Turkey Time!

Charlie’s first Thanksgiving was a success. Despite Charlie having her first cold she was a champion traveler! We drove down to Waverly on Thanksgiving morning for Thanksgiving with my parents, Kara, Todd, Aunt Ranee, Uncle Ken, cousins Cody & Kris and Kris’s girlfriend, Morgan. It was Charlie’s first time meeting them all except for Aunt Ranee and she seemed to love them all which was no surprise to me! We ate some delicious food, played some pool, had floor play time w/ Charlie, watched some football (which Charlie loves!), drank some wine (Kara drank a little too much wine, as did I, oops) and enjoyed the family.

Football fan!

Friday morning after a tasty breakfast we headed south to Galesburg to meet up with Wade’s family. We got there just in time for another delicious meal courtesy of my MIL, Becky. It’s no lie that these holidays are going to be the death of my weight loss goal (I gained 2 of the stubborn 4 pounds I’d lost back, gah!). Charlie got to meet two of her uncles, Adam and Aaron for the first time and was finally held by her grandpa Gary. I guess he deemed her big enough to hold finally and wasn’t afraid of breaking her. :)

I felt like doing this after all that turkey too.

Her grandma Becky bought her an inflatable ducky tub and we had fun bathing her in it. She really enjoys bath time for the most part and I can’t wait until she can sit up by herself and play in the water which won’t be long as she’s getting to be a pro at this sitting up assisted thing. I think she’s going to be a water lover! (Beware below: Baby nudity w/ gratuitous big baby belly included!) :)

All in all it was a ton of fun getting to see everyone and enjoying our first Thanksgiving as a family of 3! Oh and don't worry. Kobe came too and got plenty of leftovers and loving as well! And yes, he's still stealing her Boppy.

Now we're really looking forward to Christmas! Can we say spoiled? B/c Charlie is definitely going to be one mega spoiled little girl come Christmastime.

Some fun updates on Charlie:

* She is the drool queen which means she will be found w/ a bib around her neck 99% of the time. So much for her cute outfits!

* She's starting to grasp her own bottle and hold it although if it falls out she can't get it back in so we still have to help.

* She's mastered grabbing her toys!

* She loves to be stood up and put weight on her feet. We may have an early walker, who knows!

* She still hasn't rolled over but she's gotten very close and she is much better at tummy time and will tolerate it for more than 15 seconds now!

* She squirms and moves around so much in her sleep that she has done a complete 360 rotation in her crib. It's hilarious to see what position she ends up in when I go in to get her in the morning.

* She is sleeping through the night about 1/3 of the time. The rest of the time she wakes up once to eat and then we can usually get her right back down. Usually. :)

* She's a talker!

* We've finally gotten more giggles out of her and they are the cutest sounds my ears have ever heard! :)

* She loves it when her daddy swings her from side to side in his arms.

* She also loves foot rubs. What a pampered baby girl!

* She's getting good at sitting up w/ a little assistance from a propped pillow or her Boppy.

Coming up next week: Charlie’s 4 month birthday (I can’t believe she is 4 months old already!) and her 4 month check up appointment (yikes, more shots!) as well as her first night with a babysitter! Yes, I’m already nervous about it. No need to tell me I'm paranoid. So we’ll have some fun updates for you then!