Hanging around

  She has turned everything into a purse.  If she can slip her little arm through a hole in something, she carries it around like a purse.

Grocery basket

Toy bucket

Kindle case

Her swimming suit

Momma's sandal

Mammie

Mammie is staying with us for a week.  Charlotte has a blast with Mammie.  

Lately Charlotte has been doing this high pitched screaming (it is pretty obnoxious).  She walks around the house making this noise.  Mammie said in a very sweet voice, "oh very nice Charlotte.  Are you practicing for Walmart?" Then the next day when she was doing it again, Mammie said, "oh charlotte that is beautiful...is that 'Walmart in B flat'?"  

 Mammie says, "you are so sweet.  I gotta stick around long enough to teach you to cuss."

 Mammie showed Charlotte that she can help in the kitchen by pulling a chair up.  Now anytime I am doing something in the kitchen Charlotte is grunting and puffing to drag her chair over.

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We have taken so many pictures of Charlotte that our storage capacity has maxed out on iPhoto.  There are new pictures of her, but they are safely being stored on my camera until I find a way to get more pictures on my computer.

Also, I would like to note that I am not pregnant.  This Friday a co-worker said, "it is Friday, be happy."  Another chimed in and said, "a three day weekend even!"  I think I grunted at them....it is the civil thing to do.  The first said, "you really should cheer up."  This time I grunted with a glare.  She asked, "what is your deal?  Are you pregnant or something?  You are always in a pissy mood lately."
Nope....not pregnant.  I laughed about it and realized I probably needed a vacation.  Then I came home and recounted the story to Rich and he said, "oh good it's not just me..."  Now, at this point I SWEAR he paused to decide how to proceed.  He swears there was NO pause and he completed the statement "....that is always in a bad mood."

To all who are getting to enjoy our not-so-sunshiny attitude lately, I apologize.  We are happy...really we are... but trying to decide what to do with your future while still living in a very busy present is hard work.  Sometimes I am grouchy.  Sometimes Rich is grouchy.  Charlotte really likes Sesame Street and Oscar is grouchy.  Luckily, she loves all of us.