7 months

Charlotte is now 7 months old. So crazy. There aren't a whole lot of new things she's doing.. She can sit up all by herself, she can roll all over the place, she gets SO excited when people talk to her, she can put her binky in her mouth all be herself. She can say "da-da", "na-na" and "ne-ne". Random, but I'll take it :) She has started throwing tantrums if a toy gets taken away from her, not ok! She crawls on her back. That's right. She lies on her back and arches her back and pushes her knees backwards. She's so weird! I love it though. She's still not eating a ton of solids. SHe gets bored about halfway through a jar. But believe me she's not starving! :) I don't have any pictures right now. I'm a slacker mom. When we moved in with George's family I lost the camera. So we'll have no pictorial records of Charlotte for 2 months :(
We move to Oklahoma at the beginning of January. George leaves with the truck and our cars on Jan. 2nd and Charlotte and I fly out on the 4th. We can't wait to be there and start our new life. We also can't wait to have our own space again! George's family has been so very kind to us. I especially feel so grateful for them. I'm not even their real daughter and they sincerely make me feel like I am. I love them so much.
I love MY family so much too. I look at my little brothers and sisters and it almost makes me cry. They are getting so grown up and doing so many things!! I love them.
I love my friends here in Vegas. I am so sad that it could quite possible be years before I see some of them again. Also, I might not EVER see some again! This emotion needs a name. Sad to leave but excited at the same time. Bitter-sweet is a boring and overused term I think.
Anyway, hopefully next time I'll have pictures!

2 YEARS!!

Well yesterday was our 2 year anniversary. It was a fun night together! George's sister, Ferlayna, babysat for us so we could go out. Our friends had given us some free tickets for the Stratosphere buffet and tower admission. So we went there first. After we ate and were up in the tower looking over the city, we both got kind of sad. This city has so many memories for us and we are going to miss it so much. :( After that we went and saw New Moon. Yes, my husband is amazing and actually WANTED to see it with me! Love him! The movie was fantastic and so way better than the first. I felt like this one followed the book so much more. Loved it! After the movie we went to the Cheesecake Factory and got some cheesecake to take home. We still haven't eaten it, but we will tonight I think. George got me a BEAUTIFUL red coat for winter and I made a book for him. It was so nice to be out for a long time together and reflect on the past 2 wonderful years and look forward to eternity together.

So grateful for him and for our forever family together :)

Almost 6 Months Old!!!

Utah trip pictures :)

And Halloween :) Cute little pea pod. George said if you take the peas off she would be Reptar!

Well, I can't even believe how fast these 6 months have gone by. We have been soo busy and crazy. Here are some things that Charlotte is doing...

-occasionally rolling from back to tummy

- eating peas, rice cereal with apple juice, bananas, sweet potatoes, squash and her favorite CARROTS

- loving bath time! She get so excited when we turn on the water and just start undressing her. When she gets in the water she kicks and splashes like crazy!

- sucking on her toes. Sometimes all 10 of 'em if she can!

- screaming in a really high pitched voice, kind of through her nose. She just does it when she's happy and just babbling, but her nostrils flare when she does it. It's hysterical!

- grabbing small objects

- sleeping from about 7:30 or 8 until 6:30 or 7

-taking two or three 1 1/2 to 2 hour naps

- trying to sit up. She's got pretty good balance until she turns her head one way, then she falls over. :) She'll also be lying down on her back and to see what's going on she'll lift up her head and legs in some sort of pilates pose and hold it forever just to see us all.

- she likes people. Anytime people look at her or talk to her she gets a huge smile and giggles at them.

- every time I open the car door to get her out, she smiles at me and chuckles 3 or 4 times. It's never a laugh out loud, just a way of saying, "Oh, MOM! Ha ha ha, you came to get me, how nice." It cracks me up everytime.

- when she gets fussy, sometimes the only thing that calms her down is having daddy sing "Hush Little Baby" over and over. If I sing it, she keeps wailing. Only daddy can sing this song.

-her favorite fun playtime song is "Willaby Wallaby Wee"

- she loves things that make noise. She also just discovered the piano and loves to pound on it when I sit with her.

- her toes are always pointed. She looks like a little ballerina :)

- she is still bald :(

- she rubs her eyes when she gets sleepy. Love it!

Well, that's all I can really think of. We love our baby girl and are so grateful to have her be a part of our family. She brings us so much joy and happiness. Every night when we put her to bed, we get all mushy and teary and just stare at our beautiful little girl. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father trusted me enough to be a mother to one of His children.

We love you Charlotte!

Random fun

We went to Krispy Kreme's with my family and Grandparents (it's tradition). Here's my dad holding Charlotte. Look how much she's grown since this picture!?

George eating yummy doughnuts!

Charlotte was pooped :)

Trying to eat the camera.

Sweet girl.

Lovey Great Grandma Jex.

Great Grandpa Jex.

Cute Grandma.

Charlotte drools.

A lot :)

Fun at the Park!

At our ward picnic on Friday night, Amanda and I decided to put the girls in the swing together. They loved it! We had 'em both giggling! Here's some shots I got.

No Charlotte!!!! Don't suck on that!!! I'm such a bad mom! :)
Cute daddy!

And we walked in to check on her the other night and found her like this. She loves this bear. We got it in Oregon from Ben's dad. THANKS!!

Bath Time

Presenting: The amazing flexible baby!!
Charlotte loves to chew on her toes. It cracks us up. I know these pictures are pretty much the same, but they're just so funny!!

Yum!

De-privatized

'Nuff said. This is too much work.

Thanks again Chelsey!

For a sweet trade, our friend Chelsey took some cute 3 month (a week before turning 4 months) pictures! We love them!!! Sorry all, but we're so in love with our kid, so there's a LOT of pictures.

BIG News!

Well, for all you NON- facebook users, I thought I'd update you. George, Charlotte and I will be moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma in December (right Christmas, we're crazy). George has decided to take a HUGE change in his career path and go to school to be an air traffic controller (that's the guy in the tower!). Anyway, we are so excited. As soon as we made the choice to take this route, everything has fallen into place so perfectly. He's already been accepted to the school there. He just finished all the applications for the ATC program and today I'll be mailing it in! We are so excited for this new adventure! It'll be so fun and scary at the same time!!

Rice Cereal

Spending time with Grandma Hunt and cousin Kaylyn :) Kaylyn is sooo cute and loves to hold and play with "her baby Charlotte". The other day we decided to try out rice cereal. Tomorrow she'll be 4 months, but we were just excited to try it. Let's just say, she'll need lots of practice and I really don't think she was a fan of the taste or the texture. We're going to wait a couple more weeks to try again :)

After the whole ordeal, she was done.

Again, not a fan of this stuff :)

She's pushing my hand away.

Charlotte's very first bite of rice cereal :)