It's been a while since we posted anything, but not too much has been going on. Charli is getting bigger and bigger - it seems like ever since I told the doctor I thought she was starving all the time, she has been much more satisfied in the evenings and I think she weighs more. This is probably all completely in my head, but what else is new? She is definitely getting bigger though: we have graduated to the next size of diapers, and we moved the harness on the car seat to the next bigger level. She is sitting up better in the stroller and in her little support chair thing, and she smiles a LOT. She doesn't laugh very much, but it's so cute whenever she does.
We've been looking for daycare for the two days a week that the nanny is not here, and it's going slowly but surely. I think we will definitely have someone by maybe next Wednesday, and I guess I will probably have to start working again the following Monday. *sigh* Our nanny starts on Tuesday, which should give me some time to get ready for all the big changes. I have already started to have separation anxiety at the thought of taking Charli somewhere, putting her down, and then driving away. *sob* I have much more sympathy for you now, Mom.
And there are unfortunately no pictures in this blog post, as I am writing it from my brand new laptop (an HP, just like everyone else's - I was just jealous, I guess!), and there are no pictures on here yet. I have to copy them over from my work laptop, which can no longer be used for personal things...
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
happy easter
Happy Easter everyone! It's Charli's first Easter, and she spent the entire day in her pajamas. This is not to say that we didn't do anything - we did lots of things; we just did them with Charli in her pajamas. It's so great to be a baby.
Travelling backwards in tiiiiiiime...
Today we went to a lovely breakfast with Jason and Tracey and Charli at the table, then we to Jason and Tracy's house to see how it was coming along. They have found a new contractor who is actually doing the remodel, rather than the one they initially hired who basically swindled them out of a pile of money. The house looks great - roof on, recessed lighting in, lots of cabling... Charli inspected the blueprints, and they look alright to her.
Yesterday we went up to Santa Rosa to drop Mom and Dad off for the drive home. Mom's visit was not long enough to satisfy the Charli addiction, so she was weeping as they drove off. They also accidentally left us some of their farmer's market loot that they meant to eat on the drive home - oops! We are making good use of it. :) While we were in Santa Rosa, Georgia took some molds of Charli's hands and feet, and she is going to try to make us some casts of Charli's 4-month old extremities. Charli was not too sure what to make of this process, but I'm excited to see how it turns out. She was wiggly, so the molds might not have set right, but it would be cool if they did.
Friday we went to Pacifica with Mom and Dad to see how it might be to, say, live there. Apparently a long time ago (before we knew what we were talking about), we told Mom and Dad that they could live there when they came out to California, because it was cheaper than living in the city. Now (when we know more about what we're talking about), we can't believe we ever said that, but we went to go look anyway. 
As expected, it IS cheaper than buying in SF, but not significantly so. It was a fun trip, though - I had no idea how close Pacifica actually is. It takes about 20 minutes to drive there, and it's a cute little seaside town that extends for several miles down the coast, with each mile approximately kind of being it's own little neighborhood. We looked at a few of the neighborhoods, watched some people go crab fishing, picked up some real 
estate info just to taunt ourselves, and had some coffee. Charli, as she always does when near the ocean, slept the entire time (I think this was left over from the shots). Then we found the Segway store! How cool! We all tried them out, and it turns out they do tours in Golden Gate Park. Now I want to go on one (maybe we can check it out while Brian's family is here), although I am not sure whether or not they would let us go with a baby. They're so fun! They resemble the new stroller...
Also, I forgot to mention it before, but there are new pictures on the website.
And here's something exciting to sign off:
Travelling backwards in tiiiiiiime...
Today we went to a lovely breakfast with Jason and Tracey and Charli at the table, then we to Jason and Tracy's house to see how it was coming along. They have found a new contractor who is actually doing the remodel, rather than the one they initially hired who basically swindled them out of a pile of money. The house looks great - roof on, recessed lighting in, lots of cabling... Charli inspected the blueprints, and they look alright to her.
Yesterday we went up to Santa Rosa to drop Mom and Dad off for the drive home. Mom's visit was not long enough to satisfy the Charli addiction, so she was weeping as they drove off. They also accidentally left us some of their farmer's market loot that they meant to eat on the drive home - oops! We are making good use of it. :) While we were in Santa Rosa, Georgia took some molds of Charli's hands and feet, and she is going to try to make us some casts of Charli's 4-month old extremities. Charli was not too sure what to make of this process, but I'm excited to see how it turns out. She was wiggly, so the molds might not have set right, but it would be cool if they did.
