Charley and the Chocolate Cake

Pic of Charley eating the CAKE mentioned in a past blog.

I am recanting my position on babies having cake --- how can something be bad for you that makes you look THIS HAPPY??????

So, "Let them eat cake!!"

9 month appt.

the stats are in...

Charley visited the doctor yesterday for her 9 month appointment.

All reports were super healthy...despite neurotic mommy's belief that she was adversely affected for life by the piece of chocolate cake she was given earlier in the week at daycare. :)

Her numbers: 29.5 inches (95 percentile) & 22.6lbs. (93 percentile)


I think it is time to start ballhandling. With numbers like these I think cheerleading is already ot of the picture! Damn.

four steps + 5 teeth = 9 months old!

yesterday was the 9 month milestone for miss Charley ---wow, I just wished the 9 months i was pregnant with her went by as fast as these past 9 months have!

she took about 4 steps by herself Friday - she let go of gary's leg, her hands all in the air, a few unstable waddles, mommy, daddy, and aunt amy holding their breath --- then SPLAT! face plant! followed by roaring applause, of course! it was sweet. people run marathons, climb up enormous mounains, walk on the moon, and Jesus walked on water -- but my little girl toddled a foot or so across filthy carpet and i wanted to cry (maybe i did a little when i put her to bed that night, what of it?) kids.

and if that wasn't enough for me to process, i looked in her little mouth today to discover a 5th tooth! this one was sneaky...we hadn't noticed it, but should have been more wise to it given the last week of nasty earaches! oh well, someone get this girl a steak and some potatoes!

so that is the big news from our household...petty i guess, but it's all that we've got to talk about...now i see how my parents got so lame...a couple kids and the coolness is sucked right out of you....i mean, we ate at arby's tonight for dinner...how cool is that?

so i'm off to bed...it's almost 'double digits'....

snow days

snow day 443.

i am passionate about my snow days...there is just something about seeing my school name scroll across the bottom of the screen that thrills me...even if i know sometime around june i will be cursing these frivolous days. but i have not allowed these moments to go in vain - miss charley and i have had a blast chillin at home, immersed in floor time and naps together. she is growing up so fast so i am very glad to have these few lazy days together. granted my papers don't get graded and the laundry is still growing up the side of the wall, but i'm slowly letting go of my obession with trying to do EVERTYTHING....it's impossible.

which this leads to this thought about my stay-at-home mom pals---how in the world do you do it? you are amazing ladies - i think i understood your true strength when last week (we were off everyday) i realized that not only did i not know what day it was, but i couldn't quite recall my last shower...

pics of my snow days with charley...she helped do laundry, discovered the window (her new fav place to hang out) and wallered gunner...

for the record, i think my dog curses the SnoGo report and he will be more than happy when the two-legged terror goes back to daycare!