then slowly phase that out after her first birthday.
C may seem quiet…but she’s a talker ( like mother, like daughter) she says: dada, mama, duck, and her newest line, “ut-oh”, which she says after dropping things off her highchair tray.
She waves hi/bye, claps and does her little noise trick daddy taught her with her lips.
I just can’t believe she will turn 1 in 7 weeks…time has certainly flown by way to quickly for me. Need to get invites out very soon…we need to party plan!
Hope everyone had a great week. I am so happy it’s over and the weekend is here. C has a playdate with her girlfriends tomorrow…can’t wait to see my mommy mafia chicks!
Night!
Xo | n
A brief update!
Hi all!
Well it certainly has been far too long since I’ve been blogging more then just pics of C! So here it goes…
We have been pretty busy the past few weekends so I’ll try my best to summarize! (what I can remember…I have a hard time remembering what I did yesterday!)
Our adorable niece, B turned 1 at the end of June. I am so mad because I forgot my camera so the only pics I got are from my iPhone, so they aren’t the greatest. C had fun hanging with her cousins. We are happy to be close and hope the kids will continue to be able to have each other to grow up together! Here is a pic of the Birthday girl and C, sharing toys…and one of E with them.
We celebrated the Fourth of July with our best friends, K&D and our adorable God children, A&A! We made a vacation weekend of it and spent 4 nights with them. It was such a great weekend..and we always leave there sad wishing that we lived closer! We got to hang at the pool and do a little swimmin’. Even Cody got in the pool, and then realized it’s not a wading pool with a shallow end like his doggie daycare has! Oh we love him, but he is such a weenie sometimes! I took some funny pics of the girls right before we left..I’ll post them soon!
We have family visiting from France this month. I went last weekend with my dad to greet my cousin, his wife and their two sons down in Boston Saturday night. Then Sunday morning we took a ride up to the lake to spend time with them and my dad. They are staying with my dad and will be here this coming weekend to spend time with us. It has been 18 years since we last saw one another…way too long! Looking forward to showing them around, taking them to the seacoast and most importantly spending quality family time together.
Well that’s a little catching up…I am still learning how to use my iPhone and how to blog from it! I leave you with this shot of C as she was eating her lunch when we were out with Grammy this weekend!
xo | n
“seriously mom, would you like me taking pictures of you while you eat? Step away from the iPhone!”
How about a Wednesday movie?
Yesterday was tough, but things are better today. Thank you all for your support! I’m so blessed to have such wonderful people I am surrounded by who care so deeply for me.
We have been experiencing some brutally hot weather here in New England, so C has been rockin’ her birthday suit along with a diaper and a pony, of course! Cody and her have been having so serious bonding time.
This little video happened after I walked in on the two of them…C was hugging Cody’s neck and kissing him while sporting some major hair stuck to her face from Cody kisses. They are so cute together…he is such a good boy with her.
Oh, and can you tell someone will be walking soon? We are screwed.
My bleeding heart.
We have a routine every morning, E gets C ready for the day while I get ready. He packs us up in the car and off we go to daycare and work. We go through the motions, like robots…it’s not my ideal situation, but it’s what we need to do right now.
When I drop her off at daycare I sit her down with her classmates on the play mat while I put all her bottles and food away. When I am finished I go and give her kisses and hugs goodbye. She usually will grab a toy or crawl away to something that she wants to play with and then I’m off.
This morning, I got us ready and all packed up. Things were VERY different this morning. This morning was probably one of the hardest mornings I’ve had since I started back to work after C was born.
She was is a great mood this morning, happy as could be. When I finished putting her things away at daycare, I followed my routine of sitting down with her and giving her hugs and kisses and as I got up, out came the waterworks and the hysterical crying. I turned around and hugged her some more and then her teacher came over to take her from my arms. I had to turn away and walk out. Every bone in my body wanted to take her with me and go home, but that wouldn’t help either one of us…so I walked away to the sound of my baby girl scream and cry and just stare at me with tears pouring from her face.
I walked out to my car and tears fell from my face. I sat in my car and probably shed more tears then I can remember. It’s been 2 hours since I dropped her off and I am still having trouble trying to collect myself.
If any of you know C, she doesn’t really cry much and has never been a fussy baby. She will usually go to anyone and be fine after a little warming up. I’ve read about separation anxiety in books and that around her age is when it will happen. I really didn’t think it was possible with her, she just didn’t seem like she would be that way. Boy, was I wrong.
Seeing the tears on her face this morning and her arms trying to pull for me, killed me. It crushed me and made my heart bleed. I want today to be over. I want to be with my baby.
Happy 4th!
Wishing you all a happy and safe 4th of July!
