All About the Girly Girl

Timothy has decided that he doesn't like having his picture taken, so I just really don't have any pictures of him from this past week. Charlotte, on the other hand, will sit and smile all day long for me, so I get lots of pictures of her! Just thought I would give a little update on life in our house.

Timothy started back to school last week and has really been doing well there this month. His teachers tell me every time that he's had a good day and he seems to be remembering things better, like recognizing letters and numbers and even the sounds that some of the letters make. He's also drastically improved his manners lately, not sure what the reason for the change is, but I welcome it! We're still working on treating his sister nicely, not sure why he can't figure that one out, but oh well, I'm sure it won't really get any better or worse for a long time!

Charlotte seems to be changing every day. She is talking so much more now and we regularly hear "bye bye", "nite nite", "baby", "tweet tweet", "ruff ruff", "dada", "timothy (tu-tee)", "water", "drink", "please", and her personal favorite "NO NO". She is the queen of "no". She is so cute when she says please though, I'll try to get it on video. She loves to find her belly button and her eyes and nose. She LOVES her babies lately too, and that's pretty much all she plays with. She puts them in the stroller, for rocks them, she feeds them, she invites them to her tea parties, she wraps them in blankets and tells them nite nite, it's so sweet to watch her with them. She also still loves to read books and will just bring one to you and turn around and plop down in your lap. She has learned how to climb onto the couches, so we have to be careful now! Crazy to think she'll be 18 months old next month!

Anyway, just wanted to give a little update on our lives here. Not too much going on, just trying to get back into routine after the holidays, trying to get the house organized, and trying to get these kids back on a schedule!! I'm looking forward to this month because not only did it mean the start of Ladies Bible Class, which I look forward to every week, but I also have Mentoring Moms in a couple weeks and then our church Ladies Retreat at the end of the month...AND, since my mom is in town, we've already gotten to go on one date and hopefully can squeeze in another before the month is over!! Life is good here, we are blessed!!