Friday we went to Pacifica with Mom and Dad to see how it might be to, say, live there. Apparently a long time ago (before we knew what we were talking about), we told Mom and Dad that they could live there when they came out to California, because it was cheaper than living in the city. Now (when we know more about what we're talking about), we can't believe we ever said that, but we went to go look anyway. 
As expected, it IS cheaper than buying in SF, but not significantly so. It was a fun trip, though - I had no idea how close Pacifica actually is. It takes about 20 minutes to drive there, and it's a cute little seaside town that extends for several miles down the coast, with each mile approximately kind of being it's own little neighborhood. We looked at a few of the neighborhoods, watched some people go crab fishing, picked up some real 
estate info just to taunt ourselves, and had some coffee. Charli, as she always does when near the ocean, slept the entire time (I think this was left over from the shots). Then we found the Segway store! How cool! We all tried them out, and it turns out they do tours in Golden Gate Park. Now I want to go on one (maybe we can check it out while Brian's family is here), although I am not sure whether or not they would let us go with a baby. They're so fun! They resemble the new stroller...Also, I forgot to mention it before, but there are new pictures on the website.
And here's something exciting to sign off:
Saturday, March 22, 2008
stroller saga
And now, the stroller.
As you know, Brian and I, well... we don't really plan ahead very much. Charli was no exception. When I went into labor, we didn't have the hospital bag packed. The nursery wasn't even really started, except we had bought a changing table. I had just found out that gliders take 8 - 12 weeks to order, and they're ALL ordered. Mom got us a nice, big stroller at a garage sale, and that was just fine. It had lots of wheels, we got a carseat that clicked into it, I took it all around the city; everything was great. Until I took it into Tartine's. That little bakery, so yummy... I go in there anytime I walk by and there is no line (is it good or bad that that does not happen too often?). Well, I got the stroller in fine, since there was no line. But I couldn't get out, because by that time there was a big line, and the tables are always packed. I had to ask just about every single person to move themselves and/or their chairs. Very embarassing.
Well, clearly I needed to follow some advice I'd read, and get a second, smaller stroller, for use when I needed more maneuverability or less weight or smaller size. So I started doing some research. Wow! I had never looked before, because Mom got me the stroller several months before I was due. There are some seriously cool strollers out now! And some RIDICULOUSLY expensive ones. Good lord, how much does a person want to spend on a stroller anyway? Geez (although their promo videos are quite fun to watch).
Anyway, there were so many strollers, it became obvious I needed to get serious about things. Enter: spreadsheet. This is the final version (and only the top page), after several revisions. I love spreadsheets; everything just sums up so nicely. There was one stroller on there that had all the features I wanted, and they had it at a store within walking distance! So Dad and I went to try it out, and unfortunately, it didn't drive well. To use a term from another mother: it had no "push". So then we went to Citikids. Citikids has samples of at least 30 single strollers, maybe 40. They have a lot of strollers. We were overwhelmed, even with my spreadsheet (on sight of which, the guy who was helping us accused me of being an accountant, which I hotly denied). We drove everything, including the "good lord, who would buy a stroller this expensive" models, just out of curiosity. The guy was so nice (except for that accountant crack); he demoed everything for us. I asked him if there were any idiots who actually bought those $900 strollers (there are multiple brands), and he said, well, yes, and it WAS a kind of ridiculous price for a stroller. Anyway, we really liked a $300 model, the Baby Jogger City Mini - full recline, folds up awesome, really maneuverable, great push... The only problem was that you seriously could not get to the basket, and it was easy to tip backwards, so you couldn't hang things on the handles. That was almost a non-starter for me. So we continued to drive everything around, including the Bugaboo Cameleon and the Stokke Xplory (this one has the coolest feature - a height adjustable seat!), both totally out of my range, and the Quinny Buzz and and Bugaboo Bee and Mutsy 4Rider Light, out of my range but getting closer all the time, and still the City Mini, which was completely within range and only had one tiny little (BIG) thing wrong with it. We closed down Citikids and went home to think.
It's a dangerous thing, that going home to think. I sat at home and thought: that Stokke Xplory sure had great push...
The next day, we went back to Citikids, where I took yet another hour to rationalize getting a completely outrageously overpriced stroller. That's right, friends: yesterday I asked the salesclerk if there were any fools out there who bought this particular stroller; today I was that fool. Except... I wasn't! Turns out they had just stopped keeping the Stokke Xplory in stock, and they had sold the last one the day before, and now they were all done on special order (4 - 6 weeks to deliver). So I went home, disappointed and unfulfilled and with a pile of money burning a hole in my pocket.
