Baby Photo Dump. Warning: Massive Amounts of Cute Below

BAhaha. Love that tongue.

Snoozing next to Daddy for a minute. 

That outfit was so cute!! (Texas trip.)

Grandma wearing you while at work!

One of your many stern faces.

Right - "Sweet Pea" necklace representing you (bottom) and your sister (top.)

Snoozing on MY baby blanket!

SO HAPPY!

I just love how everything about this is "girly" and then there's the football pacifier.

I LOVE the wisps of hair on top of your adorable little head!!

You are delicious!

Acceptance

Charlotte,

I'm learning to accept that I'll never get this blog JUST the way I want it. So, I'll post as many pictures and updates as possible, but life will just have to go on, blog or not! I think I'll be okay with at least one post a month. You're just growing too fast! It would be okay for you to stop for juuust a bit so I can take a breath. Maybe? No? Alrighty then.

Lovingly,
Mommy.

Sunday Dress

This was you this past Sunday. We don't usually put you in dresses (just because I don't feel the absolute need at this age) but it was soo cute! See the hair bow? You're not a fan. I love how girly they look, but they don't stay in very well and you're got plenty of hair anyway, so we don't typically use them either.

One bad thing: at church, they're working on the floor in the gym so the overflow wasn't available. Well, it was also Father's Day and family reunions for two very large families in the area. That means the chapel was VERY full and we ended up sitting on the stand, which is not a great place to have a fussy infant. We made it through (not without having to leave, though.) By the time Grandma was speaking, you were lulled to sleep by the sound of her voice while I walked around the halls.

Growing Pains

Sizing up in your clothes today. Your 0-3 month clothes were getting a little tight around the legs because of your fluffy diapers, so I switched out most everything for your 3-6 month clothes. I kept the largish shorts which still fit around your booty, the shirts, and several 3-month pieces, but that's about it. I also added in some of the 6-9 month bottoms because, again, that booty.

How can you already be this big?? It was just yesterday that you fit into that cute, tiny newborn sleeper which fit so perfectly.

This was actually one of our favorite outfits to put you in. It's not THE sleeper, but it's close.

P.S. You have an appointment with Dr. Garcia at Wright Memorial in Trenton next Tuesday. I'm hoping and praying he knows his stuff when it comes to posterior tongue ties! I would be thrilled to be able to breast feed you, but even if that's not the case after revision, it will be nice to not worry about you having speech or dental issues.

Uncle Nap

Oh, just hanging out with Uncle Adam while Mommy helps Grandma at work.

All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go

Dearest Charlotte,

I love you to bits! You're seriously the best baby. I mean, you could barf all over me and cry all day and I'd still be happy to be your mommy. Here's a picture from today:

"All dressed up and no where to go."

(Right) I love your frowny face. By the way, I really like this outfit, even though you threw up all over it a short while later. I had specifically searched out a yellow shirt to match your new, bright yellow diaper cover. (We're trying some from a different, less expensive brand to see how we like them and expand our stash.) 

(Left) I put this toy together today for you. We have had this toy for a while, but I didn't know if you'd be able to appreciate it until now. Even now, it looked like you were afraid the toys were suddenly going to fall into your face. Oops? I promise you, though, I put them on there as securely as possible. Wouldn't want something hurting my little girl! Try to ignore the fact that you're in a disposable diaper in this picture *gasp!* Your "Poppi" was watching you, and he hasn't figured his way around your cloth diapers yet. He specifically purchased some disposables for when you dirty your diaper and he's watching you. It was actually kinda sweet!

Heck, I'm having fun with pictures. 

This is you sleeping away in our new Easycare Rainbow Baby woven wrap. I love the description of the wrap from the website:

"A beautiful splash of color for any mother, a celebration of the astonishing beauty found in nature, and a symbol of love.

The idea of this wrap is a tribute to the strength of a mother who can brave terrible loss to find hope and joy again, whatever shape that loss took, whenever it happened, no matter what it was that brought the return of hope and happiness.

'The beauty of a rainbow does not negate the ravages of the storm . . . What it means is that something beautiful and full of light has appeared in the midst of the darkness and clouds.'"

You are our rainbow baby, so this is perfect. It's actually a full rainbow but I had it folded in half in this picture.

I love wrapping you and keeping you close to me! In fact, there was a tornado warning last night. The spotters were saying the funnel clouds were only 9 miles away, and immediately I got up, wrapped you up on me, grabbed your diaper bag, and went downstairs. I loved having my hands free if I needed them. Thankfully, the storm let up just slightly and was just severe winds, rain, etc, but I was glad to have that experience.

I think I'll end this post with this adorable picture of you looking off into the distance. Your eyelashes are killer!

Sincerely,
Mommy.

Picture Catch-Up Post

This is the official "I think my baby is hitting her 12-week growth spurt" picture. It was accompanied by a "YAY, MORE NAPS FOR MOMMY!" *Ahem*

But seriously. It both saddens and excites me that my little princess is going through another growth spurt. On one hand, I can't wait until you're walking around and tugging at my pockets, asking all sorts of questions. On the other hand, I want you to stay my little, tiny babe - the one who stares intently at me like she's studying my every feature, and the one who smiles and waves her arms when I come near. I honestly hope those things never change, even when you've grown taller than me and have little ones of your own. 

 Speaking of your smiles, here's a Charlotte classic. You have such a precious smile, and they only get better than this. Most of the time, you're such a happy baby. I love having you around. In fact, I spent some time away from you helping Grandma with one of her jobs and the whole time I kept thinking "Where's Charlotte?" It was just so odd to be without my little love bug.

 This was from Sunday evening on the way home from Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Lusk's house. We passed a turtle crossing the road. Grandma and I turned to each other and said "Turtle!" Just like that, we turned around and Aunt Kym and Uncle Jordan got out to help it across the road. It wasn't too thrilled, and kept trying to get them to leave him alone, but I'd like to think we actually did something beneficial for that turtle - even if he didn't appreciate it!

Annnd you sleeping. Again with the sleeping. It's a good thing you're ridiculously adorable when you sleep.

That's it for now!

Sincerely,
Mommy.