One small step for man; One giant leap for mankind

Charlotte took five steps toward me today! I knew it was coming soon because she has been trying really hard to walk lately. She usually comes charging at us like a mad bull and unfortunately gravity takes over and because of her big noggin leaning forward, she bites the dust. Today I was in the living room working on the paperwork for her new daycare and she was busy climbing on top of the suit case. She managed to climb on top and sit there. I was watching her from afar curious to see how she was going to get herself down. She shimmied to the edge, thought for a minute, and then turned herself around. As soon as she got off she stood up and then took five wobbly steps toward me. Tears filled my eyes from all the excitement. I gave her a huge hug and she just giggled in my arms. My baby is growing up so fast.

Pumpkin Picking

Our veggie share had a thing this weekend that if you went down to the farm, you could get a free pumpkin. And anyone that knows me knows that I love anything that is free! So after a morning of chillaxing and eating some scrumptious pumpkin waffles, we headed down to Wellington and set out to find our "Great Pumpkin." Charlotte boarded her radio flyer and we hit the bumpy terrain.Not after long, we found a great sized fat pumpkin.




I told Kayu to plop C on top of one of the pumpkins to get a picture. Luckily Kayu looked first, because there was a massive spider hanging out on the pumpkin. Eeek!



While on the lookout for a second pumpkin, drops of rain scattered around us. We decided to be troopers and keep looking around. Not more than a few minutes later, a torrential downpour came down. We grabbed a pumpkin and booked it back to the car. Poor C had her head in the nook of my arm to try avoiding the soaking rain. If I wasn't afraid of getting my camera wet, I would have gotten some pictures of our crazy family running around in the rain to get the perfect pumpkin.

Fashion statement

Yesterday Kayu went into Charlotte's room to get her out of her crib in the morning. I heard him laughing hysterically and he came out with Charlotte looking like this...



Apparently our little baby is trying to make a fashion statement. The off the shoulder look is coming back!

I went in there this morning to get her and she did the same thing again. Silly baby.

What can C do?

Charlotte is now into....

* Chasing the cats around and trying to pounce on them. Usually they are too fast for her.
* Standing for a few seconds on her own. She is getting more and more confident.
* Giving big open mouthed slobbery kisses.
* Shaking her little booty and dancing.
* Sticking her tongue out. Brandy says that Abigail does it all the time...so I am guessing that is where she gets it from.
* Putting food in her mouth and then spitting it out to look at it.
* Throwing a fit when she can't have her way. She usually rips something out of my hand if I tell her she can't have it.
* Sitting on Fergi's dog bed
* Climbing up the stairs and scooting off the couch by herself
* I forgot to add that she likes to sing. When the radio is playing, she softly babbles to herself. It is really cute.
* Today she saw me throwing a ball in the air. Her way of throwing is putting her hand straight up in the air and letting the ball go.

Bye Bye BaBa?

Stubborn like her Mommy, Charlotte has given us a lot of issues with drinking her bottles. Around 8 months she decided she wanted nothing to do with the bottle and refused to drink more than ounce at a time. It was like pulling teeth just to get her to drink it. She also never wanted to hold her bottle on her own even though she was fully capable of doing so. As soon as she realized she had her chubby hands wrapped around it and no one was holding it for her, she would immediately drop it. Now Charlotte loves her bottles. She drinks 5 ounces at a time and thinks she is a cool kid holding her own bottle and playing with it. Slight problemo. We had planned on weaning her from the bottle at a year old and switching her completely to sippy cups. But now that she looks so cute holding her own bottle, I don't know if I want her to stop drinking out of her bottle =(

Check Up

We received a one year check-up questionnaire that we are supposed to fill out before Charlotte's one year appointment. One of the question asks....After she watches you hide a small toy under a piece of paper or cloth, does your baby find it? We tried this activity to see what Charlotte would do. Kayu placed a toy under a piece of fabric and what did Charlotte do? She grabbed the piece of fabric and gleamed like she won the lottery. And what did Kayu do? He shook his head in disappointment. A couple of tries later she finally picked up the toy and her dad loved her again. I told Charlotte that she is Asian and she is supposed to be smart. Kayu's response....she is only HALF Asian...the other half is blonde. Sorry to ruin your smart genes Charlotte.

Happy Birthday Sweet Baby

It is hard to fathom that Charlotte is a one year old today. It seems like just yesterday that they handed me my petite baby girl. Kayu and I must have looked at each other and thought what do we do now with this little being that is now ours. It is crazy to think back to all the obstacles that we faced as parents. From the trials of breastfeeding, to the scare of jaundice and Charlotte being hooked up to I.V's, to being away from the munchkin due to work...I look back fondly at all the hard times and am proud to say that we all survived!

My scrawny chicken legged baby is now a chub-a-wub that is full of adorable giggles. She is a little spunky baby that know what she wants in life.

Happy Birthday Charlotte Lian Ng. Thank you for bringing such an overwhelming amount of joy into our lives. We love you so very much.