New Teeth

Charlotte now has five teeth! Her original two on the bottom, and now three more on top....plus one more almost ready to poke through. She looks like a little toddler when she smiles (sniff, sniff....where did our little baby go??).

Waving Bye-Bye

The best Christmas gift I got this year was seeing Charlotte do her first waving bye-byes. We've been working on this talent for a few weeks, but hadn't seen any waves yet...until Christmas Day. She was sitting in her highchair waving her arms, I thought just randomly, but then I waved at her and she waved right back. She's been waving ever since. All you have to say is "bye-bye Charlotte" and she starts waving. Today at the grocery store she waved at the cashier as we walked away. It's really very adorable!

Happy Nine Month Birthday, Charlotte!

Meeting Santa with the Cousins!

With all the cousins together we thought it was the perfect time to take some Christmas pictures and visit Santa. All the girls put on their Christmas dresses and we took some pictures in front of Lisa's beautiful tree and then we headed to the mall to meet Santa. This was Charlotte's first experience with Santa. She was not quite sure why we were handing her over to this bearded man. She really checked him out and stared at him. It was very sweet. Of course, Anna and Mary Jane are old pros at sitting on Santa's lap. They had big smiles and gave Santa a few ideas on what they would like for Christmas.

It was great fun and a new tradition we plan on doing each year!

MJ & Charlotte

Anna & Charlotte

Madison, WI

Charlotte and I took a trip to Madison, WI to visit my sister and her awesome family. We had been talking about the trip for months and couldn't wait to get the cousins together. First of all, Charlotte is a great little traveller. She loves the excitement at the airport and on the plane she plays a little and then falls asleep.

In Madison we just did a lot of hanging out and playing with Anna, Mary Jane and Charlotte. Anna and MJ were so sweet with Charlotte. You can tell they really love her. They love to help her, bring her toys, kiss and hung her. Anna would run to say hi to Charlotte everyday when she got home from school. Charlotte had a big smile on her face every time MJ or Anna entered the room!

MJ & Charlotte watching Lisa vacuum.

Anna reading to Charlotte by the tree.

Charlotte "reading" her new Christmas book from Anna.

Charlotte....just one of the girls playing in the family room!

Anna & MJ entertaining Charlotte with pots & pans.
Sweet Charlotte by the Christmas tree :)

Grandpa & Grandma Linda visit for Thanksgiving

It's been a busy few weeks at the Malcomson household. Between work, remodeling our kitchen (more pictures on that project later!), and the holidays, I haven't had a chance to post new pictures lately. So here's a few from Grandpa and Grandma Linda's latest visit over Thanksgiving. Dad actually came out for 10 days to put in our new kitchen. He worked 10+ hours every day (so did Chuck). He worked so hard to make our kitchen perfect. I will post pictures of all the work soon!

Gramps always took time to play with Charlotte in the morning and on lunch/dinner breaks. Charlotte warmed up to Grandpa quickly, giving him kisses every night before bed.

With no kitchen, we had Thanksgiving dinner catered by Whole Foods....Charlotte liked playing in the box.

Dad took time out one day for a walk with Linda, Charlotte, Amelia and I. (Our beautiful house in the background.)

Grandma Linda picked out this super cute little winter suit for Charlotte. She looks like a little pea in a pod!