This, of course, required all kinds of additions to the spreadsheet. Now that an Xplory was actually within range, anything was possible. I took a closer look at the Bugaboo Cameleons, as well as the Orbit - none of the 3 had previously been on my spreadsheet, because I was not even considering something that expensive. Besides, working on the spreadsheet was a lot like shopping, which helped to assuage the disappointment of not getting what I want.
There was a potential light at the end of my tunnel, though, because I had an appointment set up the next day at Let's Go Strolling, a store that specializes in what, and which is only open by appointment. Of course, they have a pile of strollers to try out, including all the high end ones. It's run by 2 mothers, and they try out all the strollers, and they are really nice and really informative and you can play with everything, and they don't mind if you break the floor model (No! I didn't! But one was ALREADY broken, and they just acknowledged that as a danger of the showroom). Appointments are for an hour, but we spent 2 hours there. Yes, I am insane. So I drove around another Stokke and I was going to get it (Dad had to call Mom, to tell her what was happening), when there was an 11th hour contender - the UppaBaby Vista! It had all the features I wanted (other than the height adjustable seat, which no other stroller has), and it was hundreds of dollars cheaper. Great push (not quite as good as the Stokke, but come on), easier to adjust all the things you want to adjust, and did I mention hundreds of dollars cheaper? So I decided to get that one instead. Dad had to call Mom back and tell her what was happening again.
Except... I couldn't do it. I was in love with the Stokke. I love the height adjustable seat. It's the best thing. I also love how it drives - it definitely had the best push. And it looks really cool. So I got it anyway. Dad had to call Mom back again, and tell her what was happening. Again.
So now the stroller saga is over, and we have a new stroller, a red Stokke Xplory, and it is AWESOME. It sits at the table. It is super maneuverable - lighter, narrower, and shorter than our old stroller. It doesn't fold down very small or very easily, but it's comparable to the one I have (in size - the old one was really easy to fold), and I can actually get it in and out of the car myself, which was really hard with our old one. It has the best push. It fits our carseat. I was going to come up with a name for it, but nothing seemed to fit, so we simply call it Charli's ride, and I will soon be pimping it. And without further ado, here is Charli's new ride:
See, she loves it. So it's all worth it. :)
Honestly, none of this solves my Tartine's problem anyway. Tartine's is just not built for strollers, much like Bi-Rite. It's just a Moby sort of place, no matter how small your stroller is. But, you know, any port in a storm...
As you know, Brian and I, well... we don't really plan ahead very much. Charli was no exception. When I went into labor, we didn't have the hospital bag packed. The nursery wasn't even really started, except we had bought a changing table. I had just found out that gliders take 8 - 12 weeks to order, and they're ALL ordered. Mom got us a nice, big stroller at a garage sale, and that was just fine. It had lots of wheels, we got a carseat that clicked into it, I took it all around the city; everything was great. Until I took it into Tartine's. That little bakery, so yummy... I go in there anytime I walk by and there is no line (is it good or bad that that does not happen too often?). Well, I got the stroller in fine, since there was no line. But I couldn't get out, because by that time there was a big line, and the tables are always packed. I had to ask just about every single person to move themselves and/or their chairs. Very embarassing.
Well, clearly I needed to follow some advice I'd read, and get a second, smaller stroller, for use when I needed more maneuverability or less weight or smaller size. So I started doing some research. Wow! I had never looked before, because Mom got me the stroller several months before I was due. There are some seriously cool strollers out now! And some RIDICULOUSLY expensive ones. Good lord, how much does a person want to spend on a stroller anyway? Geez (although their promo videos are quite fun to watch).
