Sugar Cookies

Charlotte helped me make sugar cookies the other day. She's getting really good at smiling for pictures these days too. She did a pretty good job and didn't even eat any dough. She did eat plenty of cookies once they had frosting on them though. A girl after my own heart... 

 

Ian's Back

Ian came back from his mission to Scotland this week. It was great to see him again. He hadn't seen Charlotte since she was 5 days old, so they've been bonding and making up for lost time. We had a good group there to meet Ian at the airport. Here's a video of him walking in.

 

 

Putting Charlotte to Bed

Charlotte has been having a lot of trouble with going to bed lately. She screams unless someone is in there. We've let her scream it out until she just goes back to her bed a few times. Including last night. We were pretty surprised when she actually stopped crying after only a few minutes. That was at 9pm. Brad and I went to bed at 10:30 and were almost asleep at 10:45 when we heard some piano playing from Charlotte's room next door. Weird, since she was supposed to be asleep. Then we kept hearing it. THIS is what we found...

Let's just say that there are at least 30 books and 15 blankets piled on her bed as well as diapers (clean and dirty), wipes, her changing pad, the cover for that and everything else from her shelf. The funny part is that she looked like she somehow did fall asleep somewhere and woke up and then decided to play the piano.

Queen Anne Hill

I just loves the beautiful views of Seattle. This from Queen Anne Hill. We have been trying to visit every district in Seattle. It's been fun. This video is from a park in Laurelhurst near where we live.

Sunday Leaves

Charlotte and I went and played in the pretty leaves the other day. I love how pretty and bright it gets around here from all the leaves

Snoqualmie Falls

We went to Snoqualmie Falls a few weeks ago to see some more of the Fall colors. They finally opened the trail down to the bottom of the falls. It was pretty impressive to look at from the bottom. Charlotte had a love hate relationship with this outing, but it ended on a happy note. You might notice the mixed emotions from the pictures... A short video of happy Charlotte running around is here.

I promise our whole trip wasn't like this...Charlotte kind of lost it in the middle and got really excited again at the end. I just think this picture is hilarious. 

Olives

It's official. Charlotte loves olives as much as her parents do/did. It's just so fun to stick them on your fingers and have alien hands! (By the way, we are totally obsessed with that game on the screen in the background. We're stuck on a level and it's maddening!)