Five on Friday!

 

one.

charlotte is almost crawling! we've gotten over the army crawling and now we are getting our knees under. come on baby girl!

 

two.

elmo calls. this app is the cutest thing I have ever seen! you can set up elmo to call your phone or you can call elmo. you even can see yourself on the screen like facetime :) try it, your little one will love it!

 

three.

my first ladies by nancy clarke. i'm fascinated by all things with the white house and this book is so intriguing. nancy clarke was the chief floral designer under 6 presidential administrations. it takes you behind the scenes of all the fancy parties and not to mention details on the first ladies :)

 

four.

nothing sweeter than your honey and your babydoll :)

 

five.

scandal. i'm OBSESSED! I know I've talked about other tv shows that i'm in love with but no seriously... scandal might just be my number one favorite show right now. I started watching season 1 on netflix and then had to watch season 2. so I bit the bullet and subscribed to hulu just so I could watch season 2. I would patiently wait for Charlotte to take her nap so I could watch another episode and then I would stay up till midnight watching more. I couldn't get enough! now i'm anxiously waiting for october to get here so I can find out what happens next... go watch it! actually don't just go... RUN!! it has everything to do with scandal, mystery, the white house and the president!

 

Join today the link-up with Darci and the gang! Happy Friday!





Another trip to CC!

A few weekends ago Drew and I decided to head back down to our hometown and enjoy some good food, good company and soak up the salty air. We've been so busy this summer that it's nice to relax when we go home and just enjoy the city. Before we got to Corpus Christi, we stopped at Drew's family's ranch in Refugio. Charlotte had never been before so we loaded up her and Lucy on the Polaris and drove around the land. She had so much fun!

 

Drew and his girl :)

beautiful Texas land



Lucy loved the Polaris, haha

I was also ESTATIC because my best friend, Gina, was also visiting CC during her fall trip to TX. Unfortunately we were only able to spend one day together but at least we had that. We loved getting the girls together for a play date and lunch date. Oh how I wish we could have these all the time!

Annabel and Charlotte

the best day!

 



I love these three girls!

more photoshoots :)

 

lunch date at hesters

play date at the water gardens :)

love my bff! wish we could have days like this everyday!



Saturday night, Drew and I took Charlotte down to the seawall to see the sailboats (where Drew proposed to me!) and dinner at our favorite restaurant, Waterstreet. I really miss living on the water.

What a great weekend we had! Can't wait to go back in a few weeks.

seawall with my girl

miss seeing this everyday

corpus christi = sparkling city by the sea!



FIVE on Friday!

Well, remember me?? I'm baack! We've been so busy the last month that I can't believe it's been almost a month since I did my last Five on Friday. I'm once again linking up with Darci and the girls!

 

one.



my little miss turned 9 months this past week! what! how did that happen?? she had a great doctor visit and we had fun with our little monthly photoshoot.

 

two.

I helped host my precious friend, Tori's babyshower! SO excited for her sweet baby boy to arrive in September.

 

three.

okay I have to confess something... I LOVE Whataburger! Drew and I are from Corpus Christi (the birthplace of W and there's literally one on every corner in the city as well as the two story one downtown) and I even used to babysit for Mr. Dobson's grandchildren. yesterday was Whataburger's 63rd birthday! and on that note... we've already gone through 3 containers of the ketchup that you can now buy in the stores... we are obsessed. 

two story Whataburger, what! what!

four.

we made another trip to the zoo! we just can't get enough of those meerkats, elephants and monkeys :)

charlotte had some pretty wild sweaty hair, haha!

five.

about two weeks ago Charlotte tried frozen yogurt for the first time... let's just say it's now her favorite! I see lots of trips in the future to menchie's!

 

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Happy Friday Folks!!



Nine Months

 

My little Sunshine,

You are growing so fast and doing so many wonderful things that I almost think this is the best phase of your life! I do miss those infant/newborn days terribly but I love how interactive you are and to see you learning new things everyday. You love to discover anything within your reach and when you say "mama" and "dada" it melts our hearts. Nine months ago you blessed our lives beyond words and life just can't get any sweeter!

 

I love you,

Mama

 

9  month Stats

Weight: 20.4 lbs

Length: 28 3/4 inches

Head: 17 inches

Eating: nursing exclusively 5-6 times a day. Continuing to eat breakfast every morning and dinner every night. New foods that you've had are: white potato and French fries, whole wheat toast, cheese, frozen yogurt and a few tastes of ice cream!

Bedtime: Still sleeping like a princess! You typically sleep 10-11.5 hours straight.

Awake: Awake most of the day besides your naps. You love to play contently with your toys and jump in your jumperoo and learn to scoot on the floor.

Naps: Still on our 3 naps a day. Morning nap and afternoon are longer usually 1-1.5 hours and the last nap of the day is catnap of about 30 minutes. Maybe ready to drop that soon!

Diapers: size 3

Clothes: 6-12 months in most brands, 9 months in Carter's and 12 month jammies, you haven't grown too much this month from last month and you're starting to thin out a little.

Favorites: You are obsessed with your jumperoo. You can jump in that thing forever if I let you. Your legs are so strong from it that I think you might be a big jumper like your Mommy was when she cheered. You love to scoot around and you can army crawl forward now. It won't be long until you are crawling every where! You still love your toes so much and you love to giggle and laugh when we make funny faces at you.

Latest Tricks: You can now scoot forwards! You also started 2 weeks ago waving "bye-bye" and "hi" when you see people. You are not shy and will basically go to anyone that will hold you... as long as Mama is in the room :) You laugh and giggle at everything and you have gotten to a sitting position by yourself a few times. This month has been so fast but so fun! I can't wait to see how far you've come next month... maybe pulling up? We also started giving you chunkier foods and you love to pick them up yourself and put it in your mouth. It used to end up all over the floor but you can finally get it in there yourself. What fun we are having at mealtimes now!