Anyway, there were so many strollers, it became obvious I needed to get serious about things. Enter: spreadsheet. This is the final version (and only the top page), after several revisions. I love spreadsheets; everything just sums up so nicely. There was one stroller on there that had all the features I wanted, and they had it at a store within walking distance! So Dad and I went to try it out, and unfortunately, it didn't drive well. To use a term from another mother: it had no "push". So then we went to Citikids. Citikids has samples of at least 30 single strollers, maybe 40. They have a lot of strollers. We were overwhelmed, even with my spreadsheet (on sight of which, the guy who was helping us accused me of being an accountant, which I hotly denied). We drove everything, including the "good lord, who would buy a stroller this expensive" models, just out of curiosity. The guy was so nice (except for that accountant crack); he demoed everything for us. I asked him if there were any idiots who actually bought those $900 strollers (there are multiple brands), and he said, well, yes, and it WAS a kind of ridiculous price for a stroller. Anyway, we really liked a $300 model, the Baby Jogger City Mini - full recline, folds up awesome, really maneuverable, great push... The only problem was that you seriously could not get to the basket, and it was easy to tip backwards, so you couldn't hang things on the handles. That was almost a non-starter for me. So we continued to drive everything around, including the Bugaboo Cameleon and the Stokke Xplory (this one has the coolest feature - a height adjustable seat!), both totally out of my range, and the Quinny Buzz and and Bugaboo Bee and Mutsy 4Rider Light, out of my range but getting closer all the time, and still the City Mini, which was completely within range and only had one tiny little (BIG) thing wrong with it. We closed down Citikids and went home to think.It's a dangerous thing, that going home to think. I sat at home and thought: that Stokke Xplory sure had great push...
The next day, we went back to Citikids, where I took yet another hour to rationalize getting a completely outrageously overpriced stroller. That's right, friends: yesterday I asked the salesclerk if there were any fools out there who bought this particular stroller; today I was that fool. Except... I wasn't! Turns out they had just stopped keeping the Stokke Xplory in stock, and they had sold the last one the day before, and now they were all done on special order (4 - 6 weeks to deliver). So I went home, disappointed and unfulfilled and with a pile of money burning a hole in my pocket.
This, of course, required all kinds of additions to the spreadsheet. Now that an Xplory was actually within range, anything was possible. I took a closer look at the Bugaboo Cameleons, as well as the Orbit - none of the 3 had previously been on my spreadsheet, because I was not even considering something that expensive. Besides, working on the spreadsheet was a lot like shopping, which helped to assuage the disappointment of not getting what I want.
There was a potential light at the end of my tunnel, though, because I had an appointment set up the next day at Let's Go Strolling, a store that specializes in what, and which is only open by appointment. Of course, they have a pile of strollers to try out, including all the high end ones. It's run by 2 mothers, and they try out all the strollers, and they are really nice and really informative and you can play with everything, and they don't mind if you break the floor model (No! I didn't! But one was ALREADY broken, and they just acknowledged that as a danger of the showroom). Appointments are for an hour, but we spent 2 hours there. Yes, I am insane. So I drove around another Stokke and I was going to get it (Dad had to call Mom, to tell her what was happening), when there was an 11th hour contender - the UppaBaby Vista! It had all the features I wanted (other than the height adjustable seat, which no other stroller has), and it was hundreds of dollars cheaper. Great push (not quite as good as the Stokke, but come on), easier to adjust all the things you want to adjust, and did I mention hundreds of dollars cheaper? So I decided to get that one instead. Dad had to call Mom back and tell her what was happening again.
Except... I couldn't do it. I was in love with the Stokke. I love the height adjustable seat. It's the best thing. I also love how it drives - it definitely had the best push. And it looks really cool. So I got it anyway. Dad had to call Mom back again, and tell her what was happening. Again.
So now the stroller saga is over, and we have a new stroller, a red Stokke Xplory, and it is AWESOME. It sits at the table. It is super maneuverable - lighter, narrower, and shorter than our old stroller. It doesn't fold down very small or very easily, but it's comparable to the one I have (in size - the old one was really easy to fold), and I can actually get it in and out of the car myself, which was really hard with our old one. It has the best push. It fits our carseat. I was going to come up with a name for it, but nothing seemed to fit, so we simply call it Charli's ride, and I will soon be pimping it. And without further ado, here is Charli's new ride:
See, she loves it. So it's all worth it. :)
Honestly, none of this solves my Tartine's problem anyway. Tartine's is just not built for strollers, much like Bi-Rite. It's just a Moby sort of place, no matter how small your stroller is. But, you know, any port in a storm...
Thursday, March 20, 2008
dad stroller mom shots chocolate applesauce
Whew - it's been a long time since my last post! Every time I've been on the computer since then, I've been obsessed with something else (more on this later)...
After our lovely breakfast (and tortillaflake) at Stacks (right on, Kelly), we went to go pick up my dad at Hal's house in Santa Rosa. He is out visiting for spring break, and he drove the Tiger van out to his brother's house and parked it there. Then we go and get him, and he doesn't have to worry about trying to find somewhere in the city to park the behemoth. This time, unlike all the previous times Dad and Charli have been around each other, Dad was NOT SICK! Hooray! He got to hold Charli right after we got there, no goofy disposable masks necessary!
