Charlotte after nap crib antics 5/9: http://youtu.be/eBNDAqQ3mCs

Babbling Zander: http://youtu.be/mtwc7VsKQsc

You’ve really got a hold on me: http://youtu.be/DvHBV3w7GiU

I’ve nicknamed Zander “Fatticus”…As in Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.

It fits… Just look at his double chin and chubby cheeks

We begin with a typical quiet moment where she is contemplating what to get into next.  She had already accomplished removing the pieces from the puzzle beneath her feet.

And…she’s off!!

Lunch occurs sometime later

We continue later on in the week…we steal a nice moment between her and Otis

Then we run some errands.  Mommy’s sunglasses are always a good distraction.

time for some outside playtime which always includes some independent walking

See how they gaze at each other on our nightly walks?

Getting ready a few mornings later to cuddle up to Otis. He was not in the mood.

That night I moved her high chair into the living room so she could watch frozen. Otis waits patiently during every meal for her to drop a morsel or 5.

After her bath, she sits with Kali in the recliner and watches some more of her new favorite movie before bed time.

It’s an even split between Frozen and Tangled. Frozen is disneys take on The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson and Tangled is their take on Rapunzel.

Yesterday, I turned an empty box of diapers over for her to use as a table. 

Then for lunch. .. she had steak.  Even though I gave her smaller pieces to eat, she grabbed the big slice and went to town. I think she likes to gnaw on steak when her teeth are coming in.  Plus… it’s steak.

You can bet Otis was laying at her feet the entire time.

Last night she waited me out. Her crib is in our bedroom.  We like heading the kids closeby. I put her to bed at 8. Lysander and I came to bed at 10 and there she was…sitting patiently for us.  I put Zander down and started to get into bed when she started the most pathetic, tortuous cry. .did I give in? Of course I did.

Last night was worth this morning in pictures.

she’s always taken her blanket with her when she leaves her crib, but this giant bear makes the journey now as well.

This is how charlotte hides food for the dogs to eat from her high chair after she is finished eating. 

Lysander playing: http://youtu.be/zVwHxaeccmA

BJ’s Wholesale brought these awesome carts out of storage the other day and it is so funny to watch the little kids wave to each other as they drive past each other down the aisles.

Charlotte had a TON OF FUN. I checked on her every time I thought I heard her cry but she was just squealing with delight.