What Did You Do This Weekend???

I know, we Freemans are a pretty wild bunch. I bet you didn't do anything as exciting as play with the Photo Booth application on your computer this past Friday night. 

Layering is in.....

I swear I did not teach my child to do this. As I was making our bed this morning, Charlotte opens my drawers & begins to pull out my panties & hang them around her neck. All of them. She was quite proud of herself & wore them around for much of the morning. Now I have to admit that I thought long & hard about posting this. It was just too good to pass up, but in doing so , I have to flash my undies to the whole world. So please excuse my indiscretions, and yes, I will go buy some new (and much nicer) underwear this week. 

Charlotte's New Addiction

We have created a monster (or an obsession with one). Two weekends ago, we took a road trip across the state of Tennessee. In order to survive, we bought a portable DVD player and brought along several Elmo movies that my friend Brooke and her son Cooper very nicely passed down to us. It was a hit of course, but I am afraid that Elmo-mania has officially hit out house. Within that short amount of time, she now asks on a regular basis for "Melmo" & will even go to the extent to bring us the remote or a DVD to speed up the process. Don't get me wrong, it is very fun to watch her enjoy something, and I can really enjoy some of the time it keeps her occupied. But I can also see how this can become a slippery slope to a couch potato life. So for the time being "He who shall not be named" is only allowed at 6am (when we are struggling to wake up) or while I fix dinner. We'll see how this goes.....

Family Time!!

We have been on the go lately, traveling to visit family 2 weekends in a row. First we went to see my family in  Alabama for baby Lily's baptism and Evan's 2nd birthday. It was a great time playing with all the cousins and seeing Nonnie & Papa. She even got to ride in her own seat on the plane! The next weekend we drove to Kingsport, TN for Matt's uncle's wedding. We got to see much of the Freeman clan while there. It was a fun busy 2 weeks and we are happy to be home!

Book Lover

Charlotte is really getting into books these days. She likes to be read to, but even more, she likes to pull every book off of her shelves and read them herself. Her favorites are:

Bad Dog Marley

Little White Fish Counts Up to 11

Where's Spot?

The Farm

Raindrop, Plop!

Cousins

Matt's sister Ashley and her family stopped in town on their way to Disney, and we got to spend some time playing with baby Conner. They had a good time together, and I think Charlotte's highlight of the night was getting to push a real baby in her stroller. Conner was a good sport!

18 month check-up

We went to see Dr. Lana last Thursday for Charlotte's 18 month check-up. When I saw her stats, I thought she hadn't grown a bit, but now that a look back at my post from her 15 month check-up, I see that she has grown, but just a little! As Dr. Lana says, "She was a big baby!" but she sure has slowed down in her growth. At 18 months, Charlotte's stats are:

Weight- 23 lbs 7 oz (48th %)

Height- 32" (65th %)

Head circumference- 46 cm (27th %)

The best news of all was that she got her last vaccination. No more until she is 5 years old!!