Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Bryce and I baked all morning....pumpkin break, and cranberry bars, and apple pie and pumpkin pie....oh my, I am so full! We spent Thanksgiving with my family and it was so fun to all sit around the table together and have Charlotte really be a part of it this year. I think she may have been asleep during dinner last year! She LOVED the sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes and absolutely DEVOURED some cranberry sauce. She kept pointing to it for more! She was a little shy since it was a full house, but she did just fine.
Of course, Thanksgiving is a time of giving thanks. Above all else, I am so thankful that we have a normal and healthy child. Charlotte is the light of our lives and the delight in our hearts. I am very thankful that God has kept us safe this year. So many families we know were affected by floods or illness that simply moving through our day to day and knowing that our child is being cared for makes me incredibly grateful.


My very first homemade apple pie


Aunt Jenna and Charlotte being silly


Charlotte's waiting at the table


Charlotte, Grandma Deb, and my Aunt Lisa


I am the most thankful for Charlotte.

wordless wednesday

The latest and greatest...videos that is.

Our little walker


Blowing kisses

Our first ear infection

We woke up Monday morning with a temperature around 100, but a red cheeked and unhappy baby. We had to make the quick decision what to do and I stayed home long enough for Bryce to go in and leave lesson plans then I headed to work. Sick days are precious after I lost so many on maternity leave. Bryce took Charlotte to the Doctor after her nap where we got the confirmation of her first ear infection. I am really grateful that we made it a whole year without one, but now that I've been through it I will have to add to our prayers that we don't get another one for a long time. It is absolutely miserable knowing that your child is sick and in pain and there is little you can do about it. One minute she would be playing and the next she would be crying with her head in her hands. And trying to get a sick baby to eat is the worst! You just want to give the vitamin rich foods to help them get over it and instead you're lucky if they'll drink some pedialyte.

I stayed home on Tuesday to give Charlotte another day to rest. One thing I have already learned is that when Charlotte doesn't feel good she just wants to be held. She seems to be doing ok with the antibiotic-another thing I'm grateful we haven't had to use until now!

14 months old

Our sweet Charlotte is getting harder and harder to keep track of! She is definitely a full on toddler now, literally toddling her way through the house...climbing anything she can find....and having the occasional tantrum when things don't go her way.

She is remembering so much from day to day too. When we took her to the doctor for her flu shot booster, she even remembered the nurse that gave her shots at her 12 month check up and she started shaking her head "no" when she came in the room. She is all about animals. She loves the dogs, loves to go feed the ducks, and loves watching animal planet. Her knew "knowledge" is saying what sound the animals make. She can do Lion (ROAR), Duck (Quack), Dog (Woof), and tries really hard on Cat (Meo-she missing the last sound of Meow). If she can get you to sit down with her and read a book she is happy as a clam. We are also working on body parts....she can show you her head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, belly, and feet. Her aptitude for picking up new information really does astound me though, I know I have got to be careful about the words I use around her now!

14 months is pretty amazing.


Into everything


Standing on my own two feet


Helping Daddy make pudding, my favorite!

Sneak Peek

We had Charlotte's one year pictures taken by our beloved photographer, Trina Riggott. I am waiting with bated breath on the rest of the pictures, but this was our sneak peek from Trina. I can't wait to see them all! Charlotte is so gorgeous!!
Trina is doing Christmas packages right now (on her blog), we have been so happy with all of the pictures she has taken. If you use her, please tell her that we referred you!

Almost Wordless Wednesday-The Dog's water bowl

Can you tell she knows better?!