Toddling around!

My pretty peanut

This girl definitely has a personality!  Just in the last month she's changed so much!  I'd been told that around 18 months you'll really start to see their personality and they'll start to talk more and interact more w/ you and others and boy is that the truth.  Charlie will be 18 months old this coming Monday.  She's talking more although just one word, no sentences yet, she's throwing tantrums (yay!) and she's showing me what she likes/dislikes.

The things she is currently loving:
*  Shoes (she takes after Mommy on this one!)

Sparkle shoes!!!

*  Purses/bags
*  Animals and animal sounds
*  Headbands, barrets, bows, etc.

She kept handing me more to put in her hair so who am I to say stop?

*  Her "lovey" (aka blankie)

Lovie snuggle time!

*  Ranch dressing
*  Bath time

*  Lotion (her legs are SO dry this winter and she loves having me slather the lotion all over them!)
*  Cartoons
*  Wrestling/tackling us on the floor (she giggles like crazy!)
*  Books

Learning her shapes!

*  Music and dancing
*  Popcorn
*  Stickers
*  Climbing stairs
*  Elmo

Taking Elmo for a ride

*  Walking!!! 

One sock on, one sock off - the only way to stroll

Yes, that is right!  After being able to walk for the last 5 months but choosing to continue w/ her adorable gorilla butt scoot, she is finally up and walking!  Every now and then she'll sit down to scoot somewhere when she wants to get there fast but the walking is definitely beginning to win in the selected mode of transport!  So exciting!  She's still slow at it b/c I think she is afraid of falling but she's really good at it and hardly ever falters.  I'm sure next thing we know she'll be running around this house!  This spring will be fun outside!

Charlie and I are heading down to Des Moines tomorrow night to visit family and friends.  And the BIG reason we're going is so we can be there first hand when Kara and Todd find out the sex of their baby!  Yay!  We are so lucky to get to join them!  I can't wait to find out.  Friday morning can't come fast enough!  The only thing I'm dreading are the car rides alone w/ Charlie.  I usually sit in the back w/ her and Wade drives when we go long distances but since it will just be me and her she will have to entertain herself!  Let's hope it goes well.  I really don't want to have to drive w/ her screaming at me the entire trip!

Lastly, girl can still make one helluva "mean face".  It cracks me up, she loves to make me laugh, so she does it over and over.  It's a never ending circle of faces and laughter.  She also still makes her "ooooooooh" face constantly.  It cracks me up as well.  She's such a goof.

Will I ever blog about something other than Charlie ever again?

I damn sure hope so. But in this case this entry will be mostly about Charlie. Again. I'm sorry. She's obviously the most important part of my life and it all centers around her so I really don't have a lot more to write about.

This last weekend we got to drive down to Galesburg to see Wade's side of the family. Most of them hadn't seen Charlie since Christmas so she's changed a lot since they saw her last. Charlie got to see horses, cows, goats, cats and chickens for the first time! She was not a fan of the horse. We put her up on one and she had a meltdown! Then when Wade got on one she started bawling so we had to go inside! Kind of funny really.

The above picture cracks me up. We bought Charlie sunglasses and although she fought me the first time I put them on her once they were on she left them alone. She looks hilarious in them!

The weather was unbelievable. After going through a long Minnesota winter the 70's and 80's sun felt so. damn. good. I cannot wait for summer. We ate outside, played cards outside and we even gave Charlie a bath outside! She loved it.

Although it was wonderful to get to see everyone it always feels good to get home and back into your own bed and routine. I think Charlie was glad too b/c I think we were exhausting her with too much fun. :) She's wiped!

Here she is talking to me on the long car ride home. She gets so expressive talking now and makes the funniest faces. She gets very serious too sometimes. I wish I knew what the hell she was trying to say. It must be VERY important!

TTYL~

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