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Making Moves

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Our little Charlie Girl spent the week mastering the art of standing. Anywhere and everywhere. Stand, stand, stand.

This morning while I watched her play, I noticed her standing up, resting her weight on her plastic lego bin, pushing it around… AKA ASSISTED WALKING! Instantly, I grabbed her little push walker thing.

I pointed to the toy and she quickly grabbed the handle, pulled herself up and started pushing it… assisted pushing. I have to put some weight on the opposite side of the walker, otherwise I think she’d fall flat on the ground like a pancake.

Of course, my wheels started turning… how can I catch this on video? So, I set up my camera, moved her back a bit and let her go!

As a warning… there are whiney tears. I swear these are a result of her being ready for a nap… not of her mother forcing her to walk with the walker toy 🙂

A wonderful evening

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Last night, the fam and I had an awesome night. When Charlie and I got home from work, we grabbed Toby and took a nice long walk. Then, daddy came and met up with us for the tail end.

Charlie insisted on being the one to walk Toby. She literally didn’t let go of the leash for a second…

   
               

After our walk, we fed Charlie dinner and kept her up late to play 🙂

  
Once Charlotte was down for the night, it was time for a little mommy/daddy date. We are delicious salmon tacos, sipped wine and enjoyed the peaceful sounds of birds and wildlife in the backyard.

   
 

It was a great night!

Xo

My Baby Stands… Regularly

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What the heck!! Charlotte is getting so big, so fast! I’m freaking out. 

This morning, after about 10 minutes of trying, she stood up in her crib! And then, started crying because she couldn’t get down…

  
Then, when I was putting her down for her first nap this morning, she did it again. I laid her down on her back and instantly she rolled over and hopped to her feet where she stood until I grabbed her and laid her back down.

Apparently, she just wanted to hang out and play all morning…   

  

Charlotte’s Lunch was Bigger Than Mine

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She ate ALL of this plus a meatball, a zucchini spear and a potato!

I swear, I’m not exaggerating. The tiny one ate 2 chicken Apple meatballs, 5.5 Rosemary fingerling potatoes, and 5 giant spears of steamed zucchini (aka over half a large zucchini)… I had a salad.

Clearly she gets her love of food from Mark and I, because this girl can literally take down a meal.

As for the recipes…

 

Chicken meatballs

I cheated with the meatballs. I bought 1 lb of ground Apple chicken sausage from the outpost (made with all whole food ingredients) and added…

1 shredded zucchini (gotta make sure this chickidee gets her veggies)

1/2 – 1 cup whole wheat breadcrumbs

I mixed it all up and rolled into 1″ balls

Cook on a lined baking sheet for 20 minutes at 350 degrees

 

Steamed Zucchini

I just cut however zucchinis I’m cooking in half and then into quarters lengthwise

Boil about an inch of water, plop zucchini in your steamer basket over the boiling pot of water, cover and let steam for about 8-10 minutes.

DONE! And she LOVES them…

 

Rosemary Fingerling Potatoes

Again, talk about simple…

1 bag of fingerling potatoes washed

Toss with:

1-2 tablespoons olive oil

Salt & Pepper to taste

2 Pinches of Rosemary

Bake at 425 degrees for 40 minutes

Baby Giggles

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I know, I know… another video from yesterday… BUT, she was just on yesterday. She had her cuteness in full effect and was melting my heart left and right.

This last video is from the half hour or so before our nighttime routine. We had just finished dinner and were playing in her room. She was being such a goof… dragging her little head on the ground, laughing at everything… pretty much just being adorable.

My mom would refer to her mood as being “punchy,” which pretty much equates to goofball.

Enjoy!