Jack | 21 months

I'm a little behind on this one...

1. The blanket.  He now sleeps with a blanket.  (before now it would have been pointless to put a blanket in the crib with him b/c he was everywhere.)  He asks for it at bedtime and you tell him to lay down and you cover him up.  It's part of the routine.  We traveled this past month and I took just a random blanket.  He was a little upset that I brought the wrong one.  oops!

2. 1st ear infection.  poor baby.  He didn't feel that great, but still wanted to play outside.  He loved going for a ride.

3.  We're still working on what "gentle" means.  He loves Charlotte, but I think she loves him more... or at least she loves to watch him.

Also, don't think this is how it always is... this is like the only 2 times this past month he was allowed to touch her- HA!

4.  now calling water "wash"

5.  Here at the end of the summer Jack was jumping off the side of the pool and letting daddy catch him.

6. He's an accessory guy.  Loves shoes.  Loves sunglasses.  Even likes hats.
This is first thing in the morning... notice he already has his keys on his hip.

7.  All of a sudden he's had a vocabulary boom.  He wakes up one morning, walks over and points to a door, "door,"  then points at our table, "chair."  Corey and I both were like Wooooow.

8.  He likes his sweets.  I mostly hide them from him except for occasions when we're out.  This is cake and ice cream at Uncle Mason's bday.

9.  He loves cars.  We bought him a dump truck to haul all of his rocks in.  Speaking of rocks, he loves those too.  We will probably be finding them everywhere for years.  They're all over my car, in our laundry, we find them in pockets, in his outside toys, in his inside toys...

also this month, we scored a deal on craigslist that landed us a mini coupe car, a trike (as pictured), and a wagon.

haulin' rocks.

Charlotte's 3 month photos

out of blog order... I never posted these.  We took family photos in leu of Charlotte's "official" 3 month photos.  I included a few outtakes so that you can get a feel for how this really went...

Jack lost it.

Our secret revealed: remote trigger.

 Father-Daughter pic

 Father + children pics did not go well.

 Charlotte started getting tired 1/2 way into this...

 Oh dear.

 Charlotte begs for a nap.

 Happy 3 months Charlotte!

Charlotte | 4 months

How is she 4 months already?  Here's what happened between months 3 and 4:

1.  I forgot to mention last month that she has started cooing and "goo-ing."  She enjoys a little pillow talk before going to bed at night.  :)

2.  She giggles!  Corey made her laugh one night and I didn't even think she was old enough to laugh yet!  Love those happy baby noises.

3.  eating every 3 hours.  It's amazing how much time I feel like I have now!

4.  doing lots of tummy time.  She is so strong!  She is always crunching if she's reclined and then planking when you try to hold her in your lap.

5.  She is grabbing things and putting them in her mouth!

6.  She has noticed both her hands and feet.   And she finds them fascinating.

7.  Slurping on her fingers.

8.  See ya swaddle, she's sleep-sacking it all the way now.  She also doesn't really care for a paci.

9. Still not sleeping consistently through the night.  I get teased from time-to-time.

10.  She's a happy little thing.  super patient.

11.  Corey has taken to calling her "Lotus."  This stems from us calling her "Char-loate".  Lotus has turned into "little lotus bug" or "little lotus leaf."

12.  One of her favorite ways to fall asleep is laying in my arms like she's in a recliner.  She doesn't like being held like a baby.