I had wanted to leave for Santa Rosa early and drop by Citikids on the way, to look at strollers (this was the aforementioned obsession). However, I took too long researching and we ran out of time to stop, so we just didn't go. I will post the entire stroller saga in another entry - it's just too much to go into here. Summary: Days later, we have a new stroller. I love it. Everyone else is appalled, and you will be too.
After we got the stroller, Mom came out. Poor Mom - her alarm didn't go off the previous morning, and she was so worried about missing her flight, which left at o'early thirty, that she stayed up all night. She's just out for a couple of days, and then she and Dad are driving back to Colorado together, and she was very worried about missing ANY time with Charli. We very much appreciate her sacrifice! Seems to me they should both have flown, and then they could have had an additional day (for mom) or two (for dad) with Charli, but perhaps I am too focused on a single objective...
As soon as Mom got here, we all went to the mother's group together, and then Mom and Dad came with me to Charli's 4 month checkup. Which involved 4 more shots. Poor girl - she is always in such a good mood before we go to the doctor. She never knows what she is in for. *sniff* But, I took a page from Kelly's notebook, and I took the children's tylenol with me to the appointment and gave it to her right before they gave her the shots. 
Dad could still hear her screaming from the waiting room, but she recovered quickly, and she remained happy throughout the rest of the day. These pictures are both from after the appointment. She weighs 12lbs 7oz and is 24" long. The doctor says she is doing great, but I am convinced she is not getting enough to eat - she is always hungry in the evenings, and I have to feed her constantly it seems, and I feel like I have no milk because she's eating all the time. Where is my fat baby? She is now in the 25th percentile for weight and height! So, I asked the doctor if we could start on a little bit of solid food, like applesauce, and he said yes.
Interlude: Before we could implement that applesauce thing, we stopped at CocoaBella on the way home for hot chocolate. I'm happy to report that Charli is perfectly normal as far as chocolate goes. :)
Once we got home, we cooked up some applesauce (from organic apples from Bi-Rite). I wanted to start with applesauce because she still loves apples best - although now I know I could have started her on chocolate as well. A few days earlier I had given her a big piece of apple to suck on, and she was really really liking it, until she realized she couldn't really get anything out of it. She would jam it into her mouth (well, she pushed my hand holding the apple really hard into her mouth), 
lick it and gum it for a few seconds very enthusiastically, and then get mad and cry and push it away. She did this several times, until I felt so bad I just took the apple away and fed her instead. But anyway, it's official: on Thursday, March 20, 2008, Charli had her first solid food, applesauce, and she liked it and ate it all!
After our lovely breakfast (and tortillaflake) at Stacks (right on, Kelly), we went to go pick up my dad at Hal's house in Santa Rosa. He is out visiting for spring break, and he drove the Tiger van out to his brother's house and parked it there. Then we go and get him, and he doesn't have to worry about trying to find somewhere in the city to park the behemoth. This time, unlike all the previous times Dad and Charli have been around each other, Dad was NOT SICK! Hooray! He got to hold Charli right after we got there, no goofy disposable masks necessary!I had wanted to leave for Santa Rosa early and drop by Citikids on the way, to look at strollers (this was the aforementioned obsession). However, I took too long researching and we ran out of time to stop, so we just didn't go. I will post the entire stroller saga in another entry - it's just too much to go into here. Summary: Days later, we have a new stroller. I love it. Everyone else is appalled, and you will be too.
After we got the stroller, Mom came out. Poor Mom - her alarm didn't go off the previous morning, and she was so worried about missing her flight, which left at o'early thirty, that she stayed up all night. She's just out for a couple of days, and then she and Dad are driving back to Colorado together, and she was very worried about missing ANY time with Charli. We very much appreciate her sacrifice! Seems to me they should both have flown, and then they could have had an additional day (for mom) or two (for dad) with Charli, but perhaps I am too focused on a single objective...
As soon as Mom got here, we all went to the mother's group together, and then Mom and Dad came with me to Charli's 4 month checkup. Which involved 4 more shots. Poor girl - she is always in such a good mood before we go to the doctor. She never knows what she is in for. *sniff* But, I took a page from Kelly's notebook, and I took the children's tylenol with me to the appointment and gave it to her right before they gave her the shots. 
