First swim

We had out first swimming lesson today at the Queen Anne pool. Charlotte was too cute in her little cherry swimsuit, and she took to the water instantly. We practiced kicking around and had lots of fun! We can't wait to practice at Grandma and Pops' new condo pool.

California Girls

We flew down to Santa Cruz for Kaya's graduation. So hard to believe "the baby" is all grown up and going off to college in New York City! The whole family gathered at Tom's house to celebrate.

Then we drove up to San Francisco for Baby Summit 2012! We visited Jess, Nate & Avery, Rebecca, Danny & Eli, and Emily and Camilla flew in from Austin. It was so great to see all my ladies and meet their little ones. Penn class of '33!

Making friends

I started back at work part time when Charlotte was 3 months old. It was so hard!! Thank goodness for our super amazing nanny Michelle- I can rest assured at work knowing everyday that Charlotte is being expertly cared for. Priceless!

Michelle made this tutu!

We had decided to look for a nanny share and got in touch with a nearby family with a baby 3 weeks younger than Charlotte on a community mom's listserv. As luck would have it, we totally struck gold. Kate and Sean are super cool and and we are totally on the same parenting page. We did a bunch of nanny interviews and Michelle just won us over.Charlotte loves her, and we do, too.

Charlotte and Carrie Ella are ridiculously cute together!