Picnic Time

Last week, on the first sunny day we have had in awhile Todd and I decided to take Charlotte to the park for a little picnic. She enjoyed it for awhile but then got a little fussy so the swings will have to wait until the next sunny day.

Sunny but cold

Ohhh Baby! :-)

 Getting Sleepy



3 Months Old

Charlotte is three months old and getting more and more fun everyday. She has left that newborn stage behind and definitely seems more baby-like if that makes sense.  She smiles all the time now and definitely recognizes Mom and Dad. She will turn her head towards us when we are talking to her and calling her name. We haven't heard any real laughs yet but we have heard a few happy squeals that seem like they are an attempt at laughter. Two new things this month are definitely the increase in drool and spit up - both coming on with full force. Not so fun. 

We moved Charlotte to her crib in her own room and it miraculously inceased the length of time she slept at night. She has been averaging a 5-7 hour stretch after we put her to bed and then eating and then sleeping for another 2ish hours. After waking up every 1.5-2 hours this new sleep schedule makes us extremely happy.

We didn't have a doctor's appointment this month but we did a rough measuring and weighing and we guess she is about 24 inches long and just over 12 pounds.

Things Charlotte enjoyed in her Third Month:

Her very first Christmas with visits from Grandpa, Grandmame, and Aunt Tessie

Opening her presents

Family Pic

Opening presents is exhausting

Talking loudly (In addition to gaaa she has added gew, gu, and ayayayayayayay)

Sucking on her hands

Sucking on Sophie the Giraffe

Sitting in her new seat from Grandmame and Grandpa

Going on her first picnic at the park (pictures to come in another post)

Celebrating Daddy's Birthday

Things Charlotte is looking forward to in month 4:

First trip to SAN DIEGO!!!!

12 Weeks!

Happy Birthday Morgan!

Happy Birthday to the best niece/girl cousin ever! :-) We can't believe you are 7 already!

We miss you Morgan.

Love you,

Beth, Todd, and Charlotte

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We love you!

Love

Charlotte and Beth

11 Weeks

I had a really hard time getting Charlotte to look at me when I was trying to take her picture because she only had eyes for the ceiling fan.



I crave London!

I must interupt the Charlotte extravanga because one year ago today Tess and I left on our wonderful (and freezing) trip to London and Paris. I have never been so cold as I was during that trip but it was awesome none the less. It was the perfect way to kick off 2010 (and in 2011 I look forward to finally being able to wear all the clothes I bought in London! :-) Here is a recap of our adventure...

This is Trafalgar Square on New Years Day.

Sunset on The Thames

Yeah for Big Ben

 Afternoon Tea at The Orangery in Kensington Gardens

Twelfth Night by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Day trip to Oxford to visit Tess' stomping ground during her summer at BADA

Balliol College (where Tess studied)

Christ Church College

Stairs where scenes from Harry Potter were filmed

Picture taken by the racist worker at Christ Church.

Harry Potter Great Hall!

Off to Paris on the Eurostar

The best part of the Metro is the signs (the actual Metro is gross and smells like urine). This was very disappointing for me because I have such a love of The Tube in London!

Beautiful Sacre Coeur

 La Tour Eiffel a nuit

 It Sparkles!!!

Notre Dame

 Inside Notre Dame was so beautiful. I wish the photos I took captured the incredible stained glass.

 Musee d'Orsay

 My favorite painting by Renoir in person!!!

Snow in Versailles (the coldest I have ever been by far)

 Hall of Mirrors

 Unfortunately the fountains weren't running because well...they were frozen solid. Someday I would like to go back when the gardens are in bloom and all the fountains are running. I bet it is amazing!

La Louvre

La Tour Eiffel again

Notre Dame a nuit...Beautiful!

Back to London...it was iffy if we would make it back through the Chunnel but we did and this is the view of the English snowcovered countryside from the train.

 Harrods

 Snow covered Hyde Park

 Our final night we went to see Billy Elliot which was amazing.

 Mmmm cider... I think this turned out to be my last drink until two months ago for obvious reasons ;-)



As the title of this post says I crave London. It's weird but I do. I will be back someday.