Friday, October 23, 2009
Monkey Melt Down!
Let's not forget how well Charlotte embraced Halloween last year! She did NOT like that monkey costume! But, she let us suit her up on Halloween night, and just before she was about to head outside... Brian reminded her that she needed her hat on to go outside - so he quickly pulled the hood part of the costume up, from behind her, and she thought it was her "hat". Worked for me!! From Monkey Melt Down to Charlie Monkey! She was cute!
Halloween Sneak Peek!
Charlie Girl is obsessed with Princess Jasmine! She says she is going to be "Halloween Jasmine". She's never seen Aladdin, so I have no idea where she gets this true love...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Yay!! New Look!
Loving my new look! Thanks to my ultra savvy blog friends, I now can look not so typical - I don't do well with typical :) Now if only I could figure out how to decorate with lots of fun things that I see on other blogs, I would be in business! Why do I suddenly feel like I'm back on my maternity leave creating a myspace page with swimming fish and andy warhol pics? That I never touched again after I went back to work :)
At least it's a start...
At least it's a start...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Daddy's Girl!
The video above is a quick preview of my Daddy's Girl! Charlotte things the sun, moon and stars revolve around her Daddy! She loves him so!!! And while there are times when I wish she adored me like this, or even perhaps when my feelings have been hurt (because I'm a big baby!), I see this special bond and just MELT! They are two peas in a pod and just one in the same - and she wants everyone to know that she's a Daddy's Girl!! And how lucky am I to have a husband that is not only a great husband, but a great Daddy too!
Monday, October 19, 2009
So, who is this Charlie Girl anyway?!
Charlotte Jane Dean -
Charlotte = my Grandma (Charlotte Katherine) and my mom (Charlotte Lynn - goes by Lynn)
Jane = Brian's mom's middle name (Cythina Jane). And they have the same initials, CJD!
Brian and I had a heck of a time trying to come up with names when we found out we were pregnant. If Charlotte had been a boy, she still might be unnamed! But, when we realized we had pretty good family names to work with and came up with Charlotte Jane, very early on... that was it! We loved it and it stuck! And we never looked back. We told everyone at Thanksgiving that we were having a girl - and that her name would be Charlotte Jane Dean.
Only problem... Charlotte is a pretty big name for a little girl. Little did we know how big our little girl would end up being, but it was intimidating naming this little itty bitty baby (oh, who are we kidding - those words certainly did not describe her as a newborn - again, little did we know...) such a big name. It's nine letters, old-fashioned, and found on practically nothing!! Poor kid is going to grow up without name barrettes like I did as a kid! Brittany was not common, and hard to find. And there's nothing better than when someone tells us their mother / grandmother / great-grandmother's name was Charlotte or Jane.... just what you want for your sweet little unborn baby!! :) But, we knew we loved it! We knew it was strong, very special to us, and she was named after all of her Grandma's! We were moving ahead full-throttle!
So, Brian started calling her Charlie! Perfect nickname - short and sweet. A bit more kid-friendly and not your great-grandma's name. In fact, most of her time spend in utero she was Charlie. Or Baby Charlie, as her cousins called her. We never called her Charlotte. But, then we met her and realized she had a personality bigger than life and could sustain that Charlotte name, no problem. She was born at 9lbs 11 oz, outweighed all of the other babies in the nursery by 2+ lbs (all boys), and screamed her head off. She was evicted from the hospital nursery twice for disturbing the peace! She was CHARLOTTE JANE and here to tell her story!! And then on those content moments, rare as they might be... she was still Baby Charlie.
And the Girl - well, I don't know exactly how it came to be, but I remember being on maternity leave and it was one of those 4:00 pm hours, when I was desperately waiting for Brian to come home to take a turn with the baby. One of those days when sleep was so passe and yesteryear to an infant... and I just realized that I had met my match. This girl was going to trump me in more ways than I could ever imagine! This girl, my Charlie Girl, was a serious force to be reckoned with!
