controls and switches

Charli found some controls and switches this weekend. She found the volume control, that's for sure! Everything is done louder now, happy or mad, as all the customers at Mission Beach Cafe can tell you (who, by the way, added biscuits and gravy back onto their menu - yay! Alas, when I tried to order it this morning, they were out of gravy). She also found the 'go to sleep easy' switch, and, unfortunately, turned it off. She napped hardly at all the entire weekend, and only once in her crib. Every other time we tried to put her down for a nap, she cried (screamed - see comment about volume) for about an hour until we finally gave up. In happier news, you can see her teeth in this picture! You might have to click on it to really see them.

We spent most of the weekend finishing up the big work on Charli's room. She's got a sleeping area and a slightly separated play area. We put up some Elfa shelving and took the tv stand out, and now it's pretty much done other than hanging up some hooks and lights and pictures. It looks pretty good, and it's mighty comfortable, and Charli seems to like it. She loves the mirror, and as you can see, she likes to pull the bins off the shelves and take everything out of them. We have moved Charli to her room at an optimal time, since she's discovered the volume control. She is now in the most sound insulated room we've got. The neighbors might not realize it, but they're really happy. :) We also finally managed to get the stairwell gate mounted. Nina will be so proud of us - she's been after me to get the gate up.

Oh, I forgot to mention the funny thing that happened this morning! We were walking back from breakfast and we passed a little girl in a stroller and her mother (?) going the opposite direction. As we passed them, I heard the little girl say, "That's baby Charli! That's baby Charli!" Well of course we had to stop and say, "It IS baby Charli!" Turns out it was Elfi (sp?), one of the little girls that Jillian often plays with when she and Charli and Maria go to the park. Maria's mentioned her several times, so I knew the name. Brian and I thought it was pretty funny that Charli knows people in the neighborhood that we don't know.

This picture has nothing to do with that story.