Fall photos of the kids

It's snowing outside, and I'm just now posting fall photos.  Oh well!  For the record, these are Charlotte's "official" 6 month photos and Jack was around 23 months old.  These were taken outside our apartment with the beautiful maple tree that just bursts into colors each fall.  Thankfully I made these photos happen the day that I did, because within a day or two a big storm came and blew all of them away!

little lady bug...

 CHEEKS

 precious little hands

 my handsome little boy

Jack 23 months

just a little behind.  here's the update between October 10-November 10th

1.  He's got canines!  (although you can't see in this pic)

2. Talking a lot more and repeating things I say.
This was his reaction when I explained where milk came from.  "Moo?"

3.  Discovering that he can climb up into our bar stools.  Can you tell he is so proud of himself in this pic?  He's "helping me" make cinnamon rolls.

4.  Still loves cheese.

5.  The last 3 months he begs to "pei" outside.  He also wants to " pay" at the checkout at Walmart.

 it was a little chilly and it was making me miserable just thinking about being wet... but i decided to just choose my battles on this particular day.

6.  Oh dear.  New this month is opening groceries while in the cart.  (Ugh). He's eaten granola bars, destickers fruit, destroys boxes, and my favorite was getting to the checkout and realizing that he had gotten into my nursing pads as he individually placed them on the conveyer belt!

7.  Trick or treating for the first time and welcoming himself into other people's homes.  He became very possessive of the pumpkin bucket and cried when it was time to go to bed...even though we left it on his dresser where he could see it... I eventually had to take it out.

8.  I've let him vacuum the kitchen floor a couple of times and in doing so created a monster.  He is obsessed with our vacuum and every time it is in plain sight he is disassembling it and trying to plug it in and dragging it all over our apartment.

9.  He's started calling me Callie.  Well, more like "ca-yee"

10.  Loving on his sister.  He's a good big brother.  He likes to make her laugh.  She loves the attention.  and she flatters him by laughing.

This might be my favorite photo of all time.

11.  Also new this month, he has switched from wanting to ride the bike to his car.  At first he wanted me to just push him in it.  Now he only wants to push it himself.

Charlotte 6 months

waaaaaay behind posting this.  we'll blame it on the hard drive crash that took 2 weeks to get solved.  here it tis though- 6 months!

 pause to check out the shoes...

 Give me a minute, and I'll work up my best smile...

 is the camera ready?

 TA-DA!

 I love this gummy grin.

New between months 5-6:

1.  Eating cereal.  It takes some practice to get good at this solid food stuff.  96% of cereal meals required a bath immediately after.

2. Riding in the stroller in the "big girl seat."  She was pumped.  She hates being reclined back in her carseat.

3. Sitting and balancing w/her arms... and somewhat unsteadily sitting without arms.

4. Teething... or a virus... or something.  We had a terrible week where she was so unhappy.  So pouty.  So sad.  I wore her majority of the day and even during some naps.  (I didn't mind.)  A neighbor let me borrow their Ergo baby carrier, and I LOVED it b/c I could wear her like a backpack.  She was able to take naps in it and I could cook dinner or play outside with Jack.  The day she finally started feeling better I could tell because all of her smiles and giggles were back.

below: happy baby again!

oh, I'd also like to point out the razorback paci.  She usually only takes it at naps and at night.  And of all the paci's I tried this is the ONE.  It also happens to be one-of-a-kind.  We have several other razorback pacis, but none of them are shaped like this one.  what to do.  This is why we leave it in the crib... if we lose this puppy, it's just gone!

5. Moving to her crib!  and sleeping with a body pillow.  Cousin Ellie needed the bassinet and she was getting a little too big for it anyway.  The problem with the crib was that she could roll on to her tummy and she hated it.  Corey thought of the brilliant idea to give her a body pillow.  She loves it.

6.  A little separation anxiety?  Charlotte cries if I leave the room for anything.

7. Loooooves her bouncy seat.  She just kick, kick, kicks that left leg.

8.  CHEEKS.  We love her cheeks.  At certain angles you can even see them poking out when you're looking at the back of her head!   I also love her rolly-polly legs.

9.  Finally sleeping through the night most nights!   ... I take that back.  We had several long nights and then a 13 hour night!  and them - UH OH- she's sick for a week and now she gets up 1-2 times through the night.  I feel like she's hitting another growth spurt here at the 6 months b/c she is HUNGRY.  

10.  Charlotte is in the pajama stage of life.  I remember Jack in this stage...  She's hardly awake long enough between naps to warrant gettting dressed... unless we go out.  She wakes up in the morning and eats, then falls back asleep 1-1.5 hours later, then takes a long nap until lunch, then she usually goes back down again in another 1-1.5.  Most days when Corey gets home she's still in her pajamas!

11.  She also sampled banana.  (2nd child)  Jack would have never gotten a sweet tasty fruit for a first food, but we ran out of baby cereal one night and we had some bananas handy...  ;)  She didn't really have a reaction, she just said FEED ME.

12.  Charlotte got her 1st round of shots at her 6 mo. Check up.  She weighed 15 lbs.  14 oz.  and she was 25.5 in long.  50% for height and weight.  3-6 mo clothes... Some 6 mo.  Size 3 diapers.

13.  Riding in the maya wrap- side/hip carry.  spit up running down the wrap, because that has been an issue this month too.

14.  Taking a few baths here and there with her brother.  It's a little dangerous, so it only happens when they are both so soiled from dinner that they can only go straight to the tub.  (you can kinda see the terror in C's eyes...)

15.  oh, and her hair has gotten longer... just a little.  enough that i can actually clip a bow in it.

I have pretty pictures for her "official" 6 month photos, but I still need to sort through them and edit them.  we're just lucky we got this post up.