And she still is! :)
Charlotte = my Grandma (Charlotte Katherine) and my mom (Charlotte Lynn - goes by Lynn)
Jane = Brian's mom's middle name (Cythina Jane). And they have the same initials, CJD!
Brian and I had a heck of a time trying to come up with names when we found out we were pregnant. If Charlotte had been a boy, she still might be unnamed! But, when we realized we had pretty good family names to work with and came up with Charlotte Jane, very early on... that was it! We loved it and it stuck! And we never looked back. We told everyone at Thanksgiving that we were having a girl - and that her name would be Charlotte Jane Dean.
Only problem... Charlotte is a pretty big name for a little girl. Little did we know how big our little girl would end up being, but it was intimidating naming this little itty bitty baby (oh, who are we kidding - those words certainly did not describe her as a newborn - again, little did we know...) such a big name. It's nine letters, old-fashioned, and found on practically nothing!! Poor kid is going to grow up without name barrettes like I did as a kid! Brittany was not common, and hard to find. And there's nothing better than when someone tells us their mother / grandmother / great-grandmother's name was Charlotte or Jane.... just what you want for your sweet little unborn baby!! :) But, we knew we loved it! We knew it was strong, very special to us, and she was named after all of her Grandma's! We were moving ahead full-throttle!
So, Brian started calling her Charlie! Perfect nickname - short and sweet. A bit more kid-friendly and not your great-grandma's name. In fact, most of her time spend in utero she was Charlie. Or Baby Charlie, as her cousins called her. We never called her Charlotte. But, then we met her and realized she had a personality bigger than life and could sustain that Charlotte name, no problem. She was born at 9lbs 11 oz, outweighed all of the other babies in the nursery by 2+ lbs (all boys), and screamed her head off. She was evicted from the hospital nursery twice for disturbing the peace! She was CHARLOTTE JANE and here to tell her story!! And then on those content moments, rare as they might be... she was still Baby Charlie.
And the Girl - well, I don't know exactly how it came to be, but I remember being on maternity leave and it was one of those 4:00 pm hours, when I was desperately waiting for Brian to come home to take a turn with the baby. One of those days when sleep was so passe and yesteryear to an infant... and I just realized that I had met my match. This girl was going to trump me in more ways than I could ever imagine! This girl, my Charlie Girl, was a serious force to be reckoned with!
And she still is! :)
Fresh flowers.... mmmm!
Who doesn't love fresh flowers? I remember Brian and I always had fresh flowers in our apartment in DC. We bought them every Friday on our way home from work (or happy hour :) ) on the streetcorners - gracefully wrapped in newspaper... no wonder they only cost $5! How very European of us?! :)
Anyway, I have fresh flowers on my desk from my dear sweet hubby! He sent me flowers for our fourth wedding anniversary last week... only four years, one might say - but, we've been together since 1999, so really it's a decade! TEN YEARS is much more impacting then just lovey dovey four... heck, four years is just childs play! :)
We had a great anniversary!! Brian took the day off, and I took a half day. We went to lunch at our favorite Italian joint, then took in an afternoon movie. Pick up boos together and then proceeded to enjoy a typical Thursday night with Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and a no-napping toddler that was a bear to put to sleep!!
So... thank you honey for the past decade of bliss, and my fresh flowers!!
Love you!
Anyway, I have fresh flowers on my desk from my dear sweet hubby! He sent me flowers for our fourth wedding anniversary last week... only four years, one might say - but, we've been together since 1999, so really it's a decade! TEN YEARS is much more impacting then just lovey dovey four... heck, four years is just childs play! :)
We had a great anniversary!! Brian took the day off, and I took a half day. We went to lunch at our favorite Italian joint, then took in an afternoon movie. Pick up boos together and then proceeded to enjoy a typical Thursday night with Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and a no-napping toddler that was a bear to put to sleep!!
So... thank you honey for the past decade of bliss, and my fresh flowers!!
Love you!
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