First Halloween

Charlotte's official due date was October 28th, so naturally her costume-loving parents had hoped she would be a Halloween baby. No such luck- she came a week and a half late, which means that this year was her first Halloween. We dressed up as Charlotte's Web: Charlotte was the spider, I was Wilbur the pig, and Matt was Templeton the rat. We went to a party at the Gray's house to show off our cute costumes :)

Mermaid in distress

Grandma and Pops brought some of my old bath toys up to Seattle from storage in Monterey on their last trip down, and they were an immediate hit. Aunt Liz was visiting one evening at bath time and was playing a new game with Charlotte- mermaid in distress. The game consisted of Liz throwing the mermaid over the side of the tub, begging for rescue, climbing up the tub wall, and jumping happily back into the water, with Charlotte laughing all the while. The next night in the tub, Charlotte picked up the mermaid, threw her over the edge, grabbed her by the hair and lifted her up the tub wall, plopped her back in the water, and squealed with delight. We're not quite sure exactly what lesson this game is teaching, but the mermaid is now very busy at bath time.

Aspen, CO

We couldn't miss the chance for Charlotte to meet Matt's entire Michigan family at his cousin Erin's wedding in Aspen, Colorado. We flew into Denver, met up with Grandma Mary and Riley, and drove together to Aspen. The town was beautiful and the wedding was just lovely. Charlotte had lots of QT with Riley and Grandma and charmed all her cousins, aunts, and uncles.

On the plane home, Charlotte was practicing her new skill- quacking. She went on quite a quacking jag that had Matt and I hysterical laughing, until we realized that it probably wasn't so funny to the other passengers! "It's better than crying," said the lady in front of us after we apologized. True enough.