Back to normal

Wow.  I knew I had not been keeping up with the blog lately, but I was surprised (and  little embarrassed) to see my last entry was about Easter.  Sheesh!

So much has been going on.  About a month ago I kinda woke up and realized, oh my goodness, I really am having another baby.  Since then, most of the little bit of energy I have left has gone to starting and sometimes finishing projects around the house.  With the help of Koby and my mom, I've: finished painting and wallpapering Charlotte's big girl room, although it has not a stitch of decoration yet.  Once it's actually done, I'll post pictures.  Until then, well... We've also made two small rose beds, laid a short brick path, put together a second crib for Charlotte, redecorated the "master" bedroom, planted and weeded the garden, filled the freezer full of food, cleaned random parts of the house, and other such things that struck me as necessary due to wonderful pregnancy nesting.

I'm slowly starting to feel ready-ish for the upcoming birth a couple-few weeks from now, which is why I'm here to play catch-up with Charlotte's development.  She has been growing like crazy.  I wish yall could hear her talk.  It's non-stop now.  Alot of it is still jibberish, especially when she walks around with a "phone" (aka: remote, keychain, hairbrush, iphone, etc.), but she has mastered so many words and is quite the communicator now.  Two days ago, she found a fruit cup that she wanted to eat, so she brought it to me to open.  I was changing laundry from the washer to the dryer, so I told her, "Wait for mama." Then I went inside to grab the next load of laundry and stuff it in the washer.  All the while, she's following me, repeating, "Fruit...fruit..."  which sounds along the lines of fwoot. So I repeat to her a couple more times, "Ok, we'll have fruit.  Wait for mama." Finally, she looks at me and says, clear as day, "Hurry!" 

I would list out the words she knows now, but there's no way I'd get all of them.  She also parrots a ton.  Her cousin Aiden has taught her to say "humpback", as in humpback whale. It's her new favorite word apparently, because she has been repeating it ALL DAY LONG. Yay.

Anyways, she's growing and just brilliant, and such a happy girl.  She's showing so much personality and is just a fun little person to be around.  Some things never change, though - she still smiles biggest for her daddy - see the picture below.  So sweet!