Goofy Girl

Springy

Spring is here...I hope! It is SO nice to see some sunshine today. We went to the park AND played outside in the backyard already today. I've missed it and I'm really ready for a new season. Never thought that I was that affected by the changing of seasons but this year, I'm reconsidering. Hope it's sunny where you are!

Signs

Yea!! Charlotte is finally picking up some sign language. This is HUGE! It is so fun to watch her communicate with us by signing back to us or using her signs to tell us what she wants. So far, the signs she has used include: all done, more, hi, dog, and water. Her sign for water is super cute! Here is a picture of her signing for more cookie...


Unforunately, she's having an allergic reaction right now to one of 2 things, either peanut butter or her antibiotic. We're hoping for the antibiotic since it's a bit easier to manager her exposure to that. As you can see, she broke out in hives everywhere and pretty much looks like a lepor, poor baby! We're giving her tons of benedryl which means she/us are getting tons of rest :) We have an allergist appointment in a few weeks to help us determine what she's allergic to. Hopefully things will be back to normal again soon.

One Year

You're probably wondering why on Feb. 26 I posted something about fondue and Valentine's Day instead of something about the birth of our child a year ago (since all posts are about that now), and well...I'm behind, that's why. Well, sort of anyway. We did celebrate with a great visit from my sister Luci who graciously drove down from Baltimore (again) and only got to stay til Sunday morning. Since Charlotte was sick the week before with rsv (and I have a feeling I have now re-infected her as of yesterday) we postponed a little get together we were going to have with our friends the Womacks and the Jenkins. I was thinking a small little mexican fiesta complete with a pinata for the adults and four year old (what else for a one year old's birthday?!). Instead we did it this past weekend, only my desire for fajitas had been satisfied and I wanted something a little more classy (cause you know, that's really what we are). Anyway, we grilled some steaks and had Cara's can't-be-beat salad, roasted veggies, and homemade rolls along with some choice wine, thanks Womacks! Then it was time for Charlotte's moment where she would fully and officially enjoy processed sugar for the first time while we watched! Instead of getting her the goods from our local bakery though, I just whipped up some pumpkin muffins and slapped some cream cheese frosting on them. Classy, like I said. Enjoy the pictures...