Dad could still hear her screaming from the waiting room, but she recovered quickly, and she remained happy throughout the rest of the day. These pictures are both from after the appointment. She weighs 12lbs 7oz and is 24" long. The doctor says she is doing great, but I am convinced she is not getting enough to eat - she is always hungry in the evenings, and I have to feed her constantly it seems, and I feel like I have no milk because she's eating all the time. Where is my fat baby? She is now in the 25th percentile for weight and height! So, I asked the doctor if we could start on a little bit of solid food, like applesauce, and he said yes.Interlude: Before we could implement that applesauce thing, we stopped at CocoaBella on the way home for hot chocolate. I'm happy to report that Charli is perfectly normal as far as chocolate goes. :)
Once we got home, we cooked up some applesauce (from organic apples from Bi-Rite). I wanted to start with applesauce because she still loves apples best - although now I know I could have started her on chocolate as well. A few days earlier I had given her a big piece of apple to suck on, and she was really really liking it, until she realized she couldn't really get anything out of it. She would jam it into her mouth (well, she pushed my hand holding the apple really hard into her mouth), 
lick it and gum it for a few seconds very enthusiastically, and then get mad and cry and push it away. She did this several times, until I felt so bad I just took the apple away and fed her instead. But anyway, it's official: on Thursday, March 20, 2008, Charli had her first solid food, applesauce, and she liked it and ate it all!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Tortilla snowflake!
breakfast this morning, where Charli stayed awake the whole time and
didn't fuss once! We had to wait in line to get in to the restaurant,
but once we finally did we had a wonderful breakfast and we were able
to relax and drink a leisurely coffee or five.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
half crawl
Last night Charli slept for 12 hours. It threw off our whole morning schedule, not to mention I thought she was dead, of course. Now that she can roll over, we often find her sleeping on her stomach, so we're completely SIDS paranoid.
When Charli is awake and rolled over, and before she gets upset about being stuck on her tummy, she works on crawling. She can get her knees up under herself, but until she can get her face off the ground too, I guess it's going to be pretty uncomfortable. :) Her muscles seem to be developing really quickly all of a sudden - all of them except the muscle that keeps all the milk in her stomach, instead of all over the blanket (and me, and the couch, and the floor...).
Also, here's a picture of the mother's group I've been going to. Attendance was low today, because there was also a free movie going on somewhere. Usually there are 6 - 8 babies/moms there, but we had a very quiet group today.
Yesterday we had a lovely webcam session with Grandpa and Mambaw Lawler, and the new laptop is working great. The sound and picture were the best we've had! They got a great view of Charli throwing up all over me. Blech.
p.s. I have posted more pictures of Charli on the website.
When Charli is awake and rolled over, and before she gets upset about being stuck on her tummy, she works on crawling. She can get her knees up under herself, but until she can get her face off the ground too, I guess it's going to be pretty uncomfortable. :) Her muscles seem to be developing really quickly all of a sudden - all of them except the muscle that keeps all the milk in her stomach, instead of all over the blanket (and me, and the couch, and the floor...).
Also, here's a picture of the mother's group I've been going to. Attendance was low today, because there was also a free movie going on somewhere. Usually there are 6 - 8 babies/moms there, but we had a very quiet group today.Yesterday we had a lovely webcam session with Grandpa and Mambaw Lawler, and the new laptop is working great. The sound and picture were the best we've had! They got a great view of Charli throwing up all over me. Blech.
p.s. I have posted more pictures of Charli on the website.
Monday, March 10, 2008
like ringing a bell
Well, Charli has definitely mastered the rolling over - it's like ringing a bell! Only one direction (but she's close on the other side too), and only from the back to the front, but there it is.
She also likes apples quite a lot. I've been letting her lick various things - she wasn't very keen on the banana, but she liked the strawberry. She wasn't very keen on the tomato, or the chicken apple sausage, or the olive. She really didn't like the coffee, or the plain (unsweetened) yogurt. Her favorite is definitely apples - she grabbed my hand the last time I was sharing one with her and tried to stuff it into her mouth, and today she cried whenever Brian would take his away so he could have a bite. :)I've been reading about this infant potty training thing online, in which they tell you that you can start potty training your baby very very early, if you have the dedication. I don't, but I thought I'd give it a try anyway. Unfortunately, I think we missed our best window, and it's clear that I DON'T have the dedication, but I did manage to get her to pee twice in the potty. It was very exciting. I missed the poop every time, though. :(
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